Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2024

Both networks used a deep convolutional GAN architecture and were trained adversarially with a Wasserstein loss function and RMSProp optimizer at a learning rate of 0.00005. The researchers trained two generator networks using the Wasserstein GAN (WGAN) algorithm to create synthetic fingerprints.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2024

ThreatFabric observed threat actors using two publicly available exploits (CVE-2018-4233, CVE-2018-4404) to deliver macOS implants. The experts noticed that a portion of the CVE-2018-4404 exploit is likely borrowed from the Metasploit framework. The flaw resides in WebKit and impacts macOS version 10.13.3

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

from April 29, 2018, to May 10, 2020). The Judge, however, decided that NSO Group would not be forced to reveal the names of its clients or information about its server architecture. In September 2018, a report published by Citizen Lab revealed that the NSO Pegasus spyware was used against targets across 45 countries worldwide.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2022

The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. Then the script downloads the actual Enemybot binary which is compiled for the target device’s architecture. The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

. “Our analysis of this particular sample indicates the file executes on microprocessor without interlocked pipelined stages (MIPS) architecture. This is an extension understood by machines running reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architecture, which is prevalent on many IoT devices.” ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

. “MDS may allow a malicious user who can locally execute code on a system to infer the values of protected data otherwise protected by architectural mechanisms.” “Refer to the MDS table in Deep dive: CPUID Enumeration and Architectural MSRs for a list of processors that may be affected by MDS.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2019

In December 2018, the Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency warned against using the equipment manufactured by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE because they pose a threat to state security. The Chinese firm was already excluded by several countries from building their 5G internet networks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2018

. “The main issue is a legal and political environment of the People’s Republic of China, where (the) aforementioned companies primarily operate,” reads a statement issued by the Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 27, 2021

In 2018, an account belonging to an external user was compromised and used to steal approximately 500 megabytes of data from a major mission system.". 6 key areas where NASA's information security is failing. NASA lacked an Agency-wide risk management framework for information security and an information security architecture.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2019

According to the experts, the new versions have been active at least since 2018, one of the samples analyzed by Kaspersky was used last month in Myanmar, where local government is accused of violating human rights. The implant analyzed by the experts contained binary files for ARMv7 and ARM64 CPU architectures.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

the malware operators have removed CVE-2018-12613, a phpMyAdmin vulnerability that could allow threat actors to view or execute files. Zerobot targets multiple architectures, including i386, amd64, arm, arm64, mips, mips64, mips64le, mipsle, ppc64, ppc64le, riscv64, and s390x. . “Since the release of Zerobot 1.1,

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86. LFI CVE-2018-16763 Fuel CMS 1.4.1 LFI CVE-2018-16763 Fuel CMS 1.4.1 The new variant of the bot includes exploits for the following security issues: CVE-2022-22954 : Critical RCE flaw in VMware Workspace ONE Access and VMware Identity Manager.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The attackers were able to exploit CVE-2018-1000861 to gain a foothold and install the Watchbog malware on the affected systems.” Then determines whether it can write to various directories, checks the system architecture, and then makes three attempts to download and install a ‘kerberods’ dropper using wget or curl.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

In November 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported that the US Government was urging its allies to exclude Huawei from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures. Huawei issued a statement on Wednesday denying any accusation, it “has never and will never covertly access telecom networks, nor do we have the capability to do so.”.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The Netlogon service is an Authentication Mechanism used in the Windows Client Authentication Architecture which verifies logon requests, and it registers, authenticates, and locates Domain Controllers. CISA and FBI have observed attacks carried out by APT actors that combined two the CVE-2018-13379 and CVE-2020-1472 flaws.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The Netlogon service is an Authentication Mechanism used in the Windows Client Authentication Architecture which verifies logon requests, and it registers, authenticates, and locates Domain Controllers. “An The CVE-2020-1472 flaw is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon. Since version 4.8 ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2022

Amadey Bot is a data-stealing malware that was first spotted in 2018, it also allows operators to install additional payloads. Then the malware contacts the C2 and sends system information (i.e. computer name, user name, OS version, architecture type, list of installed anti-malware products) to the operators.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2019

The CEH credential certifies individuals in the specific network security discipline of Ethical Hacking from a vendor-neutral perspective. Certified Information Security Manager – CISM. Cybersecurity professionals with Security+ know how to address security incidents – not just identify them.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2018

In November 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported that the US Government is urging its allies, including Germany, to exclude Huawei from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures. US first, and many other countries after, have decided to ban network equipment manufactured by the Chinese telecom giant Huawei.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2021

Gafgyt also uses some of the existing exploits (CVE-2017-17215, CVE-2018-10561) to download the next stage payloads, which we will discuss further on. Figure 8: GPON Router Exploit inside binary (CVE-2018-10561). Gafgyt malware variants have very similar functionality to Mirai, as a majority of the code was copied. in Figure 8).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Cyclops Blink is believed to be a replacement for the VPNFilter botnet, which was first exposed in 2018 and at the time was composed of more than 500,000 compromised routers and network-attached storage (NAS) devices. ” reads the advisory published by the UK National Cyber Security Centre.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The most interesting characteristic of the Triada Trojan apart is its modular architecture, which gives it theoretically a wide range of abilities. In 2018, researchers at Dr.Web discovered the Triada Trojan pre-installed on newly shipped devices of several minor brands, including Advan, Cherry Mobile, Doogee, and Leagoo.

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Google Security

MARCH 12, 2021

Posted by Stephen Röttger and Artur Janc, Information Security Engineers Three years ago, Spectre changed the way we think about security boundaries on the web. We've confirmed that this proof-of-concept, or its variants, function across a variety of operating systems, processor architectures, and hardware generations.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Keeping crucial.env files secure is essential, as they could be used to compromise services and applications. In 2018, Uber had to pay a high price of $148 million for exposing the personal information of 57 million people worldwide – including driver’s license information – after trying to pay the ransom and keep things quiet.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

” Between 2018 and 2019 the researchers assessed 28 telecom operators in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America and verifies the presence of the vulnerabilities in the GTP protocol. The second architectural flaw is related subscriber credentials that are checked on S-GW (SGSN) equipment by default. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2019

Since 2018, US Government has invitedd its allies to exclude Huawei equipment from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures. Dutch intelligence shares the concerns raised by other western governments about the risks of involving the Chinese telco giant in the creation of the new 5G mobile phone infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2020

Since November 2018, the US Government has invited its allies to exclude Chinese equipment from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures over security concerns.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Additional information on the Mozi P2P botnet , including IoCs, are available in the Netlab report. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Compared to its predecessors, the sixth “Hi-Tech Crime Trends” report is the first to contain chapters devoted to the main industries attacked and covers the period from H2 2018 to H1 2019, as compared to the period from H2 2017 to H1 2018. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

The goal of these attacks was to take full control of an SAP deployment in order to modify configurations and user accounts to exfiltrate business information. ” concludes the report.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Education is one solution to the skills gap, and more colleges are offering degrees and academic programs that cover information security management, privacy in the digital age, cybersecurity policy and governance, risk management, and cryptography. million by 2022. It is encouraging to see this type of adoption.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2019

The DoH protocol was a new standard proposed in October 2018 and it is currently supported by several publicly available DNS servers. The peculiarity of this new piece of malware is the ability to communicate with C2 servers via DNS over HTTPS ( DoH ). Some web browsers, including Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox also support the DoH.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2020

Experts pointed out that the campaign appears as a resemblance to the Fractured Block campaign first uncovered by Unit 42 in November 2018 , for this reason, the experts tracked this campaign as Fractured Statue. Both downloaders were used to deliver the second-stage SYSCON malware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2019

Vanunu explained at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, that the vulnerabilities were responsibly disclosed in 2018, but remained exploitable for a long time. Experts warn of possible abuse of the attack techniques to spread misinformation targeting trusted sources. ” reads the post published by CheckPoint.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2020

Experts noticed that the PipeMon backdoor was signed with a certificate belonging to a video game company that was already hacked by Winnti in 2018. Its architecture is highly similar to the original variant, but its code was rewritten from scratch.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The second stage in the Crypto.com variant is a bare-bones application bundle named “WifiAnalyticsServ.app”, it mirrors the same architecture employed in the Coinbase campaign. This has been a long-running theme going as far back as the AppleJeus campaigns that began in 2018. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In November 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that the US Government urged its allies to exclude Huawei from critical infrastructure and 5G architectures. Canada, along with the US, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia formed the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-alliance.

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