Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

The threat actors are actively exploiting the following vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS: CVE-2018-13379 ; CVE-2020-12812 ; CVE-2019-5591. In March 2021, government experts observed state sponsored hackers scanning the internet for servers vulnerable to the above flaws, the attackers were probing systems on ports 4443, 8443, and 10443.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The above-mentioned AIDS Trojan hailing from the distant pre-Internet era was the progenitor of the trend, but its real-world impact was close to zero. The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This type of attack is relatively common (in the second quarter of 2018 alone, defacements made up 14 percent of all malware attacks) and very easy to spot. Malicious redirects are common on the internet and behave as their name suggests. Defacements. That’s probably why it has grown in popularity over the past several years.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

In October 2018, Brannan pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and unauthorized access to a protected computer. “According to court documents, Christopher Brannan, 31, a former teacher at Lee-Davis High School, intentionally accessed without authorization internet and email accounts, including Apple iCloud, Yahoo! .

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Ransomware frequently contains extraction capabilities that can steal critical information like usernames and passwords, so stopping ransomware is serious business. Offline Backups.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 5, 2018

Some patches require users to disable the computer's password, which means organizations can't automate the patch. You probably won't notice that performance hit once Meltdown is patched, except maybe in backup programs and networking applications. We're already seeing this. Browsers will figure out how to mitigate this in software.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2019

It is not clear how long data were left exposed online, according to the Shodan search engine, the server had been publicly open since at least November 30, 2018. The server also included email backups from 1999 to 2016, the largest and most recent reaching 16GB in size.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2020

Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. who picked up his cell phone and said shut it off from the Internet.” ” WHOLESALE PASSWORD THEFT.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 23, 2021

operators have successfully gained initial access during attack campaigns via exploitation of vulnerabilities (Exploit public-facing application) in Fortinet software components, such as the long-existing vulnerability FortiOS software components tracked under CVE-2018-13379 [6]. . lafand wbadmin to delete any backups . References.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

There were some reports in 2018 that seemed to indicate that ransomware attacks were becoming less common. The backups were also encrypted, leaving the medical practice unable to recover either data or its business. Attackers often use brute force attacks on these systems to “guess” passwords to common accounts.

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Responsible Cyber

APRIL 8, 2020

Small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly at risk of cyber-attacks, and often serve as a launch pad for larger threat campaigns, according to Cisco’s 2018 SMB Cybersecurity Report. The Internet of Things (IoT) is undeniably the future of technology. IoT Opens Excessive Entry Points. Lack of Cybersecurity Knowledge.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

review Active Directory password policy. implement offline storage and tape-based backup. He was quoted as saying that he and his co-conspirators would steal the data and if Tesla refused to pay the ransom the company's secrets would be placed on the internet. conduct employee phishing tests. conduct penetration testing.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) found that K–12 cyberattacks more than tripled over the pandemic, from 400 reported incidents in 2018 to over 1,300 in 2021. Require all accounts with credentialed logins to comply with NIST standards for password policies. cannot be altered or deleted).

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Controls can be anything from good password hygiene to web application firewalls and internal network segmentation, a layered approach that reduces risk at each step. Storing sensitive information such as passwords, credit card numbers, or social security numbers in cookies is discouraged due to the potential risk of exposure.

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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

Credential theft and password spraying to Cobalt Strike. This adversary starts with obtaining usernames and passwords of their victim from previous breaches. These credentials are used in a credential stuffing or password spraying attack against the victim’s remote services, such as webmail or other internet reachable mail services.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It can often be found on internet-facing servers. The exploited vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-26360 , which affects Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018 Update 15 (and earlier) and 2021 Update 5 (and earlier). Prioritize remediation of vulnerabilities on internet-facing systems. Create offsite, offline backups.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 16, 2022

Vince married in 2018 and moved to Lakeland, FL, where he enjoys the quiet of the country with his wife LaWaysha and son Nathan. I began with securing networking equipment for customers to now securing mobile devices, gaming systems, Internet of Things (“Alexa”), the work environment, social engineering, etc.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Cryptographic keys can be random numbers, products of large prime numbers, points on an ellipse, or a password generated by a user. ECC is used for email encryption, cryptocurrency digital signatures, and internet communication protocols. While the math remains the same, unique cryptographic keys generate unique ciphertext.

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SecureList

JANUARY 13, 2022

We reported about the first variant of such software back in 2018, but there were many other samples to be found, which was later reported by the US CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) in 2021. The group is currently active (recent activity was spotted in November 2021). Archive file and its contents. abiesvc.jp[.]net.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management. Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software. Reconnaissance. Defending Against RDP Attacks: Best Practices. Check Point.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As is often the case, the cost of restoring files from backups can amount to more than paying the ransom. Between the initial damage inflicted on your data, the threat of data leak to the Internet, and the loss of business as a result of damaged customer confidence, the net effect on your business can be major.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 27, 2020

percent in 2018, and roughly 7 percent higher than in 2014. percent from the 2018 total of 266 days Breaches with a lifecycle of 200 days or less were on average $1.22 The chance that your organization will experience a data breach within two years was 29.6 percent in 2019. This was up from 27.9 million vs. $4.56

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

Perhaps the most well-known research was presented in 2018 at Blackhat by Billy Rios and Johnathan Butts. Attacks on healthcare settings are increasing with the FBI estimating a cyberattack using “Ryuk” ransomware took in $61 million over a 21-month period in 2018 and 2019. Could this attack take place over the internet?

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Spinone

MAY 27, 2020

However, backups are an extremely important part of the overall security of organization data. In these cases, backups are the only way to recover data. However, once public cloud services and infrastructure are utilized, the processes, tools, and backup strategies can get overlooked or neglected in general.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Threat modeling can be applied to a wide range of things, including software, applications, systems, networks, distributed systems, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and business processes. The CoP includes the following recommendations for manufacturers: No default passwords. Encryption is important when: Sending a password.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

According to the hacking forum XSS, the group’s former public representative known as UNKN “disappeared”, and the malware developers, failing to find him, waited awhile and restored the Trojan infrastructure from backups. The arrival of BlackMatter: DarkSide restored? stand out among Q3 2021 network threats. Statistics.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? More individual states’ voting systems were exposed and also addressable from the internet. Halderman : In 2010, Washington D.C.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? More individual states’ voting systems were exposed and also addressable from the internet. Halderman : In 2010, Washington D.C.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Vamosi: That's a gray area with the Internet of Things. Vamosi: What about the parents who just want to monitor their children's internet use. In reaction to this in 2018 Aaron Z Lewis, a young designer, wrote in his Twitter feed, in light of the latest Facebook scandal. That's one of the key features of stalkerware.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

held a pilot of a new Internet voting system. There were PDFs of Election Day passwords that supervisors use to start in elections. Bee: Can you tell me what the password was? More individual states’ voting systems were exposed and also addressable from the internet. Halderman : In 2010, Washington D.C.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

In response to this increasing plague upon the internet, there’s a public/private partnership that has created a task force designed to disrupt the ransom payments, thereby disincentivizing the attacks. Vamosi: There's some great people working academia today such as Alex Stamos who runs the Stanford internet observatory.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

In response to this increasing plague upon the internet, there’s a public/private partnership that has created a task force designed to disrupt the ransom payments, thereby disincentivizing the attacks. Vamosi: There's some great people working academia today such as Alex Stamos who runs the Stanford internet observatory.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Cuba group utilized an exploit for the CVE-2023-27532 vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) to extract credentials from the configuration files of this software. Network threats in Q3 2023 are mainly brute-force password attacks on MSSQL and RDP services. against the previous quarter. against the previous period.

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Fox IT

MAY 4, 2021

The style of this operation differed drastically from the way in which RM3 operated between 2018 and 2019, when there was a partnership with a distributor actor called Sagrid. Around 2018/2019, Sagrid actively spread malware in Australia and New Zealand, using advanced techniques to deliver it to their victims. Backup controllers.

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