PerezBox Security

APRIL 15, 2019

The Sucuri team recently released their second annual security report for 2018 – Hacked Website Report 2018. The post ANALYZING SUCURI’S 2018 HACKED WEBSITE TREND REPORT appeared first on PerezBox. It looks at a representative sample of infected websites from the Sucuri customer base.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The network equipment maker MikroTik revealed that the routers were previously compromised in 2018. “As far as we have seen, these attacks use the same routers that were compromised in 2018, when MikroTik RouterOS had a vulnerability, that was quickly patched.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, botnet). Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 6, 2021

The airliner paid the penalty for failing to protect its customer information from being accessed by hackers in 2018. As soon as the hack was discovered, a legal claim was filed by a legal firm PGMBM and the claim went through many court hearings for almost 16 months.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2019

Unpatched critical flaw CVE-2018-15439 could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain full control over the device. Cisco Small Business Switch software is affected by a critical and unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2018-15439) that could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain full control over the device.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2019

According to the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018, 2018 has brought significant changes in the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with cybercrime organizations and nation-state actors. 2018 was characterized by significant changes in the cyber threat landscape especially for TTPs associated with threat agent groups.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2024

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, MasterPrints) The technique is effective across different fingerprint matchers and datasets and has potential applications in both security and computational creativity research.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 14, 2023

men have been charged with hacking into a U.S. The complaint doesn’t specify which agency portal was hacked, but it does state that the portal included access to law enforcement databases that track narcotics seizures in the United States. federal government portal without authorization.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2021

” The RotaJakiro backdoor was first spotted in 2018 when a sample was uploaded on VirusTotal’s anti-malware service. Since 2018, the researchers spotted four distinct samples of the malware that were uploaded between May 2018 and January 2021. SecurityAffairs – hacking, connected TV). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 2, 2020

This isn't nearly as bad as the 2014 Marriott breach -- made public in 2018 -- which was the work of the Chinese government. Marriott announced another data breach, this one affecting 5.2 name, mailing address, email address, and phone number) Loyalty Account Information (e.g., linked airline loyalty programs and numbers). Preferences (e.g.,

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 15, 2018

According to security firm Ivanti , the first of the two zero-day flaws ( CVE-2018-8373 ) is a critical flaw in Internet Explorer that attackers could use to foist malware on IE users who browse to hacked or booby-trapped sites. One nifty little bug fixed in this patch batch is CVE-2018-8345. Microsoft’s analysis is here.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2018

A vulnerability in the Symfony HttpFoundation component tracked as CVE-2018-14773, could be exploited by attackers to take full control of the affected Drupal websites. Drupal administrators need to patch their installs urgently before hackers will start exploiting the CVE-2018-14773 flaw. Securi ty Affairs – CVE-2018-14773, Drupal).

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Adam Levin

MARCH 12, 2019

Citrix, a major network software company, had its internal network compromised by what appears to be an international hacking campaign. The details and scope of the damage caused by the attack are still unclear, but the activity has been tracked back to Iridium, a hacking group linked to the Iranian government.

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Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

Barely a day goes by without news of an elite hacking team creating a more stealth exploit– malware , elaborate spear-phishing attacks, trojans, and a killer array of ransomware that can take factories and other organizations offline, or even hobble entire cities. Cyberattacks are constantly getting more sophisticated.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own Tokyo 2018 is a success, participants earned over $300,000 for disclosing flaws affecting iPhone X, Xiaomi Mi 6 and Samsung Galaxy S9 smartphones. During the first day of the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2018 contest, participants hacked Apple iPhone X, Samsung Galaxy S9 and Xiaomi Mi 6 devices earning more than $225,000.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Cisco has warned customers that hackers continue to target Cisco ASA and Firepower Appliance products by exploiting the CVE-2018-0296 flaw. Experts warn that threat actors continue to exploit the CVE-2018-0296 flaw to target Cisco ASA and Firepower Appliance. SecurityAffairs – Cisco ASA, CVE-2018-0296). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 22, 2020

The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last week’s epic hack against Twitter. ” Twice in the past year, the OGUsers forum was hacked , and both times its database of usernames, email addresses and private messages was leaked online.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Adobe released security updates for Flash Player that address two vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-15982, exploited in targeted attacks. Adobe is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2018-15982 exists in the wild.” We believe that the new RAT is an upgrade version of Hacking Team’s RAT.”

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 3, 2019

A similar attack disabled a North Carolina water utility in late 2018. The post Suspected Hack Disrupts Major Newspapers appeared first on Adam Levin. The company also announced that they had reported the incident to the FBI, and that no customer information was compromised in the attack. Read more about the story here.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

BulletProofLink has been active since 2018, it was used by multiple threat actors in either one-off or monthly subscription-based business models. SecurityAffairs – hacking, phishing). The post BulletProofLink, a large-scale phishing-as-a-service active since 2018 appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Media coverage understandably focused on GoDaddy’s admission that it suffered three different cyberattacks over as many years at the hands of the same hacking group. But it’s worth revisiting how this group typically got in to targeted companies: By calling employees and tricking them into navigating to a phishing website.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Security researcher discovered a highly critical vulnerability (CVE-2018-14665) in X.Org Server package that affects major Linux distributions. Xorg published a security advisory on the CVE-2018-14665 flaw. OpenBSD #0day Xorg LPE via CVE-2018-14665 can be triggered from a remote SSH session, does not need to be on a local console.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

” Our research shows that this actor has been targeting the aviation industry since at least 2018, with files mentioning both “Trip Itinerary Details” and “Bombardier” at the time using the URL akconsult[.]linkpc[.]net.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2019

Yoroi Cyber Security Annual Report 2018 – In 2018 cyber-security experts observed an increased number of cyber attacks, malware endure to be the most aggressive and pervasive threat. Yoroi Cyber Security Annual Report 2018 analyzes the evolution of the threat landscape observed between January 2018 and December 2018.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

CVE-2018-15961) affecting the Adobe ColdFusion has been exploited in the wild. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-15961, is an unrestricted file upload vulnerability, successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. Security Affairs – CVE-2018-15961, ColdFusion). ” reads the advisory published by Volexity.

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Joseph Steinberg

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The post Warning To Employers And Their Former Employees: Ex-Engineer Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison For Hacking Cisco’s WebEx appeared first on Joseph Steinberg. Million in damage (including $1 Million of refunds to impacted customers and $1.4

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

In the first six months of 2018, the experts observed a number of malware samples that was up three times as many samples targeting IoT devices as in the whole of 2017. “As we see, in Q2 2018 the leader by number of unique IP addresses from which Telnet password attacks originated was Brazil (23%). ” reads the report.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Voice is Becoming the New Keyboard: Voice Interfaces in 2018 and Beyond. My presentation provided simple recommendations such as prioritizing the discussion of security upon first contact with a potential client, and educating them on why and how websites get hacked. Marc Gratch (@mgratch) April 28, 2018.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Kaspersky revealed that the CVE-2018-8589 Windows 0-day fixed by Microsoft Nov. 2018 Patch Tuesday has been exploited by at least one APT group in attacks in the Middle East. Kaspersky Lab described the CVE-2018-8589 flaw as a race condition in win32k!xxxMoveWindow Securi ty Affairs – CVE-2018-8589, hacking).

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This weekend I flew South to the desert and joined SiteLock in their hometown state for WordCamp Phoenix 2018! Among them were Michael Veenstra, our Web Security Research Analyst, who gave an excellent talk on The Anatomy of a Hacked Site , and Cj, our new (and awesome) Social Media Specialist. The Anatomy Of A Hacked Site.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Researchers demonstrated how crooks could hack Diebold Nixdorf’s Wincor Cineo ATMs to bypass black-box attack protections and withdraw cash. A research published by Positive Technologies in 2018 revealed that 69 percent of ATMs were vulnerable to such attacks and could be easily hacked in a few minutes. score of 6.8.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Cisco Talos expert discovered a code execution vulnerability (CVE-2018-4013) that has been identified in Live Networks LIVE555 streaming media RTSPServer. The CVE-2018-4013 flaw potentially exposes millions of users of media players to cyber attacks. Security Affairs – CVE-2018-4013 VLC RCE, hacking ).

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 19, 2021

Today, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted four members of the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as APT40 for hacking various companies, universities, and government entities in the US and worldwide between 2011 and 2018. [.].

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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 7, 2022

Denys Iarmak, a Ukrainian member and a "pen tester for the FIN7 financially-motivated hacking group, was sentenced on Thursday to 5 years in prison for breaching victims' networks and stealing credit card information for roughly two years, between November 2016 and November 2018. [.].

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

RaaS rollout 2015 – 2018. The GandCrab RaaS that appeared in early 2018 was one of the last high-profile threats targeting individuals on a large scale. It vanished from the radar in June 2018, when the ransomware plague took another sharp turn. Targeting enterprises Late 2018 – present day.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

million Pluto TV user accounts on a hacking forum for free, he claims they were stolen by ShinyHunters threat actor. million Pluto TV user records, he also added that the service was hacked by ShinyHunters. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ShinyHunters). The post ShinyHunters hacked Pluto TV service, 3.2M A hacker has shared 3.2

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced sanctions against several organizations over email account hacking. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced sanctions against eight entities belonging to three companies over email account hacking due to cybersecurity failures. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Hacker News

JULY 14, 2022

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has been found guilty of leaking a trove of classified hacking tools and exploits dubbed Vault 7 to WikiLeaks. The 33-year-old engineer had been charged in June 2018 with unauthorized disclosure of classified information and theft of classified material.

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