Schneier on Security

AUGUST 8, 2022

Twenty-six advanced to Round 2 in 2019, and seven (plus another eight alternates) were announced as Round 3 finalists in 2020. It took a couple of decades to fully understand von Neumann computer architecture; expect the same learning curve with quantum computing. Sixty-nine were considered complete enough to be Round 1 candidates.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

An EU-wide Coordinated Risk Assessment of 5G networks has been published on the 9 th October 2019. Today’s ENISA 5G Threat landscape complements the Coordinated Risk Assessment with a more technical and more detailed view on the 5G architecture, the assets and the cyber threats for those assets.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Some of the vulnerabilities exploited by the botnets are CVE-2015-2051 , CVE-2019-10891 , CVE-2022-37056 , and CVE-2024-33112. It first terminates processes with the same file extension as “FICORA” and then downloads and executes the malware targeting multiple Linux architectures.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2019

Malware researchers at Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB observed many attack attempts trying to spread malware abusing the CVE-2019-10149 issue. EW N030619 , CVE-2019-10149 ). SecurityAffairs – CVE-2019-10149, Exim). The post CVE-2019-10149: “Return of the WiZard” Vulnerability: Crooks Start Hitting appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Kali Linux

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The i386 architecture has long been obsolete, and from this week, support for i386 in Kali Linux is going to shrink significantly: i386 kernel and images are going away. Some terminology first Let’s start with the terms used in Kali Linux to talk about CPU architectures. amd64 refers to the x86-64 architecture, ie.

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Google Security

OCTOBER 15, 2024

As a result, the number of memory safety vulnerabilities reported in Android has decreased dramatically and quickly, dropping from more than 220 in 2019 to a projected 36 by the end of this year, demonstrating the effectiveness of this strategic shift. The security architecture of the chromium browser." ACM 67, 6 (June 2024), 52–60.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Experts warn that organizations must act decisively to protect against this growing threat by implementing Zero Trust architectures, patching vulnerabilities, and strengthening identity security.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

In October 2019, WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks against its users. In May 2019, Facebook patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in WhatsApp, tracked as CVE-2019-3568 , that has been exploited to remotely install spyware on phones by calling the targeted device.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The number of infected devices is impressive, on 2019-11-30 a trusted security partner in the US informed Qihoo 360’s Netlab Cybersecurity reported to have observed 1,962,308 unique daily active IPs from the Pink botnet targeting its systems. According to the experts, Pink is the largest botnet they have observed in the last six years.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 24, 2024

Secure Access Service Edge ( SASE ) has come a long way since Gartner christened this cloud-centric cybersecurity framework in 2019. SASE blends networking architecture, namely SD-WAN, with cloud-delivered security services such as security web gateways, Zero Trust network access and more. Related: Can SASE stop tech sprawl?

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Cisco Security

MARCH 7, 2022

The “secure edge” conversation was kicked off, officially, in 2019 by Gartner. The promise of a SASE architecture is joined networking and security functionality in an as-a-service model. The future vision of all SASE architecture is to deliver the joined networking and security functionality in an as-a-service model.

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SC Magazine

JULY 1, 2021

National Security Agency, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI, as well as Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre – the campaign dates back to at least the middle of 2019 and has targeted hundreds of U.S. and foreign organizations across the world, with a particular focus on the United States and Europe.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The Mozi botnet accounted for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020, IBM reported. Mozi is an IoT botnet that borrows the code from Mirai variants and the Gafgyt malware , it appeared on the threat landscape in late 2019. ” continues the analysis.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Every once in a while, a new transformative architecture emerges, which challenges how we think about applications and our understanding of how to build and operate them securely. I will be addressing this topic in my talk at RSA Conference 2019 and in a series of posts here.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered a new variant of the Mirai malware that is targeting more processor architectures than previous ones. Mirai botnet continues to be one of the most dangerous malware in the threat landscape, experts at Palo Alto Networks discovered a new variant that targets more processor architectures than before.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 21, 2025

CISOs must stay ahead by adapting strategies, embracing innovations like zero-trust architectures, and continuously updating defenses to address emerging threats. CISO takeaway: Cyber threats evolve constantly, with attackers using sophisticated tactics like ransomware-as-a-service or AI-driven malware.

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Veracode Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The 2019 list was the first edition of the OWASP API Security Top 10. Cloud-native applications have become increasingly prevalent, with many organizations utilizing other cloud technologies like serverless architectures that greatly increase the risk and footprint of our applications.

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SecureList

JANUARY 6, 2025

change the creation, last access and write time, timestamp of the file to "1/8/2019 9:57" attrib.exe -s -h -a C:userspublicntusers0.dat dat powershell.exe -Command "='1/8/2019 9:57'; = 'C:userspublicntusers0.dat';(Get-Item dat, using the SessionEnv service to run the injector, as can be seen below. dat';(Get-Item ).creationtime

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2020

If this level of access is acquired, an attacker could potentially manipulate the AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) to execute arbitrary code undetected by the operating system.” AMD pointed out that only certain processors released between 2016 and 2019 are affected by the vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2019

The first security flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-5522, affects VMware Tools 10.x The second issue, tracked as CVE-2019-5525, is a use-after-free bug affecting the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) backend in Workstation 15.x. VMware has patched two high-severity flaws that affect its Tools and Workstation software.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2021

WildPressure APT is targeting industrial organizations in the Middle East since 2019 and was spotted using now a new malware that targets both Windows and macOS. Further investigation led to the discovery of other samples of the same malware that infected systems back in May, 2019. ” states the report published by Kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The new WatchBog variant includes a new spreader module along with exploits for the following recently patched vulnerabilities in Linux applications: CVE-2019-11581 (Jira) CVE-2019-10149 (Exim) CVE-2019-0192 (Solr) CVE-2018-1000861 (Jenkins) CVE-2019-7238 (Nexus Repository Manager 3).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

ESET has been aware of the existence of modules since the end of 2019 when its experts first spotted the “basic” components of the malware. “ModPipe’s architecture, modules and their capabilities also indicate that its writers have extensive knowledge of the targeted RES 3700 POS software,” the researchers concludes.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

One new approach that is showing a lot of promise cropped up in late 2019. Four years later, in 2019, Gartner would define SASE as security subsector which fit what Cato had introduced to a T. There has been enough attention paid to this general area that Gartner formally designated SASE as a cybersecurity subsector in its August 2019.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Kaspersky researchers first spotted the Necro Trojan in 2019, the malicious code was in the free version of the popular PDF creator application CamScanner app. The analysis of Happy SDK likely revealed a different variant of Necro that doesn’t have a modular architecture. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In December 2019, Maastricht University (UM) announced that ransomware infected almost all of its Windows systems on December 23. “Since the cyber attack on 23 December 2019, UM has been working hard: on the one hand, to repair the damage and, on the other hand, to make education and research p ossible again as soon as p ossible.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2021

The shell script downloads several Mirai binaries that were compiled for different architectures, then it executes these binaries one by one. “The attacks are still ongoing at the time of this writing. “The IoT realm remains an easily accessible target for attackers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In the year 2019, a baby’s’ delivery became complicated, making the girl child die because of some medical complications arising in the mother’s body. Maintaining backup architecture helps to keep data continuity intact at the time of disasters. Also removing legacy systems that lack basic security measures makes complete sense.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2024

” In May 2019, the German newspaper Der Spiegel revealed that the German software company behind TeamViewer was compromised in 2016 by Chinese hackers. Only in 2019, the company admitted it was breached in 2016. Pierluigi Paganini Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, APT)

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 12, 2021

For several years, Cisco Secure provided DNS visibility and architecture intelligence with Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Umbrella Investigate ; and automated malware analysis and threat intelligence with Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (Threat Grid) , backed by Cisco Talos Intelligence and Cisco SecureX. In 2019, there were 49.6

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2020

The hacker claims to have obtained files related to several AMD graphics processing units (GPUs), including the Navi 10 architecture and the upcoming Navi 21, and Arden. Arden is believed to be the codename for the GPU that will be used in Microsoft’s next- gen Xbox Series X console. . “In

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

QEMU is affected by a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-14378 , that could be exploited by attackers to trigger a DoS condition or to gain arbitrary code execution. “ CVE-2019-14378 , which is a pointer miscalculation in network backend of QEMU. Some context on the impact and the security architecture of QEMU : 1.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2020

The unprotected archive was containing support requests submitted to the tech giant from 2005 to December 2019. Microsoft secured the database on December 31, 2019, it also added that it is not aware of malicious use of the data. December 30-31, 2019 – The tech giant secured the servers and data.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2019

“On May 14, 2019, Intel and other industry partners shared details and information about a new group of vulnerabilities collectively called Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS).” “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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Threatpost

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The Ultimate 2019 Security Team Assessment Template is a unique tool that encapsulates all the major KPIs of the organizational security team’s main pillars.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 11, 2022

Follow best practices for identity and access management, protective controls and architecture, and vulnerability and configuration management.". CVE-2019-1653 Cisco router. CVE-2019-2725 Oracle WebLogic Server. CVE-2019-7609 Kibana. CVE-2019-9670 Zimbra software. CVE-2019-10149 Exim Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

We've also increased WhatsApp & iMessage (0-click) but reduced the payout for iOS (1-click) in accordance with market trends: [link] pic.twitter.com/XqpmAKmmKF — Zerodium (@Zerodium) September 3, 2019. In March 2019, the exploit acquisition firm offered up to $500,000 for VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V vulnerabilities.

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