Troy Hunt

JULY 13, 2021

Pre-pairing everything before they go into the roof: pic.twitter.com/wfHeXrZdqd — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) May 24, 2021 And this is where the problems begin. pic.twitter.com/lyq1wbTICX — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) June 7, 2021 "See log for details." " Ok then: FFS.

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Internet Internet IoT Firmware 362

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 18, 2022

After a gloomy start with its first three breach intensive quarters, 2021 has finally ended, and on a positive note. Related: Cybersecurity experts reflect on 2021. Our analysis looked into data breaches that occurred from October to December 2021 (Q4) and compared them with the numbers from July through August 2021 (Q3).

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 4, 2024

image: x.com/vxunderground The golden rule of cybercrime in Russia has always been that as long as you never hack, extort or steal from Russian citizens or companies, you have little to fear of arrest. An image tweeted by Matveev showing the Justice Department’s wanted poster for him on a t-shirt. “Mother Russia will help you.

Cybercrime 235

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles this week unsealed criminal charges against five men alleged to be members of a hacking group responsible for dozens of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass , MailChimp , Okta , T-Mobile and Twilio. Image: Amitai Cohen twitter.com/amitaico.

Identity Theft 256

Identity Theft Phishing Cryptocurrency Accountability 256

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. Thus, the second factor cannot be phished, either over the phone or Internet. What else do we know about the cause of these incidents?

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Hacking Social Engineering Phishing Scams 331

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 20, 2021

One was hacked by NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The other was hacked both by Pegasus and by the spyware from another cyberweapons arms manufacturer: Cytrox. By the way, this vulnerability was patched on 13 Sep 2021 in iOS 14.8. Citizen Lab published another report on the spyware used against two Egyptian nationals.

Manufacturing 362

Manufacturing Spyware Hacking Internet 362

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In November 2021, KrebsOnSecurity detailed how Pompompurin abused a vulnerability in an FBI online portal designed to share information with state and local law enforcement authorities, and how that access was used to blast out thousands of hoax email messages — all sent from an FBI email and Internet address.

Hacking 363

Hacking Energy and Utilities Cybercrime Accountability 363

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

But not long after KrebsOnSecurity reported in April that Shefel/Rescator also was behind the theft of Social Security and tax information from a majority of South Carolina residents in 2012, Mr. Shefel began contacting this author with the pretense of setting the record straight on his alleged criminal hacking activities.

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Retail Advertising Cryptocurrency Marketing 261

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2024

“We are calling on the Tor community and the Internet freedom community to help us scale up WebTunnel bridges. Russia first blocked Tor in 2021, but at the time the censorship was bypassed via bridges. If you’ve ever thought about running a Tor bridge, now is the time.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

T-Mobile confirmed being a victim of recent hacking campaigns linked to China-based threat actors targeting telecom companies. T-Mobile confirms it was hacked as part of a long-running cyber espionage campaign targeting Telco companies. and its allies for hacking activities in July. Wall Street Journal reported.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

As the dust settles following the recently disclosed hack of NewsCorp , important lessons are emerging for the cybersecurity and journalism communities. China has enclosed its national internet servers within what is colloquially called ‘the Great Firewall.’ Related: How China challenged Google in Operation Aurora.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Bloomberg first reported Moucka’s alleged ties to the Snowflake hacks on Monday. On May 2, 2024, Judische claimed on the fraud-focused Telegram channel Star Chat that they had hacked Santander Bank , one of the first known Snowflake victims. Image: [link] On October 30, Canadian authorities arrested Alexander Moucka, a.k.a.

Cybercrime 280

Cybercrime Mobile Media Hacking 280

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The FBI warned of a fresh wave of HiatusRAT malware attacks targeting internet-facing Chinese-branded web cameras and DVRs. In March 2024, threat actors behind this campaign started targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. ” reads the PIN report.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

based Internet address for more than a decade — simply vanished. Like other anonymity networks marketed largely on cybercrime forums online, VIP72 routes its customers’ traffic through computers that have been hacked and seeded with malicious software. The domain Vip72[.]org Image: Google Translate via Archive.org.

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Malware Cybercrime Internet Internet 341

Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2025

The research combined hardware interfaces and software to communicate with the vehicle via Diagnostic Over Internet Protocol (DoIP). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,Mercedes) The MBUX system consists of several key components.

Software 130

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Microsoft warns of a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is actively exploited by threat actors using weaponized Office docs. Microsoft warns of a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-40444) in Internet Explorer that is actively exploited by threat actors to hijack vulnerable Windows systems.

Internet 138

Internet Internet Engineering Hacking 138

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 2, 2025

In a troubling security breach, a hacker exposed the personal data of over 270,000 Samsung customers in Germany, freely dumping it on the internet. The hack, attributed to a cybercriminal operating under the alias GHNA, occurred when the attacker accessed a system used by Samsungs German customer service.

Identity Theft 116

Identity Theft Cybersecurity Scams Accountability 116

Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2021

Top actions in breaches were: phishing (social), use of stolen credentials (hacking), other, ransomware (malware), pretexting (social), misconfiguration (error), misdelivery (error), brute force (hacking), C2 (malware), and backdoor (malware). Top three for beginning: hacking, error, and social.

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Data breaches Social Engineering Ransomware Phishing 192

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Cybersecurity researchers warn of a now-patched critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-22205 , in GitLab’s web interface that has been actively exploited in the wild. It is now mitigated in the latest release and is assigned CVE-2021-22205.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, RCE).

Internet 145

Internet Internet VPN Hacking 145

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The assault came from “ Meris ,” the same new “Internet of Things” (IoT) botnet behind record-shattering attacks against Russian search giant Yandex this week and internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare earlier this summer. Cloudflare recently wrote about its attack , which clocked in at 17.2 Image: Qrator.

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IoT DDOS Internet Internet 345

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 25, 2021

Thanks to a couple of milestone hacks disclosed at the close of 2020 and start of 2021, they will forever be associated with putting supply-chain vulnerabilities on the map. Similarly, the SolarWinds and Mimecast hacks are precursors of increasingly clever and deeply-damaging hacks of the global supply chain sure to come.

Hacking 228

Hacking B2B Authentication Software 228

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The news of the hack was reported by the Gazeta Wyborcza daily, and unfortunately, it isn’t the first time that the Pegasus spyware was used in the country. In 2021, the University of Toronto-based Citizen Lab Internet reported that a Polish opposition duo was hacked with NSO spyware.

Spyware 116

Spyware Government Surveillance Hacking 116

Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The FBI has shut down a botnet run by Chinese hackers: The botnet malware infected a number of different types of internet-connected devices around the world, including home routers, cameras, digital video recorders, and NAS drives.

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Telecommunications Media Malware Internet 310

SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

A router is a gateway from the internet to a home or office — despite being conceived quite the opposite. Routers are forever being hacked and infected, and used to infiltrate local networks. During 2020 and 2021, more than 500 router vulnerabilities were found. search results for “default password” in June 2021.

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DDOS Passwords IoT Firmware 133

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a list of 2021’s top 15 most exploited software vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published the list of 2021’s top 15 most exploited software vulnerabilities. SecurityAffairs – hacking, SolarMarker).

Software 145

Software VPN Cybersecurity Internet 145

Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

Hackers are actively scanning the Internet for VMware vCenter servers vulnerable against a critical RCE flaw recently fixed by VMware. Threat actors are actively scanning the Internet for VMware vCenter servers affected by a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-21985. Pierluigi Paganini.

Internet 143

Internet Internet Ransomware Encryption 143

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Immediately after the public release of the exploit code for the VMware vCenter CVE-2021-22005 flaw threat actors started using it. Researchers warn that immediately after the release of the exploit code for the recently addressed CVE-2021-22005 flaw in VMware vCenter threat actors started using it. SecurityAffairs – hacking, VMware).

Internet 135

Internet Internet Engineering Hacking 135

Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

DirtyMoe is a Windows botnet that is rapidly growing, it passed from 10,000 infected systems in 2020 to more than 100,000 in the first half of 2021. The module that implements the warm capabilities was spotted scanning the internet and performing password brute-force attacks against Windows systems with SMB port open online.

DNS 145

DNS Internet Internet Malware 145

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Evgenii Ptitsyn and others allegedly ran an international hacking scheme since November 2020, deploying Phobos ransomware to extort victims. Affiliates paid fees to administrators like Ptitsyn for decryption keys, with payments routed via unique cryptocurrency wallets from 2021–2024. Attorney Erek L.

Cybercrime 113

Cybercrime Ransomware Healthcare Education 113

Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2022

The Night Sky ransomware operation started exploiting the Log4Shell flaw (CVE-2021-44228) in the Log4j library to gain access to VMware Horizon systems. The ransomware gang started its operations on December 27, 2021, and has already hacked the corporate networks of two organizations from Bangladesh and Japan respectively.

Ransomware 134

Ransomware Hacking Internet Internet 134

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Microsoft now spotted the subgroup compromising multiple Internet-facing infrastructures to enable Seashell Blizzard APT group to maintain persistence in the networks of high-value targets and support tailored network operations. ” reads the report published by Microsoft.

Telecommunications 104

Telecommunications DNS Passwords Hacking 104

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Censys researchers warn of more than 4,000 vulnerable Pulse Connect Secure hosts exposed to the Internet. Over the years, researchers disclosed several severe vulnerabilities in the server software, in April of 2021, CISA published a report warning of the exploitation of Pulse Connect secure flaws. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Pulse).

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Internet Internet VPN Mobile 113

Google Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Throughout 2021, we partnered with the security researcher community to identify and fix thousands of vulnerabilities – helping keep our users and the internet safe. We also launched bughunters.google.com in 2021, a public researcher portal dedicated to keeping Google products and the internet safe and secure.

Internet 145

Internet Internet Manufacturing Hacking 145

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

An exploit for the recently disclosed CVE-2021-22005 vulnerability in VMware vCenter was publicly released, threat actors are already using it. A working exploit for the CVE-2021-22005 vulnerability in VMware vCenter is publicly available, and attackers are already attempting to use it in the wild. deployments.

Software 142

Software Internet Internet Hacking 142

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2021

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass issue (CVE-2021-20090 ) affecting home routers with Arcadyan firmware. Threat actors actively exploit a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-20090 , impacting home routers with Arcadyan firmware to deploy a Mirai bot.

IoT 145

IoT Firmware Authentication Wireless 145

Krebs on Security

JUNE 14, 2022

Today, however, the group began publishing individual victim websites on the public Internet, with the leaked data made available in an easily searchable form. ALPHV recently announced on its victim shaming and extortion website that it had hacked a luxury spa and resort in the western United States.

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Ransomware Internet Internet Cybercrime 311

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Clop ransomware gang is exploiting CVE-2021-35211 vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U to compromise corporate networks. SolarWinds addressed the vulnerability in July 2021 after it became aware of a threat actor exploiting the issue in attacks. The vulnerability being exploited is known as CVE-2021-35211.”

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