Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2022

Those include remote code execution bugs CVE-2022-24512 , affecting.NET and Visual Studio , and CVE-2022-21990 , affecting Remote Desktop Client. CVE-2022-24459 is a vulnerability in the Windows Fax and Scan service. All three publicly disclosed vulnerabilities are rated “ Important ” by Microsoft.

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Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 4, 2022

Cyber Security Expert, Joseph Steinberg, who joined Newsweek’s Expert Forum last year, will continue serving as a member throughout 2022. A prolific inventor of cybersecurity technology, Steinberg is also cited in over 500 US patent filings. About Newsweek. www.newsweek.com.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 18, 2021

CIOs must prioritize the same business imperatives and find the IT force multipliers to enable growth and innovation, according to a Gartner analyst during Gartner's IT Symposium.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In 2022 we expect to see more aggressive and complex ransomware efforts. If 2021 was the year that Zero Trust security reached mainstream IT — and it was — then 2022 will become the realization that it cannot be done without identity first. Central importance of identity.

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Joseph Steinberg

OCTOBER 12, 2022

During the free webinar, participants will learn best practices for how to understand and manage often overlooked risks emanating from information-technology assets (including hardware!). The webinar will take place on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 10:15 AM US Eastern time. The discussion will cover: * How IT asset risks have evolved.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 3, 2024

and Canadian cyber authorities, has identified a rise in attacks against OT operators since 2022. s National Cyber Security Centre, along with U.S.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

technology companies between 2021 and 2023, including LastPass , MailChimp , Okta , T-Mobile and Twilio. In August 2022, multiple security firms gained access to the server that was receiving data from that Telegram bot, which on several occasions leaked the Telegram ID and handle of its developer, who used the nickname “ Joeleoli.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2025

As the tool evolved, the targeting expanded to include websites built using GoDaddy and Wix, as well as generic website contact forms, which includes websites built using Squarespace, and likely other technologies.” com , dates to Jan 2022. ” reads the report published by SentinelOne. The oldest, akirateam[.]com

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2025

networks since the summer of 2022. “Today, the Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Integrity Technology Group, Incorporated (Integrity Tech), a Beijing-based cybersecurity company, for its role in multiple computer intrusion incidents against U.S. critical infrastructure sectors.“

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Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Technologies are available to better protect the data used in artificial intelligence, but they're not quite ready for prime time, says Deloitte.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 11, 2024

An analysis of their technology infrastructure shows that all of these exchanges use Russian email providers, and most are directly hosted in Russia or by Russia-backed ISPs with infrastructure in Europe (e.g. .” A machine-translated version of Flymoney, one of dozens of cryptocurrency exchanges apparently nested at Cryptomus.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

“My nickname was MikeMike, and I worked with Dmitri Golubov and made technologies for him,” Shefel said. “I’m also godfather of his second son.” ” Dmitri Golubov, circa 2005. Image: U.S. Postal Investigative Service.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The cracked software is being resold as a cloud-based attack tool by at least two different services, one of which KrebsOnSecurity traced to an information technology firm based in Turkey. In 2022, Araneida told fellow Breached members they could be reached on Discord at the username “ Ornie#9811.” Araneida Scanner.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

As with IWORD 2022 , the goal was to bring together a diverse set of thinkers and practitioners to talk about how democracy might be reimagined for the twenty-first century. Modern democracy was invented in the mid-eighteenth century, using mid-eighteenth-century technology. You can read a similar summary of IWORD 2022 here.)

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Seashell Blizzard (aka Sandworm , BlackEnergy and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRUs Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). On September 2022, the Sandworm group was observed impersonating telecommunication providers to target Ukrainian entities with malware.

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Digital Shadows

MARCH 17, 2025

Key Findings Even years after their disclosure, VPN-related vulnerabilities like CVE-2018-13379 and CVE-2022-40684 remain essential tools for attackers, driving large-scale campaigns of credential theft and administrative control. CVE-2022-40684: Admin Control over VPN Infrastructure What is CVE-2022-40684? Rated CVSS 9.8,

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44133 was fixed in the September 16 update for Mac Studio (2022 and later), iMac (2019 and later), Mac Pro (2019 and later), Mac Mini (2018 and later), MacBook Air (2020 and later), MacBook Pro (2018 and later), and iMac Pro (2017 and later). Microsoft has dubbed the flaw “HM Surf.”

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

Open threat modeling training, Q1 2022 What : I'm really excited to announce my next threat modeling training (open, remote-only, instructor-led) will be Feb 28-March 4, 8AM-10AM Pacific time, and seats are still available! Who : Course participants are usually senior, experienced engineers who are involved in technology delivery.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 22, 2025

Company Overview Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, EQTY Lab AG is a technology company focusing on AI governance and security. a global network and cyber security leader, protects enterprises and carriers from advanced cyber attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The increasing sophistication of these technologies has made it harder than ever to distinguish real content from fake. A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) presented in 2019 revealed that deepfakes generated by AI could deceive humans up to 60% of the time. As the technology evolves, so will its misuse.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 15, 2025

15, 2025, CyberNewswire — Quantum computing is set to revolutionize technology, but it also presents a significant security risk for financial institutions. “Wultra has cutting-edge technology that solves the nightmare of every banker in the world,” says Martin Drdul, co-founder of Tensor Ventures.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The botnet is comprised of two complementary activity clusters, the experts believe it has been active since at least February 2022.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A paradigm shift in technology is hurtling towards us, and it could change everything we know about cybersecurity. When ChatGPT was unveiled to the public in late 2022, security experts looked on with cautious optimism, excited about the new technology but concerned about its use in cyberattacks. Uhh, again, that is.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

3CX hired incident response firm Mandiant , which released a report on Wednesday that said the compromise began in 2022 when a 3CX employee installed a malware-laced software package distributed via an earlier software supply chain compromise that began with a tampered installer for X_TRADER , a software package provided by Trading Technologies.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Three Americans were charged this week with stealing more than $400 million in a November 2022 SIM-swapping attack. 11-12, 2022. 11-12, 2022. 11, 2022 after they SIM-swapped an AT&T customer by impersonating them at a retail store using a fake ID. 11, 2022 local time, and continuing until the 12th of November.

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Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 9, 2022

According to published reports, immediately after discovering the unauthorized encryption of data by ransomware on some district computers, technology personnel shut down the districtwide computer system, and commenced an investigation along with outside cybersecurity experts.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

” In late September 2022, KrebsOnSecurity warned about the proliferation of fake LinkedIn profiles for Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) roles at some of the world’s largest corporations. For example, on October 10, 2022, there were 576,562 LinkedIn accounts that listed their current employer as Apple Inc.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2025

The vulnerability CVE-2024-7344 affects the UEFI application of several real-time system recovery software suites developed by Howyar Technologies Inc., Greenware Technologies, Radix Technologies Ltd., Wasay Software Technology Inc., SANFONG Inc., Computer Education System Inc., and Signal Computer GmbH.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 12, 2024

On July 12, 2024, AT&T disclosed a data security incident that occurred in 2022. Investing in advanced security technologies: To stay ahead of evolving cyber threats, AT&T is investing in advanced security technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

The botnet “targets network devices manufactured by WatchGuard Technologies Inc. government has previously attributed to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (the GRU). WatchGuard) and ASUSTek Computer Inc. Those devices are still vulnerable.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 28, 2024

KrebsOnSecurity identified one of the three men in a July 2022 investigation into 911 S5, which was massively hacked and then closed ten days later. The 911 S5 botnet-powered proxy service, circa July 2022. 911 built its proxy network mainly by offering “free” virtual private networking (VPN) services.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

technology companies during the summer of 2022. stole at least $800,000 from at least five victims between August 2022 and March 2023. 2022 that an intrusion had exposed a “limited number” of Twilio customer accounts through a sophisticated social engineering attack designed to steal employee credentials.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2022

A report in February 2022 from Sophos found Conti orchestrated a cyberattack against a Canadian healthcare provider in late 2021. “I guess it would help if I understood what the baseline is, like how many healthcare organizations get hit with ransomware on average in one week?” I asked the source.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2025

Lumen Technologies researchers reported that the J-magic campaign targets Juniper routers with a custom backdoor using a passive agent based on the cd00r variant (an open-source backdoor by fx ). However, there is no evidence that the two campaigns are linked.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technology offer unprecedented opportunities for organizations to reduce the burden on struggling SOC analysts so they can focus on more strategic tasks, their mental health, and their overall well-being. The Reality of SOC Burnout SOC analysts have it rough.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

The new cards are: T 2: An attacker can modify your build system and produce signed builds of your software DoS 2: An attacker can make your authentication system unusable or unavailable Dos 3: An attacker can drain our easily replacable battery (battery, temporary) Dos 4: An attacker can drain a battery thats hard to replace (sealed in a phone, an (..)

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