Penetration Testing

MAY 11, 2024

In a shocking incident that has raised serious questions about the reliability of public cloud services, Google Cloud accidentally deleted the entire online account of UniSuper.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 20, 2023

After surveying trusted penetration testing sources and published pricing, the cost of a penetration test for the average organization is $18,300. and different types of penetration tests (black box, gray box, white box, social engineering, etc.).

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 24, 2024

These flaws range from the potential for complete account hijacking to resource-draining denial-of-service... The post Urgent GitLab Update Patches Account Takeover Flaw, Other High-Severity Bugs appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 22, 2024

Security researchers from G DATA have analyzed “Sharp Stealer,” a malware family that steals login credentials,... The post Sharp Stealer: New Malware Targets Gamers’ Accounts and Online Identities appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Vietnam has become a hotspot for malicious operations targeting Facebook Business accounts, with threat actors leveraging infostealers like VietCredCare and DuckTail.

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Penetration Testing

MARCH 6, 2024

This vulnerability leaves thousands of projects potentially exposed to account hijacking attacks.... ... The post CVE-2024-27295: Directus Flaw Opens Door to Account Takeovers appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Penetration testing is something that many (of those who know what a pentest is) see as a search for weak spots and well-known vulnerabilities in clients’ infrastructure, and a bunch of copied-and-pasted recommendations on how to deal with the security holes thus discovered.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 30, 2025

This gives the hacker the information to access your trading capital or, even worse, lock you out of your account. This software can track anything from your keystrokes to login details, potentially allowing hackers to lock you out of your account. Account Monitoring and Alerts Real-time account monitoring is a game-changer.

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Penetration Testing

JANUARY 11, 2024

CVE-2023-7028: Account Takeover via... The post CVE-2023-7028 & 5356: GitLab Addresses Account Takeover & Command Flaws appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 28, 2019

Further, other devices also come with secret backdoor accounts that in some cases can't be removed without a firmware update. Securing these devices is often a pain, as some expose Telnet or SSH ports online without the users' knowledge, and for which very few users know how to change passwords. I am interested in the results of this survey.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 31, 2022

” “The District views this incident as a penetration test, and the students involved presented the data in a professional manner,” the spokesperson says, adding that its tech team has made changes to avoid anything similar happening again in the future. .

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Penetration Testing

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A critical vulnerability in the decentralized social networking platform Mastodon could be exploited to impersonate and take over any remote account.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 28, 2024

486), allowed for a severe type of attack known... The post Telegram Patches Flaw in Web Version, Vulnerability Exposed User Accounts to Hackers appeared first on Penetration Testing. This flaw, found in versions up to Telegram WebK 2.0.0 (486),

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Penetration Testing

MAY 16, 2024

Cybersecurity firm Cofense has exposed a sophisticated phishing campaign that is actively targeting Meta business accounts worldwide.

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

A new phishing campaign, tracked by Cisco Talos, has been targeting Facebook business account users in Taiwan since at least July 2024.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 14, 2024

These vulnerabilities, ranging from critical command injection flaws to potential account compromises, require immediate attention from... The post Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Patched: Update Immediately to Mitigate Attacks appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

A cached copy of Yamosoft.com at archive.org says it was a Moroccan computer security service that specialized in security audits, computer hacking investigations, penetration testing and source code review. ” A LinkedIn profile for a Yassine Algangaf says he’s a penetration tester from the Guelmim province of Morocco. .”

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Penetration Testing

MARCH 18, 2024

However, any repository created under an organization’s user account is not controllable unless the organization has adopted the GitHub enterprise-managed... The post git-alerts: detect and monitor GitHub org users’ public repositories for secrets and sensitive files appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

ADCSync ADCSync uses the ESC1 exploit to dump NTLM hashes from user accounts in an Active Directory environment. ... The post ADCSync: dump NTLM hashes from user accounts in an Active Directory environment appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 23, 2020

As first reported here last year , First American’s website exposed 16 years worth of digitized mortgage title insurance records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images. It employs some 18,000 people and brought in $6.2

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Penetration Testing

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Ducktail is a malware family that has been active since the second half of 2021 and aims to steal Facebook business accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This data reportedly includes everything from names and addresses to Social Security numbers and bank account details. The stolen data reportedly includes highly personal information — names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, bank account details, and even records of residents’ interactions with city services. With over 6.5

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 14, 2024

Streaming giant Roku has publicly acknowledged a second data breach incident impacting approximately 576,000 user accounts. This follows an initial breach in March 2024, compromising approximately 15,000 accounts.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2020

There’s an old adage in information security: “Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure.” ” Many organizations that do hire professionals to test their network security posture unfortunately tend to focus on fixing vulnerabilities hackers could use to break in.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 23, 2024

Wiki.js, a popular open-source wiki engine, has patched a critical security vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to inject malicious code and potentially compromise user accounts, including those with elevated privileges. Vulnerability Exposes Users to Potential Account Takeover appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Penetration Testing

MAY 19, 2024

Grav, a popular open-source content management system (CMS) known for its speed and flexibility, has a critical security flaw that could expose websites to malicious account takeovers and unauthorized access to sensitive files.

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Penetration Testing

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Microsoft has announced a comprehensive operation against a cybercriminal syndicate known as Storm-1152, culpable for the creation of approximately 750 million counterfeit Microsoft accounts.

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Penetration Testing

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has become the target of a series of sophisticated cyberattacks, resulting in the hijacking of accounts belonging to high-ranking officials, including President Hiroshi Yamakawa... The post JAXA Cyberattack: Hackers Breach Accounts of Top Officials, Exposing Sensitive Space and Defense Data (..)

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Penetration Testing

DECEMBER 13, 2023

LDAPWordlistHarvester A tool to generate a wordlist from the information present in LDAP, in order to crack non-random passwords of domain accounts. ... The post LDAPWordlistHarvester: generate a wordlist from the information present in LDAP appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Penetration Testing

DECEMBER 28, 2024

This sophisticated malware... The post NFC Nightmare: New NGate Trojan Drains Bank Accounts via ATMs appeared first on Cybersecurity News. In a concerning development for cybersecurity, malware analysts at Doctor Web have identified a new wave of attacks involving the NGate banking trojan, now targeting Russian users.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 31, 2020

Judicial Branch officials in Dallas County said in response to this grilling that they didn’t expect Coalfire’s physical penetration testing to be conducted outside of business hours. “I want to find out who needs to be held accountable for this and how we can do that.” We should hold them accountable.”

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Penetration Testing

JANUARY 20, 2025

A recently patched vulnerability in popular error tracking and performance monitoring platform Sentry could have allowed attackers to The post CVE-2025-22146 (CVSS 9.1): Critical Sentry Vulnerability Allowed Account Takeovers appeared first on Cybersecurity News.

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Penetration Testing

APRIL 9, 2025

A critical vulnerability in the popular WordPress automation plugin SureTriggers has exposed over 100,000 sites to the risk of unauthenticated administrative account creation, potentially allowing full site takeover. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-3102 with a CVSS score of 8.1,

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Penetration Testing

MARCH 23, 2025

Fake Chat Used in Meta Business Account Phishing appeared first on Cybersecurity News. What if you received an email stating, YOUR ADS ARE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED? The urgency of the email instantly The post Don’t Click!

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Penetration Testing

MARCH 11, 2024

The attackers compromised cloud accounts and hijacked resources on... The post Attackers Exploit Decentralized CDN for Crypto Rewards appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Jane Frankland

MARCH 8, 2025

As the first women owned penetration testing provider in the UK some 28-years ago, Ive researched, campaigned, written, spoken and stepped up as a visible role model, always presenting the business case. Inclusion must account for race, disability, sexual orientation, and other axes of identity.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

That FBI warrant came on the heels of an investigation published by security firm FireEye , which examined an Iranian-based network of inauthentic news sites and social media accounts aimed at the United States., Sheriff says they will only accept offers that are guaranteed through the forum’s escrow account. com, sachtimes[.]com,

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