Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

” NKTsKI recommends organizations to strengthen monitoring of threats and information security events in systems provided by LANIT. LANIT Group (Laboratory of New Information Technologies) is one of Russia’s largest IT service and software providers. ” said U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2024

. “The victim will be unaware of the manipulation, as the malware’s fake UI will mimic the actual banking experience, allowing the attacker to extract sensitive information or gain unauthorized access to the victim’s financial accounts.” Upon detecting specific events (e.g.,

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2025

” DoubleClickjacking exploits timing differences between mousedown and onclick events to hijack user actions. “By exploiting the event timing between clicks, attackers can seamlessly swap out benign UI elements for sensitive ones in the blink of an eye. ” concludes the post.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The charges being pursued by investigators include criminal conspiracy for unauthorized access to computer systems, illegal interception, falsification of electronic communications, disclosure of confidential information, aiding and abetting, and extortion. ” reads a statement from a lawyer for Del Vecchio.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2025

The backdoor can drop additional payloads, block input, clear event logs, wipe clipboard, delete browser data, and erase profiles for apps like Skype and Telegram. Google researchers provided event rules within Google Security Operations to dete ctPLAYFULGHOST activity.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2024

notifies customers of credit card data breach, after threat actors hacked a third-party app from its e-commerce provider. disclosed a data breach that exposed its customers’ credit card data after threat actors hacked a third-party application from its e-commerce providerBigCommerce. ” concludes the notification.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This widespread geographical distribution of “Free Leaksmas” event highlights the extensive global reach and severe impact of these cybercriminal activities.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Proactive monitoring of Windows event logs, specifically from the “Microsoft-Windows-BitLocker-API/Management” source, can help organizations detect early stages of BitLocker attacks, such as when attackers test encryption capabilities. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Meanwhile, Cisco will engage directly with customers if we determine they have been impacted by this event. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach) The company has disabled public access to the site while we continue the investigation.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2024

On November 20, a verified Bohemia administrator provided on the dark web forum Dread information about the disruptions affecting the marketplace. “The statement claims that in a “shameful and disgruntled set of events” a lead developer went “rogue”, withdrawing small amounts of Bitcoin (BTC) over a period of just over a month.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

The ransomware identifies user accounts by viewing successful logins in Windows Event Viewer, it also uses a modified variant of the open-source PSnmap Tool. In early January, the Cactus ransomware group claimed to have hacked Coop, one of the largest retail and grocery providers in Sweden.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2025

. “In addition, we are providing you with proactive fraud assistance to help with any questions that you might have or in the event that you become a victim of fraud” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,California Cryobank)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In an interesting turn of events, the investigation of the whole SolarWinds compromise led to the discovery of an additional malware that also affects the SolarWinds Orion product but has been determined to be likely unrelated to this compromise and used by a different threat actor” reads the post published by Mic rosoft. “In

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2021

Google Project Zero researchers uncovered a sophisticated hacking campaign that targeted Windows and Android users. And who puts "informational" event logging in their Android downloader malware? SecurityAffairs – hacking, Project Zero). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

“Following these events, and during 2024, various cyberattacks against other entities, public bodies and even Spanish universities took place.” “ At the international level, there has been collaboration with EUROPOL and the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) of the USA.” ” continues the press release.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

“The attackers have identified a method that causes login events to be logged in the Non-Interactive Sign-In logs, which may result in reduced security visibility and response.” ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,malware)

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Severe monitoring events are flagged and shared on WeChat for internal handling, raising privacy concerns due to China’s cybersecurity laws. A leaked document from September 2023 shows tasks related to sensitive word detection and forwarding asset identifiers to Zhao Nannan, linked to political events in Shanghai.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2025

Configuring log forwarding is essential to streamline monitoring and centralize event capture. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,ESXi ransomware attacks)

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Related: High-profile healthcare hacks in 2021. The risks are real, and the impact of cybersecurity events continues to grow. Healthcare organizations often single out Personal Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI). What additional business information is critical? Scheduling?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Meanwhile, Cisco will engage directly with customers if we determine they have been impacted by this event. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking, data breach) The company disabled public access to the site while we continue the investigation.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Keyboard and mouse apps connect to a server on a desktop or laptop computer and transmit mouse and keyboard events to a remote server. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Android Keyboard). The post Android Keyboard Apps with 2 Million downloads can remotely hack your device appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2021

On January 31, 2020 the Bureau receives its second CISA request to investigate the compromised servers and a few days later, on February 5, 2020, the Bureau confirmed that other servers were hacked. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Citrix). ” states the report. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A new data leak that appears to have come from one of China’s top private cybersecurity firms provides a rare glimpse into the commercial side of China’s many state-sponsored hacking groups. In 2021, the Sichuan provincial government named i-SOON as one of “the top 30 information security companies.”

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Originating from the conference events at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Harrah’s and Linq in Las Vegas, Nevada ; via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post DEF CON 31 – Panel: ‘Hack the Future – Why Congress & White House Support AI Red Teaming’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This will ensure that the HTTP Server feature is not unexpectedly enabled in the event of a system reload.” VulnCheck researchers observed that the vulnerability was exploited in a large-scale hacking campaign targeting Cisco IOS XE routers and switches. concludes the advisory that also includes Indicators of Compromise (IoCs).”After

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2025

Notably, another prominent ransomware group DragonForce took the lead capitalizing on these events. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking, BlackLock)

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Google Security

JUNE 18, 2021

Posted by Kristoffer Janke, Information Security Engineer Are you ready for no sleep, no chill and a lot of hacking? Whether you’re a seasoned CTF player or just curious about cyber security and ethical hacking, we want you to join us. Our annual Google CTF is back! Teams can register at [link]. in prize money.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 15, 2025

We encourage all customers to follow security, identity, and compliance best practices. In the event a customer suspects they may have exposed their credentials, they can start by following the steps listed in this post. As always, customers can contact AWS Support with any questions or concerns about the security of their account.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2023

The Pwn2Own Vancouver 2023 has begun, this hacking competition has 19 entries targeting nine different targets – including two Tesla attempts. On the first day of the event, the organization awarded $375,000 (and a Tesla Model 3) for 12 zero-day vulnerabilities demonstrated by the participants. Master of Pwn points.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2023

The researchers @hoangnx99 , @rskvp93 , and @_q5ca from Team Viettel ( @vcslab ) chained 2 vulnerabilities to hack Microsoft Teams. The team also won the Tesla Model 3 they have hacked. The researcher dungdm ( @_piers2 ) of Team Viettel ( @vcslab ) exploited an uninitialized variable and a UAF bug to hack Oracle VirtualBox.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

critical infrastructure in the event of a major crisis or conflict with the United States. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, China)

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

At the time of discovery, the data store contained 226 million logged events, resulting in 1.2 The leaked information also had employee names and emails. Those logs were mainly attributable to cybersecurity software such as Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2021

My Definitions of Event, Alert, and Incident. A definitions reminder: Incident : A security event that compromises the integrity, confidentiality or availability of an information asset. For incidents, the breakdown was: dos (hacking), phishing (social), other, and then ransomware (malware). Content extraction.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2022

The Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking contest ended, Trend Micro and ZDI awarded a total of $1,155,000 for successful attempts! During the third day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking competition, white hat hackers demonstrated a working exploit against Microsoft Windows 11 OS. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 ).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2025

They patched the Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) to suppress event logs and bypassed the Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI) by modifying amsi.dll, allowing malicious PowerShell execution. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking, China)

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2022

Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking contest has begun, it is the 15th edition of this important event organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI). Below is the list of hacking attempts against Microsoft Teams: SUCCESS – Hector “p3rr0” Peralta was able to demonstrate an improper configuration against Microsoft Teams.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2023

The BlackCat ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Casepoint legal technology platform used US agencies, including SEC and FBI. ” In the event that the security breach is verified, it is reasonable to speculate that the ransomware group might have compromised sensitive and possibly classified information.

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