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.

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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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Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 10, 2022

Last week, I attended an excellent briefing given by Tom Gillis, Senior Vice President and General Manager of VMware’s Networking and Advanced Security Business Group, in which he discussed various important cybersecurity-related trends that he and his team have observed.

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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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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The risks are real, and the impact of cybersecurity events continues to grow. A cyber catastrophe may seem inevitable, but there are basic practices and actionable steps any healthcare organization can take to begin reducing the clear and present risk of being impacted by a cybersecurity event. Scheduling? Practice to improve response.

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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.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 31, 2024

Of course it was before 2008, when we created the Security and Human Behavior workshop. It was well before 2001, when we created the Workshop on Economics and Information Security. Recently, we saw each other on only a couple of occasions every year: at this or that workshop or event.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 6, 2022

In addition, in the event of a leak, the watermark will not help to determine who leaked the document if an attacker cleverly cleans up the document, deletes it, or hides it. But they have more disadvantages than benefits if we talk about ensuring information security. Demyanchuk. Yes, they are cheap to apply.

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2024

“The SEC’s order against Unisys finds that the company described its risks from cybersecurity events as hypothetical despite knowing that it had experienced two SolarWinds-related intrusions involving exfiltration of gigabytes of data. ” reads the press release published by SEC.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Companies can promote family online safety with family-focused materials, events, and outreach. Host virtual events? Consider child-focused educational books, games, movies, or virtual events that can enroll adults along with their children on the topic of security education to make it a family affair.

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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. Out of an abundance of caution, we have disabled public access to the site while we continue the investigation. The company has disabled public access to the site while we continue the investigation.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2024

.” FreshClick is not developed by BigCommerce, which told Bleeping Computer that its systems were secure. ZAGG announced the implementation of security measures to minimize the risk of a similar event occurring in the future. BigCommerce discovered and removed a hacked FreshClick app from customer stores.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

ISO 22317: Focuses on Business Impact Analysis (BIA), detailing the processes for identifying and evaluating the impact of different events on business operations. How to prepare a data breach response plan After containing the data breach, the next step is to secure and analyze all available evidence to understand the incident thoroughly.

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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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Krebs on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

“This can be hugely damaging in the event of ransomware attacks, where high privileges can enable the attackers to stop or destroy backups and other security tools,” Breen said. “There are no workarounds for these vulnerabilities, patching as soon as possible is highly recommended.”

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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

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

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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Daniel Miessler

DECEMBER 18, 2021

So you need to have changed your configs to include patterns like: $${ctx:loginId} ${ctx ${event ${env. . “Certain non-default configurations” I’ve never heard a sweeter set of syllables. These can also be set in log4j2.xml xml or programatically. etc to be vulnerable to a 2.15 patch level or a log4j2.formatMsgNoLookups

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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.” ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2025

Configuring log forwarding is essential to streamline monitoring and centralize event capture. ESXi appliances splits logs into multiple files by activity, complicating forensic investigations and monitoring activities. “While ESXi does support a few third-party monitoring or telemetry agents, such tools are limited in availability.

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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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SecureList

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Security incident statistics for 2024 In 2024, the MDR infrastructure received and processed on average 15,000 telemetry events per host every day, generating security alerts as a result. Users are still the weakest link, making Security Awareness training an important focus for corporate information security planning.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

It is common for companies to disconnect critical systems in the event of a network intrusion, as part of a larger effort to stop the badness from spreading elsewhere. . “As far as I know, all low-level employees have another day off today.” ” The extent and severity of the incident at TTEC remains unknown.

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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. Out of an abundance of caution, we have disabled public access to the site while we continue the investigation. The company disabled public access to the site while we continue the investigation.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Since it’s a live event, 100 percent uptime is imperative for the Super Bowl, ensuring fans don’t miss a moment of the action. The Super Bowl is the largest sporting and television event in the United States, with nearly 100 million viewers. Securing an event of this magnitude can be quite a challenge.

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Webroot

MARCH 3, 2025

During this time, many government agencies and consumer protection organizations come together to help educate consumers on how to keep their personal and financial information secure.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

You read so much classified information about the world’s geopolitical events that you start seeing the world differently. Those of us in the information security community had long assumed that the NSA was doing things like this. Intelligence professionals talk about how disorienting it is living on the inside.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Google Calendar RAT is a PoC of Command&Control (C2) over Google Calendar Events, it was developed red teaming activities. “The script creates a ‘Covert Channel’ by exploiting the event descriptions in Google Calendar. “To use GRC, only a Gmail account is required.” ” reads the Google Report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2025

Notably, another prominent ransomware group DragonForce took the lead capitalizing on these events. Both BlackLock and Momona Ransomware went offline and are currently not available. Resecurity highlighted that it is possible DragonForce will take over on the BlackLock affiliate base, and the group will successfully transition to new masters.

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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. Weaver Ant deployed multiple payloads to evade detection, maintain persistence, and expand access within compromised networks.

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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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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 6, 2025

In the SecureWorld Spotlight Series, we learn about the speakers and Advisory Council members that make our events a success. For the past 25 years, he has resided in Boulder, Colorado, and calls the Rockies home when he is not flying to or from a security event or conference in some distant part of the world.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Kathleen shares her extensive experience in the field, recounting her tenure in various cybersecurity events and her contributions to job market research and recruiting. In this episode we welcome Kathleen Smith, CMO of ClearedJobs.net, to discuss the current state of the cybersecurity job market.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

critical infrastructure in the event of a major crisis or conflict with the United States. In August 2023, Volt Typhoon exploited a zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-39717 , in Versa Director, to deploy a custom webshell on breached networks.

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