Dark Reading

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Ongoing Rapid Reset DDoS flood attacks exposed organizations need to patch CVE-2023-44487 immediately to head off crippling outages and business disruption.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Recently, these scammers have branched out into offering fake streaming services for nearly any kind of event advertised on Facebook. The page listed the correct time and date of the funeral service, which it claimed could be streamed over the Internet by following a link that led to a page requesting credit card information.

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Troy Hunt

AUGUST 14, 2020

References The feedback on open-sourcing HIBP has been 99.99% positive (that's about as good as you can ever hope for on the internet!) Next we'll do it at the other end of the day again and I'm sure there'll be a heap of new stuff to cover before then.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Scott Kannry , CEO, Axio Kannry The SEC is serious about companies disclosing the details of an event if it is relevant to investors. Jim Routh, Chief Trust Officer, Saviynt Routh These events represent a clear shift in the regulatory landscape. Want to stay out of trouble? Acohido Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 29, 2025

Originating from the conferences events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino ; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesLV24 – Ground Truth – Defensive Counting: How To Quantify ICS Exposure On The Internet When The Data Is Out To Get You appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 8, 2022

When a Nest Hub notices you’re moving closer, it highlights current reminders, calendar events, or other important notifications. They’re going to be an essential part of the Internet of Things. Proximity alone isn’t enough. What if you just ended up walking past the machine and looking in a different direction?

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 14, 2024

As cyberattacks and malicious campaigns grow increasingly sophisticated and pervasive, the event underscored the urgent need for robust defensive strategies across both the public and private sectors. One of the interesting things is that Ukraine has a pretty robust cyber defensive capability, as well as a cyber offensive capability.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2023

Authorities in Germany this week seized Internet servers that powered FlyHosting , a dark web offering that catered to cybercriminals operating DDoS-for-hire services, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The German authorities did not name the suspects or the Internet service in question. This post will be updated in the event they respond.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 4, 2025

Originating from the conferences events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center ; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post DEF CON 32 – War Stories – Why Are You Still Using My Server For Your Internet Access appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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. Just to point out to those panicking about this right now: this is a very uncommon situation to be vulnerable from this cve in a “readily exploitable from the internet” way. And the internet moves fast. xml or programatically.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 14, 2021

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking (online) as part of Western Washington University’s Internet Studies Lecture Series on January 20, 2021. I’ll be speaking at an Informa event on February 28, 2021. I’m speaking at ITY Denmark on February 2, 2021. Details to come.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Interesting collision of real-world and Internet security: The ceremony sees several trusted internet engineers (a minimum of three and up to seven) from across the world descend on one of two secure locations -- one in El Segundo, California, just south of Los Angeles, and the other in Culpeper, Virginia -- both in America, every three months.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

These days, dozens of teams from around the world compete in weekend-long marathon events held all over the world. If you’re into this sort of thing, it’s pretty much the most fun you can possibly have on the Internet without committing multiple felonies. In 2016, DARPA ran a similarly styled event for artificial intelligence (AI).

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In any event, Hron said the ransom attack is just the beginning of what an attacker could do. Specifically, he could trigger the coffee maker to turn on the burner, dispense water, spin the bean grinder, and display a ransom message, all while beeping repeatedly.

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Tech Republic Security

JUNE 21, 2023

Cybersecurity has always been challenging, but with the cloud becoming more complex, the Internet of Things more advanced and remote work more embraced, security and endpoint management face a host of new challenges. Experts weighed in on the subject at the recent Syxsense Synergy event.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

On March 2, Microsoft released emergency security updates to plug four security holes in Exchange Server versions 2013 through 2019 that hackers were actively using to siphon email communications from Internet-facing systems running Exchange. The web shell gives the attackers administrative access to the victim’s computer servers.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 3, 2024

What’s more, it is putting on a content-rich conference, SquadCon 2024 , in parallel with Black Hat, at The Industrial Event Space in Vegas mid next week. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

In the early days of the Internet, coders created new programs for the sake of writing good code, then made it available for anyone to use and extend, license free. However, once the commercial Internet took hold, developers began leveraging open-source components far and wide in proprietary systems.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

China has enclosed its national internet servers within what is colloquially called ‘the Great Firewall.’ Internationally, there is no doubt that this predominantly serves to facilitate the detection and blocking of topics sensitive to the Chinese Communist Party, such as the events of June 4, 1989, in Tiananmen Square.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The new zero-day flaw– CVE-2022-41033 — is an “elevation of privilege” bug in the Windows COM+ event service, which provides system notifications when users logon or logoff. Microsoft says the flaw is being actively exploited, and that it was reported by an anonymous individual.

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The Hacker News

MAY 31, 2024

More than 600,000 small office/home office (SOHO) routers are estimated to have been bricked and taken offline following a destructive cyber attack staged by unidentified cyber actors, disrupting users' access to the internet. has been codenamed Pumpkin

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

“We identified work logs and system features that indicate TopSec is likely enabling content moderation for internet censorship purposes, a key strategy used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to monitor and control public opinion on issues that the state deems contentious or antisocial.” ” concludes the report.”The

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

When creating a BCP, the following guiding questions can serve as a starting point: How would the organization function if critical systems such as computers, laptops, servers, email, and the Internet were unavailable? Collect and safeguard critical artifacts such as event logs, system logs, and authentication records from corporate systems.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

A couple of high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks will surely go down in history as watershed events – each for different reasons. The author of Mirai used a sledgehammer to kill a fly: the DDoS bombardment was so large that it also wiped out Dyn , a UK-based internet performance vendor. Beyond DDoS. Talk more soon.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Here’s a quick breakdown of what it means for internet users. Log4J is an open-source software tool used to log activity on internet-based services and software. The ease of use and utility of Log4J has made it ubiquitous on servers and enterprise networks across the internet. What can the average internet user do?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This exploit, tracked as CVE-2023-44487 , enabled cybercriminals to orchestrate what has been dubbed the largest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack ever recorded, targeting multiple internet infrastructure companies. This event serves to remind the industry that DDoS attacks are alive and well and won't go away anytime soon.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

The group looks for attacks on Exchange systems using a combination of active Internet scans and “honeypots” — systems left vulnerable to attack so that defenders can study what attackers are doing to the devices and how. Here are a few of the more notable examples , although all of those events are almost a decade old.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 10, 2021

Nick Weaver has an excellent post on the Microsoft Exchange hack: The investigative journalist Brian Krebs has produced a handy timeline of events and a few things stand out from the chronology. 2, at which point the attacker simply sought to compromise almost every vulnerable Exchange server on the Internet. 5 and another on Jan.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

With large-scale security crises being one of the most relevant threats worldwide, it’s more important than ever to reflect on past events, assess emerging threats, and, most crucially, explore strategies to prevent future incidents. A potentially more impactful threat lies in the satellite internet access supply chain.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 29, 2025

Hospitals operated on emergency generators, and events like the Madrid Open tennis tournament were suspended due to power loss. Mobile networks and internet services were also disrupted, compounding the challenges faced by residents and emergency services. The cause of this incident remains unidentified at present.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 2, 2021

But just days before the event Western Digital released MyCloud OS 5 , which eliminated the bug they found. Domanski said MyCloud users on OS 3 can virtually eliminate the threat from this attack by simply ensuring that the devices are not set up to be reachable remotely over the Internet.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The crooks running the Trickbot botnet typically use these config files to pass new instructions to their fleet of infected PCs, such as the Internet address where hacked systems should download new updates to the malware. The close timing of both events suggested an intentional disruption of Trickbot botnet operations.”

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A top executive at the nonprofit entity responsible for doling out chunks of Internet addresses to businesses and other organizations in Africa has resigned his post following accusations that he secretly operated several companies which sold tens of millions of dollars worth of the increasingly scarce resource to online marketers.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Key applications include automated phishing detection, real-time behavior analysis, and intelligent event correlation across channels, enhancing efficiency and impact. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 8, 2023

” Rapid7 ‘s Caitlin Condon called this remarkable turn of events “fairly stunning,” and said there appear to be roughly 11,000 vulnerable ESG devices still connected to the Internet worldwide. . “Barracuda’s recommendation at this time is full replacement of the impacted ESG.”

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 11, 2025

Reading how “PWNED” went from hacker slang to the internet’s favorite taunt, I think that's a fair conclusion to draw. We've also got some stuff that will be infeasible in the short term, for example, a link through to the official response of the breached company and the full timeline of events.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Consider that kids are constantly connected on the internet with online games, streaming devices, virtual schooling, and zoom play dates. Companies can promote family online safety with family-focused materials, events, and outreach. Host virtual events? Family-focused events will also engage both generations.

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