Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The post Internet Archive is Attacked and 31 Million Files Stolen appeared first on Security Boulevard. A user authentication database was stolen from the nonprofit , which also was been beset by a series of DDoS attacks, and a pro-Palestinian threat group has taken credit for the attacks and the data breach.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Were just getting started down the road to the Internet of Everything (IoE.) Perimeter-focused defenses must be retired and the focus must shift to where the action is — at the furthest edges of the internet, where billions of IoT sensors and controls are proliferating — with scan oversight.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming. Surveillance has become the business model of the internet, and there’s no reasonable way for us to opt out of it. What was manual and individual has become bulk and mass. Spying is another matter.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 4, 2024

With IoT connectivity expanding, organizations across the industry must grapple with the complexities of securing this vast network of internet-connected “things.” The post Why Technology Interoperability is the Key to a Safer Internet of Things (IoT) appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 14, 2025

There is a new botnet that is infecting TP-Link routers: The botnet can lead to command injection which then makes remote code execution (RCE) possible so that the malware can spread itself across the internet automatically.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 17, 2024

6.8% , to be precise. From ZDNet : However, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks continue to be cybercriminals’ weapon of choice, making up over 37% of all mitigated traffic. The scale of these attacks is staggering. In the first quarter of 2024 alone, Cloudflare blocked 4.5 million unique DDoS attacks.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Currently, there are around 2,500 registrars authorized to sell domains by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the California nonprofit that oversees the domain industry. John Levine is author of the book “The Internet for Dummies” and president of CAUCE.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

BEARHOST prides itself on the ability to evade blocking by Spamhaus , an organization that many Internet service providers around the world rely on to help identify and block sources of malware and spam. Kaspersky did not respond to repeated requests for comment. Image: cidr-report.org.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 14, 2024

It gets installed by exploiting more than 20,000 common misconfigurations, a capability that may make millions of machines connected to the Internet potential targets, researchers from Aqua Security said. Perfectl in an impressive piece of malware: The malware has been circulating since at least 2021.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Had this been an actual attack, they would have modified the code in those buckets to contain malware and watch as it was incorporated in different software builds around the internet. This is basically the SolarWinds attack, but much more extensive. But there’s a second dimension to this attack.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 5, 2024

Consumer Reports has analyzed a bunch of popular Internet-connected video doorbells. Their security is terrible.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Welcome to the security nightmare that is the Internet of Things. CISA wants everyone—and government agencies in particular—to remove or upgrade an Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) that is no longer being supported.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Cyber threat analysts at Silent Push said they recently received reports from a partner organization that identified an aggressive scanning effort against their website using an Internet address previously associated with a campaign by FIN7 , a notorious Russia-based hacking group.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 20, 2024

This is yet another insecure Internet-of-things story , this one about wireless gear shifters for bicycles. These gear shifters are used in big-money professional bicycle races like the Tour de France, which provides an incentive to actually implement this attack. Research paper. Another news story. Slashdot thread.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

“This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary shell commands through crafted HTTP GET requests, affecting over 61,000 devices on the Internet.” The experts observed roughly 1,100 Internet-facing devices potentially vulnerable to this issue., .” reads the post published by Netsecfish.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

However, when improperly configured or left exposed to the internet, HMIs become prime targets for cyberattacks. According to Casey Ellis, Founder and Advisor at Bugcrowd, safety-critical control systems like HMIs "should never be on the Internet." Exposing HMI systems to the Internet can have serious consequences," Raju explains.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 27, 2024

Malicious hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Versa Director , a software product used by many Internet and IT service providers. Researchers believe the activity is linked to Volt Typhoon , a Chinese cyber espionage group focused on infiltrating critical U.S. In a security advisory published Aug. victims and one non-U.S.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

For a more detailed breakdown of today’s patches from Microsoft, check out the SANS Internet Storm Center’s list. Any one of these bugs could be used to install malware if an authenticated user connects to a malicious or hacked SQL database server.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2024

TEDxPSU 2010: “ Reconceptualizing Security ” TEDxCambridge 2013: “ The Battle for Power on the Internet ” TEDMed 2016: “ Who Controls Your Medical Data ?” I have spoken at several TED conferences over the years. ” I’m putting this here because I want all three links in one place.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 29, 2024

Remember that talk was given in 1982, less than a year before the ARPANET switched to TCP/IP and the internet went operational. (Note that there are two parts.) It’s a wonderful talk: funny, engaging, wise, prescient. She was a remarkable person.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

” The SANS Internet Storm Center has a handy list of all the Microsoft patches released today, indexed by severity. .” “This trademark linguistic ducking and weaving may be Microsofts way of saying ‘if we told you any more, wed give the game away,'” Barnett said.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 22, 2025

The MotW is an attribute added to files by Windows when they have been sourced from an untrusted location, like the internet or a restricted zone. Always be careful when opening archived files that you downloaded from the internet. 7-Zip added support for MotW in June 2022.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

In particular, we recommend that you ensure that access to the management interface is possible only from trusted internal IPs and not from the Internet. In particular, we recommend that you immediately ensure that access to the management interface is possible only from trusted internal IPs and not from the Internet. 173.239.218[.]251

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In 2016, I wrote about an Internet that affected the world in a direct, physical manner. This was the Internet of Things (IoT). The classical definition of a robot is something that senses, thinks, and acts—that’s today’s Internet. It was connected to your smartphone. It had actuators: Drones, autonomous cars.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 25, 2024

Friday’s massive internet outage, caused by a mid-sized tech company called CrowdStrike, disrupted major airlines, hospitals, and banks. The catastrophe is yet another reminder of how brittle global internet infrastructure is. Compare the internet with ecological systems. Nearly 7,000 flights were canceled.

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Webroot

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

VPN servers: Usually located all over the world, VPN servers act as intermediaries between your device and the internet and maintain your privacy by masking your IP address and location. Kill switch: Blocks your device’s internet access if the VPN connection drops. This way, the VPN app makes sure you’re always protected.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The closest he ever comes is when he speaks of how “for decades, technologists have dreamed of building a grassroots internet access provider” He describes one project that “got further than anyone else”: Helium. billion.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

internet service providers in recent months as part of a cyber espionage campaign code-named Salt Typhoon. internet-service providers in recent months in pursuit of sensitive information, according to people familiar with the matter.” China-linked threat actors have breached several U.S. Wall Street Journal reported.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2025

8037 or newer The vendor also provided the following mitigation: “To minimize the potential impact of SSLVPN vulnerabilities, please ensure that access is limited to trusted sources, or disable SSLVPN access from the Internet. hardware firewalls: SonicOS 6.5.5.1-6n 6n or newer Gen 6 / 6.5 NSv firewalls: SonicOS 6.5.4.v-21s-RC2457

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 16, 2025

The FBI asks that before you bin the missives, consider filing a complaint with the agency’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), including the phone number where the text originated, and the website listed within the text. If you receive one of these messages, just ignore it or delete it, but please do not visit the phishing site.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 2, 2024

And a 1994 review of Applied Cryptography by redacted : Applied Cryptography, for those who don’t read the internet news, is a book written by Bruce Schneier last year. Schneier has gathered academic research, internet gossip, and everything he could find on cryptography into one 600-page jumble. There are many redactions.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2024

.” The arrest coincided with the seizure of the 911 S5 website and supporting infrastructure, which the government says turned computers running various “free VPN” products into Internet traffic relays that facilitated billions of dollars in online fraud and cybercrime. Cloud Router was previously called 911 S5.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In particular, we recommend that you ensure that access to the management interface is possible only from trusted internal IPs and not from the Internet. Cortex Xpanse and Cortex XSIAM customers using the ASM module can investigate internet-exposed instances by reviewing alerts from the Firewall Admin Login attack surface rule.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2025

The SANS Internet Storm Center has a useful list of all the Microsoft patches released today, indexed by severity. Barnett observed that this is now the sixth consecutive month where Microsoft has published zero-day vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday without evaluating any of them as critical severity at time of publication.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Since the earliest incidents of computer break-ins, experts have maintained that making the internet a safe place is going to be an uphill battle. Their reasons, while largely technical, also encompass human complacency. Research shows that most organizations and users fail to follow the simple practices that make computing safe.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

Last week, the internet dodged a major nation-state attack that would have had catastrophic cybersecurity repercussions worldwide. There are libraries for everything: displaying objects in 3D, spell-checking, performing complex mathematics, managing an e-commerce shopping cart, moving files around the internet—everything.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 21, 2024

Apple and Google said they will continue collaborating with the Internet Engineering Task Force to further develop this technology and address the issue of unwanted tracking. Several Bluetooth tag companies have committed to making their future products compatible with the new standard.

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