WIRED Threat Level

JANUARY 15, 2019

Opinion: The 2009 vs. 2019 profile picture trend may or may not have been a data collection ruse to train its facial recognition algorithm. But we can't afford to blithely play along.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

Security experts from Comparitech along with security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered 20 million tax records belonging to Russian citizens exposed online in clear text and without protection. The post Experts found 20 Million tax records for Russian citizens exposed online appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2020

Weibo is a popular Chinese micro-blogging ( weibo ) website, it was launched by Sina Corporation on 14 August 2009, it claimed over 445 million monthly active users as of Q3 2018. . When we found the security vulnerability we took measures to fix it. ” “Don’t be credulous. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

North Korea-linked APT Lazarus targets security researchers using a trojanized pirated version of the popular IDA Pro reverse engineering software. ESET researchers reported that the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is targeting cyber security community with a trojanized pirated version of the popular IDA Pro reverse engineering software.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2020

IBM invented FHE in 2009, but only recently it is becoming practical thanks to algorithmic progresses. . “In This has revolutionized security and data privacy and how we outsource computation to untrusted clouds,” states IBM. The FHE toolkits are been released on GitHub for macOS and iOS. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Orange Belgium is using Huawei equipment since 2007 for its mobile network in Belgium and Luxembourg, while the collaboration between Proximus and the Shenzhen-based company started in 2009 for the progressive upgrading of its network. The post Belgium telecom operators Proximus and Orange drop Huawei appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The two individuals, Aleksandr Skorodumov (33) of Lithuania, and Pavel Stassi (30) of Estonia, administrated the bulletproof hosting service between 2009 and 2015. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cyber security). The post Administrators of bulletproof hosting sentenced to prison in the US appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2020

According to a joint advisory issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and U.S. The post North Korea-linked APT group BeagleBoyz targets banks appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

has a business unit called Securence , which specializes in providing filtered, secure email services to businesses, educational institutions and government agencies worldwide. Internet/Securence says your email is secure. Hold Security founder Alex Holden said his researchers had unearthed a public link to a U.S.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Experts at Symantec first exposed the activity of the Chinese-linked APT Thrip in 2018, now the security firm confirms that cyber espionage group has continued to carry out attacks in South East Asia. Security experts at Symantec speculate that Thrip is a sub-group of Billbug. ” continues the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Missouri Governor Mike Parson made headlines last year when he vowed to criminally prosecute a journalist for reporting a security flaw in a state website that exposed personal information of more than 100,000 teachers. Louis Post-Dispatch for reporting a security vulnerability that exposed teacher SSNs. In October 2021, St.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2020

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2022

The flaw, dubbed PwnKit, was introduced more than 12 years ago (May 2009) since the initial commit of pkexec, this means that all the versions are affected. The post PwnKit: Local Privilege Escalation bug affects major Linux distros appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads the post published by Qualys.”Successful

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The group, also known as Cicada, Stone Panda , and Cloud Hopper , has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide. . ” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2019

The security breach was discovered earlier this year, hackers also accessed data stored in the Literacy Works Information System and a legacy unemployment insurance service database. ” Threat actors accessed to files stored in the Literacy Works Information System that are dated back 2009, 2010, and 2014. .”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

billion Aadhaars issued by the UIDAI since this ID service launched in 2009, this system represents one of the largest biometric ID programs on the planet, according to a report published by think tank Brookings Institution. The Moody’s report also warned that there are security and privacy vulnerabilities in Aadhaar’s centralized system.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning of ongoing activity from an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor targeting global managed service providers (MSPs). ” Security firms attributed the attacks to a Chinese threat actor referred as APT10 (aka menuPass and Stone Panda). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

CDHE discovered the ransomware attack on June 19, 2023, it immediately launched an investigation into the security breach with the help of third-party specialists. At the time of this writing, no ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the security breach. ” reads the Notice of Data Incident published by the company.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added recently disclosed Firefox zero-days to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The post CISA urges to fix actively exploited Firefox zero-days by March 21 appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2020

The man operated the Cardplanet site between at least early 2009 through at least August 2013. The post The man behind Cardplanet credit card market sentenced to 9 years in prison appeared first on Security Affairs. In November, the suspect has been extradited to the US to face criminal charges. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Amazon discovered the tiny chips when it acquired software firm Elemental and conducted a security assessment of equipment made for Elemental by California-based Supermicro. In 2009 the company announced a development partnership with In-Q-Tel Inc. , In 2009 the company announced a development partnership with In-Q-Tel Inc. ,

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2019

Security experts at Flashpoint linked the recently disclosed attack on the Chilean interbank network to the dreaded Lazarus APT group. This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2022

“It’s worth pointing out that the wallet address is the miner reward receiving address of the Bitcoin Genesis Block , which occurred on January 3, 2009, and is believed to be held by Nakamoto.” The post Orchard botnet uses Bitcoin Transaction info to generate DGA domains appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in August 2020. ” reads the report published by Kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2024

The popular investigator Brian Krebs reported that Gary Warner, director of research in computer forensics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, noted in 2014 that Tank told co-conspirators in a JabberZeus chat on July 22, 2009 that his daughter, Miloslava, was and told him Miloslava birth weight.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2019

The risk of cyber attacks against SAP systems is increased after security researchers released PoC exploits for old SAP configuration flaws. In 2005 the company released the security note 8218752 and in 2009 released the security note 14080813 containing instructions on how to properly configure the access list for Gateway.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. Please vote Security Affairs for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link]. ” continues the report.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2020

Now, none of this was much of a security concern back in the day when it was impractical for employees to lug their bulky desktop computers and monitors outside of the corporate network. “We released a security advisory in June of 2009 and a security update that helps keep customers safe.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

The library has been active since 2009, it offers e-book files in a variety of file formats, stripped of their copyright protections. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized multiple domains used by the illegal shadow eBook library Z-Library. Z-Library operates as a complex network of approximately 249 interrelated web domains.

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Security Affairs

JULY 31, 2020

The group has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide. . ” states the Council of the European Union.” ” conclude the EU.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2019

The attackers exploited a Raspberry Pi device that was connected to the IT network of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) without authorization or implementing proper security measures. The Technology Security Database (ITSDB) is a web-based application used to track and manage physical assets and applications on its network.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group is behind new campaigns against South Korean supply chains that leverage stolen security certificates. . Security experts from ESET reported that North-Korea-linked Lazarus APT (aka HIDDEN COBRA ) is behind cyber campaigns targeting South Korean supply chains.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2021

If you suspect that one or more of your passwords may have been included in the RockIt2021 collection, we recommend taking the following steps in order to secure your data and avoid potential harm from threat actors: Use our personal data leak checker and leaked password checker to see if your data has been leaked in this or other breaches.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

News the security breach has happened in 2009, the Iranian intelligence infiltrated a series of websites used by the CIA to communicate with agents worldwide, including Iran and China. Security Affairs – intelligence, spies). According to Yahoo ! ” reported Yahoo News. ” reported Yahoo News. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2018

Security expert discovered Kernel Level Privilege Escalation vulnerability in the Availability Suite Service component of Oracle Solaris 10 and 11.3. ” reads the security advisory published by the company. ” reads the security advisory published by the company. ” reads the analysis published by Trustwave.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

In July, security researchers from FireEye uncovered and blocked a campaign carried out by Chinese APT10 group (aka Menupass, and Stone Panda) aimed at Japanese media sector. Security Affairs – Kelihos, malware ). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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