Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The American education technology firm Chegg discloses a security breach, it already sent notifications to its employees. The US education technology company Chegg discloses a security breach that took place in early April, the firm already sent notifications to its employees. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Chegg, hacking).

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DECEMBER 1, 2019

Millions of SMS messages have been leaked by a database run by TrueDialog, a business SMS provider for businesses and higher education providers. TrueDialog focuses on providing several different SMS programs including mass text messaging, marketing SMS options, urgent alerts, an Education SMS solution, and more. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MAY 10, 2020

million $1,200 Minted 5 million $2,500 Styleshare 6 million $2,700 Ggumim 2 million $1,300 Mindful 2 million $1,300 StarTribune 1 million $1,100 ChatBooks 15 million $3,500 The Chronicle Of Higher Education 3 million $1,500 Zoosk 30 million $500. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The online education platform for developers Thinkful suffered a security breach and is notifying the incident to its customers requiring them to reset their passwords. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues the notification. Pierluigi Paganini.

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APRIL 30, 2020

The 3 plugins are installed on more than 100,000 different educational platforms used by several universities such as the University of Florida, University of Michigan, University of Washington as well as hundreds of online academies. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. million times.

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MAY 3, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ZDNet confirmed the authenticity of the leaked data. Tokopedia is currently investigating the security breach, it notified the users asking them to reset their account passwords. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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MARCH 25, 2020

The group hit entities in several industries, including the gaming, healthcare, high-tech, higher education, telecommunications, and travel services industries. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. concludes the report. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

According to the summary findings related to the period 2013-2020, the most targeted critical infrastructures are government facilities, followed by education and healthcare. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

PoC (Denial-of-Service) for CVE-2020-0609 & CVE-2020-0610 Please use for research and educational purpose only. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. link] pic.twitter.com/R43AHUwGV0 — ollypwn (@ollypwn) January 23, 2020. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – RDP Gateway, hacking).

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JULY 21, 2020

Blackbaud is a cloud computing provider that serves the social good community — nonprofits, foundations, corporations, education institutions, healthcare organizations, religious organizations, and individual change agents. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “Our research team was only able to confirm that the database belonged to Decathlon Spain, with a strong possibility of Decathlon United Kingdom information included as well.”

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JULY 28, 2020

million $1,200 Minted 5 million $2,500 Styleshare 6 million $2,700 Ggumim 2 million $1,300 Mindful 2 million $1,300 StarTribune 1 million $1,100 ChatBooks 15 million $3,500 The Chronicle Of Higher Education 3 million $1,500 Zoosk 30 million $500. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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MAY 21, 2020

million $1,200 Minted 5 million $2,500 Styleshare 6 million $2,700 Ggumim 2 million $1,300 Mindful 2 million $1,300 StarTribune 1 million $1,100 ChatBooks 15 million $3,500 The Chronicle Of Higher Education 3 million $1,500 Zoosk 30 million $500. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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JUNE 29, 2020

“This incident reflects the growing use of malware by cyber-criminals around the world seeking monetary gain, including several recent attacks on institutions of higher education. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. the statement concludes.

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JULY 26, 2020

million $1,200 Minted 5 million $2,500 Styleshare 6 million $2,700 Ggumim 2 million $1,300 Mindful 2 million $1,300 StarTribune 1 million $1,100 ChatBooks 15 million $3,500 The Chronicle Of Higher Education 3 million $1,500 Zoosk 30 million $500. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Education 362

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MARCH 12, 2019

The database also contained GPS coordinates, URLs to photos, ID numbers, marital status, political and education related details, and a ‘HasVideo’ field. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. In China, they have a shortage of women. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JULY 6, 2020

The company has customers in many industries, including financial services, automotive, education, healthcare, manufacturing and aerospace and defense, DXC Technology files an 8-K form with the U.S. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

In 2015, the Turkish security researchers Utku Sen published the HiddenTear ransomware, the first open source ransomware, for educational purposes. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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APRIL 26, 2020

‘This campaign delivered over 150,000 messages to over 60 different industries, with 45% focused on education, colleges, and universities,” Proofpoint concluded. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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MARCH 1, 2020

Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for collecting student data through its Education Platform. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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AUGUST 2, 2020

and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “As of June 2020, the FBI has received notifications of Netwalker ransomware attacks on U.S. ” reads the alert.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

The experts discovered how to fully compromise the Apple Distinguished Educators Program via Authentication and bypass authorization and hot to fully compromise the DELMIA Apriso Application via authentication bypass. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reported the experts.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The previous campaigns associated with this group targeted government, education, and electronic manufacturers in East Asia and the Middle East. The experts noticed that one of the AspxSpy web shells employed by Gelsemium was reportedly used by Iron Taurus (aka APT 27) for the operation Iron Tiger in 2015.

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APRIL 12, 2020

“An analysis of the database revealed that aside from personal accounts, there were many corporate accounts belonging to banks, consultancy companies, educational facilities, healthcare providers, and software vendors, amongst others. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As for motivation, they confirmed to me they have always had an interest in Italian education. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. They explained that after 9 years since the first attacks against the universities, nothing has changed from the cyber security perspective. Pierluigi Paganini.

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APRIL 27, 2020

Moth of the victims belongs to high-tech, wholesale and education sectors. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab confirmed that the decryption keys are valid and are including them in the company RakhniDecryptor ransomware decryption tool. Pierluigi Paganini.

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JULY 21, 2019

US Department of Education warned that hackers have breached at least 62 college and university networks by exploiting a vulnerability in the Ellucian Banner Web Tailor module of the Ellucian Banner ERP. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MARCH 19, 2020

” The module appears to be under development, but experts pointed out that threat actors already used it to target organizations, mostly in telecoms, education, and financial services sectors. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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APRIL 2, 2019

GARY BERMAN AND HIS TEAM BELIEVE THAT INFOSEC KNOWLEDGE IS POWERFUL – TAKE YOUR AVERAGE EMPLOYEE AND MAKE THEM A CYBER HERO – YOU WILL EMPOWERED THEM AGAINST THE LATEST SPEAR PHISHING ATTACKS AND RANSOMWARE, IN A FUN EDUCATIONAL WAY. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Steelcase is a US-based furniture company that produces office furniture, architectural and technology products for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world.

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Ransomware Computer and Electronics Manufacturing Mining 318

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APRIL 21, 2019

Records include LinkedIn public profile information, including IDs, profile URLs, work history, education history, location, listed skills, other social profiles, and the last time the profile was updated. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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AUGUST 17, 2019

Attorney’s Office in Seattle said servers found in Thompson’s bedroom contained data stolen from more than 30 unnamed companies, educational institutions and other entities.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. 22, the U.S. ” reported the AP agency. Pierluigi Paganini.

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OCTOBER 6, 2019

Email address, profession, education level, possible relatives, neighbors, license plates, vehicle, ID card, driver’s license) simply providing a full name, taxpayer ID, or phone number. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” continues BleepingComputer. Pierluigi Paganini.

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MARCH 17, 2019

The expert discovered the Elasticsearch database using the Shodan search engine, the 57GB archive included a username, gender, age, current city, home address, email address, phone number, marriage status, job history, education history, and salary history. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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JUNE 24, 2020

XORDDoS, also known as XOR.DDoS , first appeared in the threat landscape in 2014 it is a Linux Botnet that was employed in attacks against gaming and education websites with massive DDoS attacks that reached 150 gigabytes per second of malicious traffic. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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MARCH 28, 2019

This campaign was carried out by threat actors impersonating an educational accreditation council to hit users in the United States. The attackers used decoy documents apparently coming from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), a US association representing social work education. ” concludes FireEye.

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Archiving File names Education Libraries 271

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The group is very sophisticated and used zero-day exploits and complex malware to conduct targeted attacks against governments and organizations in almost every industry, including financial, energy, telecommunications, and education, aerospace. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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