Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. 2019 will continue these trends but at a faster pace. The regulation around IoT security was this year’s signal that the answer is, fortunately, no.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2021

In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage settlement giant First American Financial Corp. Securities and Exchange Commission settled its investigation into the matter after the Fortune 500 company agreed to pay a paltry penalty of less than $500,000. This week, the U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

His blog, Krebs on Security , was knocked down alright. I had the chance at RSA 2019 to discuss the wider implications with Don Shin, A10 Networks’ senior product marketing manager. Here we are in 2019 and the same attack strategy continues to persist. For a full drill down, give a listen to the accompanying podcast.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

PaloAlto Network warns of the WatchDog botnet that uses exploits to take over Windows and Linux servers and mine cryptocurrency. Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks uncovered a cryptojacking botnet, tracked as WatchDog, that is targeting Windows and Linux systems. The WatchDog botnet has been active at least since Jan.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 26, 2024

“For some reason, PeopleDataLabs has three profiles that come up when you search for my info, and two of them are mine but one is an elementary school teacher from the midwest,” Patel said. “Ken” is a security industry veteran who spoke on condition of anonymity. ” Ken said.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Related: How AI can relieve security pros What causes spam emails? Leaked email: Companies or third-party vendors put email address security at risk when they experience data breaches. Typically, scammers want to get ahold of an email because it’s a gold mine of information. Spam emails are a security concern.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

And in May of this year, GoDaddy disclosed that 28,000 of its customers’ web hosting accounts were compromised following a security incident in Oct. 2019 that wasn’t discovered until April 2020. 17 was not related to a security incident, but rather a technical issue that materialized during planned network maintenance.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2022

Once the malicious code is executed, the malware connects to the C2 server to get the XMRig crypto miner configuration and starts mining crypto currencies. If one of the security software is found, the malicious program exits. Check Point shared Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) for this campaign. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Threatpost

MAY 7, 2020

The cybercriminals are using a deserialization vulnerability, CVE-2019-18935, to achieve remote code execution before moving laterally through the enterprise.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 9, 2021

In 2019, the average amount stolen in a traditional bank robbery was just $1,797, according to the FBI. KrebsOnSecurity checked in with the European ATM Security Team (EAST), which maintains statistics about fraud of all kinds targeting ATM operators in Europe. ” Chain gang members at work on a Texas bank ATM.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Security orchestration, automation and response, or SOAR, is a fledgling security technology stack that first entered the cybersecurity lexicon about six years ago. Saurabh told me he developed a passion for helping organizations improve the efficiencies of their security operations. billion, and later co-founded SumoLogic.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Security researchers from Palo Alto Networks have discovered a new botnet, tracked as PgMiner, that targets PostgreSQL databases running on Linux servers to install a cryptocurrency miner. In 2018, CVE-2019-9193 was linked to this feature, naming it as a “vulnerability.” ” continues the analysis. ” concludes the analysis.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

Black Kingdom ransomware operators are targeting organizations using unpatched Pulse Secure VPN software to deploy their malware. Black Kingdom ransomware was first spotted in late February by security researcher GrujaRS. The CVE-2019-11510 flaw in Pulse Connect Secure is a critical arbitrary file read vulnerability.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 24, 2019

The digitized records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images — were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser. First American Financial Corp. Image: Linkedin. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Security experts from Akamai have spotted a new botnet used for illicit cryptocurrency mining activities that are abusing Bitcoin (BTC) transactions to implement a backup mechanism for C2. The operators of a long-running crypto-mining botnet campaign began creatively disguising their backup C2 IP address on the Bitcoin blockchain.”

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Campaign exploits misconfigured Docker APIs to gain network entry and ultimately sets up a backdoor on compromised hosts to mine cryptocurrency.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

The VictoryGate botnet is active since at least May 2019, the botnet is more active in Latin America the most. The VictoryGate bot propagates via infected USB devices, it was designed to mine Monero abusing resourced of compromised devices, it is also able to deliver additional payloads. ” continues the analysis.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The malware takes aim at PostgreSQL database servers with never-before-seen techniques.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

A new cryptocurrency-mining botnet tracked as WatchBog is heavily using the Pastebin service for command and control (C&C) operations. Cisco Talos researchers discovered a new cryptocurrency -mining botnet tracked as WatchBog is heavily using the Pastebin service for command and control. ” continues Talos. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Upon release from prison, Skorjanc became chief technology officer for NiceHash , a cryptocurrency mining service. In October 2019, Skorjanc was arrested in Germany in response to a U.S.-issued In December 2017, $52 million worth of Bitcoin mysteriously disappeared from NiceHash coffers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. CVE-2019-9019 affects British Airways Entertainment System on Boeing 777-36N(ER). Recently disclosed Drupal CVE-2019-6340 RCE flaw exploited in the wild. CoinHive Cryptocurrency Mining Service will shut down on March 8, 2019. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Enjoy it! [SI-LAB]

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Experts at Intezer researchers have spotted a strain of the Linux mining that also scans the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep. ” The vulnerability , tracked as CVE-2019-0708, impacts the Windows Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and was addressed by Microsoft with May 2019 Patch Tuesday updates. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Security experts at Symantec have discovered eight potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) into the Microsoft Store that were dropping cryptojacking Coinhive miners. “As soon as the apps are downloaded and launched, they fetch a coin-mining JavaScript library by triggering Google Tag Manager (GTM) in their domain servers.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

“They induced victims to enter into fraudulent equipment rental contracts with the defendants’ cryptocurrency mining service called HashFlare. ” The defendants are accused to have defrauded the victims between December 2013 and August 2019, they operated with other co-conspirators residing in Estonia, Belarus, and Switzerland.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

In April, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) previously warned of attacks carried out by APT groups targeting Fortinet FortiOS servers using multiple exploits. The threat actors are actively exploiting the following vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS: CVE-2018-13379 ; CVE-2020-12812 ; CVE-2019-5591.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Security experts spotted a new botnet, tracked as KashmirBlack botnet, that likely infected hundreds of thousands of websites since November 2019. The KashmirBlack botnet has been active at least since November 2019, operators leverages dozens of known vulnerabilities in the target servers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2019

“The script then calls a Monero coin-mining binary, darwin (detected as PUA.Linux.XMRMiner.AA), to run in the background. As with all cryptocurrency miners, it uses the resources of the host system to mine cryptocurrency (Monero in this instance) without the owner’s knowledge.” link] — Caprico (@Suprn8) May 18, 2019.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

— Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) April 28, 2020. ” reads the Tweet published by the Microsoft Security Intelligence team. . ” reads the Tweet published by the Microsoft Security Intelligence team. The in-memory DLL then injects a coin-mining code into notepad.exe through process hollowing.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. SAP Patch Day – July 2019 addresses a critical flaw in Diagnostics Agent. CVE-2019-6342 flaw allows hackers to fully compromise Drupal 8.7.4 Israel surveillance firm NSO group can mine data from major social media. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you!

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. If you appreciate my effort in spreading cybersecurity awareness, please vote for Security Affairs in the section “Your Vote for the Best EU Security Tweeter” [link]. Security breach suffered by credit bureau Equifax has cost $1.4 Kindle Edition. Paper Copy.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

A security firm has discovered that a six-year-old crafty botnet known as Mylobot appears to be powering a residential proxy service called BHProxies , which offers paying customers the ability to route their web traffic anonymously through compromised computers. The BHProxies website. million from private investors. Hope you are doing well.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Now one security researcher – Moshe Zioni, vice president of security research for application risk management startup Apiiro – is predicting that supply chain attacks will likely peak in 2022 as organizations leverage new products that will help them better detect these attacks. Moshe Zioni, Apiiro VP of Security Research.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 24, 2024

Over the past year, ExCobalt targeted Russian organizations in the the following industries: Metallurgy Telecommunications Mining Information technology Government Software development The Cobalt’s hallmark was the use of the CobInt tool , the same tool that ExCobalt began using in 2022.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2022

The Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet is targeting Docker servers to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems. Crowdstrikes researchers reported that the Lemon_Duck cryptomining botnet is targeting Docker to mine cryptocurrency on Linux systems. “The “a.asp” file is the actual payload in this attack. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2021

The malware is an evolution of a Monero cryptocurrency miner that was first spotted by Unit 42 researchers in 2019. to mine Monero, unlike 2019 variant, it uses a Python infection script to implement “wormable” capabilities. ” If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. .

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 1, 2019

But in June 2019, the DOJ unsealed an updated indictment (PDF) naming Škorjanc, the original two other defendants, and a fourth man (from the United States) in a conspiracy to make and market Mariposa and to run the Darkode crime forum. Slovenian police are reportedly still investigating that incident.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2019

51% attack refers to an attack on a blockchain by a group of miners that controls over 50% of the network’s mining hashrate. “On 1/5/2019, Coinbase detected a deep chain reorganization of the Ethereum Classic blockchain that included a double spend. reads an update published by Coinbase on January 6, 2019.

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