Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Computer security and data privacy are often poorly considered issues, experts urge more awareness of cyber threats. Computer security and data privacy are often poorly considered issues until incidents occur and unfortunately sometimes even the very seriousness of the events, understood as virtual happenings, is not adequately perceived.

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JANUARY 7, 2024

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Malspam campaign bypasses secure email gateway using Google Docs. Year-Old Samba flaw allows escaping from the share path definition. The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 230 appeared first on Security Affairs. Once again thank you! Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2022

Many experts often overlook hardware based security and its vital importance in establishing a secure workspace. However, people often overlook hardware-based security and its vital importance in establishing a secure workspace. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Hardware Based Security). million Euros in Europe alone.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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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. Yet, the major attack of 2018 was definitely VPNFilter, hitting over half a million devices, mostly routers, from a wide range of known vendors. Insights from VDOO’s leadership.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Security expert Dhiraj Mishra published an NMAP script for the CVE-2021-41773 Path Traversal vulnerability affecting Apache Web Server version 2.4.49. Security researcher Dhiraj Mishra released an NMAP script for the CVE-2021-41773 path traversal vulnerability affecting Apache Web Server version 2.4.49. was insufficient.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

The giant of social networks has discovered the security breach this week, the attackers have exploited a bug in the “View as” features to steal access tokens of the users and take over their accounts. “Second, we have reset the access tokens of the almost 50 million accounts we know were affected to protect their security.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2020

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE are considered as national security threats. regulators declared Huawei and ZTE to be national security threats. The FCC’s move definitively bans U.S. The FCC’s move definitively bans U.S. The post The U.S.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 11, 2024

AI, Security Experts Discuss Who Defines the Risks, Mitigation Efforts An attempt by the California statehouse to tame the potential of artificial intelligence catastrophic risks hit a roadblock when Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the measure late last month. One obstacle is lack of a widely-accepted definition for "catastrophic" AI risks.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Here are some other safety and security tips to keep in mind when shopping online: -WHEN IN DOUBT, CHECK ‘EM OUT: If you don’t know much about the online merchant that has the item you wish to buy, take a few minutes to investigate its reputation. -USE No, it’s best just to shop as if they’re all compromised.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian , one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. All that was needed was the person’s name, address, birthday and Social Security number. I am definitely in this camp. It is now free to people in all 50 U.S.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Or a previously unknown security flaw gets exploited before it can be patched. The companies run by leaders and corporate board members with advanced security maturity are investing in ways to attract and retain more cybersecurity talent, and arranging those defenders in a posture that assumes the bad guys will get in.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

(NASDAQ: MNDT) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Google LLC for $23.00 Mandiant is considered a leading cyber security firm, in 2013 FireEye acquired it, but FireEye separated Mandiant Solutions in 2021 as part of a $1.2 billion appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2024

The security breach took place on May 5th, 2024, and immediately started its incident response procedure to prevent the threat from spreading. The City is investigating and containing the incident with the help of third-party security experts and federal and local law enforcement authorities. the city noted. ” states the report.

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Security Affairs

MAY 31, 2023

Recently disclosed zero-day flaw in Barracusa Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances had been actively exploited by attackers since October 2022. Barracuda identified a vulnerability ( [link] ) in our Email Security Gateway appliance (ESG) on May 19, 2023. reads the advisory published by the security solutions provider.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2023

WiHD is a private tracker dedicated to distributing high-definition video content. The leaked data includes: User emails IP addresses Service info Usernames Hashed passwords for all torrent users Exposing sensitive user data to anyone on the internet poses significant security risks, research claims.

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AIIM

MARCH 9, 2021

There is no one definition of "Metadata" that is international and universally agreed upon – rather, there are many similar definitions or descriptions which mostly cover the same points. The US Department of Defense has a definition of metadata in its DoD 5015.2 What is Metadata? What is the Business Value of Metadata?

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2024

The security breach took place on May 5th, 2024, and the City immediately started its incident response procedure to prevent the threat from spreading. The City is investigating and containing the incident with the help of third-party security experts and federal and local law enforcement authorities. “We the city noted.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 23, 2020

These built-in features definitely protect your data, but they can help keep your inbox tidy too.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2020

The hacker has stolen the data in March when he breached the hosting provider, almost 7,600 dark web portals have been taken offline following the security breach. Winzen definitively shut down the service on March 26. The post KingNull leaks DB of Daniel’s Hosting dark web hosting provider appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

EOC markers terminate indefinite-length encodings, but in this case an EOC is used within a definite-length encoding (l= 13).” ” The researchers explained that security products using OpenSSL to extract signature information will consider this encoding invalid. 509 certificate. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2024

The security researcher Sam Curry discovered multiple issues in Cox modems that could have been exploited to modify the settings of the vulnerable modem and run malicious commands on them. This compromises the security of the target’s network and endangers their personal and business data. ” added Curry.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2021

Some users reported that once signed into their accounts, they were able to access the live feeds of other users’ Eufy security cameras and recorded video. I have no idea what happened but out of nowhere I was given a completely different feed of someone else’s doorbell and security cameras,” reported the Reddit user, u/cosmik_gg. “I

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

. “New e-car drivers who are not yet familiar with public charging stations are particularly at risk,” IT security expert Eddy Willems told to LifePR website. So-called charging station squishing, derived from phishing, is “definitely a problem within the EU, if not worldwide,” says Willems. .”

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

HideezKey- This is a deep-dive into a nice concept for a security token & password manager that turned into a horrible product due to lack of proper R&D and Threat Modeling. video below), I started looking around for more interesting and concerning (from a security point of view) NRF52-based products. Well… I was wrong.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2024

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apache OFBiz bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apache OFBiz Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability CVE-2024-38856 (CVSS score of 9.8) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Tuesday announced the detention of a hacker known as Sanix (a.k.a. Not saying these additional security methods aren’t also vulnerable to compromise (they absolutely are), but they’re definitely better than just using a password.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 14, 2021

Fed Releases a Definition That Could Make It Easier to Identify Red Flags Now that the Federal Reserve has issued a definition for synthetic ID fraud, fraud-fighting efforts likely will improve because it will be easier to identify red flags, some security experts say.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

million for bugs that allow to hack new Titan M security chip. At the end of 2018, Google announced its Titan M dedicated security chip that is currently installed on Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 4 devices. Below the definition for full exploit chain provided by Google. ” reads the Android Security Rewards Program Rules.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks targeting education institutions. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks against education institutions. backup servers, network shares, servers, auditing devices). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

At the time, Feds warned that the decryptor for the ProLock was not correctly working and using it could definitively destroy the data. In March, threat actors behind PwndLocker changed the name of their malware to ProLock, immediately after security firm Emsisoft released a free decryptor tool. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

So, it might not be time to panic, but it certainly is time to recognize that the threats and the benefits of quantum computing are here now, and security professionals need to ensure that they and the organization they work for are fully prepared. And those are all the problems that quantum can solve.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

While the closed nature of these sales makes it impossible to definitively state REvil are now the owner of the KPot stealer, this seems highly likely. The post REvil Ransomware member win the auction for KPot stealer source code appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2019

Evidently, the fix did not completely solve the problem because now SandboxEscaper has developed a new exploit to trigger the flaw bypassing the Microsoft security patch. “This bug is most definitely not restricted to the edge. So you can definitely figure out a way to trigger this bug silently without having edge pop up.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The British National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released a guideline, dubbed The Vulnerability Disclosure Toolkit, for the implementation of a vulnerability disclosure process. Having a clearly signposted reporting process demonstrates that your organisation takes security seriously. ” states the document. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2024

release will definitively fix the issue. so if you use basic auth with a reasonably secure password or allow only specific trusted hosts you won’t have to worry. so if you use basic auth with a reasonably secure password or allow only specific trusted hosts you won’t have to worry. tinyproxy 1.11.2

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