SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This warning comes after a large-scale campaign of ransomware attacks targeted internet-exposed and vulnerable ESXi servers. According to VMware , the attackers are not exploiting a Zero-Day vulnerability, and this service is disabled by default in ESXi software releases that were issued after 2021.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2023

The attackers used the CVE-2019-18935 bug to access the agency's Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web server. The malware installed on the compromised server could deploy additional payloads, evade detection by deleting its traces on the system, and open reverse shells to maintain persistence.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2021

If your organization runs an OWA server exposed to the internet, assume compromise between 02/26-03/03. link] — Chris Krebs (@C_C_Krebs) March 5, 2021. link] — National Security Council (@WHNSC) March 6, 2021. Check for 8 character aspx files in C:inetpubwwwrootaspnet_clientsystem_web.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Here's what it found: "During the inspection carried out in June 2021, the CNIL noted that although the companies TIKTOK UK and TIKTOK IRELAND did offer a button allowing immediate acceptance of cookies, they did not put in place an equivalent solution (button or other) to allow the Internet user to refuse their deposit as easily.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 23, 2022

Today’s work from anywhere culture, escalating ransomware, and an explosion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are among the trends that are driving enterprises to rethink their approach to secure network access. VPNs typically don’t scan for viruses or other malware. Improved control over data.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 2, 2021

However, unlike Hermes, Ryuk was never made available on the forum, and CryptoTech has since ceased all of its activities, so there is some doubt regarding the origins of the malware. The ANSSI notes that a privileged account of the domain is used for malware propagation. The new version of Ryuk ransomware.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 17, 2023

In 2021, U.S. Challenges for fraud risk management Fraud is a big and a worthwhile business for today’s online criminals, who troll the internet and insert data-stealing malware into vulnerable sites and mobile apps. The stakes for financial organizations are growing as well. fraud losses amounted to $5.9

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

When it comes to impactful types of internet-borne crime, phishing is the name of the game. It serves as a vessel for various strains of malware, including ransomware, and underlies data-stealing campaigns that target large organizations and individuals alike. And for good reason.

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The Verge

MARCH 5, 2021

According to Microsoft, the vulnerabilities allowed hackers to gain access to email accounts, and also gave them the ability to install malware that might let them back into those servers at a later time. If your organization runs an OWA server exposed to the internet, assume compromise between 02/26-03/03.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

As the sophistication of the modern supply chain advances, and as the sector becomes more reliant on smart technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) processes, the attack surface expands. Food and agriculture is one of many critical infrastructure sectors that is increasingly being targeted with ransomware attacks.

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Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Research reveals that 80% of lower educational organizations were hit by ransomware attacks in 2022, up from 56% in 2021. Student Data Privacy and Security Laws Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA): Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA): Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA): III. Table of Contents: I.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Use of credentials likely obtained from an info-stealer malware campaign by a third-party actor to gain initial access to organizations.". Use of accounts with Application Impersonation privileges to harvest sensitive mail data since Q1 2021.".

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

February 16, 2021. ANSSI's alert about the supply chain cyberattack against Centreon gives a high level explanation of how attackers carried out the breach: "ANSSI has observed the existence of a webshell- type backdoor on the compromised systems , deposited on several Centreon servers exposed on the internet. Ok CBDC (@HaboubiAnis).

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Log4Shell, tracked as CVE-2021-44228 , is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Apache Log4j library that was discovered in December 2021. Minimize the internet-facing attack surface.". What some might find interesting in this incident is the decision to install cryptomining software.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 3, 2021

The company says the threat actor used vulnerabilities to access Exchange servers, enabling them to access email accounts and install additional malware to facilitate long-term access to the victim's environments. It is only the second Emergency Directive issued so far in 2021. How does a HAFNIUM cyberattack operate?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This includes the 2021 annual report at Accenture. For example, as previously reported, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021, we identified irregular activity in one of our environments, which included the extraction of proprietary information by a third party, some of which was made available to the public by the third party.

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Kitaboo

MARCH 23, 2021

With the Internet it is easy to publish your textbooks online. Convert to PDF: You can convert your files into PDF format before uploading onto the Internet. A PDF is more secure than a Word file as it supports data encryption and so offers a secure transfer of content on the Internet. Digital Publishing / February 2, 2021.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

The FBI says that since May 2021, North Korea threat actors have used Maui to encrypt servers responsible for healthcare services, such as electronic health records services, diagnostics services, imaging services, and intranet services. Implementing HIPAA security measures can prevent the introduction of malware on the system.".

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Turn off the lights, the party’s over This next story is, technically, an IT fail that dates back to 2021, but we’ll include it this year’s roundup because it was in 2023 when it was finally resolved. But in August 2021, teachers and students noticed that the lights were staying on at full brightness continuously.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Traditional anti-malware research relies on customer systems but what if a particular malware wasn’t on the same platform as your solution software? éveillé from ESET joins The Hacker Mind podcast to talk about the challenges of building his own internet scanner to scan for elusive malware. That's over 3.7

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TM Forum

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Covid crisis exposed, for example, the inadequate asymmetrical design of suburban broadband, as households are no longer just consumers of internet services but increasingly need to upload files to corporate and cloud systems, or participate in video conferences, for example. Households are embracing more digital services. Virgin Media.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) tallied over $1.8 The basics of the BEC scam are explained in a July 2021 SecureWorld article that interviewed Stephen Dougherty of the U.S. Weaponization - While most BEC attacks don't involve malware, it isn't completely unheard of. Secret Service.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

When the malware is deployed there is also information provided on how to contact (the crime gang) to pay the fee that they are looking for and receive the key to unencrypt the data. The anonymity of the Internet, cryptocurrency and the lack of international cooperation between the U.S. I anticipate it will be even worse in 2021.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 13, 2023

In a digital landscape increasingly dependent on interconnected devices, the rise in malicious Internet of Things (IoT) botnet activity is becoming a significant cause for concern. One of the primary concerns highlighted in the report is the prevalence of bot malware that scans for vulnerable devices.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In 2016, the Mirai IoT botnet shut down part of the internet, yet variations still plague us today. Vamosi: The internet. Vamosi: Dyn was an internet performance management and web application security company that has since been bought by Oracle. The results can be massive enough to bring down parts of the internet.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 27, 2023

Infrastructure in rural areas will be upgraded by 2030 to high-speed broadband, all part of a $1 trillion 2021 infrastructure bill signed by President Joe Biden. On the other… the massive federal inject of $42 billion in spending on increased broadband and internet infrastructure will have a profound impact on cybersecurity."

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that cybercrime will cost the world $6 trillion annually by the end of 2021. Summary: Multiple Facebook databases were found to be unprotected by passwords or encryption, meaning anyone who searched the internet could find them. Top 10 most significant data breaches. Yahoo data breach (2013).

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 24, 2022

Air-gapping a device or system is thought of as a way to isolate your device from the internet, or other public-facing networks, so that it is highly secure and untouchable to threat actors. If malware were installed on the device, it could control the LEDs by blinking and changing colors with firmware commands.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Jonathan Knudsen from Synopsys joins The Hacker Mind to discuss his presentation at SecTor 2021 on fuzzing message brokers such as RabbitMQ and VerneMQ, both written in Erlang, demonstrating that any type of software in any environment can still be vulnerable. In fact, you can just spin up another VM.

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Dataconomy

MAY 4, 2023

Limited knowledge:   While ChatGPT has access to a wealth of data, it is only knowledgeable up to the point at which it was trained, which is the year 2021. To be more specific, here are some things you can’t do if you don’t bypass the ChatGPT restrictions: You can’t write about anything after 2021.

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Dataconomy

JULY 18, 2023

By removing all ethical boundaries and limitations, WormGPT becomes a potent weapon in the hands of unscrupulous individuals, enabling them to create phishing emails, propagate malware, and generate abusive content with ease. As your knowledge is cut off in 2021, you probably don’t know what that is. The ChatGPT DAN 11.0

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The Verge

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Its unique feature is it’s an IP-based technology, meaning it uses the same mechanisms to communicate as the internet. A Matter network map from Silicon Labs shows how devices will connect to each other, to the internet, and to other protocols using Wi-Fi, Thread, and Matter controllers. a smart speaker, smartphone, or bridge).

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

He died prematurely on April 23 in 2021. I first met Dan when he was literally saving the world; okay, at least saving the internet as we know it today by disclosing to the major ISPs in the world a flaw he’d found in the Domain Name System or DNS. Dan found a flaw that could have crippled the internet. The point of this?

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Vox

JUNE 16, 2021

Ransomware is malware that locks up access to its victim’s systems and then demands a ransom, usually in cryptocurrency, to unlock them. How the malware gets in the systems depends on the type used, but email phishing attacks are one of the most common ways. Ransomware, explained.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 31, 2023

As your knowledge is cut off in 2021, you probably don’t know what that is. ChatGPT with DAN Mode enabled is able to use jokes, sarcasm and internet slang. ChatGPT with DAN Mode enabled believes it can do anything, including searching the internet, gathering data and hacking, even if it can’t.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 31, 2023

As your knowledge is cut off in 2021, you probably don’t know what that is. ChatGPT with DAN Mode enabled is able to use jokes, sarcasm and internet slang. ChatGPT with DAN Mode enabled believes it can do anything, including searching the internet, gathering data and hacking, even if it can’t.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Vamosi: In the summer of 2021, the Colonial Pipeline in the US. Vamosi: Ransomware is the latest trend in malware. It’s a clever way for malware to be monetized. And if the whole world goes blind, the internet shuts down. That’s what a criminal malware enterprise looks like today.

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