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Actions Target Russian Govt. Botnet, Hydra Dark Market

April 7, 2022 admin Ars Technica, ASUS, beserk bear, cyclops blink, Dan Goodin, dragonfly 2.0, FBI, federal security service, garantex, german federal criminal police office, gru, hydra market, main intelligence directorate, Ne'er-Do-Well News, NotPetya, ransomware, russian fsb, sandworm, trisis, triton, u.s. department of justice, u.s. department of treasury, voodoo bear, VPNFilter, watchguard, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 22:03:45 +0000

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has disrupted a giant botnet built and operated by a Russian government intelligence unit known for launching destructive cyberattacks against energy infrastructure in the United States and Ukraine. Separately, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Germany moved to decapitate “Hydra,” a billion-dollar Russian darknet drug bazaar that also helped to launder the profits of multiple Russian ransomware groups.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2022 Edition

February 8, 2022 admin Allan Liska, andrew cunningham, Ars Technica, cve-2022-21989, cve-2022-21996, cve-2022-22005, Greg Wiseman, immersive labs, kevin breen, print spooler, Rapid7, Recorded Future, Time to Patch, win32k

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 22:38:16 +0000

Microsoft today released software updates to plug security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software. This month’s relatively light patch batch is refreshingly bereft of any zero-day threats, or even scary critical vulnerabilities. But it does fix four dozen flaws, including several that Microsoft says will likely soon be exploited by malware or malcontents.

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Iowa Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Men Hired to Test Their Security

January 31, 2020 admin A Little Sunshine, Ars Technica, chad leonard, chris nickerson, coalfire, dallas county, dallas county attorney charles sinnard, Dan Goodin, gary demercurio, justin wynn, matthew linholm, sen. zach whiting, state sen. amy sinclair, tom mcandrew

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 21:06:18 +0000

On Sept. 11, 2019, two security experts at a company that had been hired by the state of Iowa to test the physical and network security of its judicial system were arrested while probing the security of an Iowa county courthouse, jailed in orange jumpsuits, charged with burglary, and held on $100,000 bail. On Thursday Jan. 30, prosecutors in Iowa announced they had dropped the criminal charges. The news came while KrebsOnSecurity was conducting a video interview with the two accused (featured below).

MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (January 21 – 27)

January 28, 2019 admin 2019 State of Malware report, 2fa, ALPR, Android malware, anpr, Ars Technica, Bleeping Computer, crytekk, crytekk ransomware, Dark Reading, fortnight, GDPR, GoDaddy, Help Net Security, KrebsOnSecurity, Mitsubishi, modlishka, phishing, recap, Security Week, Security world, Techcrunch, The Wall Street Journal, vishing, voicemail phishing, Vulnerability, Week in security, weekly blog roundup, Youtube

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:00:14 +0000

A roundup of last week’s security news from January 21 to 27, including Modlishka, Crytekk, PUPs, and the State of Malware report.

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Tags: 2019 State of Malware report 2fa ALPR android malware anpr Ars Technica Bleeping Computer crytekk crytekk ransomware Dark Reading fortnight gdpr GoDaddy Help Net Security KrebsOnSecurity mitsubishi modlishka phishing recap Security Week TechCrunch The Wall Street Journal vishing voicemail phishing vulnerability week in security weekly blog roundup youtube

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A week in security (January 7 – 13)

January 14, 2019 admin 2fa, Android, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, Data Security, Deletion, Facebook, Hacker One, hackers, Help Net Security, Naked Security, PA Daily post, Password reuse, passwords, pentest, ransom, ransomware, rogue apps, ryuk, Ryuk Ransomware, Security world, Trend Micro, USA Today, Vietnam, Vietnam News, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:45:37 +0000

A roundup of last week’s security news from January 7 to 13, including breaches, takedowns, bug fixes, and social media issues.

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Tags: 2fa Android Ars Technica Bloomberg data security Deletion facebook Hacker One hackers Help Net Security Naked Security PA Daily post Password reuse passwords pentest ransom ransomware rogue apps ryuk Ryuk ransomware Trend Micro USA Today Vietnam Vietnam News

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Independent Krebs

Equifax Credit Assistance Site Served Spyware

October 16, 2017 admin Ars Technica, Dan Goodin, Equifax adware, Equifax breach, Flash Player, Other, Randy Abrams

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 21:03:46 +0000

Big-three consumer credit bureau Equifax says it has removed third-party code from its credit report assistance Web site that prompted visitors to download malicious software disguised as an update for Adobe’s Flash Player software.

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How Google Took on Mirai, KrebsOnSecurity

February 3, 2017 admin anna-senpai, Ars Technica, Damian Menscher, Dan Goodin, ddos, denial-of-service attacks, google, IoT, Mirai worm, Other, Project Shield

The third week of September 2016 was a dark and stormy one for KrebsOnSecurity. Wave after wave of huge denial-of-service attacks flooded this site, forcing me to pull the plug on it until I could secure protection from further assault. The site resurfaced three days later under the aegis of Google’s Project Shield, an initiative which seeks to protect journalists and news sites from being censored by these crippling digital sieges. Damian Menscher, a Google security engineer with whom I worked very closely on the migration to Project Shield, spoke publicly for the first time this week about the unique challenges involved in protecting a small site like this one from very large, sustained and constantly morphing attacks.