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Passwords exposed for almost 50,000 vulnerable Fortinet VPNs

A hacker has now leaked the credentials of almost 50,000 Fortinet SSL VPNs vulnerable to CVE-2018-13379. Exploits for these VPNs had been posted over the weekend on hacker forums, as reported by BleepingComputer.
- Ax Sharma
- November 25, 2020
- 08:16 AM
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Hacker posts exploits for over 49,000 vulnerable Fortinet VPNs

Thousands of domains, including those belonging to high street banks and government organizations are vulnerable to a critical Path Traversal flaw in Fortinet SSL VPN.
- Ax Sharma
- November 22, 2020
- 11:40 AM
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DNS cache poisoning attacks return due to Linux weakness

Researchers from Tsinghua University and the University of California have identified a new method that can be used to conduct DNS cache poisoning attacks. The findings reopen a vulnerability that had been discovered by Kaminsky in 2008 and thought to have been resolved.
- Ax Sharma
- November 12, 2020
- 03:55 PM
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Hackers sell access to your network via remote management apps

Remote monitoring and management (RMM) software is starting to get attention from hackers as this type of tools provides access to multiple machines across the network.
- Ionut Ilascu
- September 23, 2020
- 11:36 AM
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Tutanota encrypted email service suffers DDoS cyberattacks

Encrypted email service, Tutanota has experienced a series of DDoS attacks this week, first targeting the Tutanota website and further its DNS providers.
- Ax Sharma
- September 19, 2020
- 12:31 PM
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Namecheap hosting and email DOWN in prolonged outage

One of the world's largest domain registrars, Namecheap has been hit with a series of mysterious outages today and it is not clear why..
- Ax Sharma
- August 30, 2020
- 11:12 AM
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Network intruders selling access to high-value companies

Breaching corporate networks and selling access to them is a business in and of itself. For many hackers, this is how they make their living, others do it forced by financial struggles to supplement their revenue.
- Ionut Ilascu
- August 11, 2020
- 02:43 PM
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Vulnerable perimeter devices: a huge attack surface

With the increase of critical gateway devices deployed to support off-premise work, companies across the world have to adapt to a new threat landscape where perimeter and remote access devices are now in the first line.
- Ionut Ilascu
- August 04, 2020
- 12:47 PM
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List of Ripple20 vulnerability advisories, patches, and updates

The dust is far from settled following the disclosure of the 19 vulnerabilities in the TCP/IP stack from Treck, collectively referred to as Ripple20, which could help attackers take full control of vulnerable devices on the network.
- Ionut Ilascu
- June 25, 2020
- 06:45 AM
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Fxmsp hackers made $1.5M selling access to corporate networks

New details have emerged on the activity of the infamous Fxmsp hacker that last year was advertising access to to networks of three cybersecurity vendors.
- Ionut Ilascu
- June 23, 2020
- 02:54 PM
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Ransomware operators lurk on your network after their attack

When a company suffers a ransomware attack, many victims feel that the attackers quickly deploy the ransomware and leave so they won't get caught. Unfortunately, the reality is much different as threat actors are not so quick to give up a resource that they worked so hard to control.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 21, 2020
- 12:28 PM
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Ripple20 vulnerabilities affect IoT devices across all industries

More than a dozen vulnerabilities, collectively named Ripple20, affecting the TCP/IP communication stack used in hundreds of millions of embedded devices paint a grim scenario for connected gadgets
- Ionut Ilascu
- June 17, 2020
- 03:10 AM
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New Ramsay malware steals files from air-gapped computers

Malware analysts have found multiple samples of a new malware toolkit that can collect sensitive files from systems isolated from the internet. They call it Ramsay and there are few known victims to date.
- Ionut Ilascu
- May 13, 2020
- 04:03 PM
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BazarBackdoor: TrickBot gang’s new stealthy network-hacking malware

A new phishing campaign is delivering a new stealthy backdoor from the developers of TrickBot that is used to compromise and gain full access to corporate networks.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 24, 2020
- 01:14 PM
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Infiltrating Networks: Easier Than Ever Due to Evil Markets

Attackers don't always need to breach the networks of their victims themselves to plant malware as there are plenty of professional intruders offering their services on underground markets.
- Ionut Ilascu
- January 20, 2020
- 06:43 PM
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SNAKE Ransomware Is the Next Threat Targeting Business Networks

Since network administrators didn't already have enough on their plate, they now have to worry about a new ransomware called SNAKE that is targeting their networks and aiming to encrypt all of the devices connected to it
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 08, 2020
- 03:30 AM
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Hacker Plants Keylogger Devices on Company Systems Faces 12yr in Jail

A hacker admitted to planting hardware keyloggers on computers belonging to two companies to get unauthorized to their networks and steal proprietary data. He now faces 12 years of prison time.
- Ionut Ilascu
- October 24, 2019
- 03:25 AM
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New CPDoS Web Cache Poisoning Attacks Impact Sites Using Popular CDNs

Details have emerged about a new class of web cache poisoning attacks that could be used to deny users access to resources delivered through a content delivery network (CDN).
- Ionut Ilascu
- October 22, 2019
- 09:23 PM
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REvil Ransomware Affiliates Partner with Corporate Intruders

Experienced network intruders and ransomware groups have struck an alliance helping each other monetize their skills by spreading malware to company networks.
- Ionut Ilascu
- October 18, 2019
- 10:50 AM
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Almost 50% of Company Network Traffic Comes From Bots, Report Says

Network traffic in companies is generated by bots almost as much as by humans, shows a recent study. As bots become more sophisticated, they bypass the security challenges in place.
- Ionut Ilascu
- October 11, 2019
- 03:23 AM
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