This Week in Security News – February 11, 2022

This Week in Security News – February 11, 2022

Read on:  Hidden Scams in Malicious Scans: How to Use QR Codes Safely The practical approach to life after COVID-19 is for people to learn to live with it and do what they can to manage it. One of the things that is likely to remain for the foreseeable future is the need for cashless and no-contact transactions. Many businesses have responded to this need through the use of quick response (QR) codes, however threats…

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This Week in Security News – February 4th, 2022

This Week in Security News – February 11, 2022

Read on:  The Samba Vulnerability: What is CVE-2021-44142 and How to Fix It An earlier version of an out-of-bounds (OOB) vulnerability in Samba was disclosed via Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative’s (ZDI) Pwn2Own Austin 2021. While we have not seen any active attacks exploiting this vulnerability, CVE-2021-44142 received a CVSS rating of 9.9 out of the three variants reported. If abused, this security gap can be used by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as…

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Defending against killware: The cyber threat with physical consequences

Defending against killware: The cyber threat with physical consequences

Defending against killware: The cyber threat with physical consequences | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more. This…

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This Week in Security News – January 28th, 2022

This Week in Security News – February 11, 2022

Read on: Codex Exposed Task Automation and Response Consistency In this blog series, Trend Micro explores different aspects of Codex and assess its capabilities with a focus on the security aspects that affect not only regular developers, but also malicious users. Being able to automate tasks or programmatically execute them unsupervised is an essential part of both regular and malicious computer usage. In this series, Trend Micro explores if a tool like Codex is reliable…

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Defending the Supply Chain: Why the DDS Protocol is Critical in Industrial and Software Systems

Defending the Supply Chain: Why the DDS Protocol is Critical in Industrial and Software Systems

By measuring the exposure of DDS services, in one month we found 643 distinct public-facing DDS services in 34 countries affecting 100 organizations via 89 internet service providers (ISPs). Of the DDS implementations by seven distinct vendors (one of which we were initially unaware of), 202 leaked private IP addresses (referring to internal network architecture details), and seven supposedly secret URLs. Some of these IP addresses expose unpatched or outdated DDS implementations, which are affected…

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Securing business email accounts from malware threats

Securing business email accounts from malware threats

Securing business email accounts from malware threats | Security Magazine This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more. This Website Uses…

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TianySpy Malware Uses Smishing Disguised as Message From Telco

TianySpy Malware Uses Smishing Disguised as Message From Telco

TianySpy Malware Uses Smishing Disguised as Message From Telco Mobile Trend Micro confirmed a new mobile malware infection chain targeting both Android and iPhone devices. The malware might have been designed to steal credentials associated with membership websites of major Japanese telecommunication services. By: Trend Micro January 25, 2022 Read time:  ( words) This blog was first published here: https://blog.trendmicro.co.jp/archives/29322 It has been some time since SMS or text messaging has become a means to…

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Emotet Spam Abuses Unconventional IP Address Formats to Spread Malware

Emotet Spam Abuses Unconventional IP Address Formats to Spread Malware

Emotet Spam Abuses Unconventional IP Address Formats to Spread Malware We found waves of Emotet spam campaigns using unconventional IP addresses to evade detection. By: Ian Kenefick January 21, 2022 Read time:  ( words) We observed Emotet spam campaigns using hexadecimal and octal representations of IP addresses, likely to evade detection via pattern matching. Both routines use social engineering techniques to trick users into enabling document macros and automate malware execution. Upon receiving these standards,…

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Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems: Part 2

Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems: Part 2

Legacy malware had the most detections in India, China, the US, and Taiwan. For coinminer, Equated malware, and WannaCry, India had the most detections. On the other hand, Japan had the most Emotet infections, while ICSs in Germany had the most adware incidents. Through this extensive research, we found that there were several malware threats that pose a great risk on ICSs. By identifying these threats, we can now determine various steps that your enterprise…

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