Tag: Espionage
Attack Destination Ports The following ports in order of prevalence were targeted in the Singapore attacks: 5060 — clear text Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) 23 — Telnet remote management 1433 — Microsoft SQL Server database 81 — Alternate web server port for host-to-host communication 7547 — TCP port used by ISPs to remotely manage…
Read MoreWith each entity, process or service that moves from the physical world into cyberspace, there is a corresponding transformation to the threat landscape. Digital transformation doesn’t just change the business model or the supply chain dynamic. It also introduces significant new threats that go beyond monitoring web traffic and securing networks. Those threats take a variety…
Read MoreThe number of Mirai scanner systems across the world decreased slightly from December 2017 to June 2018. There is less concentration of scanner systems in North America, South America, and Asia in June 2018 versus December 2017. Europe is the only region where Mirai scanner infections remained relatively the same from December 2017 to June…
Read MoreWhat is the Problem with IoT Security? Security guru Dan Geer notes that the cybersecurity industry came of age with the introduction of Windows 95 and its built-in TCP/IP stack. Suddenly every home computer was on the Internet in a world “where every sociopath is your next-door neighbor.” These home computers were poorly administered by…
Read MoreIn 2018 we published our first Application Protection Report, which summarized trends and attack patterns for 2017 across multiple disciplines of information security and offered a big picture strategy for controlling application risk. We created that report in order to provide three things that we felt the security industry needs: a specific focus on application…
Read MorePoor security is another clue that young novices are operating botnets. The Owari authors left their command and control (C&C) MySQL database wide open (port 3306), “protected” with both the username and password of “root.” Control of IoT devices is a highly competitive market, where rivals commonly DDoS each other. In one case, a competing…
Read MoreAPI Vulnerability Data The sensor network that our partner Lorkya maintains found only 0.1% of attack traffic was definitively looking for API vulnerabilities. However, this is probably better attributed to the limitations of the sensor network than any trends about API attacks. Loryka’s sensors primarily detect wide-ranging probes and reconnaissance campaigns where attackers are looking…
Read MoreOn Tuesday, December 8th, 2020, FireEye, a leading cybersecurity firm used by governments and companies for penetration testing and forensic services announced that it had been the target of an attack by nation-state actors “with top-tier offensive capabilities,” and that a suite of tools used by FireEye for penetration testing had been stolen. What do…
Read MoreIn the fall of 2020, many countries began to require that travelers test negative for the new coronavirus before crossing their borders. As with anything of value, a black market soon emerged. Travelers could illicitly purchase forged negative COVID-19 test results and try to fake their way through the checkpoint. Goodness knows, we’ve already seen…
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