NSFOCUS 2018 Annual Report on Cybersecurity Incident Observations
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setembro 23, 2019
1 Introduction
According to the Statistical Report on China’s Internet Development[①] released by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) in February 2019, China’s online population had reached 829 million, with an Internet penetration rate of 59.6%, by the end of 2018. The Internet has shown its presence in every segment of national economy, with a direct influence on national development and people’s work and livelihood. While the Internet technology is gaining momentum for rapid growth, cybersecurity incidents, powered by more and more novel attack methods, are becoming increasingly varied, endangering normal operations of governments and enterprises and affecting people’s daily lives. (mais…)
Multiple Cisco Products Contain Critical Vulnerabilities Threat Alert
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setembro 20, 2019
Overview
On August 21, 2019, local time, Cisco officially released multiple security advisories, announcing remediation of critical vulnerabilities in a number of products. These vulnerabilities include authentication bypass and remote code execution vulnerabilities and the most critical one gets a CVSS score of 9.8. (mais…)
Botnet Trend Report-14
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setembro 18, 2019
Conclusion and Recommendations
In 2018, botnets continued using DDoS as their primary weapon to attack regions with ubiquitous high speed networking for direct economic gains. However, they underwent significant changes in behavioral patterns, host platforms, C&C server deployment, infection methods, attack methods, and payload types. Security service providers need to adapt their strategies to better mitigate the increasing threats posed by the new generation of botnets. (mais…)
Aspose Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-5032/5033/5041) Threat Alert
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setembro 17, 2019
Overview
Recently, Cisco Talos published several technical analysis reports, claiming that Aspose.cells and Aspose.words in Aspose products contain remote code execution vulnerabilities, which can be exploited via a maliciously crafted file to result in remote code execution. (mais…)
Computrace That Is Whitelisted Can Pose Hybrid Threats
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setembro 16, 2019
Recently, an article titled “Tips for Security Risks of Anti-theft and Tracking Software from Absolute” has been widely circulated on the internet, sparking public debate on the software LoJack for Laptops developed by Absolute. This software in question is also known as Computrace, with features including the abilities to remotely lock, delete files from, and locate the stolen laptop on a map. In fact, the security issues of Computrace was already exposed to the public as early as in 2009. Following is a review of its security threats. (mais…)
Information Security in the Workplace- Entry of outsiders2
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setembro 14, 2019
With the advancement of IT-based transformation and the rapid development of IT, various network technologies have seen more extensive and profound applications, along with which come a multitude of cyber security issues. Come to find out what information security issues you should beware of in the workplace.
Cisco REST API Container for IOS XE Software Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2019-12643) Threat Alert
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setembro 13, 2019
Overview
On August 28, 2019, local time, Cisco released a security advisory, announcing remediation of an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2019-12643) in the Cisco REST API virtual service container for Cisco IOS XE Software. (mais…)
IP Reputation Report-09012019
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setembro 12, 2019
Top 10 countries in attack counts: The above diagram shows the top 10 regions with the most malicious IP addresses from the NSFOCUS IP Reputation databases at September 08, 2019. Top 10 countries in attack percentage: The Laos is in first place. The Palestine is in the second place. The country China (CN) is […]
Botnet Trend Report-13
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setembro 11, 2019
4.4 Satan: Evolving Ransomware
In late April 2018, MalwareHunterTeam reported seeing new ransomware that leveraged EternalBlue to propagate. Through analysis, we found that the ransomware was based on a new version (dubbed V2) of Satan, a ransomware family launched in 2017. The ransom demanded in this version increased from 0.1 to 0.3 Bitcoin. At the same time, a certain variant of IRCBOT also captured download instructions related to this malware. From the instruction set, Satan was confirmed to be the ransomware payload. (mais…)