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Russian hackers try to hack cameras in Ukrainian residential complexes to collect intelligence

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Cybersecurity specialists of Ukraine’s Security Service stopped an attempt by Russian hackers to break into video surveillance cameras in Ukrainian residential complexes to collect intelligence about the situation in one of Ukraine’s border oblasts.

Source: Press service Security Service of Ukraine (SSU)

Details: The SSU reports that through the Wi-Fi network of apartment buildings, hackers wanted to remotely connect to the video surveillance system in the territory of residential complexes, adjacent roads, etc. Thus, they planned to obtain a hidden channel for collecting information about the situation in the city.

In addition, hackers were interested in getting the residential addresses of Ukrainian law enforcement officers and data on the possible movement of military equipment.

The SSU were proactive and exposed the invaders. According to the investigation, a hacker group controlled by the Russian special services, which specialises in hacking electronic systems at infrastructure facilities, was involved in the cyberattack.

The issue of opening criminal proceedings under Art. 361 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (willful interference with the operation of computers, computer systems and networks) is being resolved.

Measures are being taken to establish the circumstances of the crime and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Quote: “The SSU warns that such enemy attacks may occur in the future, so it urges citizens to be careful, pay more attention to the security of their computer networks, use complex passwords for this and periodically change them.

The SSU appeals to Ukrainians to be vigilant and immediately report any suspicious cases to the competent authorities of our state.”

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FBI: Beware Residential IPs Hiding Credential Stuffing

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Cyber-criminals are increasingly hijacking home IP addresses to hide credential stuffing activity and increase their chances of success, the FBI has warned.

Credential stuffing is a popular method of account takeover whereby attackers use large lists of breached username/password ‘combos’ and try them across numerous sites and apps simultaneously to see if they work. As many individuals reuse their credentials, they often do.

Working credentials can then be sold to others for initial access. The FBI and Australian Federal Police claim to have found two websites containing over 300,000 unique sets of credentials obtained via credential stuffing. The sites had over 175,000 registered customers and made over $400,000 in sales, the FBI said.

However, website owners can detect this suspicious activity if they know what to look for. This is where residential proxies come in. By compromising home routers or other connected technology, attackers can route their efforts through benign-looking IPs to trick network defenders.

“In executing successful credential stuffing attacks, cyber-criminals have relied extensively on the use of residential proxies, which are connected to residential internet connections and therefore are less likely to be identified as abnormal,” the FBI said in its Private Industry Notification.

“Existing security protocols do not block or flag residential proxies as often as proxies associated with datacenters.”

As well as combo lists, malicious actors buy configurations, or ‘configs,’ and other tools on underground sites to help improve success rates.

“The config may include the website address to target, how to form the HTTP request, how to differentiate between a successful vs unsuccessful login attempt, whether proxies are needed, etc,” the notice explained.

“In addition, cracking tutorial videos available via social media platforms and hacker forums make it relatively easy to learn how to crack accounts using credential stuffing and other techniques.”

The FBI recommended a multi-layered approach to mitigate the threat of credential stuffing.

A report from May last year claimed there were 193 billion credential stuffing attempts during…

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5G FWA, the Fastest Growing Residential Broadband Service, to Exceed 58 Million Subscriptions in 2026

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Demand for efficient home broadband access is expected to drive FWA deployments and migration to higher capacity fixed networks

NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The worldwide residential broadband market reached a subscriber’s base of over 1.1 billion in 2020, a 4% increase from the previous year. Not surprisingly, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for broadband connectivity. The need for high-capacity residential broadband will remain strong, even after the pandemic recovery. According to global tech market advisory firm ABI Research, 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) will be the fastest-growing residential broadband segment to increase at a CAGR of 71%, exceeding 58 million subscribers in 2026.

Remote working, online learning, e-commerce, and virtual healthcare drove high-speed broadband demand throughout 2020. The significant increase in the use of internet-based home entertainment such as video streaming and online gaming also pushed existing broadband users to upgrade their broadband service to a higher-tier package, while households without broadband access signed up for new subscriptions. “Increasing adoption of internet-connected devices, smart TVs, and smart home devices, as well as consumers’ media consumption through internet applications, will continue to drive high-speed broadband adoption in the years to come. In addition, many businesses are allowing remote working for some of their employees after the pandemic, which will boost the need for home broadband services even further,” explains Khin Sandi Lynn, Industry Analyst at ABI Research.

To fulfill demand, broadband operators are investing heavily in expanding higher-capacity broadband networks. While some cable operators continue to invest in and upgrade to the DOCSIS 3.1 specification, the cable standardization body, CableLabs, and other industry players are already working toward DOCSIS 4.0 technology. “Although cable companies don’t anticipate the need to deploy the new cable standard any time soon, Comcast has completed a lab test of DOCSIS 4.0 full-duplex system-on-chip from Broadband in April 2021. Cable companies are likely to stretch the life of the existing DOCSIS 3.1 standard for a few more…

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