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TalkTalk October 2015 cyber-attack INVOLVES ransom demand
The attack involved a ransom demand threatening to publish stolen data unless TalkTalk paid.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 4 Details
“The ransom threatened to publish the data that was stolen unless they pay $125,000”
TalkTalk October 2015 cyber-attack INVOLVES Bitcoin
The ransom demand requested payment in Bitcoin.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 4 Details
“unless they pay $125,000 in Bitcoin”
TalkTalk October 2015 cyber-attack INVOLVES denial-of-service attack
A denial-of-service attack was rumored and, if it occurred, may have served as a distraction rather than the main intrusion.
Uncertain Confidence 86% · Jack Rhysider EP 4 Details
“If there was a denial-of-service attack, it was more of a distraction than damaging.”
TalkTalk October 2015 cyber-attack INVOLVES SQL injection
The attack involved SQL injection against a website formerly part of the Tiscali network.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 4 Details
“there was a SQL injection done on the website that was formerly part of the Tiscali network”
TalkTalk 2014 Webpro data breach INVOLVES social engineering
The breach involved scam calls in which callers impersonated TalkTalk staff and groomed victims into trusting them.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 4 Details
“The caller would establish trust with the victim, convincing them they are from TalkTalk”
TalkTalk 2014 Webpro data breach INVOLVES data harvesting
Rogue Webpro employees harvested customer accounts from the TalkTalk database.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 4 Details
“They began harvesting customer accounts out of the TalkTalk database 500 records at a time.”
ICO investigation report on TalkTalk RELATED_TO TalkTalk October 2015 cyber-attack
The ICO investigation report addressed the TalkTalk attack, identifying the outdated database, the Legacy Tiscali pages, and SQL injection as part of the findings.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 4 Details
“The site says the database was out of date for three and a half years and the attack was through the Legacy Tiscali pages.”
Connor used the dark net to offer TalkTalk data for sale and communicate with prospective buyers.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 4 Details
“Connor started posting some of the data for sale on the dark net”
Daniel USES denial-of-service attack
Daniel carried out denial-of-service attacks, including attacks against his own college.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 4 Details
“he was doing denial-of-service attacks on his own college”
Daniel demanded Bitcoin in connection with his data-extortion attacks.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 4 Details
“demanded Bitcoin so it would not be published”
Daniel USES ransom demand
Daniel stole data from companies and demanded payment to prevent its publication.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 4 Details
“stole their data, and demanded Bitcoin so it would not be published”
cleartext password exposure AFFECTS AI Cloud
When AI Cloud was enabled, the router's clear-text password could be reached from outside.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Kyle Lovett EP 5 Details
“I was able to get to it from the outside as well with a clear text password”
anonymous FTP access AFFECTS ASUS N66
The router's FTP server exposed port 21 with anonymous access.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Kyle Lovett EP 5 Details
“port 21 was open with anonymous access”
default admin/admin credentials AFFECTS ASUS N66
The ASUS N66 used admin/admin as its default username and password without prompting users to change it.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 5 Details
“the default user name was admin and the default password was also admin”
unauthenticated directory traversal or file exposure AFFECTS ASUS N66
The router exposed an unprotected directory structure and files without authentication.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Kyle Lovett EP 5 Details
“The clear text password was in an unprotected directory structure”
cleartext password exposure AFFECTS ASUS N66
The router stored its username and password in clear text in an accessible file.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 5 Details
“the password was stored in clear text in just a plain file”
Kyle says US-CERT works with MITRE on vulnerability disclosure and related community work.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Kyle Lovett EP 5 Details
“they’re working with DHS, they’re working with MITRE”
ASUSGATE ASSOCIATED_WITH 4Chan
The note was signed by /G, which Jack says may mean the hackers originated from 4Chan's technology board; the association is uncertain.
Uncertain Confidence 84% · Jack Rhysider EP 5 Details
“This may mean the hackers originated from the technology board on 4Chan which uses /G as their name”
Federal Trade Commission ASSOCIATED_WITH ASUS
The Federal Trade Commission filed a case against ASUS and later approved a settlement order.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 5 Details
“United States Federal Trade Commission filed a case against Asus”
The router discussed is an ASUS N66, and ASUS is described as the maker of the router.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 5 Details
“Asus, the makers of this router”
anonymous FTP access DISCOVERED_BY Kyle Lovett
Kyle found the anonymous FTP access problem while testing his router.
Derived Confidence 96% · Kyle Lovett EP 5 Details
“I realized that port 21 was open with anonymous access”
default admin/admin credentials DISCOVERED_BY Kyle Lovett
Kyle found the default admin/admin credential issue during his testing.
Derived Confidence 95% · Kyle Lovett EP 5 Details
“then you had the bigger problem of the default passwords which was admin/admin”
cleartext password exposure DISCOVERED_BY Kyle Lovett
Kyle found the clear-text password exposure by browsing to the exposed file.
Derived Confidence 95% · Kyle Lovett EP 5 Details
“That only took me maybe twenty, twenty-five minutes to find”
ASUSGATE concerns security flaws and responses involving ASUS routers and ASUS as the vendor.
Explicit Confidence 90% · Jack Rhysider EP 5 Details
“this incident ASUSGATE”
ASUSGATE INVOLVES cleartext password exposure
The incident involved public disclosure of the clear-text password flaw.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Kyle Lovett EP 5 Details
“That’s when I went on there and I put that one disclosure about the clear text password”