Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Office 365 and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) customers were the targets of billions of brute-force and phishing attacks last year. Microsoft revealed that Office 365 and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) customers were the targets of billions of phishing emails and brute force attacks last year.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2024

The Cactus ransomware group claims to have hacked Coop and is threatening to disclose a huge amount of personal information, over 21 thousand directories. The Cactus ransomware operation has been active since March 2023, despite the threat actors use a double-extortion model, their data leak site has yet to be discovered.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Key vulnerabilities patched include CVE-2022-41033 , a zero-day flaw in the Windows COM+ Event System Service that’s being actively exploited and can provide an attacker with system privileges; and CVE-2022-34689 , a Windows CryptoAPI flaw reported by the U.K. ” See the Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

How Volt Typhoon Attacks The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed the complexities of Volt Typhoon’s cyberattacks, listing their typical activities into four steps: reconnaissance, initial access, lateral movement, and potential impact. Read the common types of network security solutions next.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2024

Looking through the application directories, we find that this endpoint is mapped to the com.linoma.ga.ui.admin.users.InitialAccountSetupForm class by inspecting the file GoAnywhere/adminroot/WEB-INF/forms-faces.xml.” Once a suspicious Admin user has been found, it is essential to analyze the log to determine its activity.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

To secure sensitive data, cybersecurity specialists, software vendors, and end users should encourage collaborative efforts against malicious activities. With over 25,000 active installations, the issue poses a significant threat to website integrity and user data. CISA released a list of mitigations against LockBit’s activity.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2021

. “The Threat Hunter Team first spotted suspicious use of AdFind, a legitimate command-line Active Directory query tool, on the victim organization’s network. “Just days after the suspicious AdFind activity was observed on the victim organization, the attackers attempted to deploy the Yanluowang ransomware.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Microsoft pointed out that this campaign was not connected to any of the 94 currently active ransomware activity groups that it is tracking. Once deployed, the Prestige ransomware drops a ransom note named “README.txt” in the root directory of each drive it encrypts. ” continues the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Portnox Cloud offers network access control (NAC) as a cloud-hosted SaaS solution that enables rapid deployment of basic NAC capabilities. Although the capabilities are more limited than some NAC competitors, the quick deployment and reduced IT labor costs make Portnox Cloud an attractive solution for many. Who Is Portnox?

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Dark Reading

MARCH 3, 2022

Attivo Networks ADSecure-DC solution joins the company’s existing suite of Active Directory protection products.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2023

DigiCert’s native integration reduces the effort and expertise needed to extend the value of internal CAs, with embedded, pre-built capability that accelerates time to value and eliminates human error.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

Unfortunately, the account was still enabled in Active Directory , which allowed hackers access to the network. Also read: Top 9 Active Directory Security Tools. Ensure inactive accounts are disabled uniformly across the Active Directory, MFA systems etc. logins) to localhost instead of the MFA server.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity hit record highs in 2021, and isn’t expected to slow down anytime soon. And with technology playing a huge part in simplifying and enabling integration activities between two distinct organizations, it is these very systems that attackers are looking to exploit.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The group of threat actors calling themselves ‘Justice Blade’ published leaked data from Smart Link BPO Solutions, an outsourcing IT vendor working with major enterprises and government agencies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other countries in the GCC.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 29, 2019

Related: Why Active Directory is so heavily targeted For companies running Microsoft Windows, one such touch-all systems is Active Directory, or AD, the software that organizes and provides access to information across the breadth of Windows systems. What would their recovery process look like? Talk more soon.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The technique sees threat actors placing a malicious DLL in a directory where a legitimate DLL is expected to be found. The attackers target old and outdated versions of security solutions, graphics software, and web browsers that lack of mitigations for DLL side-loading attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2024

March 13, 2024 Fortra Vulnerability Could Result in Remote Code Execution Type of vulnerability: Directory traversal in Fortra’s FileCatalyst workflow, potentially leading to remote code execution. The directory traversal vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-25153 and has a critical rating of 9.8. Its CVSS rating is 9.9.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 24, 2022

See the Top Active Directory Security Tools. Tactics vary, but hackers usually gain initial access (such as after a phishing attack ) and then use PowerShell to target Active Directory (AD) or other critical systems. Logging PowerShell activities is also recommended. No Foolproof Solution.

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Jamf

AUGUST 27, 2019

Thanks to a Jamf/Microsoft partnership, one of the Netherland's largest eCommerce platforms: bol.com, now has an automated compliance management solution for Mac devices accessing applications set up with Azure Active Directory authentication.

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Jamf

AUGUST 27, 2019

Thanks to a Jamf/Microsoft partnership, one of The Netherland's largest eCommerce platforms: bol.com, now has an automated compliance management solution for Mac devices accessing applications set up with Azure Active Directory authentication.

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Collibra

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Getting a good, comprehensive data quality & observability solution and successfully implementing it can help you address these problems. Our new technical solution workbook enables you to do exactly that. The complete Technical Solution Workbook guides you step-by-step. Finally, measuring success is a critical activity.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The campaign has been active since at least September 2022 and according to the experts, it is still ongoing. . “Typically, each script downloads the GoTrim malware from a hardcoded URL to a file in the same directory as the script itself and executes it.” ” continues the report. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2023

Zimbra has released updates to address a zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in attacks aimed at Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) email servers. Zimbra urges customers to manually install updates to fix a zero-day vulnerability that is actively exploited in attacks against Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) email servers.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

. “To effectively counteract such attacks, security solutions need to employ a comprehensive and proactive approach that goes beyond static monitoring of specific DLLs or system calls,” the researchers wrote. dll, and the second attack technique targets the ssh.exe process located within the Visual Studio 2022 Community directory.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Instead, they simply sign in once and the solution communicates the appropriate credentials to the separate applications and systems. Some SSO solutions run on-premises, while others run in the cloud, and some provide multiple deployment options. Also see: Best Zero Trust Security Solutions for 2022. Key Single Sign-On Features.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Researchers discovered that the infrastructure used in Cisco hack was the same used to target a Workforce Management Solution firm. The UNC2165 group has been active since at least 2019, it was mainly observed using the FAKEUPDATES infection chain (aka UNC1543 ) to access the victims’ networks. companies. .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Black Basta has been active since April 2022, like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack model. . On the other end, FIN7 is a Russian financially motivated group that has been active since at least 2015. The threat actors were disabling Windows Defender executing the following scripts: WindowsILUg69ql1.bat

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2021

The intruders compromised some internal systems by exploiting a weakness in Azure Active Directory and abused malicious Office 365 applications. ” On December 15, Microsoft Security Response Center warned the security firm of suspicious activity from a third-party application in its Microsoft Office 365 tenant.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The vulnerabilities affect Deep Security and Cloud One workload security solutions. The first issue is a directory traversal vulnerability that could be exploited by a local unprivileged attacker to read arbitrary files and inject and run code as `root` user. 509 certificate (and corresponding private key).

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Vietnamese security firm GTSC published a blog post this week warning of a new zero-day remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server, which it said has been actively exploited at least since early August. Read next: Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions. respectively.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

“The anti-malware tools we had installed on the targeted servers were active and did detect and block some of the files used by the attackers. .” reads the update published by Red Cross. ” reported the ICRC.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2022

InsightIDR has SIEM at its foundation and scales out to essentially be an XDR solution covering endpoints , network traffic analysis , UEBA , incident response and more. Then, from the menu near the upper right of the screen, click Setup Collector > Activate Collector. We found InsightIDR to be relatively easy to install.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

or Microsoft Active Directory Authentication Library uses tokens that expire quickly and cannot be reused elsewhere. Read next: Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions. And it’s incompatible with multi-factor authentication (MFA) systems , so admins might be discouraged from enabling it.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 21, 2022

Endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions typically deploy in a standard configuration meant to deliver the least number of false positive alerts in a generic environment. See the Top Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Solutions. Also read: 10 Top Active Directory Security Tools. Critical Data Access.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 11, 2022

Dubbed OrBit , the malware can gain persistence quickly, evade detection and hide its presence in network activity by manipulating logs. However, by hooking functions in the Linux Pluggable Authentication Module to steal information from SSH connections, attackers can gain remote access while hiding network activity.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 10, 2022

Kaspersky researchers discovered that the attackers used various tools, including custom and commercial solutions like Cobalt Strike and a new toolset used by the hackers. Read next: Best Zero Trust Security Solutions for 2022 Zero Trust Can’t Protect Everything. Here’s What You Need to Watch.

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