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USBAnywhere BMC flaws expose Supermicro servers to hack

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A baseboard management controller (BMC) is a specialized service processor that monitors the physical state of a computer, network server or other hardware device using sensors and communicating with the system administrator through an independent connection. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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US govt agencies share details of the China-linked espionage malware Taidoor

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The CISA agency provides recommendations for system administrators and owners to enhance the level of security of their organizations: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication.

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XMR crypto miner switches from arm IoT devices to X86/I686 Intel servers

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System administrators need to employ security best practices with the systems they manage.” Str ong passw ords, a vulnerability remediation plan, and two factors of authentication can go a long way to keep systems secure from the most basic and common attacks.” ” Cashdollar concludes.

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Backdoored Webmin versions were available for download for over a year

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Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. To exploit the malicious code, your Webmin installation must have Webmin -> Webmin Configuration -> Authentication -> Password expiry policy set to Prompt users with expired passwords to enter a new one. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Brazil expert discovers Oracle flaw that allows massive DDoS attacks

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In this type of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, the malicious traffic generated with the technique is greater than the once associated with the use of memcached, a service that does not require authentication but has been exposed on the internet by inexperienced system administrators. Brasília time, 1:00 p.m.

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Crooks continue to abuse exposed Docker APIs for Cryptojacking

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The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has a reference that can help system administrators and security teams establish a benchmark to secure their Docker engine. Ensure that container images are authenticated, signed, and from a trusted registry (i.e., Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Experts discovered a severe command injection flaw in Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop

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The vulnerability could be exploited by an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as a privileged user. ” Cisco advisory reveals that the vulnerability could be exploited remotely by leveraging the operating system remote management tools. when running on a Microsoft Windows end-user system.