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A member of the FIN7 group was sentenced to 10 years in prison

Security Affairs

The Ukrainian national Fedir Hladyr (35), aka “das” or “AronaXus,” was sentenced to 10 years in prison for having served as a manager and systems administrator for the financially motivated group FIN7 , aka Carbanak. Hladyr also controlled the organization’s encrypted channels of communication.”

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Feds Warn About Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks, Vulnerabilities

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The ransomware encrypts files on compromised Windows host systems, including physical and virtual servers, the advisory noted, and the executable leaves a ransom note in all directories where encryption occurs, including ransom payment instructions for obtaining a decryption key. 7 SP1, 8, 8.1) How to Use the CISA Catalog.

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Microsoft warns of Human-Operated Ransomware as a growing threat to businesses

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“They exhibit extensive knowledge of systems administration and common network security misconfigurations, perform thorough reconnaissance, and adapt to what they discover in a compromised network.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Roboto, a new P2P botnet targets Linux Webmin servers

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.” The analysis of the bot revealed that it supports seven functions: reverse shell, self-uninstall, gather process’ network information, gather Bot information, execute system commands, run encrypted files specified in URLs, DDoS attack, etc. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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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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Crooks continue to abuse exposed Docker APIs for Cryptojacking

Security Affairs

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. For instance, restrict access to the daemon and encrypt the communication protocols it uses to connect to the network. Docker Trusted Registry ). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Stealth Falcon’s undocumented backdoor uses Windows BITS to exfiltrate data

Security Affairs

The Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) service is a built-in component of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The BITS service is used by programmers and system administrators to download files from or upload files to HTTP web servers and SMB file shares. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.