Krebs on Security

JULY 14, 2020

” CVE-2020-1350 is just the latest worry for enterprise system administrators in charge of patching dangerous bugs in widely-used software. Chief among those is CVE-2020-1463 , a problem within Windows 10 and Server 2016 or later that was detailed publicly prior to this month’s Patch Tuesday.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The change will also be enabled for all currently supported standalone versions of Office, including versions 2021, 2019, 2016, and 2013. Breen said while February’s comparatively light burden should give system administrators some breathing room, it shouldn’t be viewed as an excuse to skip updates.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

The China-linked hacking group has been active since at least 2016, according to the CrowdStrike researchers it is using a very sophisticated toolset. In order to identify CAKETAP running on a Solaris system, administrators can check for the presence of a hook installed in the ipcl_get_next_conn hook function.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

According to an internal report drown up after the 2016 data breach that led to the ‘ Vault 7 ‘ data leak, a specialized CIA unit involved in the development of hacking tools and cyber weapons failed in protecting its operations and was able to respond after the leak of its secrets. ” reported The Washington Post. .”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

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. “Our investigation revealed indications that point to Lazarus building supply-chain attack capabilities.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

As first detailed by KrebsOnSecurity in July 2016 , Orcus is the brainchild of John “Armada” Rezvesz , a Toronto resident who until recently maintained and sold the RAT under the company name Orcus Technologies. An advertisement for Orcus RAT. In an “official press release” posted to pastebin.com on Mar.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Between 2014 and 2016 the group used a new custom malware dubbed Carbanak that is considered a newer version of Anunak. Starting from 2016 the group developed a new custom malware using Cobalt Strike, a legitimate penetration testing framework. Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

Many system administrators and companies were rushing to update internet exposed machines, like web servers or gateways, worried about possible remote code execution, reviving the EternalBlue /WannaCry crisis in their mind. . The Malware Threat behind CurveBall.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Between 2014 and 2016 the group used a new custom malware dubbed Carbanak that is considered a newer version of Anunak. Starting from 2016 the group developed a new custom malware using Cobalt Strike, a legitimate penetration testing framework. Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

For many years, Dye was a system administrator for Optinrealbig , a Colorado company that relentlessly pimped all manner of junk email, from mortgage leads and adult-related services to counterfeit products and Viagra. ” A slide from an ARIN presentation in 2016 that referenced Adconion.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 23, 2019

But the energy sector also underpins our emergency and response systems, our hospitals and healthcare, our schools, our businesses, and virtually everything we do as a society. Disruptions to Ukraine’s power system in 2015 and 2016 were attributed to a cyberattack and led to power outages affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In 2016, researchers from non-profit organization CitizenLab published a report that describes a campaign of targeted spyware attacks carried by the Stealth Falcon. The Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) service is a built-in component of the Microsoft Windows operating system.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2018

Specifically, researchers believed that the current version of SB 315 could chill security research—both the purely academic and the “white hats”—ultimately discouraging individuals from identifying vulnerabilities in networks and alerting system administrators of the issues.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

CVE-2016-3088 : A remote file upload via a Java-based multi-protocol messaging for Apache (Apache ActiveMQ 5) allows attackers to upload and execute arbitrary files. CVE-2017-0145 : Windows SMB Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in various Windows products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

I first spoke to Kumar Saurabh, LogicHub’s co-founder and CEO, not long after the company launched in 2016. PowerShell is a command-line shell designed to make it convenient for system administrators to automate tasks and manage system configurations. based LogicHub. billion, and later co-founded SumoLogic.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

But if we go on the Akamai blog we can still find a reference to Elknot posted on April 4, 2016 on a topic referred to “ BillGates ”, another DDoS malware whose “ attack vectors available within the toolkit include: ICMP flood, TCP flood, UDP flood, SYN flood, HTTP Flood (Layer7) and DNS reflection floods. O"]); // for persistence.

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The Texas Record

AUGUST 23, 2018

MW : “ Currently, we have regular meetings in conjunction with the SharePoint 2016 migration. Our programmers invite me to meetings involving any new system with a data retention consideration. Plus, we made each other laugh, so that made things a lot easier. ” Did you schedule regular meetings, and does this continue?

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2021

REvil’s last big victim was Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. “In fact, Dridex operations were significant throughout 2015 and 2016, making it one of the most prevalent eCrime malware families.”

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Between 2016 and 2018, the malware strain SamSam made brute force RDP attacks an integral part of its attacks on several public organizations. By exploiting weak server vulnerabilities, the Iran-based hackers were able to gain access, move laterally, encrypt IT systems, and demand ransom payment.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. — Matthew Green (@matthew_d_green) February 17, 2016. " — Paul Asadoorian (@securityweekly) June 7, 2016. Denial-of-Suez attack. Jack Daniel | @jack_daniel. Katie Moussouris | @k8em0.

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The Texas Record

MAY 7, 2018

The plethora of attacks has sent security professionals and system administrators scrambling to ensure their systems and backups are safe, and executives taking a second look at their cyber security programs. 2016, June). million dollars in recovery efforts to date. [1] Retrieved from Roustan Media: [link]. [8]

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It evolved to a place where system administrators and cybersecurity professionals had to monitor several different lists, which didn’t scale well. If you wanted the firehouse of new disclosures, you’d subscribe to a mailing list like bugtraq on security focus. By 1999, the disjoint efforts were bursting at the seams.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It evolved to a place where system administrators and cybersecurity professionals had to monitor several different lists, which didn’t scale well. If you wanted the firehouse of new disclosures, you’d subscribe to a mailing list like bugtraq on security focus. By 1999, the disjoint efforts were bursting at the seams.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It evolved to a place where system administrators and cybersecurity professionals had to monitor several different lists, which didn’t scale well. If you wanted the firehouse of new disclosures, you’d subscribe to a mailing list like bugtraq on security focus. By 1999, the disjoint efforts were bursting at the seams.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

I've often advised people to pursue that path that really get a solid foundation on the legacy technology or legacy concepts of coding, networking and system administration type stuff. I think it was 2016. And then, now based off of whatever their interests are, whatever they're most passionate about. They're there.

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IT Governance

MARCH 8, 2018

For reference, the 2016 DDoS attack on the managed DNS service provider Dyn peaked at about 1.2 It says: “Blocking port 11211 is a starting point for defenses and will prevent systems on your network from being used as reflectors.

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