Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Ransomware operators are exploiting two VMWare ESXi vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-5544 and CVE-2020-3992, to encrypt virtual hard disks. Security experts are warning of ransomware attacks exploiting two VMWare ESXi vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-5544 and CVE-2020-3992 , to encrypt virtual hard disks.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

In 2019, AFRINIC fired a top employee after it emerged that in 2013 he quietly commandeered millions of IPs from defunct African entities or from those that were long ago acquired by other firms, and then conspired to sell an estimated $50 million worth of the IPs to marketers based outside Africa. Exhibit A, from a May 2022 filing by U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The CVE-2020-3158 flaw is related to the presence of a system account that has a default and static password in the Smart Software Manager tool. “The vulnerability is due to a system account that has a default and static password and is not under the control of the system administrator.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

Ensure that you have dedicated management systems [ D3-PH ] and accounts for system administrators. Enable robust logging of Internet-facing services and monitor the logs for signs of compromise [ D3-NTA ] [ D3-PM ]. Protect these accounts with strict network policies [ D3-UAP ].

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Rocket Software

JUNE 12, 2019

And as the generations of mainframers/legacy-developers have turned over, the original platform expertise which has allowed these systems to run has dwindled day-by-day. We can further use AIs to analyze system performance, and user behaviors to find patterns and predict outcomes. No more mysterious black box. Can we go further?

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

GandCrab dissolved in July 2019, and is thought to have become “ REvil ,” one of the most ruthless and rapacious Russian ransomware groups of all time. It continues: “Prior to deploying the ransomware, Snatch threat actors were observed spending up to three months on a victim’s system.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2021

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. Between 2014 and 2016 the group used a new custom malware dubbed Carbanak that is considered a newer version of Anunak.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

The tool is able to automatically retrieve local users from groups, filter for administration, and then test the password. The Makop criminals were recently using version 2.5.3869 of the tool, which dates back to 2019. The crooks currently use it after the initial access phase of their attack chain. Advanced_Port_Scanner_2.5.3869.exe

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The fix: System administrators are encouraged to install the Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14 (CU14), which was issued in February 2024 and enabled NTLM credentials Relay Protection. Despite VMware’s three-year-old deprecation statement, unprotected systems remain at risk.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

CrowdStrike researchers reported that at least 13 telecommunication companies were compromised by the group since 2019. 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

JANUARY 7, 2022

If the NAS is exposed to the Internet the dashboard will display the message “The System Administration service can be directly accessible from an external IP address via the following protocols: HTTP.”. Administrator of devices exposed to the Internet should: Disable the Port Forwarding function of the router.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The accused, 36-year-old John “Armada” Revesz , has maintained that Orcus is a legitimate “ R emote A dministration T ool” aimed at helping system administrators remotely manage their computers, and that he’s not responsible for how licensed customers use his product. An advertisement for Orcus RAT.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2024

The problem: WatchTowr Labs discovered a severe stack buffer overflow vulnerability ( CVE-2024-27130 ) in QNAP’s NAS operating system QTS. Report any issues with the upgrades to guarantee system stability and security. This affected system administrators worldwide. The fix: GitLab released patches for versions 17.0.1,

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

In fact, memory attacks have quietly emerged as a powerful and versatile new class of hacking technique that threat actors in the vanguard are utilizing to subvert conventional IT security systems. GLIBC keeps common code in one place, thus making it easier for multiple programs to connect to the company network and to the Internet.

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

South Carolina-based United Health notifies patients of 2019 data breach (36). San Diego school district investigating after online grading system hacked (unknown). The US Defence Information Systems Administration discloses 2019 cyber attack (unknown). Cyber attacks. Ransomware.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2019

OTA -- over-the-air updates) were stored in a publicly accessible AWS S3 bucket that also lacked TLS encryption (CVE-2019-16270, CVE-2019-16274). Unauthenticated web server: a web server running Android OS on port 8080 discloses all whiteboards stored locally on the device (CVE-2019-16271). These aren't subtle vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. News of the day is that Webmin contained a remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-15107, for more than a year. ehakkus) August 11, 2019. AppSec_Village @defcon pic.twitter.com/VxLjqpBJPF — Özkan Mustafa Akku?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2019

If you unplug the device and then plugin again, some “magic” happens, granting to users Full Control over that file: We observed this “strange” behavior using the “procmon” tool from Sysinternals: A SetSecurity call is made from an elevated context (SYSTEM) and will grant full control to users on the resource. Boundary conditions.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

“Fast forwarded to October 11, 2019, our Anglerfish honeypot captured another suspicious ELF sample, and it turned out to be the Downloader of the previous suspicious ELF sample.” Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. ttc “, so we named the Botnet Roboto.”

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

lazydocker : A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose : [link] pic.twitter.com/HsK17rzg8m — Binni Shah (@binitamshah) July 1, 2019. Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp [link] — Schneier Blog (@schneierblog) August 1, 2019. — Jason Haddix (@Jhaddix) July 27, 2019. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

I had the chance to meet with him again at Black Hat 2019 in Las Vegas. Today there exists a widening shortage of security analysts talented and battle tested enough to make sense of the rising tide of data logs inundating their SIEM systems. And this inspired him to co-found LogicHub. Talk more soon.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

31, 2019, Rezvesz said his company recently was the subject of an international search warrant executed jointly by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). This makes it harder for targets to remove it from their systems. An advertisement for Orcus RAT.

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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. Luckily, CurveBall is not the same type of issue.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

There’s just one problem…these massive, radical, interconnected technology systems also raise serious privacy and security concerns. In June 2019, Riviera Beach in FL paid $600,000 to hackers to restore its email system and public records. It is the year 2030, and you have had another busy day. You breathe a sigh of relief!

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

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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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 15, 2023

An IBM partner since 2013, Denmark-based Anycloud has been awarded Cloud Partner of the Year 2017, Technology Service Provider of the Year 2019, and Business Partner of the Year and Business Partner Excellence Award – Europe 2022. Today, we are launching the Anycloud Backup 365 (ACB365) offering on the IBM Cloud Marketplace.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As highlighted in the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report , an increasing number of organizations across the globe are now using sensitive data on digitally transformative technologies like cloud, virtualization, big data, IoT, blockchain, etc. Ground Reality: The Problem of Plenty!

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

MB) [link] — Nick Carr (@ItsReallyNick) April 22, 2019. Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group. Cybersecurity researchers from FireEye revealed that the Carbanak source code has been available on VirusTotal for two years, and none noticed it before. kb3r1p.rar 879 files (15.03

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AIIM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Radicati released updated figures early in 2019 that shows the total number of active email users has jumped to 3.9 A study by The Manifest found that 43% of businesses are expected to spend more money on email marketing in 2019. Everyone uses it, often as a filing system rather than as a simple communications mechanism.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In January of 2019, Reuters published a report into Project Raven, a campaign allegedly conducted by former NSA operatives and aiming at the same types of targets as Stealth Falcon. 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.

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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

For a few hundred thousand pounds, Norsk Hydro could have bought a decryptor from the blackmailers and restored its systems. For a few hundred thousand pounds, Norsk Hydro could have bought a decryptor from the blackmailers and restored its systems. On 19 March 2019, Norsk Hydro’s systems were infected with the LockerGoga ransomware.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

Unfortunately, despite steady advances in malware detection and intrusion prevention systems, and much effort put into training employees to be wary of suspicious email, weaponized email and document-based malware remain as virulent as pervasive as it was two decades ago. They’re generally not detectable by legacy security technologies. “So,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

MB) [link] — Nick Carr (@ItsReallyNick) April 22, 2019. Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group. Cybersecurity researchers from FireEye revealed that the Carbanak source code has been available on VirusTotal for two years, and none noticed it before. kb3r1p.rar 879 files (15.03

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Someone compromised the entire Twitter network, probably by stealing the log-in credentials of one of Twitter's system administrators. Class breaks are endemic to computerized systems, and they're not something that we as users can defend against with better personal security. Or to escalate an international dispute.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Recent years presented a torrent of research showing how vulnerable RDP systems are for organizations not taking additional cybersecurity precautions. 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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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

The Originating Malvertising Campaign According to CTI investigation on the adversary infrastructure, we were able to identify an ongoing campaign luring system administrators to install the malicious code into their machines. The CrashedTech Loader The “KiffAppE2.exe” Filename: KiffAppE2.exe

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The campaign, dubbed PerSwaysion due to the extensive abuse of Microsoft Sway, has been active since at least mid-2019 and was attributed to Vietnamese speaking developers and Nigerian operators. ?ybercriminals Group-IB continues to work with the relevant parties in local countries to inform the affected companies of the breach.

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