Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

In mere seconds, a hacker remotely accessed a computer belonging to a regional Russian Ministry of Health, taking advantage of sloppy cybersecurity practices to expose its entire network. Spielerkid89, who wished to remain anonymous, did not intend to harm the organization and left its systems intact. Original post at [link].

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

These accounts give admins control over data, applications, infrastructure and other critical assets that average system users don’t have permission to access or change. What is Privileged Access Management (PAM)? Enter Privileged Access Management (PAM). Privileged Access Management vs IAM.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. Usually, these users have no idea their systems are compromised. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Once obtained access to the City’s network, the group performed reconnaissance and information-gathering activities using legitimate third-party remote management tools. The Royal group began reconnaissance activity in April 2023, and the analysis of system log data dates the beginning of the surveillance operations on April 7, 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Also read: Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2022. 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.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Much of the discussion at RSA Conference 2022 , which convenes next week in San Francisco, will boil down to slowing attack surface expansion. Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon. For a full drill down on our discussion please give the accompanying podcast a listen.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

The attackers also targeted Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) routers and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to use them as additional access points to route command and control (C2) traffic and midpoints to carry out attacks on other entities. ” reads the advisory published by the US agencies.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

The gang leverages exposed remote administration services and internet-facing vulnerabilities to gain and maintain access to victim networks. Custom tools After the initial access, Makop criminals are still using an old tool dated back to their first operations in cyberspace.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. They’re found in the J-Web interface of the operating system, which is a PHP-based interface. Threat actors can use WFP to escalate their privileges on Windows.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. They’re found in the J-Web interface of the operating system, which is a PHP-based interface. Threat actors can use WFP to escalate their privileges on Windows.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Even so, Gartner projects that by year-end 2022, some 30% of organizations with a security team larger than five people will leverage SOAR tools in their security operations, some six times more than the 5% that do so today. It’s all about making a software system that’s able to access those human capabilities,” Saurabh says.

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IT Governance

APRIL 25, 2023

According to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report , insider threats account for 18% of all security incident. Meanwhile, a Ponemon Institute report found that data breaches caused by insiders increased by 14% between 2018 and 2022. Availability refers to an organisation’s ability to access information when needed.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

In thirty days, the operation we monitored was capable to establish initial access to over 8 thousand endpoints and steal sensitive data that are now reaching the underground black markets. Most of the victims mount Windows 10 Professional and Enterprise operating systems, including several Datacenter versions of Windows Server.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Our investigation revealed that this remote endpoint is associated with criminal activities dating back to 2019, indicating that these hosts were likely under the control of the same technical administration. A quick examination of the publicly accessible profile of the Moscow-based server swiftly uncovered a peculiarity.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

Whereas traditional WANs backhauled all traffic to a central hub or data center, SD-WAN architectures increase the performance of on-premises services like SaaS applications with direct access to cloud platforms. These protected tunnels of information in transit prevent unauthorized access to the network and ensure ongoing compliance.

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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. Insider threat protection (ITP): Fully protects customers from malicious insider deletion for 30 days.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2022

He talks about the community platform that Tidal Security launched at Black Hat USA 2022. Vamosi: I just returned from Hacker Summer Camp 2022. Flash forward to Hacker Sumer Camp 2022, and. And then we publish that information free for anybody to access similar into the vein of attack. And it's challenging, right?

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

Here is what you'll get: Access to our free on-demand webinar "Your Ultimate Guide to Phishing Mitigation," featuring Roger A. While the 81 vulnerabilities provide threat actors with relatively complete access for an attack, not every organization has the required platform to take advantage of one of these vulnerabilities.

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