The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2022

The report paints a picture of ransomware gangs arriving on the scene typically after crypto miners, botnet builders, malware embedders and initial access brokers may have already profited from earlier intrusions. Configure system administrative tools more wisely. More tightening required. Shier is spot on.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

Department of Justice , RSOCKS offered clients access to IP addresses assigned to devices that had been hacked: “A cybercriminal who wanted to utilize the RSOCKS platform could use a web browser to navigate to a web-based ‘storefront’ (i.e., “I opened an American visa for myself, it was not difficult to get.

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 17, 2023

Cybersecurity Ventures predicts by 2031 ransomware will cost victims $265 billion annually, and it will affect a business, consumer, or device every 2 seconds. Exploit Software Vulnerabilities: Cybercriminals can take advantage of security weaknesses in widely used software to gain access to a victim’s system and deploy ransomware.

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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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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

CERT-UA observed the campaign in April 2023, the malicious e-mails with the subject “Windows Update” were crafted to appear as sent by system administrators of departments of multiple government bodies. Most of the APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The module has full access to all the firmware, hardware, software, and operating system installed on the server. . The attacks were spotted by Iranian cybersecurity firm Amnpardaz, this is the first time ever that malware targets iLO firmware. ” continues the report.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. Memory hacking is being carried out across paths that have been left comparatively wide open to threat actors who are happy to take full advantage of the rather fragile framework of processes that execute deep inside the kernel of computer operating systems.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

Unfortunately, as system administrators seek ways to control access to these platforms, users may seek out alternative ways to gain access.” “Threat actors have been keen to exploit the popularity of these tools, promising unrestrictive access. ” concludes the report.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Meanwhile, the (ISC) 2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study 202 1 found that 72% of cyber security professionals are required by their organisation to earn certifications. There’s a huge demand for qualified administrators and cyber security professionals. Getting started.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

Leading-edge cybersecurity systems in service today apply machine learning in some amazing ways to help large enterprises identify and instantly respond to cyber threats. Day in and day out their core security struggle boils down to making it harder for intruders to attain and manipulate remote access.

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CGI

MAY 21, 2018

Laying the foundation for cybersecurity. A system administrator did not apply a patch. Chief among these are: Controlling access through strong identification and authentication. Learn more about CGI and cybersecurity in the U.S. premanath.puch…. Mon, 05/21/2018 - 05:13. A hacker exploits a known vulnerability.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2021

The attacks are part of a large-scale campaign that also resulted in unauthorized access to a Soliton file shared storage used by the Japanese Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office staff. The vendor recommended changing system administrator account, reset access control, and installing the latest available version. and V5.0.3.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Cybersecurity Workforce Study 2020 ?found?that It’s also suitable for those who plan to develop a specialised career as a Microsoft Azure administrator or security engineer. . Potential job roles include IT support executive, IT support manager, system administrator and Microsoft 365 security administrator. .

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

By no means has the cybersecurity community been blind to the complex security challenges spinning out of digital transformation. I’ve recently had several deep-dive discussions with cybersecurity experts at Juniper Networks, about this. The intensely competitive cybersecurity talent market is partly to blame here.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administratio n (CISA), Snatch was originally named Team Truniger , based on the nickname of the group’s founder and organizer — Truniger. “The command requires Windows system administrators,” Truniger’s ads explained.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of Defense (DoD) released information on a RAT variant, dubbed TAIDOOR, used by China-linked hackers in cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. v1 , U.S. .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

US NSA, CISA, and the FBI published a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn that China-linked threat actors have breached telecommunications companies and network service providers. Ensure that you have dedicated management systems [ D3-PH ] and accounts for system administrators.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM): Best used to effectively manage cloud resource entitlements, reduce access risks, and maintain compliance. Securing all those new cloud environments and connections became a job for cybersecurity companies.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

cybersecurity agencies, which highlighted the threats in a pair of warnings issued in recent days. And the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 15 more vulnerabilities to its list of actively exploited vulnerabilities. cybersecurity advisories in recent weeks. The FBI and U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 13, 2023

The accessibility of generative AI technology empowers attackers to execute sophisticated BEC attacks even with limited skills. The speed, adaptability, and persistence of an AI-powered worm increased the need for a vigilant, proactive approach to cybersecurity defenses. Promotion of jailbreaks for AI platforms.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon. Modern software is built on pillars of open-source components, and package repositories offer an easy access to the wealth of pre-built code that makes development faster. However, not all of that code is safe to use.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

With a quick tap on your phone, the app sends a code to the after-school program supervisor so the car can be accessed at pickup. The surge in attacks makes clear that many cities are unprepared for cybersecurity threats. To pick your daughter up from school, you call a driverless car. of the overall municipal budget.”.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in August 2020. The CISA MAR provided indicators of compromise (IoCs), Yara rules, and other technical info that could be used by system administrators to discover compromise systems within their networks. ” reads the report published by Kaspersky.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

One of the promising cybersecurity trends that I’ve been keeping an eye on is this: SOAR continues to steadily mature. Security orchestration, automation and response, or SOAR, is a fledgling security technology stack that first entered the cybersecurity lexicon about six years ago. Just ask Capital One , Marriott or Equifax.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

CloudPassage’s 2021 AWS Cloud Security Report found that misconfiguration of cloud platforms (71 percent), exfiltration of sensitive data (59 percent), and insecure APIs (54 percent) are the top cloud security threats facing cybersecurity professionals. What measures does the provider have in place to protect various access components?

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 10, 2019

Related: Marriott suffers massive breach We now know, thanks to reporting from cybersecurity blogger Brian Krebs, that the Wipro hack was a multi-month intrusion and likely the work of a nation-state backed threat actor.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

million individuals from the Company’s systems. The complaint states that the Company failed to implement basic industry-accepted data security measures to protect PHI from unauthorized access, and did not have adequate controls in place.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2018

The Georgia State Senate had recently voted 42-7 to approve SB 315, which criminalized unauthorized computer access with maximum penalties of up to one year of incarceration and a fine of $5,000. Organizations have employed bug bounty programs in an effort to encourage researchers to report security flaws in their systems.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

One example was uncovered last month by researchers from Gemini Advisory, who revealed that FIN7 had created a sham cybersecurity company called “Bastion Secure” to lure security experts. FIN7’s hackers built a website based on legitimate information provided by actual cybersecurity companies. practice assignments and job interviews.

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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. Unauthenticated users on the network could chain the exploitation of these vulnerabilities and execute code remotely once they have gained access to the operating system.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 23, 2019

Traditional approaches to cybersecurity in the energy sector have been to invest in disparate products and technologies. For more information on Thales’s data encryption technologies, please visit our website to learn about “Advanced Data-at-rest Encryption, Access Control and Data Access Audit Logging.”.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a Malware Analysis Report (MAR) that includes technical details about a new strain of malware, tracked as BLINDINGCAN, that was attributed to North Korea. In April, the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

Using misconfigured multi-factor authentication (MFA) and an unpatched Windows vulnerability, Russian state-sponsored hackers were able to breach a non-governmental organization (NGO) and escalate privileges, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI revealed last week. Here is the full list: Mitigations.

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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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Experts from cybersecurity agencies from Five Eyes intelligence alliance have issued a report that provides technical details on most popular hacking tool families and the way to detect and neutralizes attacks involving them. The five tools are: Remote Access Trojan: JBiFrost. Webshell: China Chopper. Credential Stealer: Mimikatz.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

The expert discovered that hackers took control of two of its servers to carry out a so-called watering hole attack aimed at infecting people accessing the sites hosted on the servers. In addition to using generic tools relatively accessible on the Web, the group has developed tools of its own, including a rootkit. explained Faou.

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