Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2021

Threat actors are exploiting two flaws in the popular file-sharing server FileZen to steal sensitive data from businesses and government organizations. 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.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

US and Japanese intelligence, law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies warn of a China-linked APT, tracked as BlackTech (aka Palmerworm, Temp.Overboard, Circuit Panda, and Radio Panda), that planted backdoor in Cisco router firmware to access multinational companies’ networks. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 5, 2021

Initial estimates were that Russia sent its probes only into a few dozen of the 18,000 government and private networks they gained access to when they inserted code into network management software made by a Texas company named SolarWinds. “This tells us the actor had access to SolarWinds’ environment much earlier than this year.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

An IT security certification can provide a key boost for your career, but with so many different certifications available (and so many organizations more than happy to take your money for training and testing), it’s important to make sure that the time and investment are well spent. How to Choose a Security Certification.

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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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In May 2023, a ransomware attack hit the IT systems at the City of Dallas , Texas. To prevent the threat from spreading within the network, the City shut down the impacted IT systems. “Royal’s initial access utilized the basic service domain service account, connecting to a server. ” reads the report.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

If you’re serious about information security, you should consider gaining a Microsoft qualification. ISO 27001 is often considered the go-to qualification for information security professionals. There’s a huge demand for qualified administrators and cyber security professionals. Cloud security with Microsoft Azure.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 12, 2018

Nick Jovanovic, VP Federal of Thales eSecurity Federal (a division of TDSI), recently spoke with Federal Tech Talk’s John Gilroy about federal agency data security and key findings from the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Government Edition. He suggests that protecting data that is on your system should be the focus.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

China-linked hackers carried out cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks with TAIDOOR malware. “CISA encourages users and administrators to review Malware Analysis Report MAR-10292089-1.v1 “CISA encourages users and administrators to review Malware Analysis Report MAR-10292089-1.v1

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

As cloud computing evolves, so has cloud security, and buyers in the market for cloud security solutions may find themselves facing a dizzying array of acronyms, like CNAPP, CWPP, CSPM, and CIEM. Securing all those new cloud environments and connections became a job for cybersecurity companies.

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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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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Findings released this week by ReversingLabs show 87 percent of security and technology professionals view software tampering as a new breach vector of concern, yet only 37 percent say they have a way to detect it across their software supply chain. Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon.

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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. That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. Instead, memory attacks are transient.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Its author maintains Orcus is a legitimate R emote A dministration T ool that is merely being abused, but security experts say it includes multiple features more typically seen in malware known as a R emote A ccess T rojan. Tips from international private cyber security firms triggered the investigation.”. In 2014, the U.S.

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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. ” reads the CISA’s MAR report. In April, the U.S.

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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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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

What the Common Vulnerability Scoring System is, how to use it, limitations and alternatives, and key changes in CVSS v4.0 Previously, we’ve interviewed Leon about secure remote working and what the best VPN (virtual private network) solutions are. One example is TLS [Transport Layer Security]. Why or why not? X and v4.0].

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Secret Service issued a detailed advisory on the BlackByte Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) group, which has attacked critical infrastructure industries in recent months, among them government, financial and food and agriculture targets. Update and patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates and patches are released.

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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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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. SB 315 faced opposition from both private companies and information security researchers. Security researchers also voiced concerns.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 23, 2019

The SEIA bill passed on June 27th in the Senate could be a good start to isolate and segment the most important control systems of the U.S. But government bills and regulations can at best only mandate what organizations should be doing on their own to protect themselves and the people who depend on them.

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

At first glance, February appears to be a big improvement cyber security-wise compared to the start of the year. Puerto Rico government loses $2.6 Wake County, NC, learns that third party breached government employee info (1,900). Columbus County Schools gives update after systems wiped by cyber attack (5,673).

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Attackers are already attempting to exploit the recently fixed bug in F5 Networks BIG-IP product, security experts warn. The BIG-IP product is an application delivery controller (ADC), it is used by government agencies and major business, including banks, services providers and IT giants like Facebook, Microsoft and Oracle.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

We’ve compiled some recently active vulnerabilities — both old and new — for security teams to monitor, mitigate, patch, or even remove from your infrastructure altogether. Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators.

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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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Security agencies belonging to Five Eyes (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) have released a joint report that details some popular hacking tools. The five tools are: Remote Access Trojan: JBiFrost. 1] [2] [3] [4] [5] ” reads the report published by the experts. Webshell: China Chopper.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

We’ve compiled some recently active vulnerabilities — both old and new — for security teams to monitor, mitigate, patch, or even remove from your infrastructure altogether. Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. Image: treasury.gov.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 9, 2018

As more trusted privileged users hold access to more critical functions and information within organizations, the trust bestowed on them must be validated to address insider threats and thwart cyberattacks. However, security controls offered by traditional operating systems do not always offer this level of segmentation.

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IT Governance

JUNE 27, 2019

On 19 March 2019, Norsk Hydro’s systems were infected with the LockerGoga ransomware. TrendMicro’s analysis into the ransomware found that it was the same system administration tool abused by the likes of SOREBRECT and Bad Rabbit. To access the decoder, the organisation was asked to pay a large ransomin bitcoin.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 13, 2023

and South Korean governments have issued a joint advisory outlining a North Korean phishing campaign, The Register reports. Kimsuky is administratively subordinate to an element within North Korea's RGB and has conducted broad cyber campaigns in support of RGB objectives since at least 2012. Currently, the U.S. Currently, the U.S.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Are you considering a career in cyber security? CompTIA Security+. The CompTIA Security+ qualification is widely considered to be one of the best introductions to the cyber security industry. The CompTIA Security+ qualification is widely considered to be one of the best introductions to the cyber security industry.

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The Texas Record

AUGUST 23, 2018

Whether it’s creating and securing electronic records or establishing a process to capture records from social media sites, records managers often find themselves working closely with their Information Technology (IT) Departments. They respected my knowledge of government RIM and treated me as an asset instead of a burden.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

They help IT and security teams manage the traffic that flows to and from their private network. Firewall rules are ordered differently, too, so the network automatically prioritizes the most critical security restrictions and applies those rules above others. Deny and log: Record all remaining traffic to be analyzed later.

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IT Governance

APRIL 25, 2023

Insider threats are one of the most difficult security challenges that organisations face. Staying safe isn’t simply about stopping criminal hackers from breaking into your systems, because the vulnerabilities already inside your organisation. We explain everything you need to know in this blog. Who are insider threats?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2022

It falls to IT security teams to determine where those vulnerabilities lie in their organization and which ones they need to prioritize. Typically, a security team will leverage a cloud security platform to detect vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and other cloud risks. That process can be overwhelming.

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