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Security Affairs newsletter Round 428 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Russia-linked APT Gamaredon starts stealing data from victims between 30 and 50 minutes after the initial compromise The source code of the BlackLotus UEFI Bootkit was leaked on GitHub US CISA warns of Rockwell Automation ControlLogix flaws Indexing Over 15 Million WordPress Websites with PWNPress New AVrecon botnet remained under the radar for two (..)

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Spur.us , a startup that tracks proxy services, told KrebsOnSecurity that the Internet addresses Lumen tagged as the AVrecon botnet’s “Command and Control” (C2) servers all tie back to a long-running proxy service called SocksEscort. Another domain with the Google Analytics code US-2665744 was sscompany[.]net.

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Google WordPress Site Kit plugin grants attacker Search Console Access

Security Affairs

Experts found a critical bug in Google’s official WordPress plugin ‘Site Kit’ that could allow hackers to gain owner access to targeted sites’ Google Search Console. The Site Kit WordPress plugin makes it easy to set up and configure key Google products (i.e.

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Choosing a Managed Security Service: MDR, Firewalls & SIEM

eSecurity Planet

Because hackers don’t have office hours, SIEM systems operate on a 24/7 basis, which means there needs to be someone available to interpret the analytical results even on nights and weekends. Rather than overload your internal staff with a tidal wave of alerts, the system filters and extracts only the most pertinent of events.

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How to Prevent Data Breaches: Data Breach Prevention Tips

eSecurity Planet

Some sophisticated viruses and hackers move laterally once they enter networks and compromise multiple systems in an extended attack. Use threat intelligence tools and behavioral analytics to examine all your business systems for anomalous behavior and indicators of compromise (IoCs). Forensics tools are also helpful.

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Log4j Vulnerability Puts Enterprise Data Lakes and AI at Risk

eSecurity Planet

That’s also why hackers have been exploiting the bug actively since it became public last year, sometimes using public POCs (proofs of concept), which can be all too easily found on GitHub , and the exploit is notoriously easy to use. The researchers demonstrate how hackers could poison AI and machine learning to bypass detection.

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Top Cybersecurity Products for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Between malware , phishing attacks , zero-day threats, advanced persistent threats , reconnaissance and brute force attacks, hackers are looking for any and every avenue into a network. CrowdStrike Falcon is on the more expensive side of EDR solutions but its rich features ensure that it’s worth the price tag. McAfee MVISION.