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Kaseya Left Customer Portal Vulnerable to 2015 Flaw in its Own Software

Krebs on Security

The attackers exploited a vulnerability in software from Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. “This is worse because the CVE calls for an authenticated user,” Holden said. “This was not.”

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China-linked threat actors have breached telcos and network service providers

Security Affairs

“Upon gaining an initial foothold into a telecommunications organization or network service provider, PRC state-sponsored cyber actors have identified critical users and infrastructure including systems critical to maintaining the security of authentication, authorization, and accounting. To nominate, please visit:?.

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FTC Posts Third Blog in Its “Stick with Security” Series

Hunton Privacy

On August 4, 2017, the FTC published the third blog post in its “Stick with Security” series. Limit Administrative Access : While it is essential that a system administrator has the ability to change network settings in a business, this privilege should be limited to a select few people.

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Experts spotted Syslogk, a Linux rootkit under development

Security Affairs

The experts pointed out that it also allows authenticated user-mode processes to interact with the rootkit to control it. Linux rootkits are malware installed as kernel modules in the operating system. Experts highlighted that the kernel rootkit is hard to detect, it enables hiding processes, files, and even the kernel module.

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First Multistate HIPAA Data Breach Lawsuit May Signal Increased State Interest in Data Security Enforcement

Data Matters

represented in its privacy policy that the Company used encryption and authentication tools to protect information but failed to encrypt the data (at rest) on its computer systems. The complaint also focuses on what the AGs allege was an “inadequate and ineffective” post-breach response.

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Brazil expert discovers Oracle flaw that allows massive DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

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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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #24 [The Mind's Bias] Pretexting Now Tops Phishing in Social Engineering Attacks

KnowBe4

Blog post with screen shots and links: [link] A Master Class on Cybersecurity: Roger A. And what can/should you do to improve your organization's authentication methods? In this blog we have warned for years about deepfakes, which are also called "synthetic media" created with artificial intelligence or machine learning tools.