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11 cyber security predictions for 2020

IT Governance

Despite the rise in sophisticated attacks, 2020 will continue to see newbies and unskilled attackers using toolkits from the dark web to launch scams (such as sexploitation), and phishing and ransomware attacks. The post 11 cyber security predictions for 2020 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. How should you prepare?

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Threat actors are actively exploiting Zerologon flaw, Microsoft warns

Security Affairs

The CVE-2020-1472 flaw is an elevation of privilege that resides in the Netlogon. The Netlogon service is an Authentication Mechanism used in the Windows Client Authentication Architecture which verifies logon requests, and it registers, authenticates, and locates Domain Controllers.

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The Taxman Cometh for ID Theft Victims

Krebs on Security

The unprecedented volume of unemployment insurance fraud witnessed in 2020 hasn’t abated, although news coverage of the issue has largely been pushed off the front pages by other events. One state’s experience offers a window into the potential scope of the problem.

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Using a WordPress flaw to leverage Zerologon vulnerability and attack companies’ Domain Controllers

Security Affairs

Using a WordPress flaw (File-Manager plugin–CVE-2020-25213) to leverage Zerologon (CVE-2020-1472) and attack companies’ Domain Controllers. Recently, a critical vulnerability called Zerologon – CVE-2020-1472 – has become a trending subject around the globe. w4fz5uck5) September 8, 2020. Figure 2: PoC – CVE-2020-25213.

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Join us for deep technical content and training at IBM TechU

Rocket Software

In 2020, we also had a record number of IBM Champions, representing our expertise in data, AI, and IBM Z. These experts, along with other Rocketeers, will be participating in this year’s IBM TechU virtual training event. October 27, 11:30 AM ET. Enhancing Security with Multi-Factor Authentication on Power.

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Consumers have their Say about Protection of Personal Data – Call for More Stringent Controls

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Tue, 10/11/2022 - 06:46. The global study that informs the Index involved more than 21,000 participants across 11 countries. In 2020, a dataset was discovered by researchers at Comparitech that contained information on approximately 100 million Instagram, 42 million TikTok and 4 million YouTube users.

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Cryptominer ELFs Using MSR to Boost Mining Process

Security Affairs

The worm scans and exploits existing server based vulnerabilities like CVE-2020-14882 and CVE-2017-11610 from the victim machine. After getting downloaded in the victim system, the worm first scans for vulnerable servers from the victim system to exploit certain known web server vulnerabilities like CVE-2020-14882 and CVE-2017-11610.

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