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UK, US agencies warn of large-scale brute-force attacks carried out by Russian APT

Security Affairs

US and UK cybersecurity agencies said the Russia-linked APT28 group is behind a series of large-scale brute-force attacks. US and UK cybersecurity agencies published a joint alert about a series of large-scale brute-force conducted by the Russia-linked APT28 group. ” reads the advisory published by the NSA. .

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Credit Freezes are Free: Let the Ice Age Begin

Krebs on Security

Spouses may request freezes for each other by phone as long as they pass authentication. In addition, the law requires the big three bureaus to offer free electronic credit monitoring services to all active duty military personnel. For more information on doing that with ChexSystems, see this link. Online: TransUnion.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS): Deploys cloud-hosted and scalable protection enterprise-wide for all resources (networks, branch offices, remote users, etc.). Access Control Access controls add additional authentication and authorization controls to verify users, systems, and applications to define their access.

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Nobelium continues to target organizations worldwide with custom malware

Security Affairs

Russia-linked Nobelium APT group is using a new custom malware dubbed Ceeloader in attacks against organizations worldwide. Mandiant researchers have identified two distinct clusters of activity, tracked UNC3004 and UNC2652, that were associated with the Russia-linked Nobelium APT group (aka UNC2452).

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Inside Ireland’s Public Healthcare Ransomware Scare

Krebs on Security

On May 10, one of the hospitals detected malicious activity on its Microsoft Windows Domain Controller, a critical “keys to the kingdom” component of any Windows enterprise network that manages user authentication and network access. Still, the work to restore infected systems would take months. Now this is in itself isn’t bad.

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GUEST ESSAY: Supply chain vulnerabilities play out in latest Pentagon personnel records breach

The Last Watchdog

government strategic systems. military and civilian personnel. It does appear that this is another example of attacks successfully penetrating a weak supply chain link, underscoring the importance of addressing third-party risks. Related podcast: Cyber attacks on critical systems have only just begun. On Friday, Oct.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Going Passwordless

ForAllSecure

For example, here’s Jerry Lewis in a scene from a 1950s film, where he’s trying to break into a Nazi German military base. But this method of authentication is flawed; either hashed or hashed and salted, usernames and passwords can still be stolen and reused. Fact is, we’ve long had passwords as a credential.