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Android Botnet leverages ADB ports and SSH to spread

Security Affairs

This attack takes advantage of the way open ADB ports don’t have authentication by default, similar to the Satori botnet variant we previously reported.” The malicious code attempt to determine if it is running in a honeypot , then it downloads the payload and changes its permission settings to allow its execution.

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Outlaw is Back, a New Crypto-Botnet Targets European Organizations

Security Affairs

The purpose of the script is to optimize the mining module by querying the information about the CPU through the reading of the “ /proc/cpu ” and when the manufacturer is retrieved the script provides to add some specific registry values depending by the vendor through the Model-Specific Register utility “ wrmsr ”.

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

Although beyond the scope of the network, effective network security relies upon the effective authentication of the user elsewhere in the security stack. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) : In today’s ransomware-riddled environment, two-factor authentication should also be considered a minimum requirement for all forms of remote access.

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APT Attacks & Prevention

eSecurity Planet

Manufactured BackDoor Vulnerabilities. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA). For example, a honeypot data server can be established with an enticing name such as “Research Archive” or “Financial Records” and alerts can be generated as soon as an attacker attempts to explore the contents.

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