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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

Policies typically will be written documents that detail the requirements that will be enforced, such as password complexity. Minimum User Access Controls Active Directory: The smallest organizations might only worry about device access, otherwise known as the login credentials (username/password).

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APT Attacks & Prevention

eSecurity Planet

Manufactured BackDoor Vulnerabilities. Use strong passwords. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA). The action could be as simple as a password reset or as comprehensive as replacing a device in its entirety. Also read: Top Vulnerability Management Tools. Use web application firewalls to protect exposed web apps.

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