Krebs on Security

JULY 8, 2021

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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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The FBI is warning companies about the use of out-of-date Windows 7 systems, desktop sharing software TeamViewer, and weak account passwords. “TeamViewer’s legitimate use, however, makes anomalous activity less suspicious to end users and system administrators compared to typical RATs.” Windows 10).

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

Using misconfigured multi-factor authentication (MFA) and an unpatched Windows vulnerability, Russian state-sponsored hackers were able to breach a non-governmental organization (NGO) and escalate privileges, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI revealed last week. Security Best Practices.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

Related: How ‘PAM’ improves authentication. The software giant’s intent was to make it more convenient and efficient for system administrators to perform Windows upkeep. RDC emerged as a go-to productivity tool, and similar controls swiftly emerged for Macs, IoS, Android and other operating systems in wide use.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

Spurred into action by the invasion of Ukraine, Spielerkid89 decided to investigate whether he could find Russian IPs with disabled authentication to fool with. By using the Shodan search engine, Spielerkid89 soon discovered an open virtual network computing (VNC) port with disabled authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. Type enable and the corresponding system password initially set during system installation to enter EXEC PRIVILEGED mode. The command line prompt will be changed from > to #.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

A baseboard management controller (BMC) is a specialized service processor that monitors the physical state of a computer, network server or other hardware device using sensors and communicating with the system administrator through an independent connection. ” continues the analysis. ” concludes Eclypsium.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The CISA agency provides recommendations for system administrators and owners to enhance the level of security of their organizations: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. Type enable and the corresponding system password initially set during system installation to enter EXEC PRIVILEGED mode. The command line prompt will be changed from > to #.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

According to the complaint, over a period of 19 days, hackers were able to infiltrate the Company’s computer systems. 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.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. The flaw affects the procedure for changing expired passwords, the backdoor could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute malicious commands with root privileges on the machine running vulnerable Webmin.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

System administrators need to employ security best practices with the systems they manage.” “Unsecured services with unpatched vulnerabilities or weak passwords are prime targets for exploitation and abuse. . “Criminals will continue to monetize unsecured resources in any way they can.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 9, 2017

For example, a staff member in charge of payroll should have password protected access to a database of employee information. 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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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The agencies offered some sound cybersecurity advice for BlackByte that applies pretty generally: Conduct regular backups and store them as air-gapped, password-protected copies offline. Audit user accounts with administrative privileges and configure access controls with least privilege in mind, and use multifactor authentication.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 13, 2023

Grimes Teaches Password Best Practices What really makes a "strong" password? How do hackers crack your passwords with ease? And what can/should you do to improve your organization's authentication methods? Blog post with screen shots and links: [link] A Master Class on Cybersecurity: Roger A. Please never promote her.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

What authentication methods does the provider support? Additionally, multi-factor authentication (MFA) can further reduce the risk of malicious actors gaining access to sensitive information, even if they manage to steal usernames and passwords. What are the results of the provider’s most recent penetration tests?

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CGI

MAY 21, 2018

A system administrator did not apply a patch. You never reset the password from the manufacturer’s default setting, which is publicly available on the Internet. Chief among these are: Controlling access through strong identification and authentication. A hacker exploits a known vulnerability.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Alarmingly, this API lacks any form of authentication, allowing virtually anyone, even a malicious website you might visit, to send commands to the CLI. They can be remotely exploited without authentication, potentially enabling remote code execution, service disruptions, and arbitrary operations on the routers. via port 8076.

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Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication phone numbers exposed: After prompting users to provide phone numbers to secure their accounts, Facebook allows anyone to look up their account by using them. Denying anything happened gives system administrators more time to identify and patch newly discovered vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management.

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

Take the following example, provided by Phish Labs: [CONTINUED] Blog post with screenshot: [link] Are Your Users' Passwords. Are your users' passwords…P@ssw0rd? Verizon's Data Breach Report showed that 81% of hacking-related breaches used either stolen and/or weak passwords. We have verified its authenticity.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Least privilege access is at its core, requiring every single connection within a network to be authenticated and authorized before they are granted access to a system. PAM is the utility that verifies the permissions for administrative users according to these policies. This relies on governance policies for authorization.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2020

The vulnerability could potentially allow an authenticated attacker to gain access to corporate network, access to sensitive data, and control private clouds within an entire infrastructure. “An authenticated actor may be able to send malicious traffic to VMware Cloud Director which may lead to arbitrary remote code execution.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. We're on a mission to encourage unique passwords stored in a password manager with MFA on.

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Robert's Db2

JUNE 30, 2021

I received an email the other day from a Db2 for z/OS system administrator who had recently attended a workshop on the Db2 REST interface. Wouldn't those areas of system operation end up being bottlenecks that would throttle transaction throughput for client applications? The user authentication story is much the same.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Experts from Safety Detective discovered thousands of refrigeration systems made by Resource Data Management (RDM) exposed to remote attacks. An attacker can easily access the vulnerable instances because they use a known default username and password combination. In many cases, the web interface can be accessed without authentication.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 31, 2023

How to Meet Phishing-Resistant MFA madhav Tue, 08/01/2023 - 05:18 Incorporating multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a fundamental security measure for your organization is now considered standard practice. MFA bombing or MFA fatigue attacks demonstrate the limitations of simple two-factor or multi-factor authentication.

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Robert's Db2

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In a follow-on Part 2 entry, I'll address the challenge of enabling a DBA or system administrator to do his or her job whilst preventing that person from being able to access data in user tables. When you omit the WITH USE FOR clause of CREATE TRUSTED CONTEXT, it is as though you'd specified WITH USE FOR PUBLIC WITHOUT AUTHENTICATION.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2020

No one enforced the use of passwords, nor insisted on strict teacher control of those lessons. To Zoom’s credit, password protection and a “waiting room” feature, which allows the host to control when a participant joins the meeting, are the default settings for its free and single license paid accounts.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Someone compromised the entire Twitter network, probably by stealing the log-in credentials of one of Twitter's system administrators. Class breaks are endemic to computerized systems, and they're not something that we as users can defend against with better personal security. For Twitter users, this attack was a double whammy.

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