Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The CVE-2020-3158 flaw is related to the presence of a system account that has a default and static password in the Smart Software Manager tool. “The vulnerability is due to a system account that has a default and static password and is not under the control of the system administrator.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

A long-running operation carried out by China-linked hackers, and tracked as Cloud Hopper, has targeted clients of major companies, including IBM, HPE, Tata CS, Fujitsu, and NTT. Then the attackers used the stolen information to target into customer systems. . SecurityAffairs – Cloud Hopper, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

As cloud computing evolves, so has cloud security, and buyers in the market for cloud security solutions may find themselves facing a dizzying array of acronyms, like CNAPP, CWPP, CSPM, and CIEM. Securing all those new cloud environments and connections became a job for cybersecurity companies.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

Cloud Software Group strongly urges affected customers of NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway to install the relevant updated versions as soon as possible.” The Citrix Cloud Software Group is strongly urging affected customers to install the relevant updated versions as soon as possible. reads the report published by Citrix.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

It’s not difficult to visualize how companies interconnecting to cloud resources at a breakneck pace contribute to the outward expansion of their networks’ attack surface. The perpetrators of the Solar Winds breach , for instance, tampered with a build system of the widely-used Orion network management tool.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

To boost productivity, they must leverage cloud infrastructure and participate in agile software development. The answer is not to accelerate migration to cloud-based IT infrastructure and thereby pitch the security burden over the fence to the folks running Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Shikitega uses legitimate cloud services to host some of its C2 (command & control) servers and a very light ELF dropper (370B) to initiate the next stages. Each module focuses on a unique task, for example, downloading and executing Metasploit meterpreter, escalating privileges on the targeted systems, and maintaining persistence.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 10, 2019

Our rising dependence on business systems that leverage cloud services and the gig economy to accomplish high-velocity innovation has led to a rise in productivity. One such go-to APT technique is to remotely leverage legit administrative tools to carry out malicious activities — under cover.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

Micro Focus security researcher Simon Puleo said of the credential, “I feel this is an important certification because it sheds light on the tools and methods of the dark side of security, specifically malicious hackers. The 4-5 hour exam includes up to 180 questions. Training is available in a variety of formats.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The entire technology industry received a sizable lump of coal in their collective stocking earlier this week in the form of two major security vulnerabilities in a widely-used software tool. Log4J is an open-source software tool used to log activity on internet-based services and software. What is Log4J?

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2021

As digital transformation kicks into high gear, it’s certainly not getting any easier to operate IT systems securely, especially for small- and medium-sized businesses. SMBs are tapping into cloud infrastructure and rich mobile app experiences, making great leaps forward in business agility, the same as large enterprises.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The fix: System administrators are encouraged to install the Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14 (CU14), which was issued in February 2024 and enabled NTLM credentials Relay Protection. Despite VMware’s three-year-old deprecation statement, unprotected systems remain at risk.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

Researchers from Tenable have disclosed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager (EIM), tracked as CVE-2021-29203 , that could be exploited by attackers to compromise a customer’s cloud infrastructure. The authentication bypass flaw affects HPE Edgeline Infrastructure Manager (EIM) version 1.21.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

Step 2: Choose and Install the Right Scanning Tools Choosing the right scanning tools are critical for ensuring accurate and speedy vulnerability discovery. Study the tools’ features, capabilities, and compatibility to determine which tools best meets the needs of your company.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 5, 2021

But as businesses like Amazon and Microsoft that provide cloud services dig deeper for evidence, it now appears Russia exploited multiple layers of the supply chain to gain access to as many as 250 networks.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

“They exhibit extensive knowledge of systems administration and common network security misconfigurations, perform thorough reconnaissance, and adapt to what they discover in a compromised network.” In many cases, some machines run without standard safeguards, like security updates and cloud-delivered antivirus protection.”

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

He told me about recent breakthroughs LogicHub has made putting smarter tools into the hands of cyber analysts. Rising implementations of cloud services and IoT systems, not to mention the arrival of 5G, has quickened the pace of software development and multiplied data handling complexities.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

As the CVSS is globally recognised, most industry standards and publicly available security assessment tools use it. However, that scoring system works less well for newer technologies like the IoT [Internet of Things] and the Cloud. Plus, we needed metrics that’d work for technologies like IoT and the Cloud. or even v3.0

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Blue teams consist of security analysts, network engineers and system administrators. Red teams use intelligence on new and emerging threats as well as previous research on new attack techniques and offensive security tools. Purple Teams The purple team will typically be implemented in one of two ways.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 16, 2023

Sometimes, the security issues that software testing tools flag turn out to be false positives. A false negative is a security problem that exists but that your security testing tools do not detect. The testing tools then determine whether any of the vulnerabilities identified in the database exist within the application.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Equally clear, however, is that there are tools to fight back. What is needed is the political will to give cities the resources necessary to obtain these tools. Cities should begin by engaging all the stakeholders and entities in the broader ecosystem. It is clear that smart cities are vulnerable to security attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

This methodology improves security throughout the overall system while also optimizing workflows and productivity by removing the ability to waste time with unnecessary systems and applications. See our picks for the top Identity and Access Management (IAM) tools. See our picks for the best zero trust security tools.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Vulnerability management tools can help, but even then finding, patching and testing vulnerabilities can still take an extraordinary amount of time. VMaaS is a way to deliver these services via the cloud rather than downloading and running on-premises software. That process can be overwhelming.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 23, 2023

Choose Mayhem: The Comprehensive Security Testing Solution with Regression Testing If you want to ensure that your software is secure, you need a security testing tool that does regression testing. Don't settle for a tool that only identifies new issues. Choose Mayhem for a complete security solution that includes regression testing.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

By applying the benefits of software-defined networking (SDN) to traditional hardware-centric networks, SD-WAN offers enterprises improved flexibility, scalability, performance, and agility for today’s virtual, edge, branch and cloud IT environments. Read more : Best User & Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) Tools.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Read more : Best Network Monitoring Tools. On a Sunday in February 2018, the Colorado CISO’s office set up a temporary server to test a new cloud-based business process. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following. How Do RDP Attacks Work? Secure Remote Desktop Solutions. BeyondTrust.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 15, 2023

Today, we are launching the Anycloud Backup 365 (ACB365) offering on the IBM Cloud Marketplace. An IBM partner since 2013, Denmark-based Anycloud has been awarded Cloud Partner of the Year 2017, Technology Service Provider of the Year 2019, and Business Partner of the Year and Business Partner Excellence Award – Europe 2022.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As highlighted in the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report , an increasing number of organizations across the globe are now using sensitive data on digitally transformative technologies like cloud, virtualization, big data, IoT, blockchain, etc. The second layer of the stack covers system-level protection controls.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 14, 2019

This is because privileged accounts are widely deployed all across modern business networks — on-premises, in the cloud, across DevOps environments and on endpoints. The concept was based on the root access that the accounts provided to IT and systems administrators, who used these power accounts to maintain the network and systems.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

System administrator Network administrator Security administrator IT auditor Security analyst or security specialist Security consultant. Customer support administrator Desktop support manager Help desk technician IT support manager IT systems administrator Technical support engineer.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 29, 2023

They also establish baselines to alert system administrators to deviations that indicate actual or potential performance issues. An APM solution brings administrators the instrumentation tools needed to quickly gather data and conduct root cause analysis; they then isolate, troubleshoot and solve that problem.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

W3LL Phishing Tool Steals Thousands of Microsoft 365 Accounts Type of attack: W3LL, a threat actor, created a phishing kit that can defeat multi-factor authentication (MFA) , which allowed it to infiltrate over 8,000 corporate Microsoft 365 accounts. Also see the Google support page Check & update your Android version.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

Read more about the different types of firewalls , including web application firewalls, cloud firewalls, and UTM. Deny and alert: Notify systems administrator of potentially malicious traffic. Order of Firewall Rules Firewall rules are typically followed in order of restrictiveness.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

The Originating Malvertising Campaign According to CTI investigation on the adversary infrastructure, we were able to identify an ongoing campaign luring system administrators to install the malicious code into their machines.

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Robert's Db2

MARCH 9, 2022

Use of system administration "super-user" privileges: install SYSADM, install SYSOPR, SYSOPR, SYSCTRL, or SYSADM (to quote a line from several "Spider-Man" movies: "With great power comes great responsibility"). An easier (and often better-performing) way to get this done would be to use a software tool designed for the purpose.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 31, 2023

CISA strongly urges system administrators and other high-value targeted users (attorneys, HR Staff, Top Management.) Highly targeted resources such as email systems, file servers, remote access systems must be protected with phishing -resistant authentication in priority.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2020

Students, parents and teachers at each K-12 facility, henceforth, need to be treated as the equivalent of remote workers given to using a wide variety of personally-owned computing devices and their favorite cloud services subscriptions. And it must be assumed that many of them are likely ignorant of good cyber hygiene practices.

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