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City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 million to mitigate the May Royal ransomware attack

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Once obtained access to the City’s network, the group performed reconnaissance and information-gathering activities using legitimate third-party remote management tools. The City experts believe that the group specifically targeted a prioritized list of servers using legitimate Microsoft system administrative tools.

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China-linked threat actors have breached telcos and network service providers

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Both tools could be used to target SOHO and other routers manufactured by major industry providers, including Cisco, Fortinet, and MikroTik. Implement strict password requirements, enforcing password complexity, changing passwords at a defined frequency, and performing regular account reviews to ensure compliance [ D3-SPP ].