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Winnti APT group uses skip-2.0 malware to control Microsoft SQL Servers

Security Affairs

The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. malware was used by threat actors to establish a backdoor in MSSQL Server 11 and 12 servers, allowing them to access to any account on the server using a “magic password.” The skip-2.0

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How to Use MITRE ATT&CK to Understand Attacker Behavior

eSecurity Planet

for pentesting ) but also by defenders who want to understand “the context surrounding events or artifacts generated by a technique in use.” MITRE started in 2013 with Windows networks only, but it now contains information for various platforms , including mobile. Also read: Top 11 Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) Vendors for 2022.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

As is now traditional, I’ve installed myself in the porter’s chair next to the fire in the library, ready to recap some of the year’s more newsworthy information security events. Users were encouraged to change their passwords. Information including their names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords may have been compromised.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware frequently contains extraction capabilities that can steal critical information like usernames and passwords, so stopping ransomware is serious business. In the event of a successful breach, your team must be ready to restore systems and data recovery. Microsegmentation is the ultimate solution to stopping lateral movement.

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How to Prevent SQL Injection Attacks

eSecurity Planet

Therefore encryption and hashing passwords, confidential data, and connection strings are of the utmost importance. . In 2013, eSecurityPlanet reported on how attackers exploited Foxit by sending users long URLs that would trigger a stack-based buffer overflow. . Enforce Best Practices for Account and Password Policies.

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The Legitimisation of Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

Then there was this one from Daily Motion in August: I'm very pleased to see @dailymotion reference @haveibeenpwned in this fashion after I loaded their data breach [link] pic.twitter.com/Yw9lmCLxT8 — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) August 11, 2017. Remember always use a strong separate password for your email account. keep you safe ??

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Top Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2022

eSecurity Planet

Deduce offers actionable identity intelligence through event-level telemetry to act against abnormal user activity. GitGuardian is a developer favorite offering a secrets detection solution that scans source code to detect certificates, passwords, API keys, encryption keys, and more. Series C Bitglass 2013 Campbell, CA 170 $150.1