Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

PortStarter A back door script written in Go that provides functionality for modifying firewall settings and opening ports to pre-configured command and control (C2) servers.[ 1 ] secretsdump A script used to extract credentials and other confidential information from a system. AnyDesk also supports remote file transfer.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Physical security is the protection of personnel and IT infrastructure (such as hardware, software, and data) from physical actions and events that could cause severe damage to an organization. Related: Good to know about IoT Physical security is often a second thought when it comes to information security.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2022

SonicWall confirmed that some of its Email Security and firewall products have been impacted by the Y2K22 bug. Security vendor SonicWall confirmed that some of its Email Security and firewall products have been impacted by the Y2K22 bug. x should upgrade to the latest Junk Store 7.6.9. Junk Store 7.6.9

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In December 2023, Microsoft first noticed that to conceal malicious traffic, the threat actor routes it through compromised small office and home office (SOHO) network devices, including routers, firewalls, and VPN hardware. The group also relies on customized versions of open-source tools for C2 communications and to stay under the radar.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A DoS attack that caused disruptions at a power utility in the United States exploited a flaw in a firewall used in the facility. The incident took place earlier this year, threat actors exploited a known vulnerability in a firewall used by the affected facility to cause disruption. and 7 p.m., and 7 p.m.,

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A remote, unauthenticated attacker can trigger the flaw to perform a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack via HTTP fields observed in the traffic and event logviews. The issue impacted FortiGate firewalls and FortiProxy web proxies. ” reads the advisory. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2023

The threat actors also gained access to terminal event logs and scan for any instance where customers scanned private key at the ATM. On March 17-18th, 2023, GENERAL BYTES experienced a security incident. We released a statement urging customers to take immediate action to protect their personal information.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Hackers targeted a wide range of organizations, such as banks, mail services, Bitcoin sites, VoIP providers, vaccination registration portals, information security media, gaming platforms, government sites, and even security agencies. Another noticeable event in Q3 was the discovery of the Meris botnet.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In the SecureWorld Spotlight Series, we learn about the speakers and Advisory Council members that make our events a success. Arun DeSouza is the Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer for Nexteer Automotive. A : The World Economic Forum found that 95% of security incidents are due to human error.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

In December 2023, Microsoft first noticed that to conceal malicious traffic, the threat actor routes it through compromised small office and home office (SOHO) network devices, including routers, firewalls, and VPN hardware. The group also relies on customized versions of open-source tools for C2 communications and to stay under the radar.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

VIBs are collections of files that are designed to manage virtual systems, they can be used to create startup tasks, custom firewall rules, or deploy custom binaries upon the restart of an ESXi machine. ” reads the analysis published by Mandiant. ” concludes the report.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

After extracting some of the samples and investigating the situation, China believes that the " overview, technical characteristics, attack weapons, attack paths and attack sources of the relevant attack events" originated from the NSA's Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO). TAO is a tactical implementation unit of the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

As the internet has enabled us to access work, data, and equipment from any location, remote access security has become increasingly crucial. Strong passwords, two-factor authentication, firewalls, encryption, and monitoring systems are just a few of the tools and procedures used to maintain security.

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NopSec

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

A strong commitment to information security within the highest levels of an organization’s executive management team helps protect the security program from organizational pressures and budget limitations. Information security performance goals and objectives must be easily obtainable, feasible to measure, and repeatable.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 18, 2024

Documentary Evidence: Tangible and straightforward, documentary evidence encompasses policies, procedures, and documentation related to information security controls. Forensic tools and techniques are used to collect and analyze electronic evidence, reconstruct events, and assess the impact of security incidents.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 2, 2022

An extensive understanding of multiple technical areas of information security including network security, access control, risk management, secure design and development, testing and controls such as firewalls, passwords, cryptography. Security qualification such as security certification (e.g.,

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NopSec

AUGUST 16, 2022

The CIS Critical Security Controls can be seen as a roadmap for implementing a successful cybersecurity program. SANS is an organization dedicated to information security training and security certification, and the Critical Security Controls effort focuses on prioritizing security controls that have demonstrated real-world effectiveness.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The skimmer is added to the onclick event of the checkout button and onunload event of the web page. “To filter out bad actors masquerading as known brand and mitigate the risk of malicious credit card skimmers, consider employing integrity control and security monitoring on your website to mitigate an attack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

In its State of Container and Kubernetes Security Fall 2020 survey, StackRox found that 90% of respondents had suffered a security incident in their Kubernetes deployments in the last year. Why it needs to be secured. How to secure it. Why it needs to be secured. How to secure it. kube-scheduler.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 29, 2021

From my own professional experiences of occupying roles in the implementation of security solutions within some of the world’s largest organizations, as well as once holding a government classified technology position, I thought it would be interesting to explore some of these ideas with a like-minded security professional.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

” Threat actors exploited a known flaw in Cisco firewalls to disrupt communications over a span of about 12 hours, according to the emergency report sPower filed with the Department of Energy. According to the E&E News website that first reported the news of a ‘Cyber event’ that disrupted U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2020

Below some mitigations recommended by the Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Research Team to reduce risk from threats that exploit gateways and VPN vulnerabilities: Apply all available security updates for VPN and firewall configurations. Monitor and pay special attention to your remote access infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2021

“During the attack on the remote-access servers, the Bureau’s firewalls blocked13 the attacker’s attempts to communicate from the remote-access servers to its command and control infrastructure as early as January 13, 2020. ” states the report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 29, 2022

Ambiguity about cyber security threats, legal responsibilities, and unexpected events is exacerbated for IT security professionals who don’t understand where resources are positioned, how well they are handled, or whether they are susceptible. . . Respond fast to incidents via IT experts. . Conclusion.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

These safeguards, when combined with adherence to security best practices and standards, establish a strong security architecture for public cloud environments. Firewalls and Network Security Firewalls serve as a barrier between cloud resources and external networks in a public cloud environment.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

The ransomware uses this technique to stop a predefined list of services, delete shadow volumes and backups, clear the following Windows event logs, and disable the Windows firewall.

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Security Affairs

MAY 10, 2022

CVE-2022-1388 event detected Source IP: 170.254.178.173 ( ) Target: F5 BIG-IP iControl REST endpoints vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution ( [link] ). If you configured F5 box as a load balancer and firewall via self IP it is also vulnerable so this may get messy.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 30, 2021

Using this list as a backdrop the following best practices are presented as a call to action to help organizations take a proactive approach at addressing API security risk. In the event of an unauthorized access event, do your API’s require sufficient access control for the level of sensitive data shared?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

AsTech’s Kent said of Security+, “This crosses several domains and is a basic introduction to security. CISA is ISACA’s (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) high-level certification designed for those who audit, control, monitor, and assess an organization’s information technology and business systems.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 29, 2024

This also involves integrating it with existing cybersecurity measures such as firewalls , endpoint protection tools, monitoring solutions , and antivirus software to provide comprehensive data protection and threat mitigation capabilities. This provides security teams with critical insights into investigating and mitigating the damage.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 12, 2024

Audit Focus: Assess access controls to ensure only authorized personnel have access to sensitive information. Evaluate network security measures, including firewalls and intrusion detection/prevention systems. Assess the implementation of security patches and updates to mitigate vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2021

THOMPSON posted about the Capital One hack on GitHub, she exploited a misconfigured web application firewall to get access to the data. On July 17, 2019, Capital One was informed of the incident by a GitHub user who saw the post. On July 19, 2019, that financial institution discovered the intrusion and informed the FBI.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

Disabling event logging using AUDITPOL and re-enabling it afterward. To avoid noisy network enumeration activities (such as repeated NSLOOKUP or LDAP queries) being detected, the attackers created special firewall rules to minimize outgoing packets for certain protocols. Attackers always renamed tools and binaries they used (e.g.,

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Vulnerability management is a critical element of information security. The technology surrounding information security is developing at a rapid pace and vulnerabilities are inevitable. Endpoint security defenses are an important part of this.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

An incident is an event that affects our scope of responsibility, and a response is how we deal with the incident. For IT managers, the scope might expand to encompass physical IT systems and events such as a flooded data center, a lost executive laptop, or squirrels chewing on network cables. Incident Response Execution.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

THOMPSON posted about the Capital One hack on GitHub, she exploited a misconfigured web application firewall to get access to the data. On July 17, 2019, Capital One was informed of the incident by a GitHub user who saw the post. On July 19, 2019, that financial institution discovered the intrusion and informed the FBI.

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SC Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

For instance, Cusimano said that certain data or software programs can pass between the firewalls often separating IT networks from pipeline SCADA networks. Fortress Information Security. While IT and OT have traditionally remained isolated from each other, that’s not always the case as these systems increasingly converge.

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