Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2021

The Ukrainian national Fedir Hladyr (35), aka “das” or “AronaXus,” was sentenced to 10 years in prison for having served as a manager and systems administrator for the financially motivated group FIN7 , aka Carbanak. companies, predominantly in the restaurant, gambling, and hospitality industries.” ” concludes DoJ.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In addition, manual mitigation steps can be undertaken by system administrators to prevent successful exploitation (see below). The underlying cause is another vulnerability ( CVE-2015-1197 ) in cpio, for which a fix is available. It invokes cpio and CVE-2015-1197 is triggered.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2020

Escalate privileges from “Organization Administrator” (normally a customer account) to “System Administrator” with access to all cloud accounts (organization) as an attacker can change the hash for this account. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2020

Users and system administrators are recommended to apply the latest security patches as soon as possible to prevent attackers exploiting them. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The two individuals, Aleksandr Skorodumov (33) of Lithuania, and Pavel Stassi (30) of Estonia, administrated the bulletproof hosting service between 2009 and 2015. Stassi conducted several administrative tasks for the group, such as registering webhosting and financial accounts using stolen and/or false personal information.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

Constella finds the same password tied to webmaster@stairwell.ru (225948) was used by the email address 3k@xakep.ru , which Intel 471 says was registered to more than a dozen NeroWolfe accounts across just as many Russian cybercrime forums between 2011 and 2015. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2020

Using a previous version of Exim leaves a system vulnerable to exploitation. System administrators should continually check software versions and update as new versions become available.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes NSA. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

Many system administrators and companies were rushing to update internet exposed machines, like web servers or gateways, worried about possible remote code execution, reviving the EternalBlue /WannaCry crisis in their mind. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Alexey is a Russian-speaking cyber vigilante that decided to fix the MikroTik routers and he claims to be e system administrator. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “I added firewall rules that blocked access to the router from outside the local network,” Alexey wrote.

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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.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

Even is HPE has been hacked multiple times since 2010, most of the hack occurred between 2015 and 2017. “APT10 often attacked a service provider’s system by “spear-phishing” – sending company employees emails designed to trick them into revealing their passwords or installing malware. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 15, 2022

The two leaked Nvidia certificates have expired, being valid from 2011 to 2014 and 2015 to 2018. Normally, users running a system protected by Secure Boot would be protected because Secure Boot does not allow certificates without a time-stamp. Unfortunately an exception was made for certificates that were created before July 29, 2015.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks. This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

System administrators need to upgrade to fixed versions ASAP. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Researchers from Bad Packers have located 1,832 vulnerable F5 hosts online. Our preliminary CVE-2020-5902 scans have located 1,832 vulnerable F5 hosts.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2018

“A list of impacted users in those domains is being sent to system administrators, and we will reach out again if any additional impacted users or issues are discovered. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes Thacker. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Summarizing, crooks extended the list of targets passing from Arm and MIPS-powered devices to Intel systems. . System administrators need to employ security best practices with the systems they manage.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) service is a built-in component of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The BITS service is used by programmers and system administrators to download files from or upload files to HTTP web servers and SMB file shares. ” reads the analysis published by ESET. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Webmin, the popular open-source web-based interface for Unix admin contained a remote code execution vulnerability for more than a year. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

“They all come with a default username and “1234” as the default password, which is rarely changed by system administrators.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – refrigeration systems, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 23, 2019

But the energy sector also underpins our emergency and response systems, our hospitals and healthcare, our schools, our businesses, and virtually everything we do as a society. Disruptions to Ukraine’s power system in 2015 and 2016 were attributed to a cyberattack and led to power outages affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this type of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, the malicious traffic generated with the technique is greater than the once associated with the use of memcached, a service that does not require authentication but has been exposed on the internet by inexperienced system administrators. Brasília time, 1:00 p.m.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has a reference that can help system administrators and security teams establish a benchmark to secure their Docker engine. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Docker Trusted Registry ). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2018

.” Cisco advisory reveals that the vulnerability could be exploited remotely by leveraging the operating system remote management tools. The vulnerability could be exploited by a malware or ill-intentioned logged-in user to gain system administrator rights and carry out malicious activities. and later prior to 33.0.5,

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The Roboto botnet spreads by compromising systems by exploiting the Webmin RCE vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-15107 to drop its downloader module on Linux servers running vulnerable installs. Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. ” reads the analysis.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2021

FIN7 is a Russian criminal group that has been active since mid-2015, it focuses on restaurants, gambling, and hospitality industries in the US to harvest financial information that was used in attacks or sold in cybercrime marketplaces.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 20, 2021

Hladyr is the systems administrator for the FIN7 hacking group, and is considered the mastermind behind the Carbanak campaign , a series of cyberattacks said to stolen as much as $900 million from banks in early part of the last decade. According to acting US Attorney Tessa M.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

.” continues the report “While CIA was an early leader in securing our enterprise information technology (IT) system, we failed to correct acute vulnerabilities to our mission IT systems.”. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

CVE-2015-2051 : An RCE vulnerability in a specific wired/wireless router via a network device management protocol, known for its buggy implementation (HNAP), allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a GetDeviceSettings action. CVE-2015-1635 : An RCE vulnerability in specific versions of Windows (e.g., 7 SP1, 8, 8.1)

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

Create, start, and terminate a new process and its primary thread Search, read, write, move, and execute files Get and modify file or directory timestamps Change the current directory for a process or file Delete malware and artifacts associated with the malware from the infected system. In April, the U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. In January 2018 foreign authorities also arrested Fedir Hladyr in Dresden, Germany, he is currently detained in Seattle pending trial. The man is suspected to be a supervisor of the group.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Cisco advisory reveals that the vulnerability could be also exploited remotely by leveraging the operating system remote management tools. The issue could be exploited by a malware or ill-intentioned logged-in user to gain system administrator rights and carry out malicious activities. and later prior to 33.0.5,

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 19, 2021

Being a systems administrator can be a fulfilling job with a lot of rewards. Since 2015, many of the stolen payment card numbers have been offered for sale through online underground marketplaces.". But if you're a SysAdmin for a hacking group, you could be rewarded with time behind bars.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2018

To aid the work of network defenders and systems administrators, we also provide advice on limiting the effectiveness of these tools and detecting their use on a network.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Credential Stealer: Mimikatz. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Administrators may consider using IP-based access control lists (ACLs) to allow only trusted systems to access the affected systems. Administrators can help protect affected systems from external attacks by using a solid firewall strategy. Administrators are advised to monitor affected systems.

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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. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. In January 2018 foreign authorities also arrested Fedir Hladyr in Dresden, Germany, he is currently detained in Seattle pending trial. The man is suspected to be a supervisor of the group.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

“Mail server, domain administrator and system administrator accounts were all affected, giving cyberespions access to the past and current passwords of more than 2,000 ICAO system users. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “ reports Radio-Canada.

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