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Russia-linked APT28 uses fake Windows Update instructions to target Ukraine govt bodies

Security Affairs

CERT-UA observed the campaign in April 2023, the malicious e-mails with the subject “Windows Update” were crafted to appear as sent by system administrators of departments of multiple government bodies. Most of the APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks.

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A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

Krebs on Security

. “Snatch threat actors have been observed purchasing previously stolen data from other ransomware variants in an attempt to further exploit victims into paying a ransom to avoid having their data released on Snatch’s extortion blog,” the FBI/CISA alert reads. “Experience in backup, increase privileges, mikicatz, network.

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Meet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet

Krebs on Security

Cybersecurity firm Constella Intelligence shows that in 2017, someone using the email address istanx@gmail.com registered at the Russian freelancer job site fl.ru Kloster says he’s worked in many large companies in Omsk as a system administrator, web developer and photographer.

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Adconion Execs Plead Guilty in Federal Anti-Spam Case

Krebs on Security

For many years, Dye was a system administrator for Optinrealbig , a Colorado company that relentlessly pimped all manner of junk email, from mortgage leads and adult-related services to counterfeit products and Viagra.

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

Security Affairs

Ensure that you have dedicated management systems [ D3-PH ] and accounts for system administrators. sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). Protect these accounts with strict network policies [ D3-UAP ]. To nominate, please visit:?.

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FireEye experts found source code for CARBANAK malware on VirusTotal?

Security Affairs

This CARBANAK work was in active development when whoopsed to VT from RU on 2017-04-19. ” reads a blog post published by FireEye. ” reads a blog post published by FireEye. Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group. kb3r1p.rar 879 files (15.03 MB) [link] apwmie.rar 24 files (5.93

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CVE to KB: How to Correlate CVE Vulnerabilities to KB Patches via Automation

NopSec

MS SCCM background Microsoft SCCM is a tool used by system administrators for software distribution and patch management in large enterprise IT environments. By integrating with SCCM, we automated the process of identifying and deploying the patches necessary to resolve existing vulnerabilities in an enterprise environment.