Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The Zeppelin ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in November 2019 when experts from BlackBerry Cylance found a new variant of the Vega RaaS, dubbed Zeppelin. The group uses multiple attack vectors to gain access to victim networks, including RDP exploitation, SonicWall firewall vulnerabilities exploitation, and phishing attacks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

” Unfortunately, most organizations often neglect the protection of RDP accesses and workers use easy-to-guess passwords and with no additional layers of authentication or protection. Between December 2019 and until February 2020, the experts observed a number of attacks between 70,000 and 40,000 on a daily basis.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 16, 2020

For example, if someone in your organization reuses their VPN password somewhere else, and there’s no multi-factor authentication setup, hackers could easily login to the VPN and have free rein over all of your organization’s information. Unfortunately, many did not while even more appeared, and there are now over 4.7

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In 2019, Trend Micro found a 77% surge in ransomware attacks during the first half of 2019 from the previous year. As is often the case, the cost of restoring files from backups can amount to more than paying the ransom. Maze ransomware was first seen in the wild since May 2019 and is becoming increasingly active.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 8, 2020

It's not always legit, mind you, and I invest a great deal of effort in establishing the authenticity of an alleged breach before loading it into Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). He also wrote about the other betting operators implicated in the database backups and how there appeared to be a common thread across them. And they weren't happy.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 15, 2021

According to the report, there were 408 publicly disclosed cyber incidents affecting school districts last year – 18% more than in 2019. Kacey Sensenich, chief technology officer at Rockingham County Schools (25 schools, 11,691 students in the 2019-2020 school year), ran up against an Emotet trojan infection in December 2017.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 8, 2021

It even took steps to make it harder for victims to recover from data backups. Moreover, it should be noted that the Russian-based REvil hacker group has been active since April 2019 and provides ransomware as a service. From there, the malware began encrypting files on the victim’s machine. This attack was very fast.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Experts say the best defense is a multi-pronged network security strategy that includes a firewall, anti-malware software, network monitoring, intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS), and data protection. This exposed data includes everything from emails and documents typed to passwords entered for authentication purposes.

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Cytelligence

JANUARY 21, 2020

Top Five Smart Devices That Made an Impact on Cyber Security in 2019. Between backup cameras, video screens, GPS systems, and Wi-Fi networks, they have more electronics stacked in them than ever. Set up two-factor authentication. Use biometric authentication. Secure your network fully and make sure you have a firewall.

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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

NCC Group and Fox-IT observed this threat actor during various incident response engagements performed between October 2019 until April 2020. The more recent intrusions took place in 2019 at companies in the aviation industry. observed Q2 2017 Cobalt Strike v3.12, observed Q3 2018 Cobalt Strike v3.14, observed Q2 2019.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Enterprise networking vendor Cisco took a big step into the future of industrial security with the acquisition of French IoT company Sentryo, rebranded as Cyber Vision, in 2019. In addition to Cyber Vision, the Cisco IoT Threat Defense also includes firewalls , identity service engines (ISE), secure endpoints, and SOAR.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Patch management has been one of those essential security features – much like backup – that typically doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Value Proposition: IBM sold BigFix to HCL in 2019. On-premises systems may struggle to patch devices outside the firewall. Key Differentiators.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

The truth is that solutions like single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) can spell disaster if initial access is all a malicious actor needs to traverse the network’s resources. Prevent Rely solely on offline backups Disallow unnecessary file sharing. Old way New way.

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2022

I will buy accounts for access to corporate VPNs or firewalls (FortiGate, SonicWall, PulseSecure, etc.) Revenue: 8kk+$ (information is current as of 2019). There is access to a network, admin-level access, direct connection to SSH servers, access to backups. Screenshot translation. or take them for further attack development.

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