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

Security Affairs

“Upon gaining an initial foothold into a telecommunications organization or network service provider, PRC state-sponsored cyber actors have identified critical users and infrastructure including systems critical to maintaining the security of authentication, authorization, and accounting.

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Brute Force attack launched by Russia APT28 using Kubernetes

CyberSecurity Insiders

It is found hacking databases through brute force attacks or password spray via TOR and VPN servers. And then is seen accessing the entire network through stolen credentials and sometimes exploiting vulnerabilities in targeting systems.

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Microsoft provides more mitigation instructions for the PetitPotam attack

Malwarebytes

The attack could force remote Windows systems to reveal password hashes that could then be easily cracked. Microsoft quickly sent out an advisory for system administrators to stop using the now deprecated Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) to thwart an attack. The authentication process does not require the plaintext password.

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VulnRecap 2/26/24 – VMWare, Apple, ScreenConnect Face Risks

eSecurity Planet

The fix: System administrators are encouraged to install the Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14 (CU14), which was issued in February 2024 and enabled NTLM credentials Relay Protection. The problem: CVE-2024-22245 and CVE-2024-22250 put Windows domains vulnerable to authentication relay and session hijack attacks.

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A bug is about to confuse a lot of computers by turning back time 20 years

Malwarebytes

Various businesses and organizations rely on these systems. Authentication mechanisms such as Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) and Kerberos also rely heavily on time. As such, should there be a severe mismatch in time, users would not be able to authenticate and gain access to systems.

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How Secure Shell (SSH) Keys Work

Security Boulevard

SSH authenticates the parties involved and allows them to exchange commands and output via multiple data manipulation techniques. Once the parties have played an equal role in generating the shared secret key, they must authenticate themselves. The most common means of authentication is via SSH asymmetric key pairs. 17965 views.

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Backdoored Webmin versions were available for download for over a year

Security Affairs

Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. News of the day is that Webmin contained a remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-15107, for more than a year. ehakkus) August 11, 2019. The expert decided to not report the flaw to the Webmin development team.