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A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

Krebs on Security

GandCrab dissolved in July 2019, and is thought to have become “ REvil ,” one of the most ruthless and rapacious Russian ransomware groups of all time. “The command requires Windows system administrators,” Truniger’s ads explained. “Experience in backup, increase privileges, mikicatz, network.

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

Security Affairs

Perform regular data backup procedures and maintain up-to-date incident response and recovery procedures. Isolate Internet-facing services in a network Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to reduce the exposure of the internal network [ D3-NI ]. Ensure that you have dedicated management systems [ D3-PH ] and accounts for system administrators.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

NEROWOLFE A search on the ICQ number 669316 at Intel 471 shows that in April 2011, a user by the name NeroWolfe joined the Russian cybercrime forum Zloy using the email address d.horoshev@gmail.com , and from an Internet address in Voronezh, RU. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. “P.S. Image: Ke-la.com.

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PrintNightmare 0-day can be used to take over Windows domain controllers

Malwarebytes

#PrintNightmare / CVE-2021-1675 – It appears patches might be effective on systems that are not domain controllers. RpcAddPrinterDriverEx call as non-admin fails with access denied against fully patched Server 2016 and 2019 non-DC, but after dcpromo the exploit works again. Mitigation.

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Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security

eSecurity Planet

Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following. The system administrator did not configure standard security controls when installing the server in question. Defending Against RDP Attacks: Best Practices.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Ethical Hacking

ForAllSecure

Is it the hospital, which should have had a power backup? We do have we do have some people on the internet who have expressed concern about, you know, cyber criminal, I think is what we were originally going with. Who is responsible? Is it the power utility, which should have maintained better computer security?

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