CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 2, 2021

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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

“Fast forwarded to October 11, 2019, our Anglerfish honeypot captured another suspicious ELF sample, and it turned out to be the Downloader of the previous suspicious ELF sample.” Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Turns out it was possible for a threat actor to flood GLIBC with data , take control of it, and then use it as a launch point for stealing passwords, spying on users and attempting to usurp control of other computers. This then drops a PowerShell script into the memory of the host computer. This is where PowerShell comes back into play.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2022

If the NAS is exposed to the Internet the dashboard will display the message “The System Administration service can be directly accessible from an external IP address via the following protocols: HTTP.”. Administrator of devices exposed to the Internet should: Disable the Port Forwarding function of the router.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 21, 2021

Most of the problems discovered by Pulse Secure and Mandiant involve three vulnerabilities that were patched in 2019 and 2020. The patched vulnerabilities are listed as: CVE-2019-11510 an unauthenticated remote attacker can send a specially crafted URI to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability. The old vulnerabilities.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 22, 2021

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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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

From 2017 to 2019, the FBI says credential stuffing attacks were the most common type of attack against the financial sector, accounting for 41% of total incidents. Although neither entity reported any fraud, one of the attacks resulted in an extended system outage that prevented the collection of nearly $2 million in revenue.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Figure.NET flags (left) and obfuscation pattern (right) The tool is designed for two main purposes: generating comb lists of local windows user names and potential passwords, and testing them locally. The tool is able to automatically retrieve local users from groups, filter for administration, and then test the password.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Put passwords and disaster recovery plans on paper. Recovery plans typically identify the key systems and data inside your organization, and the shortest path to restoring critical business functions. We had to wait almost 36 hours to get our password vault restored so we could get passwords out of it,” Tipton said.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

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. Despite VMware’s three-year-old deprecation statement, unprotected systems remain at risk.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

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. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following. Reconnaissance. Check Point.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2020

in a press to meet growing and critical mission needs, CCI had prioritized building cyber weapons at the expense of securing their own systems. Shared passwords and a failure to control access: "Most of our sensitive cyber weapons were not compartmented, users shared systems administrator-level passwords.".

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Also, remember how users can use keys rather than a password to login? So, imagine Susan is a system admin and she has access to several servers. She used SSH keygen to generate keys and she now can login to the systems via Secure Shell. In May 2019 it was found that Cisco Nexus 9000 series has hardcoded root authorized key.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Authentication and password management. Passwords are one of the least safe user authentication methods, yet they are also frequently used for web applications for safeguarding online data. OWASP recommends the following methods: Implement monitoring to identify attacks against multiple user accounts, utilizing the same password.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 11, 2022

He writes about this in his book, "Ghost in the Wires": "I would call the company I'd targeted, ask for their computer room, make sure I was talking to a system administrator, and tell him, 'This is [whatever fictitious name popped into my head at that moment], from DEC support. Mitnick says his favorite emotional tool was fear.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 5, 2022

It was originally published on February 5, 2019. ) . SSH keys are used for privileged administrative operations by system administrators, but are also used for secure machine-to-machine automation of critical business functions. This post has been updated. Related blogs. 4 Ways to Start Protecting Your SSH Keys.

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Herjavec Group

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Ask your school system administrators to provide you their written cybersecurity policies and procedures concerning proposed remote learning capabilities. Ask your school system administrators to provide a copy of their incident response policies and plans. Secure IT: The Top 3 PCI DSS Concerns in 2019.

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NopSec

MARCH 16, 2020

Once you understand which systems form your telework attack surface ask yourself which vulnerabilities and misconfigurations they have. First of all, ask yourself whether all your remote working systems and related directory services they are tapping into have adequate password length policy, password expiration,and username randomization.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

The Originating Malvertising Campaign According to CTI investigation on the adversary infrastructure, we were able to identify an ongoing campaign luring system administrators to install the malicious code into their machines.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

I mean, this is assuming you kind of do the base, like, did the person forget to set a password? Like, DevSecOps, the problems facing DevSecOps face every system administrator if we go back in the world. Brumley: Well, thank you for having me and, as I said, we’d love to talk to you at Black Hat 2019.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

Going back a bit, it was also the top attack vector in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and well, hopefully, you get the picture. It could be a system administrator who has access to sensitive defense information and recently just met an attractive fitness influencer on social media (hello, Iran !). Why should I care about Phish?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

lazydocker : A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose : [link] pic.twitter.com/HsK17rzg8m — Binni Shah (@binitamshah) July 1, 2019. Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp [link] — Schneier Blog (@schneierblog) August 1, 2019. — Jason Haddix (@Jhaddix) July 27, 2019. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

I mean, this is assuming you kind of do the base, like, did the person forget to set a password? Like, DevSecOps, the problems facing DevSecOps face every system administrator if we go back in the world. Brumley: Well, thank you for having me and, as I said, we’d love to talk to you at Black Hat 2019.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

I mean, this is assuming you kind of do the base, like, did the person forget to set a password? Like, DevSecOps, the problems facing DevSecOps face every system administrator if we go back in the world. Brumley: Well, thank you for having me and, as I said, we’d love to talk to you at Black Hat 2019.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

31, 2019, Rezvesz said his company recently was the subject of an international search warrant executed jointly by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). “The This makes it harder for targets to remove it from their systems. 2017 analysis of the RAT.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Someone compromised the entire Twitter network, probably by stealing the log-in credentials of one of Twitter's system administrators. Class breaks are endemic to computerized systems, and they're not something that we as users can defend against with better personal security. Maybe this hack will serve as a wake-up call.

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