Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

As first detailed by KrebsOnSecurity in July 2016 , Orcus is the brainchild of John “Armada” Rezvesz , a Toronto resident who until recently maintained and sold the RAT under the company name Orcus Technologies. In an “official press release” posted to pastebin.com on Mar. In an “official press release” posted to pastebin.com on Mar.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

Many system administrators and companies were rushing to update internet exposed machines, like web servers or gateways, worried about possible remote code execution, reviving the EternalBlue /WannaCry crisis in their mind. . The Malware Threat behind CurveBall. Yomi Hunter Catches CVE-2020-0601.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Security orchestration, automation and response, or SOAR, is a fledgling security technology stack that first entered the cybersecurity lexicon about six years ago. I had the chance to meet with him again at Black Hat 2019 in Las Vegas. And this inspired him to co-found LogicHub. Take PowerShell-enabled breaches, for instance.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Last Watchdog recently sat down with Satya Gupta, founder and CTO of Virsec , a San Jose-based supplier of advanced data protection systems. Virsec is a leading innovator of memory protection technologies. Gupta put memory attacks in context of the complexity that has overtaken modern business networks.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

I had a revelatory discussion about this with Aviv Grafi, CEO of Votiro, at RSA 2019 in San Francisco last week. It was designed to make it convenient for system administrators to automate tasks and manage configurations across all Windows endpoints and servers in a company network.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In 2019 attacks on cloud services doubled , demonstrating a significant shift in the focus of APT groups. RaaS offers one example of threat actors successfully adopting technology to spread malicious code, but the shift to cloud services introduced other dangers. Modern Malicious Code Sets Sights on Supply Chain. a trusted vendor.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Our investigation revealed that this remote endpoint is associated with criminal activities dating back to 2019, indicating that these hosts were likely under the control of the same technical administration. For instance: In September 2019, Cybereason found this hostname in old LockBit 2.0

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

To top it off, cybercriminals make use of legitimate services that are meant to help system administrators, such as PSexec, which allows remote execution of programs. System administrators that take care of physical networks are no longer needed — with cloud services management being an easy task.

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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. Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

The exploit was initially identified by our advanced exploit prevention technology and related detection records. Over the past few years, we have built a multitude of exploit protection technologies into our products that have detected several zero-days, proving their effectiveness time and again. PuzzleMaker. Other malware.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

.” Mayhem has moved on from capture the flag contests to observing and finding vulnerabilities in DoD software and is working its way to corporate systems. At one point, people were saying we were automatically generating exploits with this technology. More information about Mayhem is also available at www.forallsecure.com.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2021

REvil’s last big victim was Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. REvil is widely considered a reboot of GandCrab , a prolific ransomware gang that boasted of extorting more than $2 billion over 12 months before abruptly closing up shop in June 2019.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As highlighted in the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report , an increasing number of organizations across the globe are now using sensitive data on digitally transformative technologies like cloud, virtualization, big data, IoT, blockchain, etc. The second layer of the stack covers system-level protection controls. To Sum It Up.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

.” Mayhem has moved on from capture the flag contests to observing and finding vulnerabilities in DoD software and is working its way to corporate systems. At one point, people were saying we were automatically generating exploits with this technology. More information about Mayhem is also available at www.forallsecure.com.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

.” Mayhem has moved on from capture the flag contests to observing and finding vulnerabilities in DoD software and is working its way to corporate systems. At one point, people were saying we were automatically generating exploits with this technology. More information about Mayhem is also available at www.forallsecure.com.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Jay Tipton, chief executive for the Managed Service Provider (MSP) Technology Specialists, remembers his Fourth of July weekend this year like many MSP employees likely remember theirs: As a bit of a nightmare. Early the next morning, Northshore systems administrator Ski Kacoroski arrived on scene.

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Herjavec Group

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Like it or not, within a few months, educational institutions have now become enterprise IT entities, taking on all the responsibilities of securely delivering qualitative technology services. Ask your school system administrators to provide a copy of their incident response policies and plans. So, what to do?

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SecureList

JUNE 17, 2021

Black Kingdom ransomware appeared on the scene back in 2019, but we observed some activity again in 2021. Black Kingdom is not a new player: it was observed in action following other vulnerability exploitations in 2020, such as CVE-2019-11510. CVE-2019-11510. Product affected. Pulse Secure. March 2021. Microsoft Exchange Server.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 17, 2023

The trend of shrinking certificate lifespans, or “short-lived certificates,” is one Sectigo predicted as far back as 2019. However, the burden of system administrators carrying this out five or six times a year should not be underestimated. Question Sectigo’s response What is Sectigo’s stance on Chrome’s proposal?

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2020

Shared passwords and a failure to control access: "Most of our sensitive cyber weapons were not compartmented, users shared systems administrator-level passwords.". Please explain why this is consistent with federal cybersecurity best practices detailed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.".

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

These are words that no system administrator or business leader wants to hear from anyone using a computer on their network. However, this year in 2019, many IT professionals and business leaders alike have had to deal with the very real and alarming scenario of a ransomware attack. billion in 2019 worldwide.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The technological measures related to minimizing the incidence of software bugs are the subject of the OWASP Checklist. For example, in 2019 attackers hacked 773 million Outlook emails. Implement an asset management system and register system components and software in it. Database security. File management.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

Like, okay, you know, I don't have time to order more, but the next year in 2019, I took 5000 and I didn't attend a single talk. Because as we become more dependent on technology and security, I'm sorry, more dependent on technology, security, and privacy is gonna become more important in our lives. on society.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

And they traced the cybersecurity failures to a lack of leadership and a vacant Chief Information Security Officer role: "The problems started at the top: Twitter had not had a chief information security officer (“CISO”) since December 2019, seven months before the Twitter Hack. We've discovered a catastrophic bug in your version of RSTS/E.

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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. There are many security technologies companies like Twitter can implement to better protect themselves and their users; that's not the issue. Maybe this hack will serve as a wake-up call.

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