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

Security Affairs

Enforce MFA on all VPN connections [ D3-MFA ]. Ensure that you have dedicated management systems [ D3-PH ] and accounts for system administrators. Disable unused or unnecessary network services, ports, protocols, and devices [ D3-ACH ] [ D3-ITF ] [ D3-OTF ]. Protect these accounts with strict network policies [ D3-UAP ].

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Vulnerability Management in the time of a Pandemic

NopSec

For organizations of various sizes that means being able to quickly set up remote working systems to enable employees to work from their homes so that they can protect themselves from being infected. That in turn means answering the following questions: How many VPN terminations do I have and which routable IP addresses they are mapped to?

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Take action! Multiple Pulse Secure VPN vulnerabilities exploited in the wild

Malwarebytes

PCS provides Virtual Private Network (VPN) facilities to businesses, which use them to prevent unauthorized access to their networks and services. Most of the problems discovered by Pulse Secure and Mandiant involve three vulnerabilities that were patched in 2019 and 2020. The old vulnerabilities. Please don’t wait for the patch.

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Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security

eSecurity Planet

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. Meanwhile, the suspect server was connected to the CDOT domain with an administrator account and the internet.

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Lessons from a real-life ransomware attack

Malwarebytes

To better understand the nuts and bolts of a ransomware attack, we spoke to Ski Kacaroski, a systems administrator who, in 2019, helped pulled his school district out of a ransomware nightmare that encrypted crucial data, locked up vital systems, and even threatened employee pay. That’s just one week in late 2019.

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Black Kingdom ransomware

SecureList

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. com/vpn-service/$(f1)/crunchyroll-vpn. Product affected.