Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Unfortunately, in an echo of the Y2K bug, a flaw in some versions of GPSD could cause time to roll back after October 23, 2021. The buggy versions of the code reportedly subtract 1024 from the week number on October 24, 2021. Various businesses and organizations rely on these systems. How bad is it?

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Malwarebytes

JULY 23, 2021

CNA’s network was compromised in March 2021. Attackers often use privilege escalation exploits to increase their access rights, or tools like Mimikatz that can extract passwords from a computer’s memory. You can listen to it below, or on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and Google Podcasts.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. Type enable and the corresponding system password initially set during system installation to enter EXEC PRIVILEGED mode. The command line prompt will be changed from > to #.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. Type enable and the corresponding system password initially set during system installation to enter EXEC PRIVILEGED mode. The command line prompt will be changed from > to #.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The agencies offered some sound cybersecurity advice for BlackByte that applies pretty generally: Conduct regular backups and store them as air-gapped, password-protected copies offline. Update and patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates and patches are released. BlackByte Ransomware Protection Steps.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Per a recent report from Q4 2020 to Q4 2021 , the average number of APIs per company increased by 221% in 12 months and that API attack traffic grew by 681% while overall API traffic grew by 321%. password guessing). Microservices Architecture has Created a Security Blind Spot. API Security Tools.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Kennedy founded cybersecurity-focused TrustedSec and Binary Defense Systems and co-authored Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide. — Eva (@evacide) October 4, 2021.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Abusable Requirements The first issue that raises an eyebrow is the requirement that the machine account for the passive site server must be a member of the LOCAL ADMINISTRATORS group on the active site server. Figure 2: Site Installation Account Next, we’ll shift focus to the site database role. 10.10.100.121:445.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

But, never mind the dozens of other reports and white papers about phishing that come out every year from security industry leaders, let’s take a look at the 2021 Verizon DBIR. While Verizon even admits in the 2021 DBIR that they’re not entirely sure why email is still such a big thing, but it does serve its purposes.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

As remote desktop solutions are prevalent among IT and managed service providers (MSP), downstream clients can be at risk, as Kaseya experienced in 2021. In November 2021, an unauthorized third party called a Robinhood customer support employee and, through social engineering , gained access to the company’s customer support systems.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If any potentially hazardous characters must be allowed as input, be sure that you implement additional controls like output encoding, secure task specific APIs, and accounting to use that data throughout the application. Authentication and password management. Implement password hashing on a trusted system.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 21, 2021

The obvious advice here is to review the Pulse advisories for these vulnerabilities and follow the recommended guidance, which includes changing all passwords in the environments that are impacted. The new vulnerability (CVE-2021-22893) is a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10—the maximum—and a Critical rating.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 6, 2021

Kaseya’s flagship product is a remote monitoring and management (RMM) solution called the Virtual Systems Administrator (VSA) and is the product at the center of the current attack. When administrators noticed suspicious behavior on Friday, Kaseya shut down VSA. VSA server breached. Managing supply chain risk.

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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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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Later today (Friday, September 24, 2021), Republican auditors release their final report on the found with elections in Maricopa county. Dominion simply uses “role based security” instead of normal user accounts. The auditors claim account passwords must “be changed every 90 days”. Author: Robert Graham (@erratarob).

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Errata Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Author: Robert Graham (@erratarob) Later today (Friday, September 24, 2021), Republican auditors release their final report on the found with elections in Maricopa county. Dominion simply uses “role based security” instead of normal user accounts. The auditors claim account passwords must “be changed every 90 days”.

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