Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2021

The attack could force remote Windows systems to reveal password hashes that could then be easily cracked. Microsoft quickly sent out an advisory for system administrators to stop using the now deprecated Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) to thwart an attack. PetitPotam. ” New mitigation details.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Also read: Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2022. Update and patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates and patches are released. Review domain controllers, servers, workstations, and active directories for new or unrecognized user accounts. Read next: Best Patch Management Software for 2022.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

CERT-UA observed the campaign in April 2023, the malicious e-mails with the subject “Windows Update” were crafted to appear as sent by system administrators of departments of multiple government bodies. Most of the APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

. “Upon gaining an initial foothold into a telecommunications organization or network service provider, PRC state-sponsored cyber actors have identified critical users and infrastructure including systems critical to maintaining the security of authentication, authorization, and accounting.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The researchers found five different scripts that aim to set four CRON jobs, which are recurrent tasks you can program on a computer system. Two of them regard the current user and the rest are for the root account. How to Protect Against Shikitega. Advanced configuration hardenings are strongly recommended.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Hacktivity 2022 security festival was held at the MOM Cultural Center in Budapest, Hungary, over two days, October 6-7 th 2022. The newer (summer 2022) executables are mostly all 64-bit.NET compiled with.NET v4.5.1, Retrieves various system information, namely: Local network IP addresses. PluginDestory [sic].

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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. An attacker creates a new admin user and logs into an OpenFire account. Threat actors can use WFP to escalate their privileges on Windows. The vulnerability is still active in the wild.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 6, 2022

Duo is excited to announce we have been recognized as a Customers’ Choice vendor for 2022 in the Access Management category in Gartner® Peer Insights™. This distinction is a recognition of vendors in this market based on feedback and ratings from 89 verified end users of our product as of 28th Feb 2022.

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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. An attacker creates a new admin user and logs into an OpenFire account. Threat actors can use WFP to escalate their privileges on Windows. The vulnerability is still active in the wild.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2022

Thu, 06/09/2022 - 12:14. Higher levels of automation for system administrators. How to Overcome Common SSH Machine Identity Risks with Automation. brooke.crothers. Collecting Risk Intelligence. Automated policy enforcement and lifecycle management ensure orphan, duplicate or shared SSH keys can be easily decommissioned. .

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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. The CrashedTech Loader The “KiffAppE2.exe” Filename: KiffAppE2.exe

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Additionally, digital trust involves several interconnected elements, including: • Security of Systems and Data • Privacy of Data • Transparency of Operation • Accountability when things go wrong • Reliability But why is digital trust suddenly important? What are the origins of the need for a trust framework?

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Fri, 12/02/2022 - 10:55. In most organization system administrators can disable or change most or all SSH configurations; these settings and configurations can significantly increase or reduce SSH security risks. Disabling root account remote login - This prevents users from logging in as the root (super user) account.

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Notice Bored

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Yesterday I blogged about the "access control" topic-specific policy example in ISO/IEC 27002:2022. Physical security controls are clearly important for tangible information assets, including IT systems and media, documentation and people - yes, people. Today's subject is the "physical and environmental security" policy example.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

This cloud-centric model offers administrators granular network management opportunities while leveraging the bandwidth and reducing the cost of service delivery. Experienced administrators understand the importance of inspecting all network traffic. Read more : Top Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2022.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

By 2027, 75% of employees are expected to acquire or modify technology outside of ITs control, up from 41% in 2022. Verizons Data Breach Investigations Report showed that 74% of security breaches involve a human element, with system administrators and developers accounting for most of these errors.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

Much of the discussion at RSA Conference 2022 , which convenes next week in San Francisco, will boil down to slowing attack surface expansion. Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon. For a full drill down on our discussion please give the accompanying podcast a listen.

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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.

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