Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” Since September 2022, Moobot botnet was spotted targeting vulnerable D-Link routers. Change any default usernames and passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. Accel Investments. AllegisCyber Investments.

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Cisco Security

MAY 27, 2022

In part one of our Black Hat Asia 2022 NOC blog , we discussed building the network with Meraki: . New Integrations Created at Black Hat Asia 2022. This means sharing usernames and passwords became tedious and not to mention insecure, especially with 15 Cisco staff, plus partners, accessing the platforms.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The following findings of this year's report provide a summary look at the state of cloud security in 2022 and its various related challenges. Cloud misconfiguration errors related to public access to storage buckets, account permissions, password storage and management, unencrypted data stores, etc., Cloud threat insights 55.1%

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2022

At the RSA Conference 2022 earlier this year, Jeetu Patel, Cisco’s Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration, spoke of how the ‘cybersecurity poverty line’ is widening and how malicious actors are taking advantage of this gaping hole to unleash persistent attacks. Read more here. Read more here.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Centralize secrets and set storage to private: Keep API keys and passwords in a centralized, secure management system. Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) also reveals that inside actors were responsible for 83% of 2022 data breaches. billion malware infections worldwide in 2022. Malware There were 5.5

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Cisco Security

MAY 26, 2022

While the Cisco Meraki Dashboard is extremely powerful, we happily supported exporting of logs and integration in major event collectors, such as the NetWitness SIEM and even the Palo Alto firewall. However, Black Hat Asia 2022 offered us a unique opportunity to show off some of the more integrated functionality. Network Visibility.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

When the internet arrived, the network added a firewall to protect networks and users as they connected to the world wide web. Most network security vendors focus on providing hardware and software solutions to deliver technical controls that use applications to authorize, authenticate, facilitate, protect, and monitor networking traffic.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 22, 2022

Thu, 06/23/2022 - 05:21. On March 31, 2022, the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published version 4.0 include: Expansion of Requirement 8 to implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all access into the cardholder data environment. Strong authentication for users and administrators is established and managed.

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Authentication Accountability Firewall Technology 71

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

For CVE-2023-38035, Ivanti recommends installing the corresponding version of Sentry using RPM scripts: Log in to a system command line interface in a terminal window as the admin user established during system installation, and enter the corresponding password. The command line prompt will be changed from > to #.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

However, basic cybersecurity tools and practices, like patching , strong passwords , and multi-factor authentication (MFA), “can prevent 80 to 90% of cyberattacks,” said Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, during a White House press conference in Sept. Cyberattack Statistics.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

Xplain hack impacted the Swiss cantonal police and Fedpol Zyxel published guidance for protecting devices from ongoing attacks Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware CISA adds Progress MOVEit Transfer zero-day to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Portnox is a private company that specializes in network access security with nearly 1,000 customers and closed a Series A fundraising with Elsewhere Partners for $22 million in 2022. authentication to gather endpoint information for reporting and enforcement. Agents Portnox does not require an agent.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

For CVE-2023-38035, Ivanti recommends installing the corresponding version of Sentry using RPM scripts: Log in to a system command line interface in a terminal window as the admin user established during system installation, and enter the corresponding password. The command line prompt will be changed from > to #.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 1, 2022

Fiction: Strong passwords are enough. Strong passwords are important, but passwords alone won’t keep your enterprise protected. Other components of a good cybersecurity posture include two-factor authentication and continuous cybersecurity monitoring. Fiction: Monitoring my edge firewall is the only monitoring needed.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

UPnP is an insecure protocol, it uses network UDP multicasts, and doesn’t support encryption and authentication. “It is recommended that your QNAP NAS stay behind your router and firewall without a public IP address. ” reads the advisory published by QNAP. Do not let your QNAP NAS obtain a public IP address.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

How can a hospital protect an MRI machine with an unchangeable password and still connect it to the network? Many of these critical devices require obsolete operating systems, have hard-coded passwords, or other equally dangerous security weaknesses. Also read: Top IoT Security Solutions for 2022. These are not uncommon risks.

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SecureList

JULY 19, 2023

The connection to the remote SMB server sends the user’s Net-NTLMv2 hash in a negotiation message, which the threat actor can use to either: Relay for authentication against other systems that support NTLMv2 authentication. Perform offline cracking to extract the password.

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Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In March 2022, the PCI Council released the long-anticipated v4.0. Section 3 Sensitive authentication data must now be encrypted or protected if stored before authorization. Section 8 Password strength requirements have increased, moving from a minimum of 7 to 12 alpha and numeric characters.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

The agency says that by the summer of 2022, the only way to log in to irs.gov will be through ID.me , an online identity verification service that requires applicants to submit copies of bills and identity documents, as well as a live video feed of their faces via a mobile device. After confirmation, ID.me Hall said ID.me

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2023

In order to conceal malicious traffic, the threat actor routes it through compromised small office and home office (SOHO) network devices, including routers, firewalls, and VPN hardware. The APT group is using almost exclusively living-off-the-land techniques and hands-on-keyboard activity to evade detection. ” continues the report.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 1, 2021

After an investigation of the Oldsmar incident, it was revealed that the hacker was able to gain access because the computer system was using an unsupported version of Windows with no firewall. The system was also only accessible using a shared TeamViewer password among the employees. Vaulting Shared Passwords.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 5, 2022

Fri, 08/05/2022 - 00:05. SSH authenticates the parties involved and allows them to exchange commands and output via multiple data manipulation techniques. Once the parties have played an equal role in generating the shared secret key, they must authenticate themselves. How Secure Shell (SSH) Keys Work. Scott Carter. 17965 views.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 15, 2022

New research shows there are more than 9,000 exposed Virtual Network Computing (VNC) servers that are being used without authentication, some of which belong to organizations in critical infrastructure. They say that he could remotely access a ministry employee's desktop without a password or authentication.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 17, 2023

released in early 2022, comes with some new controls to meet the dynamic cybersecurity threats and developments. Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect cardholder data INSTALL A FIREWALL FOR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE WITH STRICT RULES The purpose of the firewall is to help control the traffic that pours through your network.

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Passwords Computers and Electronics Software Risk 52

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Attack vectors There are two main IoT infection routes: brute-forcing weak passwords and exploiting vulnerabilities in network services. A successful password cracking enables hackers to execute arbitrary commands on a device and inject malware. Unfortunately, users tend to leave these passwords unchanged.

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IT Security Guru

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

study tested the security of 13 of the UK’s most popular online banking sites between September and November 2022. The most secure password you can create will be at least ten characters long, containing a minimum of one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number, and one symbol. A recent Which?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel, like a password manager. Symmetric encryption is often used for drive encryption, WiFi encryption, and other use cases where speed performance is paramount and a password can be safely shared.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 14, 2023

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently published an analysis of the top 12 vulnerabilities exploited in 2022. While the infotainment system is supposedly firewalled from steering, throttling, and braking, attached devices may not be fully secured against communication via Wi-Fi.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The Daixin Team is a ransomware and data extortion group that has been active since at least June 2022. “The actors have leveraged privileged accounts to gain access to VMware vCenter Server and reset account passwords [ T1098 ] for ESXi servers in the environment. ” reads the alert.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Also Read: Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors. With the EDB PostgreSQL Advanced Server, clients gain features like password profiles, enhanced audit logging, and data redaction. Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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Firewall Encryption Computers and Electronics Software 117

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This hoax involves what's called a captive portal, which is a web page that prompts users to enter personal information or login credentials, such as usernames and passwords. Google Docs comments abused to spread toxic links In early January 2022, bad actors mastered a new unusual technique to spew out phishing links and avoid detection.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2023

Phishing-borne threats IBM’s 2022 Data Breach report highlighted how effective phishing-based attacks have become, being the second leading cause of cybersecurity incidents globally, by using a sample instance that affected hundreds of international entities. The tool will shine in spear-phishing exercises aimed at 100 users or less.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

The DazzleSpy backdoor software had interesting features to foil detection, including end-to-end encryption to avoid firewall inspection as well as a feature that cut off communication if a TLS-inspection proxy was detected. Use web application firewalls to protect exposed web apps. Use strong passwords. Secure Assets.

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Firewall Malware Phishing Software 107

Malwarebytes

APRIL 29, 2022

The CISA Log4j scanner is based on other open source tools and supports scanning lists of URLs, several fuzzing options, DNS callback, and payloads to circumvent web-application firewalls. The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass the authentication process. What does this list tell us to look out for in 2022?

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