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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2020

One of the images shared by the group shows a directory containing folders such as Accounts Receivable, Finance, collection letters, Expenses, and Employees. . Only use secure networks and avoid using public Wi-Fi networks. Consider installing and using a VPN. Use two-factor authentication with strong passwords.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

Hackers are constantly finding new ways to exploit vulnerabilities in software, so it’s important to make sure you have the latest security patches installed. When you access the internet through a VPN, your data is encrypted and routed through a secure tunnel. Another important security measure is to use strong passwords.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The alert provides a list of mitigations to stay protected from ransomware families: Recommended Mitigations • Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline. Regularly, change passwords to network systems and accounts, and avoid reusing passwords for different accounts.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

But the sector is only as secure as the technology it relies on, so our food supply requires secure IoT devices and Cloud services for food and agriculture too. The FBI notice includes the following recommendations: Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline. Consider installing and using a VPN.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline. Implement a recovery plan to restore sensitive or proprietary data from a physically separate, segmented, secure location (e.g., Regularly change passwords to network systems and accounts, and avoid reusing passwords for different accounts. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Bad Packets warns of over 14,500 Pulse secure VPN endpoints vulnerable to CVE-2019-11510. White hat hacker demonstrated how to hack a million Instagram accounts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Administrators can follow the Container Journal’s advice by configuring their API servers to allow cluster API access only via the internal network or a corporate VPN. Once they’ve implemented that security measure, they can use RBAC authorization to further limit who has access to the cluster. What it is. cloud-controller-manager.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

“According to open-source reporting, DarkSide actors have previously been observed gaining initial access through phishing and exploiting remotely accessible accounts and systems and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) (Phishing [ T1566] , Exploit Public-Facing Application [ T1190 ], External Remote Services [ T1133 ]).[

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

Below is a list of recommended mitigations from the FBI, which it issued along with an alert on Conti ransomware late last week: Regularly back up data, air gap, and password protect backup copies offline. Avoid reusing passwords for multiple accounts. Only use secure networks and avoid using public Wi-Fi networks.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2022

You have the disaster recovery (DR) site, backups, and storage area network (SAN) snapshots. As you try each one, that pit in your stomach grows as you experience the worst feeling in IT: the realization you have no backup for recovery. Your backups, the backup server, and all the backup storage — all encrypted by ransomware.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2020

There’s an old adage in information security: “Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure.” ” Many organizations that do hire professionals to test their network security posture unfortunately tend to focus on fixing vulnerabilities hackers could use to break in.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 30, 2023

Huge arrays of unstructured data utilized and modified by many users as well as the ever-growing complexity of attacks, lead to the fact that the usual means of protecting the perimeter of a corporate network no longer meet current information security requirements. What is Data-Centric Audit and Protection?

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BH Consulting

JUNE 20, 2023

One may know what the term VPN means, but what about when a VPN should be used and more importantly – not used, and what are the risks of using a VPN versus the benefits. Consequently, the need to know and understand information security at this level is an increasing requirement for privacy professionals.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2021

Enable and enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) on every single account that is under the control of the organization, and—to the maximum extent possible—enable and enforce MFA for customer-facing services. CISA and FBI recommend affected MSPs: Download the Kaseya VSA Detection Tool.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

Nickels suggests organizations follow this guidance: Also Read: How Zero Trust Security Can Protect Against Ransomware. Prevent Rely solely on offline backups Disallow unnecessary file sharing. As of now, the information security industry is at the outset of implementing SBOM for software products. Old way New way.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

Hybrid, or mixed local/cloud networks require virtual private network (VPN) infrastructure between environments. combinations Enables automated response to quickly and effectively contain threats based upon policy from moderate (move to guest network, assign to self-remediation VLAN, apply OS updates/patches, etc.)

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

Botmasters and account resellers are tasked with providing initial access inside the victim’s network. Hackers who are on the lookout for publicly disclosed vulnerabilities (1-days) in internet facing software, such as VPN appliances or email gateways. Set up offline backups that intruders cannot tamper with.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Wayne Keatts, Assistant Vice President & Information Security Officer Methodist Health System Tip: Look for vendors with simple subscription models, priced per user, with flexible contract times. Token-related helpdesk tickets can account for 25% of the IT support workload. Estimate that cost and factor it into your budget.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

For example: a user enumeration vulnerability, a weak password policy, and a lack of brute force protection and lockout can still lead to an attacker gaining access to an account. Any administrative access must be well secured. This can be a traditional VPN, reverse SSH tunnel, or private APN on a mobile network.

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