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A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

Krebs on Security

“The command requires Windows system administrators,” Truniger’s ads explained. “Experience in backup, increase privileges, mikicatz, network. was also used to register an account at the online game stalker[.]so ru account and posted as him. ru account and posted as him.

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Feds Warn About Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks, Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

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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Top 10 web application vulnerabilities in 2021–2023

SecureList

Compared to Broken Access Control, Sensitive Data Exposure contained a greater number of low-risk vulnerabilities, but high-risk ones were present as well. Mitigation: do not store files containing sensitive data, such as passwords or backups, in web application publish directories. Verify token and session ID signatures when used.

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PrintNightmare 0-day can be used to take over Windows domain controllers

Malwarebytes

They were working on a presentation to be held at the Black Hat security conference. As a Domain Admin they could then act almost with impunity, spreading ransomware, deleting backups and even disabling security software. A different team of researchers had also found an RCE vulnerability in the Print Spooler service. Mitigation.

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Best Privileged Access Management (PAM) Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Privileged accounts are among an organization’s biggest cybersecurity concerns. These accounts give admins control over data, applications, infrastructure and other critical assets that average system users don’t have permission to access or change. What is Privileged Access Management (PAM)? WALLIX Bastion. PAM best practices.

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Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security

eSecurity Planet

Recent years presented a torrent of research showing how vulnerable RDP systems are for organizations not taking additional cybersecurity precautions. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following. Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Ethical Hacking

ForAllSecure

Is it the hospital, which should have had a power backup? And, you know, I had the Twitter account ID set up in 2018. I had tweeted this video, it's pinned on our Twitter account hack, not crime. There's always one if you're presented with two options, there's always a third one right. Who is responsible?

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