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Top Cybersecurity Trends to Watch Out For in 2025

Centraleyes

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. In a recent survey, 93% of respondents admitted to knowingly increasing their companys cybersecurity risks.

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One policy to rule them all

SecureList

As an example, let’s create a user-defined scheduler task that will run under the account labdomain.localadmin. Example of using GPOddity The technique of modifying the gPCFileSysPath attribute was highlighted back in 2020 in a blog post by researcher Mark Gamache , who was working at Microsoft at the time.

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A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

Krebs on Security

. “Snatch threat actors have been observed purchasing previously stolen data from other ransomware variants in an attempt to further exploit victims into paying a ransom to avoid having their data released on Snatch’s extortion blog,” the FBI/CISA alert reads. was also used to register an account at the online game stalker[.]so

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Kaseya Left Customer Portal Vulnerable to 2015 Flaw in its Own Software

Krebs on Security

The attackers exploited a vulnerability in software from Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. ” Michael Sanders , executive vice president of account management at Kaseya, confirmed that the customer portal was taken offline in response to a vulnerability report.

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‘Wormable’ Flaw Leads July Microsoft Patches

Krebs on Security

. “DNS is a foundational networking component and commonly installed on Domain Controllers, so a compromise could lead to significant service interruptions and the compromise of high level domain accounts.”

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Privileged account management challenges: comparing PIM, PUM and PAM

CyberSecurity Insiders

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. This can be carried out directly or using a shadow payload or using a phishing attack aimed at compromising the user's system. Cybercriminals may also perform some destructive actions aimed at data or systems. Most cyberattacks originate outside the organization.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

was used to register at least six domains, including a Russian business registered in Khoroshev’s name called tkaner.com , which is a blog about clothing and fabrics. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. NeroWolfe seems to have abandoned all of his forum accounts sometime in 2016.