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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. Such changes can be tracked using event 5136 , which is generated whenever an AD object is modified.

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Florence, Ala. Hit By Ransomware 12 Days After Being Alerted by KrebsOnSecurity

Krebs on Security

That last effort prompted a gracious return call the following day from a system administrator for the city, who thanked me for the heads up and said he and his colleagues had isolated the computer and Windows network account Hold Security flagged as hacked. ”

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A bug is about to confuse a lot of computers by turning back time 20 years

Malwarebytes

For computer systems that have no other time reference, being thrown back in time can cause several security issues. From the perspective of incident handling and incident response, well-synchronized time across systems facilitates log analysis, forensic activities and correlation of events. Even worse is getting shut out.

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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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Defending Against Misconfigured MFA & PrintNightmare Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

Inactive Accounts and Default Configurations. Hackers gained initial access by brute-forcing an existing account via “a simple, predictable password” to enroll a new device in the MFA procedures, the agencies said. MFA was automatically disabled because the account was inactive for a long period.

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Story of the Year: global IT outages and supply chain attacks

SecureList

With large-scale security crises being one of the most relevant threats worldwide, it’s more important than ever to reflect on past events, assess emerging threats, and, most crucially, explore strategies to prevent future incidents. OpenSSH is used in a wide range of scenarios where secure network communication is required.

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Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks

Security Affairs

Threat actors often impersonate real journalists and broadcast writers to appear as a credible front and make inquiries to prominent about political events in the Korean peninsula. “Usually, the questions will revolve around current events and whether U.S. experts believe North Korea will re-join talks with the U.S.,