Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

According to an investigation conducted by Secureworks hackers were also able to access the hackers were also able to compromise the mail servers to obtain access to admin accounts. The hackers scan the Internet for vulnerable servers that could lead to compromising valuable targets. “In SecurityAffairs – APT, hacking).

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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. To nominate, please visit:?.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 9, 2020

City officials now say they plan to pay the ransom demand, in hopes of keeping the personal data of their citizens off of the Internet. Nevertheless, on Friday, June 5, the intruders sprang their attack, deploying ransomware and demanding nearly $300,000 worth of bitcoin.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

“They exhibit extensive knowledge of systems administration and common network security misconfigurations, perform thorough reconnaissance, and adapt to what they discover in a compromised network.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Human-operated ransomare). ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. It allows users using web browsers to set up user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. SecurityAffairs – Webmin, hacking). Likely the backdoor was planted by threat actors that compromised build infrastructure.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Many used browsers that they were accustomed to, not browsers of choice, or default browsers set by organizations, such as the Internet Explorer. It could be compromised directly or by hacking the account of someone with access to the website management.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The Roboto botnet spreads by compromising systems by exploiting the Webmin RCE vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-15107 to drop its downloader module on Linux servers running vulnerable installs. Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 12, 2021

IoT (Internet of Things) Security. System Administrator (or, sysadmin). Hang out with the folk in the Reddit communities , ask them specific questions, and put on your ethical hacking skills to test—to check if you are really cut out for a long-term commitment in cybersecurity. Secure Software Development. Secure DevOps.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I started to learn more about how the Internet worked and one thing led to the other. And if you need more help or advice, don’t hesitate to contact me on my Twitter account: @aboutsecurity. When I was introduced to Linux, I immediately fell in love with it, and this increased my curiosity.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

Is hacking a crime? Bryan McAninch (Aph3x) talks about his organization, Hacking Is Not A Crime , and the ethical line it draws on various hacking activities. I used to hack the phone company quite a bit. I was like living in our systems for years and I want to get in some trouble for that.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The contemporary world has witnessed the rise of the Internet and global communication, and collaboration technologies, including mobile data use and the culture of bring your own device [BYOD]. In the event of the Ransomware assault, the G Suite administrator will receive a notification about the incident either via e-mail or by Slack.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 6, 2021

Kaseya’s flagship product is a remote monitoring and management (RMM) solution called the Virtual Systems Administrator (VSA) and is the product at the center of the current attack. When administrators noticed suspicious behavior on Friday, Kaseya shut down VSA. VSA server breached. Backup data regularly.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A group of teenagers used social engineering to breach Twitter's network and take over the accounts of a whole bunch of A-listers. The teens also took over Twitter accounts of several cryptocurrency companies regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). How did the Twitter account takeover attack work?

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2020

Parents have long held a special duty to protect their school-aged children from bad actors on the Internet. Organized hacking groups will be quick to single out — and plunder — the laggards. I discussed this with Tim Keeler, co-founder and CEO of Remediant, a San Francisco-based provider of privileged account management software.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

One could argue more Windows logs need to be preserved, but that would simply mean archiving the from the C: drive onto the D: drive, not that you need to connect to the Internet to centrally log files. Dominion simply uses “role based security” instead of normal user accounts. Credential Management. It’s not true.

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Errata Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

One could argue more Windows logs need to be preserved, but that would simply mean archiving the from the C: drive onto the D: drive, not that you need to connect to the Internet to centrally log files. Dominion simply uses “role based security” instead of normal user accounts. This is a well-know fallacy in cybersecurity.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Twitter was hacked this week. Not a few people's Twitter accounts, but all of Twitter. Someone compromised the entire Twitter network, probably by stealing the log-in credentials of one of Twitter's system administrators. It didn't matter whether the accounts were normally accessed via a Mac or a PC.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Government Accountability Office (GAO) provides detailed information of the Equifax hack. The Equifax hack occurred in May 2017 when attackers exploited the CVE-2017-5638 Apache Struts vulnerability in the Jakarta Multipart parser upload function. Securi ty Affairs – Equifax hack, hacking). The Equifax breach.

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