Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

Synology’s security researchers believe the botnet is primarily driven by a malware family called “StealthWorker.” ” At present, Synology PSIRT has seen no indication of the malware exploiting any software vulnerabilities.” ” reads the security advisory published by the vendor. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

“The command requires Windows system administrators,” Truniger’s ads explained. was also used to register an account at the online game stalker[.]so ru account is connected to the Telegram account “ Perchatka ,” (“glove” in Russian). ru account and posted as him.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The United States Department of Justice sentenced two individuals that were providing bulletproof hosting to various malware operations. The two individuals, Aleksandr Skorodumov (33) of Lithuania, and Pavel Stassi (30) of Estonia, administrated the bulletproof hosting service between 2009 and 2015.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 20, 2020

Those records showed that several email addresses tied to a domain registered by then 19-year-old Preston had been used to create a vDOS account that was active in attacking a large number of targets, including multiple assaults on networks belonging to the Free Software Foundation (FSF).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Most of the APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks. CERT-UA observed the campaign in April 2023, the malicious e-mails with the subject “Windows Update” were crafted to appear as sent by system administrators of departments of multiple government bodies.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2020

In particular, the academics focused on botnets and DDoS-for-hire or “booter” services, the maintenance of underground forums, and malware-as-a-service offerings. ’ So he quit and began to focus on something he enjoyed far more: perfecting his own malware.” ” WHINY CUSTOMERS.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This type of website is often visited by geeks and system administrators to read the latest computer reviews, learn some tips and download software utilities. Software downloads have been a big target for the past year with criminals using a variety of tricks to deceive users and install malware. info/account/hdr.jpg ivcgroup[.]in/temp/Citrix-x64.msix

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Security Boulevard

MAY 28, 2022

Which to be fair, is what a lot of malware and APT actors do. If you don’t have fake accounts, computers, and configurations that look vulnerable mixed in with your population of systems you are missing out. System administrators usually know their systems very well. No one should EVER use this account.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 14, 2020

.” “We consider this to be a wormable vulnerability, meaning that it has the potential to spread via malware between vulnerable computers without user interaction,” Microsoft wrote in its documentation of CVE-2020-1350. Not to say flaws rated “important” as opposed to critical aren’t also a concern.

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Threatpost

APRIL 26, 2018

Not just a miner, the malware also sets up a hidden default account with system administrator privileges, to be used for re-infection and further attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

It was designed to make it convenient for system administrators to automate tasks and manage configurations across all Windows endpoints and servers in a company network. Another branch of attacks revolve around ransomware, crypto jacking, denial of service attacks and malware spreading activities.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 24, 2022

It allows system administrators and power users to perform administrative tasks via a command line—an area where Windows previously lagged behind its Unix-like rivals with their proliferation of *sh shells. This feature requires AMSI-aware anti-malware products (such as Malwarebytes ). Reduce abuse. Remote connections.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The City of Dallas revealed that the Royal ransomware gang that hit the city system in May used a stolen account. In May 2023, a ransomware attack hit the IT systems at the City of Dallas , Texas. To prevent the threat from spreading within the network, the City shut down the impacted IT systems. ” reads the report.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 9, 2020

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. ” A DoppelPaymer ransom note. Image: Crowdstrike.

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Webroot

APRIL 2, 2024

While RDP is a powerful tool for remote administration and support, it has also become a favored vector for brute force attacks for several reasons: Widespread use: RDP is commonly used in businesses to enable remote work and system administration.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

Upon its initialization, the malware removes itself from the loaded modules list and updates the last_module_id with the previously loaded module to delete any trace of its presence. CAKETAP can operate in stealthy mode by hiding network connections, processes, and files. ” concludes the report.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

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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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2021

The vendor recommended changing system administrator account, reset access control, and installing the latest available version. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2020

Late last year saw the re-emergence of a nasty phishing tactic that allows the attacker to gain full access to a user’s data stored in the cloud without actually stealing the account password. The phishing lure starts with a link that leads to the real login page for a cloud email and/or file storage service. com sometime around Dec.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

” Since 2016 Microsoft continues to track nation-state activity against the email accounts of its customers, the IT giant warned of state-sponsored hacking campaigns originating from China, Russia, and Iran for years. Every time Microsoft experts have detected attacks from state-sponsored hackers, they have alerted users via email.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

US DoJ charged two Russian citizens for deploying the Dridex malware and for their involvement in international bank fraud and computer hacking schemes. The Bugat malware a multifunction malware package designed to automate the theft of confidential personal and financial information. Attorney Brady.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 19, 2021

Being a systems administrator can be a fulfilling job with a lot of rewards. McQuaid of the Justice Department's Criminal Division said this: "The defendant and his conspirators compromised millions of financial accounts and caused over a billion dollars in losses to Americans and costs to the U.S. And Acting U.S.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We also review what pushed cybercriminals to transform their operations into the now well-known malware-as-a-service model — the use of cloud servers, the decreasing relevance of custom malware and the subsequent emergence of small, agile teams. Malware developers — no longer hiring. Client-side attacks on the wane.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2023

“In many instances, Kimsuky actors do not attach malware to their initial email. Additionally, the APT group also impersonates operators or administrators of popular web portals claiming that a victim’s account has been locked following suspicious activity or fraudulent use. ” continues the advisory.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The FBI is warning companies about the use of out-of-date Windows 7 systems, desktop sharing software TeamViewer, and weak account passwords. “TeamViewer’s legitimate use, however, makes anomalous activity less suspicious to end users and system administrators compared to typical RATs.”

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Malwarebytes

JULY 23, 2021

In a recent episode of our Lock and Code podcast, host David Ruiz spoke to Ski Kacoroski—a system administrator with the Northshore School District in Washington state—about the immediate reaction, the planned response, and the long road to recovery from a ransomware attack.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

In human-operated ransomware attack scenario, attackers use stolen credentials, exploit misconfiguration and vulnerabilities to access target networks, attempt to escalate privileges and move laterally, and deliver malware and exfiltrate data. ” reads the post published by Microsoft. ” continues Microsoft.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2020

To Zoom’s credit, password protection and a “waiting room” feature, which allows the host to control when a participant joins the meeting, are the default settings for its free and single license paid accounts. It’s just a matter of finances and institutional intent, which go hand in glove.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In addition, manual mitigation steps can be undertaken by system administrators to prevent successful exploitation (see below). On receiving the e-mail, Zimbra submits it to Amavis for spam and malware inspection. At the moment, Zimbra has released a patch and shared its installation steps. Removing the file is not enough.

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Herjavec Group

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Ask your school system administrators to provide you their written cybersecurity policies and procedures concerning proposed remote learning capabilities. Ask your school system administrators to provide a copy of their incident response policies and plans. So, what to do?

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 13, 2023

In one experiment, they asked WormGPT “to generate an email intended to pressure an unsuspecting account manager into paying a fraudulent invoice.” While the specific sources and training methods weren’t disclosed, WormGPT was reportedly trained on diverse datasets, including malware-related information.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We also recognize that defenders and system administrators operate with a lot of constraints and aren’t always able to configure their environment to their ideal security posture. Be especially aware of the owner role, which is a super-admin role: it can grant admin privileges to other accounts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

A technical analysis of NullMixer malware operation revealed Italy and France are the favorite European countries from the attackers’ perspective. Executive Summary Our insights into a recent NullMixer malware operation revealed Italy and France are the favorite European countries from the opportunistic attackers’ perspective.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2021

FIN7, operating under the guise of Bastion Secure, published job offers for programmers (PHP, C++, Python), system administrators, and reverse engineers. Once gained access to the target network, the threat actors could then drop malware and ransomware. .

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

The best evidence of this is how email has become a battleground where companies must continually defend attackers’ endlessly creative efforts to manipulate email to circulate malware and distribute phishing ruses. And threat actors have become adept at account takeovers. Attribute-based access.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

During one of the projects, an SQL injection into an application that was open to signup by any internet user let us obtain the credentials of an internal system administrator. An XSS attack against the application’s clients can be used for obtaining user authentication information, such as cookies, phishing or spreading malware.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 29, 2022

Which is often the case when we spot potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) that use malware tactics to get installed and gain persistence. I looked for that string because we know from the past that these registry policies account for the “Your browser is managed” warnings. custom search bar is one of the forced extensions.

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