Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The CISA agency provides recommendations for system administrators and owners to enhance the level of security of their organizations: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. Scan all software downloaded from the Internet prior to executing.

Malware 107

Malware Government Passwords System Administration 107

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.” In many cases, some machines run without standard safeguards, like security updates and cloud-delivered antivirus protection.”

Ransomware 116

Ransomware Cybercrime Social Engineering Banking 116

Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

ru , which at one point advertised the sale of wooden staircases. NEROWOLFE A search on the ICQ number 669316 at Intel 471 shows that in April 2011, a user by the name NeroWolfe joined the Russian cybercrime forum Zloy using the email address d.horoshev@gmail.com , and from an Internet address in Voronezh, RU. and admin@stairwell.ru

Ransomware 219

Ransomware Cybercrime Accountability Malware 219

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The reason is simple: they represent huge software stacks that must support many protocols and have to be internet-facing to operate properly. We encourage system administrators to immediately set up monitoring for these machines, due to the unlikelihood that patching (even in a timely fashion) will be sufficient to protect them.

Firmware 107

Firmware Surveillance Mobile Telecommunications 107