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Sophos blocked attacks exploiting XG Firewall zero-day to deploy Ransomware

Security Affairs

Hackers attempted to exploit a zero-day flaw in the Sophos XG firewall to distribute ransomware to Windows machines, but the attack was blocked. It was designed to download payloads intended to exfiltrate XG Firewall-resident data. Passwords associated with external authentication systems such as AD or LDAP are unaffected.

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Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys

Krebs on Security

He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020.

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How to Prevent Malware: 15 Best Practices for Malware Prevention

eSecurity Planet

Use Caution with Ads and Websites Website pop-ups and online advertising can be vectors for malware, phishing attempts, and other harmful actions. Enable Firewall Protection Your firewall , working as the primary filter, protects your network from both inbound and outgoing threats.

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Experts saw 100k+ daily brute-force attacks on RDP during COVID-19 lockdown

Security Affairs

” Unfortunately, most organizations often neglect the protection of RDP accesses and workers use easy-to-guess passwords and with no additional layers of authentication or protection. Use an additional layer of authentication ( MFA/2FA ). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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CookieMiner Mac Malware steals browser cookies and sensitive Data

Security Affairs

By leveraging the combination of stolen login credentials, web cookies, and SMS data, based on past attacks like this, we believe the bad actors could bypass multi-factor authentication for these sites. Experts believe the threat actors could bypass multifactor authentication for the sites for which they are able to steal associated info.

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FBI issued a flash alert on Lockbit ransomware operation

Security Affairs

After ransomware ads were banned on hacking forum, the LockBit operators set up their own leak site promoting the latest variant and advertising the LockBit 2.0 Like other ransomware gangs, Lockbit 2.0 determines the system and user language settings and only targets those not matching a set list of languages that are Eastern European.

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CISA warns of critical flaws in Prima FlexAir access control system

Security Affairs

The list of flaws includes OS Command Injection, Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type, Cross-site Request Forgery, Small Space of Random Values, Cross-site Scripting, Exposure of Backup file to Unauthorized Control Sphere, Improper Authentication, and Use of Hard-coded Credentials. Pierluigi Paganini.

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