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USBAnywhere BMC flaws expose Supermicro servers to hack

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. “ our research has uncovered new vulnerabilities, which we collectively dubbed USBAnywhere , in the baseboard management controllers (BMCs) of Supermicro servers, which can allow an attacker to easily connect to a server and virtually mount any USB device of their choosing to the server, remotely over any network including the Internet.”

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Brazil expert discovers Oracle flaw that allows massive DDoS attacks

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The exploitation of this vulnerability could cause major problems on the Internet. million servers running RPCBIND on the Internet. “We then decided to open a server with port 111 exposed on the Internet, with the same characteristics as those who were attacking us and we were monitoring that server for weeks.

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XMR crypto miner switches from arm IoT devices to X86/I686 Intel servers

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Cashdollar explained that threat actors started scanning the Internet for Intel systems that would accept files over SSH port 22 to maximize their efforts. Summarizing, crooks extended the list of targets passing from Arm and MIPS-powered devices to Intel systems. . ” Cashdollar concludes. Pierluigi Paganini.

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US govt agencies share details of the China-linked espionage malware Taidoor

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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. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication.

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Backdoored Webmin versions were available for download for over a year

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Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. To exploit the malicious code, your Webmin installation must have Webmin -> Webmin Configuration -> Authentication -> Password expiry policy set to Prompt users with expired passwords to enter a new one. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Crooks continue to abuse exposed Docker APIs for Cryptojacking

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The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has a reference that can help system administrators and security teams establish a benchmark to secure their Docker engine. Ensure that container images are authenticated, signed, and from a trusted registry (i.e., Docker Trusted Registry ). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thousands of RDM refrigeration systems exposed online are at risk

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In many cases, the web interface can be accessed without authentication. “They all come with a default username and “1234” as the default password, which is rarely changed by system administrators.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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