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Amid an Embarrassment of Riches, Ransom Gangs Increasingly Outsource Their Work

Krebs on Security

There’s an old adage in information security: “Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure.” net ), which variously claims to be based in the offshore company havens of Belize and the Seychelles, but which appears to be run by a guy living in Russia.

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Experts add a BlueKeep exploit module to MetaSploit

Security Affairs

Maintainers of the open-source Metasploit penetration testing framework have added a public exploit module for the BlueKeep Windows flaw. There is a surprise for Metasploit users, maintainers of the open-source penetration testing framework have added a public exploit module for the BlueKeep Windows flaw.

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Scanning for Flaws, Scoring for Security

Krebs on Security

Is it fair to judge an organization’s information security posture simply by looking at its Internet-facing assets for weaknesses commonly sought after and exploited by attackers, such as outdated software or accidentally exposed data and devices?

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UK NCSC recommends organizations to fix CVE-2020-16952 SharePoint RCE flaw asap

Security Affairs

An exploit module for the open-source Metasploit penetration testing framework was also available, it works on SharePoint 2019 on Windows Server 2016. Security experts recommend applying the October 2020 SharePoint security updates ([ 1 ],[ 2 ],[ 3 ]). Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, CVE-2020-16952).

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Bugcrowd paid over $500,000 in bug bounty rewards in one week

Security Affairs

Bug bounty program could represent an excellent opportunity to monetize your passion, in just one week crowdsourced security platform Bugcrowd announced it paid over $500,000 in bug bounty rewards at the end of October. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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REvil ransomware gang scans healthcare victim’s network for PoS systems

Security Affairs

In the attacks observed by Symantec, the REvil ransomware operators used the Cobalt Strike penetration testing toolkit to deploy their malware. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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CERT France – Pysa ransomware is targeting local governments

Security Affairs

Operators behind the Pysa ransomware, also employed a version of the PowerShell Empire penetration-testing tool, they were able to stop antivirus products. “On one of the compromised information systems, experts found encrypted files with the extension “ newversion.” newversion file extension instead of.