Krebs on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

At the outset of their federal criminal trial for hijacking vast swaths of Internet addresses for use in large-scale email spam campaigns, three current or former executives at online advertising firm Adconion Direct (now Amobee ) have pleaded guilty to lesser misdemeanor charges of fraud and misrepresentation via email.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

According to Palo Alto Networks, the author of WeSteal, that goes online as “ComplexCodes,” started advertising the cryptocurrency stealer on underground forums in mid-February 2021. Despite WeSteal is advertised as implementing a “RAT Panel,” experts did not find RAT feature in their analysis. There is the name of the malware itself.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2020

Users and system administrators are recommended to apply the latest security patches as soon as possible to prevent attackers exploiting them. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

An advertisement for Orcus RAT. Rezvesz maintains his software was designed for legitimate use only and for system administrators seeking more powerful, full-featured ways to remotely manage multiple PCs around the globe. Meanwhile on Hackforums[.]net

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2023

The experts also detailed a separate case, that was observed on May 2023, using a similar infection scheme to advertise a rogue page for Midjourney. Unfortunately, as system administrators seek ways to control access to these platforms, users may seek out alternative ways to gain access.” ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2020

Using a previous version of Exim leaves a system vulnerable to exploitation. System administrators should continually check software versions and update as new versions become available.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes NSA. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

System administrators need to upgrade to fixed versions ASAP. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Our preliminary CVE-2020-5902 scans have located 1,832 vulnerable F5 hosts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Alexey is a Russian-speaking cyber vigilante that decided to fix the MikroTik routers and he claims to be e system administrator. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net. co and a VPN provider called HideIPVPN[.]com.

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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.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

Many system administrators and companies were rushing to update internet exposed machines, like web servers or gateways, worried about possible remote code execution, reviving the EternalBlue /WannaCry crisis in their mind. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Summarizing, crooks extended the list of targets passing from Arm and MIPS-powered devices to Intel systems. . System administrators need to employ security best practices with the systems they manage.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Webmin, hacking).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

Create, start, and terminate a new process and its primary thread Search, read, write, move, and execute files Get and modify file or directory timestamps Change the current directory for a process or file Delete malware and artifacts associated with the malware from the infected system. In April, the U.S. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 21, 2022

CISA breaks down the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by the gang: "Intrusions begin with a large number of spearphishing messages sent to employees of cryptocurrency companies—often working in system administration or software development/IT operations (DevOps)—on a variety of communication platforms.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this type of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, the malicious traffic generated with the technique is greater than the once associated with the use of memcached, a service that does not require authentication but has been exposed on the internet by inexperienced system administrators. About the Author: Paulo Brito.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2018

. “A list of impacted users in those domains is being sent to system administrators, and we will reach out again if any additional impacted users or issues are discovered. 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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The Roboto botnet spreads by compromising systems by exploiting the Webmin RCE vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-15107 to drop its downloader module on Linux servers running vulnerable installs. Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Administrators may consider using IP-based access control lists (ACLs) to allow only trusted systems to access the affected systems. Administrators can help protect affected systems from external attacks by using a solid firewall strategy. Administrators are advised to monitor affected systems.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Federal prosecutors in California have filed criminal charges against four employees of Adconion Direct , an email advertising firm, alleging they unlawfully hijacked vast swaths of Internet addresses and used them in large-scale spam campaigns. Amobee , the Redwood City, Calif. The CEO of Amobee is Kim Perell , formerly CEO of Adconion.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

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. 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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2018

.” Cisco advisory reveals that the vulnerability could be exploited remotely by leveraging the operating system remote management tools. The vulnerability could be exploited by a malware or ill-intentioned logged-in user to gain system administrator rights and carry out malicious activities. and later prior to 33.0.5,

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

.” continues the report “While CIA was an early leader in securing our enterprise information technology (IT) system, we failed to correct acute vulnerabilities to our mission IT systems.”. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

Some intruders resembled “drunken burglars,” said one source, getting lost in the labyrinth of corporate systems and appearing to grab files at random.” ” According to the Reuters, the hackers had a total control over the HPE corporate network, they also left messages taunting system administrators.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2018

To aid the work of network defenders and systems administrators, we also provide advice on limiting the effectiveness of these tools and detecting their use on a network.” ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Credential Stealer: Mimikatz. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) service is a built-in component of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The BITS service is used by programmers and system administrators to download files from or upload files to HTTP web servers and SMB file shares. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Cisco advisory reveals that the vulnerability could be also exploited remotely by leveraging the operating system remote management tools. The issue could be exploited by a malware or ill-intentioned logged-in user to gain system administrator rights and carry out malicious activities. and later prior to 33.0.5,

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

A baseboard management controller (BMC) is a specialized service processor that monitors the physical state of a computer, network server or other hardware device using sensors and communicating with the system administrator through an independent connection. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

“Mail server, domain administrator and system administrator accounts were all affected, giving cyberespions access to the past and current passwords of more than 2,000 ICAO system users. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “ reports Radio-Canada.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Andrea Pierini (@ decoder_it ) “Andrea is an IT Architect & Security Manager with long-term experience and in-depth knowledge covering all aspects of IT: from SW development to systems administration; networking administration and IT security. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2018

Hladyr is suspected to be a system administrator for the group. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. In late June 2018, foreign authorities arrested Andrii Kolpakov in Lepe, Spain. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Yakubets is considered the leader of the gang behind the Bugat malware and botnet , the cybercrime group known as Evil Corp, while Turashev allegedly was tasked with other functions, including system administration, management of the internal control panel, and oversight of botnet operations. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

ru , which at one point advertised the sale of wooden staircases. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. “Cryptolockers made a lot of noise in the press, but lazy system administrators don’t make backups after that. Another domain registered to that phone number was stairwell[.]ru

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

But let’s see what are the execution binaries and what an administrator will see because this analysis IS for rise the system administration awareness: Code execution: execve("/tmp/upgrade""); // to execute upgrade. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. O"]); // for persistence.

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