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. Disable File and Printer sharing services.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2022

Researchers from antivirus firm Avast spotted a new Linux rootkit, dubbed ‘Syslogk,’ that uses specially crafted “magic packets” to activate a dormant backdoor on the device. The experts pointed out that it also allows authenticated user-mode processes to interact with the rootkit to control it.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It is tough to do without a dedicated team and security solutions like firewalls, intrusion detection, antiviruses and more. But, in addition to these familiar security solutions, a set of measures related to the user management and audit of privileges is also required. In most cases, only passwords are used for authentication.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab.

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