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Overview of IoT threats in 2023

SecureList

Attack vectors There are two main IoT infection routes: brute-forcing weak passwords and exploiting vulnerabilities in network services. A successful password cracking enables hackers to execute arbitrary commands on a device and inject malware. Unfortunately, users tend to leave these passwords unchanged.

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Winnti APT group uses skip-2.0 malware to control Microsoft SQL Servers

Security Affairs

malware was used by threat actors to establish a backdoor in MSSQL Server 11 and 12 servers, allowing them to access to any account on the server using a “magic password.” The PortReuse backdoor has a modular architecture, experts discovered that its components are separate processes that communicate through named pipes.

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

Policies typically will be written documents that detail the requirements that will be enforced, such as password complexity. Minimum User Access Controls Active Directory: The smallest organizations might only worry about device access, otherwise known as the login credentials (username/password).

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Best Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection Tools

eSecurity Planet

The combination of Prolexic, Edge DNS, and App & API Protector would be recommended for the highest quality of DDoS mitigation to keep applications, data centers, and internet-facing infrastructure (public or private) protected. It is architected for nonstop DNS availability and high performance, even across the largest DDoS attacks.

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Black Hat Europe 2021 Network Operations Center: London called, We answered

Cisco Security

Cisco Secure supports the NOC operations with DNS visibility and architecture intelligence ( Cisco Umbrella and Cisco Umbrella Investigate ) and automated malware analysis and threat intelligence ( Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (Threat Grid) , backed by Cisco Talos Intelligence and Cisco SecureX ). The other half is Clarity for iOS.

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Mystic Stealer

Security Boulevard

In particular, the code checks for the manufacturer ID string (with a length of 12 bytes) for the following values: “XenVMMXenVMM” (Xen HVM) “VMwareVMware” (VMware) “Microsoft Hv” (Microsoft Hyper-V) “ KVMKVMKVM “ (KVM) “prl hyperv “ (Parallels) “VBoxVBoxVBox” (VirtualBox) This detection code is likely derived from Pafish. Trojan.Mystic.KV

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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.