Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This type of website is often visited by geeks and system administrators to read the latest computer reviews, learn some tips and download software utilities. Anyone clicking on the ad and who’s not the intended victim will see a standard blog with a number of articles. This time, the corporatecomf[.]online

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2022

As soon as the government of the United States announced a ban on Russian security software provided by Kaspersky, all the system administrators working across the world searched for the most trusted cybersecurity software companies in the world.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Arbitrary code execution: unauthenticated root shell access through Android Debug Bridge (ADB) leads to arbitrary code execution and system administration (CVE-2019-16273). These are stupid design decisions made by engineers who had no idea how to create a secure system. BoingBoing article.

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Trend Micro

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The September 2021 Patch Tuesday cycle is relatively good news for system administrators with only 66 total bulletins. Perhaps more significantly, only three of these were Critical bulletins.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 23, 2019

From a news article : Thrangrycat is awful for two reasons. Many systems don't even have administrative access configured correctly. It's tempting to dismiss the attack on the trusted computing module as a ho-hum flourish: after all, once an attacker has root on your system, all bets are off.

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

MAY 3, 2023

These messages can be captured and analysed by security professionals or system administrators for various purposes, including debugging and performance analysis. However, as demonstrated in this short article, ETW can also be a great resource for offense, finding providers useful for passive situational awareness.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

Kloster says he’s worked in many large companies in Omsk as a system administrator, web developer and photographer. The “about me” section of DenisKloster.com says the 35-year-old was born in Omsk, that he got his first computer at age 12, and graduated from high school at 16.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Our integration with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is a perfect example of how having the right data can enable the automation of everyday cybersecurity tasks. MS SCCM background Microsoft SCCM is a tool used by system administrators for software distribution and patch management in large enterprise IT environments.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

I write very technical posts around WordPress, around coding, and I’ve been doing a lot of speaking at WordCamps for the past year and a half about those topics like advanced coding topics, or systems administration, or those types of things. Oh, TwigPress. It’s T-W-I-G-P-R-E-S-S. That’s how I kind of got into WordPress.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2021

In a revision of KnowledgeBase article KB5005413 , Microsoft has provided more elaborate mitigation instructions for the PetitPotam attacks that were disclosed a week ago. The attack could force remote Windows systems to reveal password hashes that could then be easily cracked. PetitPotam.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

This article discusses top areas in IT where you need to strengthen cybersecurity measures to avoid data breaches and information loss: Networks. One of the most vulnerable areas that hackers use to infiltrate a company’s system is the network. Besides, cybercriminals are becoming craftier with sophisticated technology. Data Security.

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SiteLock

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This article reviews the above as well as some other security concerns. The audit process helps the customer ascertain that the provider has implemented and follows all the necessary security procedures, including those that specify rules for interacting with contractors and controlling the work of system administrators.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

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. So, I suppose it is really good that I took your article with a grain of salt instead of actually really getting upset.”.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 7, 2021

It also started the blog that became the basis for this article. In the latest episode of the Lock and Code podcast, host David Ruiz speaks to Ski Kacoroski—a system administrator with the Northshore School District in Washington state—about the immediate reaction, the planned response, and the long road to recovery from a ransomware attack.

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The State of Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A 40-year-old man could face up to 10 years in prison, after admitting in a US District Court to sabotaging his former employer’s computer systems.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In this article, you’ll find out about ransomware backup strategy , a set of possible ways to make your data more secure. Check our article about ransomware protection to find out more about protecting your data from ransomware. But there is a problem. Ransomware can infect backups. Can Ransomware Encrypt Backups?

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Malwarebytes

JULY 1, 2021

For further measures it is good to know that the exploit works by dropping a DLL in a subdirectory under C:WindowsSystem32spooldrivers, so system administrators can create a “Deny to modify” rule for that directory and its subdirectories so that even the SYSTEM account can not place a new DLL in them.

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SiteLock

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In this article, we will explore a malware encoding mechanism that hides the payload in RGB color codes. However, some methods, like those described in my article on “interesting” malware , are strange enough they can be overlooked as junk or broken code. Encoding Malware. Why Is Malware Encoded? About The Author.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Technical details of the Makop ransomware encryption tool have been greatly deepened by the Lifars security team ( link ), so, in this article, I am going to focus on other parts of the Makop gang arsenal leveraged to conduct digital extortions. Its name is YDArk and it is an open-source tool available even on GitHub ( link ).

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

When system administrators are setting up Duo to protect applications, they will also have the ability to provide familiar and consistent names for these applications. Customers will also be able to select a specific accent color that aligns with their branding to be used throughout the authentication prompt and mobile app experience.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 18, 2021

In this article, I describe poorly-documented, or completely undocumented, features that could stop working as advertised or disappear completely without notice in future releases of macOS. Signed System Volume (SSV) cryptographically sealed the boot volume and made it tamper-evident. Again, see support article HT210108.

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SiteLock

MAY 16, 2022

In this month’s article, we will talk about a fake plugin that was discovered during an unrelated investigation on a customer site. Maarten Broekman has worked as a system administrator and systems engineer for over 25 years, primarily in the shared web-hosting space. Fake WordPress plugins abound. Introduction.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 12, 2023

This article will provide an overview of the best cybersecurity certifications in 2023 and where you can sign up for them. Cybersecurity professionals are increasingly turning to online courses to earn their credentials, helping them stand out from the crowd and keep pace with an ever-changing industry.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

During one of the projects, an SQL injection into an application that was open to signup by any internet user let us obtain the credentials of an internal system administrator. Mitigation: use parameterized SQL queries in application source code instead of combining them with a SQL query template.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 16, 2023

This article discusses those questions by explaining common causes of false positives and how to mitigate them. Author Bio Chris Tozzi has worked as a Linux systems administrator and freelance writer with more than ten years of experience covering the tech industry, especially open source, DevOps, cloud native and security.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 12, 2021

I wrote this article in an attempt to answer the most common questions that people have about making a career in cybersecurity. System Administrator (or, sysadmin). Weighing in on the most common questions. I often interact with tons of people outside of my line of work who have questions about making a career in cybersecurity.

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Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

Denying anything happened gives system administrators more time to identify and patch newly discovered vulnerabilities. This article originally appeared on Inc.com. Then there are the repercussions to the company’s stock price. In short, there is no upside.

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Digital Shadows

JULY 5, 2021

On 02 July 2021, details started to emerge of a sophisticated supply-chain attack targeting Kaseya VSA, virtual system administrator software used to manage and monitor customers’ infrastructure. com/hc/en-gb/articles/4403440684689-Important-Notice-July-4th-2021 Kaseya REvil GitHub configuration dump: hxxps://gist.github[.]com/fwosar/a63e1249bfccb8395b961d3d780c0354

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Logging helps system administrators keep track of which users are making changes to the environment—something that would be nearly impossible to do manually. This article was originally published on May 24, 2017. Read more: Best Penetration Testing Tools for 2021. Enable security logs. It was updated by Kaiti Norton.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2023

In this article, we will define automatic patch management, explain how it operates, go through its benefits and drawbacks, and list some of the best practices and top automated patch management tools of 2023. It supports patching for Windows, macOS, and Linux systems, as well as third-party applications.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In this article we will learn how to address and effectively respond to major enterprise cybersecurity threats and provide tips to mitigate IT security risk. Today, c yber security incidents lead to significant damage, alarming organizations of all types and sizes in different geographic locations.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

It could be a system administrator who has access to sensitive defense information and recently just met an attractive fitness influencer on social media (hello, Iran !). A compromised customer account might use business email compromise tactics to phish everyone in that customer’s circle.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Our investigation revealed that this remote endpoint is associated with criminal activities dating back to 2019, indicating that these hosts were likely under the control of the same technical administration. This hostname connection is particularly heterogeneous, but it technically makes sense.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

It isn’t anyone’s fault, necessarily, since news articles about ransomware attacks often focus on the attack, the suspected threat actors, the ransomware type, and, well, not much else. Further, when recovering from a ransomware attack, there will almost always be what Kacaroski called a “system admin chokepoint.”.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 21, 2021

There is no patch for it yet (it is expected to be patched in early May), so system administrators will need to mitigate for the problem for now, rather than simply fixing it. According to some articles the threat-actors are linked to China. Please don’t wait for the patch. Mitigation requires a workaround.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

This article looks at the security functionality of SD-WAN solutions and how to bolster SD-WAN cybersecurity. This cloud-centric model offers administrators granular network management opportunities while leveraging the bandwidth and reducing the cost of service delivery. Jump ahead for a technical review on SD-WAN.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

This article looks at the remote desktop protocol, how RDP attacks work, best practices for defense, the prevalence of RDP attacks today, and how remote desktop software vendors are securing their clients. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following.

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