SecureList

MAY 23, 2024

Today, although null sessions still exist and are enabled by default on domain controllers (most likely for compatibility purposes), most system administrators close this capability by hardening the security policies and monitoring domain controller activities, including anonymous access through SMB.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 31, 2023

How to Meet Phishing-Resistant MFA madhav Tue, 08/01/2023 - 05:18 Incorporating multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a fundamental security measure for your organization is now considered standard practice. MFA bombing or MFA fatigue attacks demonstrate the limitations of simple two-factor or multi-factor authentication.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 2, 2021

Security analysts from the National Security Agency are advising system administrators of various companies to use multi-factor authentication, time-out and lock-out feature in password authentication and conduct network segmentation to weed out any cyber threats lurking in the corporate network.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

In mere seconds, a hacker remotely accessed a computer belonging to a regional Russian Ministry of Health, taking advantage of sloppy cybersecurity practices to expose its entire network. Spielerkid89, who wished to remain anonymous, did not intend to harm the organization and left its systems intact. Original post at [link].

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2020

It was this week's bombshell cybersecurity news. Some of the most secret parts of the CIA appear to have worse cybersecurity than a typical small or medium-sized business (SMB). Senator Ron Wyden revealed that this has been known within the agency for years and well documented, yet "woefully lax" cybersecurity persists.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2024

GitHub Enterprise Server and GitLab patched their authentication bypass and XSS issues. If your system is already exposed to a DDoS attack, explore our guidelines on how to perform DDoS attack prevention in three stages. This affected system administrators worldwide. 3.11.10, 3.10.12, and 3.9.15.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 17, 2023

Cybersecurity Ventures predicts by 2031 ransomware will cost victims $265 billion annually, and it will affect a business, consumer, or device every 2 seconds. Add Multi-factor Authentication Customers can add Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) for CipherTrust Encryption (CTE), to get an additional layer of protection at the folder/file level.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) also published a security advisory on the CVE-2020-4006 zero-day flaw. ” According to the NSA, the threat actors installed a web shell on the VMWare Workspace ONE system and then forged SAML credentials for themselves. .” ” concludes the advisory.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

US NSA, CISA, and the FBI published a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn that China-linked threat actors have breached telecommunications companies and network service providers. Enforce multifactor authentication (MFA) for all users, without exception [ D3-MFA ]. ” reads the advisory published by the US agencies.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning to Critical Infrastructure (CI) owners and operators, and other users who get the time from GPS, about a GPS Daemon (GPSD) bug in GPSD versions 3.20 Various businesses and organizations rely on these systems. through 3.22.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2021

Privileged accounts assigned special logon credentials to system administrators in charge of onboarding and off boarding users, updating and fixing IT systems and carrying out other network-wide tasks. There are a lot of moving parts to modern IT systems. This inertia is not at all surprising.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

Broken Authentication 5. Broken Authentication 5. Mitigation: implement authentication and authorization controls according to the role-based access model. An XSS attack against the application’s clients can be used for obtaining user authentication information, such as cookies, phishing or spreading malware.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 23, 2021

Last Saturday the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an urgent warning that threat actors are actively exploiting three Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities— CVE-2021-34473 , CVE-2021-34523 , and CVE-2021-31207. The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass the authentication process.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. OpenFire vulnerability persists Open-source chat server OpenFire has been affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2023-32315) since May.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. OpenFire vulnerability persists Open-source chat server OpenFire has been affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2023-32315) since May.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Alarmingly, this API lacks any form of authentication, allowing virtually anyone, even a malicious website you might visit, to send commands to the CLI. They can be remotely exploited without authentication, potentially enabling remote code execution, service disruptions, and arbitrary operations on the routers. via port 8076.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2023

User Authentication: In addition to checking VLAN IDs to ensure they match and are approved for that particular VLAN, many other user authentication methods are typically used to ensure devices and users are approved for that VLAN. Trunk: The trunk port forwards and facilitates VLAN-to-VLAN communication across multiple VLANs.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Recent years presented a torrent of research showing how vulnerable RDP systems are for organizations not taking additional cybersecurity precautions. RDP intrusions are typically the result of two attacker methods: brute force authentication attempts or a meddler-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. What are RDP Attacks?

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 19, 2022

A new advisory issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the US Treasury Department (Treasury), highlights the cyberthreats associated with cryptocurrency thefts and tactics used by a North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) group since at least 2020.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2020

The vulnerability could potentially allow an authenticated attacker to gain access to corporate network, access to sensitive data, and control private clouds within an entire infrastructure. “An authenticated actor may be able to send malicious traffic to VMware Cloud Director which may lead to arbitrary remote code execution.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

Using misconfigured multi-factor authentication (MFA) and an unpatched Windows vulnerability, Russian state-sponsored hackers were able to breach a non-governmental organization (NGO) and escalate privileges, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI revealed last week. Vigilance is Required.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 12, 2022

There are a few notable exploited misconfigurations, from default built-in file sharing, and lack of password enforcement, albeit no password to multi-factor authentication (MFA), to the risks of legacy protocols and OAuth apps, that can bring a little clarity to understanding the complex landscape that is a company’s SaaS security posture.

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SC Magazine

JULY 7, 2021

Multiple critical vulnerabilities in Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform Portal could enable an attacker to take control over an affected system, according to a recent Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency alert. flaw, which is caused by improper authentication. and earlier.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

They then were able to trick some 18,000 companies into deploying an authentically-signed Orion update carrying a heavily-obfuscated backdoor. Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of Defense (DoD) released information on a RAT variant, dubbed TAIDOOR, used by China-linked hackers in cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. v1 , U.S. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Regardless of the user authentication mechanism used, privileges must be built into the operating system, file system, applications, databases, hypervisors, cloud platforms, network infrastructure. The concept of PIM, in contrast to PAM, is aimed at managing existing accounts: administrator, root, etc. Issues with terms.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 21, 2021

Cybersecurity sleuths Mandiant report that they are tracking “12 malware families associated with the exploitation of Pulse Secure VPN devices” operated by groups using a set of related techniques to bypass both single and multi-factor authentication. CVE-2020-8243 a vulnerability in the Pulse Connect Secure < 9.1R8.2

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Figure 1: Passive Requirements Continuing with site system administrator requirements , if a site system installation account is not utilized, the passive site server is required to have the same administrative rights for each site system deployed in the site (Figure 2).

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2020

The prospect of remotely-taught lessons remaining widespread for some time to come has profound privacy and cybersecurity implications, going forward. Says Keeler: “Implementing a robust SSO offering ensures strong authentication, robust password management, as well authorization to the right resources.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

Related: How ‘PAM’ improves authentication. Leading-edge cybersecurity systems in service today apply machine learning in some amazing ways to help large enterprises identify and instantly respond to cyber threats. SMBs today face a daunting balancing act. However, this is overkill for many, if not most, SMBs. “You

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

cybersecurity agencies, which highlighted the threats in a pair of warnings issued in recent days. And the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 15 more vulnerabilities to its list of actively exploited vulnerabilities. cybersecurity advisories in recent weeks. The FBI and U.S. 7 SP1, 8, 8.1)

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

CIOs must come to grips with the fact that we're all human and that shortcuts don't have a place when developing strong cybersecurity habits. Simple things such as not clicking on unknown attachments or deleting a suspicious request for a passcode are easy ways to stay out of harm's way. Our job is to look at the problem holistically.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 27, 2021

You never think you’re gonna be hit by ransomware,” says Ski Kacoroski , a system administrator with the Northshore School District in Washington state. We reached out to Adam Kujawa, Malwarebytes’ resident cybersecurity evangelist, and asked what organizations can do to minimize the chance their holiday weekend will be disrupted.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Authentication and password management. Passwords are one of the least safe user authentication methods, yet they are also frequently used for web applications for safeguarding online data. Authentication is the procedure of confirming that a person, organization, or site is who they say they are. Session management.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 12, 2023

You never think you're gonna be hit by ransomware," said Ski Kacoroski , a system administrator with the Northshore School District in Washington state, speaking on Malwarebytes' Lock & Code podcast. On the podcast, Kacoroski spoke about Northshore’s nighttime attack: "It was an early Saturday morning.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

CloudPassage’s 2021 AWS Cloud Security Report found that misconfiguration of cloud platforms (71 percent), exfiltration of sensitive data (59 percent), and insecure APIs (54 percent) are the top cloud security threats facing cybersecurity professionals. What authentication methods does the provider support? Train your staff.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2022

The experts pointed out that it also allows authenticated user-mode processes to interact with the rootkit to control it. Linux rootkits are malware installed as kernel modules in the operating system. ” Security Affairs is one of the finalists for the best European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS.

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