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FBI Issues Private Industry Notification in Light of Florida Water Plant Hack

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As reported earlier this week , the Oldsmar water treatment systems were remotely accessed by an unknown threat actor via TeamViewer, the popular software tool designed for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, and file transfer between computers.

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Ransomware – Stop’em Before They Wreak Havoc

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This results in the malware (binary) to run as a process on the victim’s end user system (endpoint) or server. Exploit Software Vulnerabilities: Cybercriminals can take advantage of security weaknesses in widely used software to gain access to a victim’s system and deploy ransomware.

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FBI’s alert warns about using Windows 7 and TeamViewer

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The FBI is warning companies about the use of out-of-date Windows 7 systems, desktop sharing software TeamViewer, and weak account passwords. “TeamViewer’s legitimate use, however, makes anomalous activity less suspicious to end users and system administrators compared to typical RATs.” Windows 10).

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Critical vulnerabilities in Philips Vue PACS devices could allow remote takeover

SC Magazine

The second vulnerability is caused by a third-party software component from Redis. flaw, which is caused by improper authentication. If a user claims to have a given identity within the Vue platform, the Redis software does not prove or insufficiently proves the users’ claims are correct.

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Top 10 web application vulnerabilities in 2021–2023

SecureList

Broken Authentication 5. Broken Authentication 5. Mitigation: implement authentication and authorization controls according to the role-based access model. Set firewall filters to prevent access to unauthorized domains. Broken Access Control 2. Broken Access Control 2. SQL Injection 3. Cross-Site Scripting 3.

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US govt agencies share details of the China-linked espionage malware Taidoor

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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. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication.

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Brazil expert discovers Oracle flaw that allows massive DDoS attacks

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RPCBIND is software that provides client programs with the information they need about server programs available on a network. On that day, one of the web application firewalls (WAFs) installed in the XLabs SOC (security operations center) detected an abnormal pattern of network traffic that caught the eye of Mauricio.

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