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Cyber Threat warning issued to all internet connected UPS devices

CyberSecurity Insiders

UPS Devices are emergency power backup solutions that offer electric power help in the time of emergency to hospitals, industries, data centers and utilities. However, in some countries like UK, certain UPS device making companies are offering them connected to the internet.

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‘Wormable’ Flaw Leads July Microsoft Patches

Krebs on Security

” CVE-2020-1350 is just the latest worry for enterprise system administrators in charge of patching dangerous bugs in widely-used software. The Windows Server isn’t the only nasty one addressed this month that malware or malcontents can use to break into systems without any help from users.

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A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

Krebs on Security

“The command requires Windows system administrators,” Truniger’s ads explained. “Experience in backup, increase privileges, mikicatz, network. Semen-7907 registered at Tunngle from the Internet address 31.192.175[.]63 Details after contacting on jabber: truniger@xmpp[.]jp.”

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Top IT Areas You Need to Check to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

One of the most vulnerable areas that hackers use to infiltrate a company’s system is the network. The Internet network is vulnerable as cybercriminals are lurking online, waiting to intercept loopholes for hacking systems. Company systems require various software programs to function. Data Backup. Data Security.

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Florence, Ala. Hit By Ransomware 12 Days After Being Alerted by KrebsOnSecurity

Krebs on Security

City officials now say they plan to pay the ransom demand, in hopes of keeping the personal data of their citizens off of the Internet. Nevertheless, on Friday, June 5, the intruders sprang their attack, deploying ransomware and demanding nearly $300,000 worth of bitcoin.

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China-linked threat actors have breached telcos and network service providers

Security Affairs

Perform regular data backup procedures and maintain up-to-date incident response and recovery procedures. Isolate Internet-facing services in a network Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to reduce the exposure of the internal network [ D3-NI ]. Ensure that you have dedicated management systems [ D3-PH ] and accounts for system administrators.

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PrintNightmare 0-day can be used to take over Windows domain controllers

Malwarebytes

As a Domain Admin they could then act almost with impunity, spreading ransomware, deleting backups and even disabling security software. For the systems that do need the Print Spooler service to be running make sure they are not exposed to the internet. Mitigation.