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Hackers Alter Cobalt Strike Beacon to Target Linux Environments

eSecurity Planet

Cobalt Strike Beacon Linux enables emulation of advanced attacks to a network over HTTP, HTTPS, or DNS. It’s a DNS-based communication that helps circumvent classic defense mechanisms that focus on HTTP traffic. A New Variant of Cobalt Strike. It provides a console where you can open a beacon session and enter specific commands.

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An MSP and SMB guide to disaster preparation, recovery and remediation

Webroot

Key steps and solutions should be followed to prepare and respond to cyber threats or attacks against your organization. It’s also essential to ensure end-users are trained on ransomware threats as a part of a good security awareness training program. Ransomware hits user’s laptops, encrypting all of the data.

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Point-of-Sale (POS) Security Measures for 2021

eSecurity Planet

UDPoS malware, only recently discovered by Forcepoint researchers, poses as a LogMeIn service pack and uses DNS requests to transfer stolen data to a command and control server. Three steps to an ideal POS security solution. ” For more, see Designing Employee Security Awareness Training That Works. Errors to avoid.

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