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Facebook May Have Gotten Hacked, and Maybe It’s Better We Don’t Know

Adam Levin

Denying anything happened gives system administrators more time to identify and patch newly discovered vulnerabilities. An unexpected delay in network connections could mean a hardware failure, but it could also signify a hijacked DNS server. Then there are the repercussions to the company’s stock price.

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Backdoored Webmin versions were available for download for over a year

Security Affairs

Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. It allows users using web browsers to set up user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. SecurityAffairs – Webmin, hacking). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author

Krebs on Security

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. Tips from international private cyber security firms triggered the investigation.”.

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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

eSecurity Planet

“Certifications range from penetration testers , government/industry regulatory compliance , ethical hacking , to industry knowledge,” he said. It’s designed for incident handlers, incident handling team leads, system administrators, security practitioners, and security architects.

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Roboto, a new P2P botnet targets Linux Webmin servers

Security Affairs

The Roboto botnet spreads by compromising systems by exploiting the Webmin RCE vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-15107 to drop its downloader module on Linux servers running vulnerable installs. Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix.

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9 Best Penetration Testing Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

A significant number of the tools below are included in Kali Linux, a dedicated operating system for pen testing and ethical hacking. Amass is an open-source network mapper that is particularly efficient for DNS (Domain Name System) and subdomain enumeration. Useful links. Download Gobuster. Backed by OWASP. Useful links.

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New Linux/DDosMan threat emerged from an evolution of the older Elknot

Security Affairs

But if we go on the Akamai blog we can still find a reference to Elknot posted on April 4, 2016 on a topic referred to “ BillGates ”, another DDoS malware whose “ attack vectors available within the toolkit include: ICMP flood, TCP flood, UDP flood, SYN flood, HTTP Flood (Layer7) and DNS reflection floods. O"]); // for persistence.

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