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FBI Issues Flash Advisory on Conti Ransomware Attacks Impacting Healthcare and First Responder Networks

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The bureau explains that such attacks are crippling to society, delaying access to real-time information, increasing safety risks to first responders and potentially endangering those who rely on calls for service. Once Conti actors deploy the ransomware, they may stay in the network and beacon out using Anchor DNS.”.

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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

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It covers seven security domains: security operations and administration; access controls ; risk identification, monitoring and analysis; incident response and recovery; cryptography ; network and communications security; and systems and application security. An online review course and practice quiz are available.

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Defending Against Misconfigured MFA & PrintNightmare Vulnerabilities

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Applying the patches does not eliminate all risks but not doing so would be a significant risk. System administrators can schedule scans to spot unauthorized system modifications or unwanted additional SSH accesses. ” Microsoft partially mitigated the bug but not the privilege escalation.

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Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security

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As remote desktop solutions are prevalent among IT and managed service providers (MSP), downstream clients can be at risk, as Kaseya experienced in 2021. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following. Reconnaissance.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

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Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. Haddix continues to provide his insights while serving as the Head of Security and Risk Management for Ubisoft. Denial-of-Suez attack. pic.twitter.com/gvP2ne9kTR — Graham Cluley (@gcluley) March 25, 2021.