Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running. Details after contacting on jabber: truniger@xmpp[.]jp.”

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2022

CyberArk and Venafi teamed up to offer an integrated solution for enterprise-wide governance and risk reduction by enabling easy and robust management of SSH keys. Higher levels of automation for system administrators. The integration with Venafi’s SSH Protect solution is designed to provide. Better visibility for InfoSec teams.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 23, 2019

The SEIA bill passed on June 27th in the Senate could be a good start to isolate and segment the most important control systems of the U.S. But government bills and regulations can at best only mandate what organizations should be doing on their own to protect themselves and the people who depend on them.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 21, 2022

CISA breaks down the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by the gang: "Intrusions begin with a large number of spearphishing messages sent to employees of cryptocurrency companies—often working in system administration or software development/IT operations (DevOps)—on a variety of communication platforms.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest? Specifically, these tools address a number of security requirements, including patch management , endpoint encryption, VPNs , and insider threat prevention among others. Encrypt data in motion and at rest. Encryption is a key part of any cloud security strategy.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. Image: treasury.gov.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 4, 2024

ISO/IEC 42001, the first global standard for AI management systems, offers helpful direction for this dynamic technology area. ISO/IEC 42001 provides a framework for enterprises to follow to balance innovation with governance while managing AI’s risks and potential.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 9, 2018

Privileged users today can include a multitude of people from system administrators, network engineers, and database administrators, to data center operators, upper management, and security personnel. Best practice also calls for strong cryptographic key management and encryption of data at rest to ensure data security.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

Enhances visibility, administration, and security control using native cloud security services and APIs across cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Ensures encryption , data loss prevention (DLP) , and access restrictions to protect data from unwanted access, data leakage, and exfiltration.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Always keep your eyes open to control-rights of the senior IT managers or systems administrators with the authority to configure servers, firewalls, cloud storage, and file-sharing (or another network privilege). Protect your business from cyber assaults and never assume that cyber risk management occurs on its own!

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

To top it off, cybercriminals make use of legitimate services that are meant to help system administrators, such as PSexec, which allows remote execution of programs. System administrators that take care of physical networks are no longer needed — with cloud services management being an easy task.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Least privilege access is at its core, requiring every single connection within a network to be authenticated and authorized before they are granted access to a system. This relies on governance policies for authorization. PAM is the utility that verifies the permissions for administrative users according to these policies.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

The final payload is a remote administration tool that provides full control over the victim machine to its operators. Communication with the server can take place either over raw TCP sockets encrypted with RC4, or via HTTPS. The ransomware supports two encryption modes: one generated dynamically and one using a hardcoded key.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

Deny and alert: Notify systems administrator of potentially malicious traffic. For teams in industries like financial services, healthcare, and government, the more specific the access rule, the better. But while all firewalls should protect business data and systems, some won’t need that much protection.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2021

hospitals, governments, critical infrastructure), or how much of a ransom payment an affiliate should expect for bringing the group access to a new victim network. REvil’s last big victim was Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 23, 2018

The shift towards consolidation, especially in the federal government, is also abundantly clear with the increase of hyperconverged infrastructure adoption and the push for organizations to do more with less. achieves performance without compromising security. What does this mean for federal agencies?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. Green’s contributions to applied cryptography are profound, and his other research includes securing storage and payment systems. Denial-of-Suez attack. Jack Daniel | @jack_daniel.

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

It was a government contract, and he was not allowed to bring in his own laptop nor allowed to install any software on their machines. Being a system administrator, a patch could contain a security update to stop a vulnerability. Infrastructure With BackTrack, we were using subversion for our control system.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

Instead, the US government did, saying quote Stealing is stealing whether you use a computer command or crowbar and whether you take documents data or dollars. I've often advised people to pursue that path that really get a solid foundation on the legacy technology or legacy concepts of coding, networking and system administration type stuff.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Someone compromised the entire Twitter network, probably by stealing the log-in credentials of one of Twitter's system administrators. These DMs are not end-to-end encrypted, meaning that they are unencrypted inside Twitter's network and could have been available to the hackers. Or to escalate an international dispute.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Government Accountability Office (GAO) provides detailed information of the Equifax hack. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report on the Equifax hack that includes further details on the incident. “In July 2017, Equifax system administrators discovered that attackers had gained. The network.

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