Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2022

If the NAS is exposed to the Internet the dashboard will display the message “The System Administration service can be directly accessible from an external IP address via the following protocols: HTTP.”. Administrator of devices exposed to the Internet should: Disable the Port Forwarding function of the router.

Internet 86

Internet Internet Ransomware Encryption 86

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

The command-and-control beacons allowed Royal to prepare the City’s network resources for the May 03, 2023, ransomware encryption attack.” The City experts believe that the group specifically targeted a prioritized list of servers using legitimate Microsoft system administrative tools. ” continues the report.

Ransomware 102

Ransomware Surveillance Healthcare Accountability 102

SecureWorld News

APRIL 19, 2021

Being a systems administrator can be a fulfilling job with a lot of rewards. But if you're a SysAdmin for a hacking group, you could be rewarded with time behind bars. This is exactly what is happening to 35-year-old Fedir Hladyr, who was a SysAdmin for the hacking group FIN7.

System Administration 90

System Administration Hacking Malware Encryption 90

Malwarebytes

APRIL 20, 2021

Ukrainian nationals Dmytro Fedorov, Fedir Hladyr, and Andrii Kolpakov, were members of a prolific hacking group widely known as FIN7. Hladyr also controlled the organization’s encrypted channels of communication. According to acting US Attorney Tessa M.

System Administration 83

System Administration Banking Malware Penetration Testing 83

Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Now new findings reveal that AVrecon is the malware engine behind a 12-year-old service called SocksEscort , which rents hacked residential and small business devices to cybercriminals looking to hide their true location online. Usually, these users have no idea their systems are compromised. Image: Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs.

Malware 205

Malware VPN Internet Internet 205

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The Internet network is vulnerable as cybercriminals are lurking online, waiting to intercept loopholes for hacking systems. Thus, it would be best if you secured all networks by incorporating firewalls and advanced encryption technology. Implementing high-level encryptions will also keep your company data secure.

Cybersecurity 90

Cybersecurity Data breaches Backups Firewall 90

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.”

Ransomware 219

Ransomware Accountability Cybercrime Backups 219

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

“They exhibit extensive knowledge of systems administration and common network security misconfigurations, perform thorough reconnaissance, and adapt to what they discover in a compromised network.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, Human-operated ransomare). ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

Ransomware 114

Ransomware Cybercrime Social Engineering Banking 114

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

“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.

Cybersecurity 119

Cybersecurity Penetration Testing System Administration Cyber Attacks 119

Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Their operations are based on the human operator ransomware practice where most of the intrusion is handled by hands-on keyboard criminals, even in the encryption stage. Makop ransomware gang is classified as a tier-B ransomware actor, but despite this, they keep hitting companies in Europe and Italy.

Ransomware 82

Ransomware Software System Administration Encryption 82

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has a reference that can help system administrators and security teams establish a benchmark to secure their Docker engine. For instance, restrict access to the daemon and encrypt the communication protocols it uses to connect to the network. Security Affairs – Docker APIs, hacking).

Engineering 83

Engineering Cryptocurrency System Administration Advertising 83

IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

When you have multiple services communicating with each other through APIs, then your entire system becomes exposed when any one service gets hacked. They provide authentication, authorization, encryption, anomaly detection, and protection against DDoS attacks. Microservices communicate over APIs. API Security Tools.

DDOS 113

DDOS Authentication Architecture Social Engineering 113

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

.” The analysis of the bot revealed that it supports seven functions: reverse shell, self-uninstall, gather process’ network information, gather Bot information, execute system commands, run encrypted files specified in URLs, DDoS attack, etc.

DDOS 79

DDOS System Administration Advertising DNS 79

Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

But let’s see what are the execution binaries and what an administrator will see because this analysis IS for rise the system administration awareness: Code execution: execve("/tmp/upgrade""); // to execute upgrade. Further details of this family of ELF malware we posted regularly in here:–>[link]”.

DDOS 83

DDOS Malware Encryption Penetration Testing 83

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) service is a built-in component of the Microsoft Windows operating system. The BITS service is used by programmers and system administrators to download files from or upload files to HTTP web servers and SMB file shares.

Malware 80

Malware Advertising System Administration Spyware 80

SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

It could be compromised directly or by hacking the account of someone with access to the website management. Cybercriminals also used to hack into servers of organizations to use them as relay servers to throw investigators off the scent and make it harder to trace the main C&C center. Change of targets.

Cybercrime 140

Cybercrime Banking Malware Ransomware 140

SecureWorld News

JUNE 12, 2023

Some courses are tailored to a specific discipline, while others may be broader, covering areas such as network security , ethical hacking, and more. This course could be useful for web developers looking to build more secure websites by implementing security features such as data encryption.

Cybersecurity 63

Cybersecurity Cyber threats Marketing Healthcare 63

ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

Is hacking a crime? Bryan McAninch (Aph3x) talks about his organization, Hacking Is Not A Crime , and the ethical line it draws on various hacking activities. I used to hack the phone company quite a bit. I was like living in our systems for years and I want to get in some trouble for that.

Hacking 52

Hacking Technology InfoSec Media 52

SecureList

JUNE 17, 2021

The ransomware is coded in Python and compiled to an executable using PyInstaller; it supports two encryption modes: one generated dynamically and one using a hardcoded key. Code analysis revealed an amateurish development cycle and a possibility to recover files encrypted with Black Kingdom with the help of the hardcoded key.

Ransomware 134

Ransomware Encryption VPN System Administration 134

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). What are the benefits of cyber security awareness trainings?

Security Awareness 40

Security Awareness Risk Cyber threats Cyber Risk 40

Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

The Originating Malvertising Campaign According to CTI investigation on the adversary infrastructure, we were able to identify an ongoing campaign luring system administrators to install the malicious code into their machines. Bots “public-key” and “private-key” are randomly generated at process startup time.

Malware 82

Malware Social Engineering Encryption Marketing 82

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.

Ransomware 138

Ransomware Malware Banking Encryption 138

Security Boulevard

APRIL 17, 2023

How will this impact SSL certificates that are used for AS2 Signing/Encryption payload certificates that cannot be automated? However, the burden of system administrators carrying this out five or six times a year should not be underestimated.

Software 49

Software Encryption System Administration CISO 49

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Shah provides her expertise in hacking, software development, and kernel development and advocates for open source initiatives. Kennedy founded cybersecurity-focused TrustedSec and Binary Defense Systems and co-authored Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide. — Dave Kennedy (@HackingDave) July 15, 2020.

Accountability 139

Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 139

eSecurity Planet

JULY 6, 2021

Kaseya’s flagship product is a remote monitoring and management (RMM) solution called the Virtual Systems Administrator (VSA) and is the product at the center of the current attack. When administrators noticed suspicious behavior on Friday, Kaseya shut down VSA. Establishing Standards for Secure Systems.

Ransomware 121

Ransomware B2B Software System Administration 121

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Encryption secures all confidential data. TLS (Transport Layer Security) security protocol uses in combination with various encryption methods to secure communications. Email hacking is a prevalent communication security breach. For example, in 2019 attackers hacked 773 million Outlook emails. File management.

Authentication 79

Authentication Passwords Software Accountability 79

Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

Being a system administrator, a patch could contain a security update to stop a vulnerability. At one stage, Wireless hacking “was the thing”, so we needed to support injection on as many cards as possible. In information security (infosec) there is the need to be on the latest version.

InfoSec 52

InfoSec Penetration Testing Architecture Software 52

Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Twitter was hacked this week. 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.

Hacking 315

Hacking Banking Accountability Government 315

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Government Accountability Office (GAO) provides detailed information of the Equifax hack. The Equifax hack occurred in May 2017 when attackers exploited the CVE-2017-5638 Apache Struts vulnerability in the Jakarta Multipart parser upload function. Because this one was expired, the system was unable to inspect encrypted traffic.

Hacking 63

Hacking Encryption Advertising Government 63