SecureList

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The other two variants should be loaded with the legitimate VLC.exe media player, which is abused to sideload the malicious library. The loader starts its activities by loading an encrypted payload from another file that should be present in the same directory. The code is similar to the standard loader – variant VLC A. dev/fam/mfe?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The fix: System administrators are encouraged to install the Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14 (CU14), which was issued in February 2024 and enabled NTLM credentials Relay Protection. Despite VMware’s three-year-old deprecation statement, unprotected systems remain at risk. and iPadOS 17.3.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Can Ransomware Encrypt Backups? Short answer: yes, there’s a chance your backup will be encrypted together with the source data. Ransomware can get into the system and encrypt your data, including data stored in the Google/Microsoft cloud. When the important data pieces are identified, the encryption begins.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 12, 2023

Why out-of-office attacks work Ransomware works by encrypting huge numbers of files on as many of an organization's computers as possible. You never think you're gonna be hit by ransomware," said Ski Kacoroski , a system administrator with the Northshore School District in Washington state, speaking on Malwarebytes' Lock & Code podcast.

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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. VSA server breached.

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Herjavec Group

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Ask your school system administrators to provide you their written cybersecurity policies and procedures concerning proposed remote learning capabilities. Ask your school system administrators to provide a copy of their incident response policies and plans. School Systems and Educators. So, what to do?

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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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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

Either in courts or in the media, hackers have been demonized. I've been in touch with some notable names and media and they've you know, they've assured me that they'll make a best effort. McAninch: So we have throughout the last year, year and a half, we've reached out to a lot of different media outlets. McAninch: Excellent.

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

This was at a time when CD-R were at their peak, giving you 650-700 MB and USB media was not yet on the scene. However, because BackTrack was getting to be known, it had grown legs, started appearing in the media, it was becoming ingrained in pop culture, they wanted to keep the momentum going.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

????????Fifteen years after the launch of the microblogging social media platform, Twitter remains a dominant public forum for instant communication with individuals and organizations worldwide on a universe of topics, including #cybersecurity. Denial-of-Suez attack. pic.twitter.com/gvP2ne9kTR — Graham Cluley (@gcluley) March 25, 2021.

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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. We confirmed several victims in the manufacturing, home network service, media and construction sectors.

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