Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Malware, or code written for malicious purposes, is evolving. To understand the new dangers malicious code poses to developers, it helps to take a brief look back at the history of malware. Malicious code, or malware, is intentionally written to disrupt, damage, or otherwise inflict undesirable effects on a target system.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

ESET researchers discovered a new malware associated with the Stealth Falcon APT group that abuses the Windows BITS service to stealthy exfiltrate data. Security researchers from discovered a new malware associated with the Stealth Falcon cyber espionage group that abuses the Windows BITS service to stealthy exfiltrate data.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 17, 2023

Ransomware is a vicious type of malware that infects your laptop/desktop or server. Cybercriminals use it as a launching pad to block access to business-critical systems by encrypting data in files, databases, or entire computer systems, until the victim pays a ransom. What is Ransomware?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

. “Beyond its legitimate uses, TeamViewer allows cyber actors to exercise remote control over computer systems and drop files onto victim computers, making it functionally similar to Remote Access Trojans (RATs),” states the FBI’s PIN alert. Audit network configurations and isolate computer systems that cannot be updated.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Here are my takeaways: Skills deficit Over the past 20 years, enterprises have shelled out small fortunes in order to stock their SOCs with the best firewalls, anti-malware suites, intrusion detection, data loss prevention and sandbox detonators money can buy. But that hasn’t been enough. Take PowerShell-enabled breaches, for instance.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Thus, it would be best if you secured all networks by incorporating firewalls and advanced encryption technology. Human errors often lead to data breaches, malware, and virus attacks that might compromise the company’s systems. Security Systems. Human Resources. Businesses require the input of human resources.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

With lateral movement across a victim’s IT infrastructure, threat actors can escalate privileges, spread malware , extract data , and disrupt IT services as with ransomware attacks. SamSam Ransomware: Malware Specializing in RDP. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following.

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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. So, what to do?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

It’s designed for incident handlers, incident handling team leads, system administrators, security practitioners, and security architects. The GCIH certification validates your ability to detect and resolve computer security incidents using a wide range of essential security skills.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In this article, we’ll describe their new toolset, the malware used to steal and exfiltrate data, and the techniques used by this group to move laterally and conduct espionage operations. The malware uses a static seed to generate a 256-byte XOR_KEY block using shuffle and add operations.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

SiteLock customers using the TrueShield web application firewall (WAF) are protected by default. Administrators are urged to configure their servers to deny the use of vulnerable Diffie-Helman key exchange algorithms. Researchers provided a guide for system administrators, and the SSL Server Test can verify configuration results.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

This cloud-centric model offers administrators granular network management opportunities while leveraging the bandwidth and reducing the cost of service delivery. SD-WAN segmentation capabilities allow administrators to separate traffic according to application characteristics and network policies. Encrypting Data in Transit.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. August 25, 2023 Exploit publicly released for Juniper Networks OS vulnerability A number of vulnerabilities in Juniper Networks’ Junos OS affects both the SRX and EX firewall series.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. August 25, 2023 Exploit publicly released for Juniper Networks OS vulnerability A number of vulnerabilities in Juniper Networks’ Junos OS affects both the SRX and EX firewall series.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 17, 2023

Namely, there are scripts using commands that an attacker could use to steal data from the company’s network , but which also resembled legitimate administrative tasks used by IT professionals for various system administration tasks. But, lo and behold, it was a RaaS gang the whole time!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Once the hackers gain an inside entry in an organisation’s IT systems, they deploy a file-encrypting malware known as ransomware. While front line defense mechanisms like firewalls, anti-theft, anti-spyware, etc. In these cases, pre-encrypted files aren’t able to be scanned by the malware and are thus not attacked.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 15, 2024

Notable malware include Gh0st RAT, RedTail, XMRig, and the Muhstik botnet. CVE-2024-3596 allows an adversary-in-the-middle attack between PAN-OS firewalls and RADIUS servers, potentially escalating privileges to ‘superuser’ via insecure CHAP or PAP settings. Affected products include: PAN-OS versions prior to 11.1.3,

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Website security is unique because, while it can be used in tandem with other cybersecurity solutions, it is the only type of cybersecurity solution that can actually protect a website from malicious threats, such as malware and vulnerabilities. As our intro paragraph confirms, website attacks are on the rise. Website Security Solutions.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

Set firewall filters to prevent access to unauthorized domains. During one of the projects, an SQL injection into an application that was open to signup by any internet user let us obtain the credentials of an internal system administrator. Prevent requests to any resources not on that list.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This reveals a likely blind spot for defenders and endpoint vendors: in a number of cases, perhaps even the majority, attackers have no need for 0-days and malware deployment to gain access to the information they need. SIGINT-delivered malware. 2023 will very likely be a year of 0-days for all major email software. The next WannaCry.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

A defense-in-depth strategy that includes firewalls, anti-malware, intrusion detection, and access control has long been the standard for endpoint security. Logging helps system administrators keep track of which users are making changes to the environment—something that would be nearly impossible to do manually.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 24, 2017

Methods of Using Zero Day Vulnerability An overview of the majority of malware infections known as zero-day vulnerabilities and a guide on how to prevent zero-day attacks. These include infiltrating malware, spyware or allowing unwanted ассеѕѕ to user information.

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NopSec

MARCH 16, 2020

As for vulnerability identification, there have been lately a flurry of high risk threat-related vulnerabilities affecting remote connectivity systems. Did you have a preferential channel of communication with IT to communicate emergency security patching procedures for remote teleworking systems?

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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). You will create cyber awareness among your staff, as well as users, partners, customers.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

It could be a system administrator who has access to sensitive defense information and recently just met an attractive fitness influencer on social media (hello, Iran !). URLs within the email may also link to malware or might be connected to an ad-click scam. In any case, phishing can lead to some big trouble for organizations.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2022

Duff: And so, out emerged this Excel spreadsheet of different behaviors that the red team was performing, which would allow us to focus rather on hashes, or specific malware, it allows us to focus on the higher level behaviors to improve our defenses. Rather than -- I need a firewall -- maybe ATT&CK suggests a specific type of firewall.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

China-linked hackers carried out cyber espionage campaigns targeting governments, corporations, and think tanks with TAIDOOR malware. “CISA encourages users and administrators to review Malware Analysis Report MAR-10292089-1.v1 See the latest malware analysis report on their TTPs at @CNMF_CyberAlert. v1 , U.S. .

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