Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. Usually, these users have no idea their systems are compromised. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

By using a misconfigured Cisco Duo MFA implementation to force enrollment of a new device, the hackers were then able to use the “PrintNightmare” Windows Print Spooler vulnerability ( CVE-2021-34527 and CVE-2021-36958 ) to obtain administrator privileges. Also read: Best Patch Management Software. Security Best Practices.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Researchers at firmware security firm Eclypsium discovered multiple vulnerabilities referred as USBAnywhere that could be exploited to potentially allow an attacker to take over the baseboard management controller (BMC) for three different models of Supermicro server boards: the X9, X10, and X11. ” continues the analysis.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Various businesses and organizations rely on these systems. Authentication mechanisms such as Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) and Kerberos also rely heavily on time. As such, should there be a severe mismatch in time, users would not be able to authenticate and gain access to systems. Mitigation.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The agencies offered some sound cybersecurity advice for BlackByte that applies pretty generally: Conduct regular backups and store them as air-gapped, password-protected copies offline. Update and patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates and patches are released.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Attackers target certain administrative API functions on these devices using specially crafted input. The fix: ASUS released firmware updates to address the vulnerabilities. The fix: Users should follow SEL’s security updates and latest software versions pages for fixes. version of Superset.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 18, 2021

When a new release of an operating system comes out, normal people find out what’s new by attending developer conferences, reading release notes, changelogs, reviews. Me, I download the software development kit (SDK) for the new version, and diff it with the current version. This instantly disables NO_SMT system-wide.

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