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Yandex security team caught admin selling access to users’ inboxes

Security Affairs

Russian internet and search company Yandex discloses a data breach, a system administrator was selling access to thousands of user mailboxes. The security incident was discovered during a routine screening by its internal security team, an internal investigation is still ongoing.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

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. SocksEscort[.]com com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service.

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Meet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet

Krebs on Security

Kloster says he’s worked in many large companies in Omsk as a system administrator, web developer and photographer. “Thanks to you, we are now developing in the field of information security and anonymity!,” “I opened an American visa for myself, it was not difficult to get.

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How to secure QNAP NAS devices? The vendor’s instructions

Security Affairs

. “Ransomware and brute-force attacks have been widely targeting all networking devices, and the most vulnerable victims will be those devices exposed to the Internet without any protection. QNAP urges all QNAP NAS users to follow the security setting instructions below to ensure the security of QNAP networking devices.”

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Hacker breaches key Russian ministry in blink of an eye

Security Affairs

No wonder Russia has been preparing to cut itself off from the global internet, hoping to move key government institutions to a sovereign Runet – a pan-Russian web limited to the Federation – to make them less prone to cyber attacks. Ideally, VNC should be used only with authenticated users, such as system administrators.

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Top IT Areas You Need to Check to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

Even with high-level security measures, no one is safe from such threats. That is why most companies hire professional information security services to mitigate the risks arising from data breaches. One of the most vulnerable areas that hackers use to infiltrate a company’s system is the network. Data Security.

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Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 fix 115 issues

Security Affairs

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 address 115 vulnerabilities, 26 issues affecting Windows, Word, Dynamics Business Central, Edge, and Internet Explorer have been rated as critical severity. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 address 115 vulnerabilities, 26 issues have been rated as critical severity.