Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

.” Lumen’s research team said the purpose of AVrecon appears to be stealing bandwidth – without impacting end-users – in order to create a residential proxy service to help launder malicious activity and avoid attracting the same level of attention from Tor-hidden services or commercially available VPN services. com, sscompany[.]net,

Malware 211

Malware VPN Internet Internet 211

Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

The company added that successful exploitation requires that the appliance is configured as a Gateway (VPN virtual server, ICA Proxy, CVPN, RDP Proxy) OR AAA virtual server. System administrators need to be aware that adversaries can exploit edge devices to place backdoors that persist even after updates and / or reboots.”

System Administration 82

System Administration VPN Software Hacking 82

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2020

The attacks began last week, the systems administrator Marco Hofmann first detailed them. To disable DTLS on a ADC equipment admins could issue the following command from the command line interface: set vpn vserver -dtls OFF. I found these source IP addresses of the attackers in my nstraces: 45.200.42.0/24 24 220.167.109.0/24

DDOS 112

DDOS System Administration VPN Authentication 112

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

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. Thus, it would be best if you secured all networks by incorporating firewalls and advanced encryption technology.

Cybersecurity 90

Cybersecurity Data breaches Backups Firewall 90

Malwarebytes

JULY 23, 2021

Two months after fully restoring its systems, CNA Financial, the leading US insurance company that was attacked by a group using Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware, issued a legal notice of an information security incident to the Consumer Protection Bureau in New Hampshire. Data stolen but untouched.

Ransomware 96

Ransomware Unstructured Data Accountability Consumer Protection 96

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

And they traced the cybersecurity failures to a lack of leadership and a vacant Chief Information Security Officer role: "The problems started at the top: Twitter had not had a chief information security officer (“CISO”) since December 2019, seven months before the Twitter Hack.

Social Engineering 95

Social Engineering Media Scams Financial Services 95

Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

Enforce MFA on all VPN connections [ D3-MFA ]. Ensure that you have dedicated management systems [ D3-PH ] and accounts for system administrators. Disable unused or unnecessary network services, ports, protocols, and devices [ D3-ACH ] [ D3-ITF ] [ D3-OTF ]. Protect these accounts with strict network policies [ D3-UAP ].

Telecommunications 94

Telecommunications Authentication Passwords Accountability 94