The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

But it’s coming, in the form of driverless cars, climate-restoring infrastructure and next-gen healthcare technology. PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued extensive ABAC guidelines. I’ll keep watch, and keep reporting.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The cyberattack was the cause of this issue, of course, but the real problem at hand was that citizens had no warning that their emergency services could fail this way, nor any estimate for when the systems would be fully restored. There weren't enough users of ARPANET to warrant any real scrutiny of everyone's activities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 15, 2019

With this seamless interaction of the latest IoT technologies, “smart cities” are redefining the way we live and work. There’s just one problem…these massive, radical, interconnected technology systems also raise serious privacy and security concerns. You breathe a sigh of relief! This scenario seems smart, but is it secure?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 23, 2019

If you’re like millions of other Americans, your TV is connected to the Internet and uses technology generated from the nation’s power grid. But the energy sector also underpins our emergency and response systems, our hospitals and healthcare, our schools, our businesses, and virtually everything we do as a society.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

Many system administrators and companies were rushing to update internet exposed machines, like web servers or gateways, worried about possible remote code execution, reviving the EternalBlue /WannaCry crisis in their mind. . The Malware Threat behind CurveBall. Yomi Hunter Catches CVE-2020-0601.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2021

Privileged accounts assigned special logon credentials to system administrators in charge of onboarding and off boarding users, updating and fixing IT systems and carrying out other network-wide tasks. A number of big-name IAM vendors are heavily pitching cool advances in enterprise-grade IAM and PAM technologies, he says.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

Last Watchdog recently sat down with Satya Gupta, founder and CTO of Virsec , a San Jose-based supplier of advanced data protection systems. Virsec is a leading innovator of memory protection technologies. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In addition, manual mitigation steps can be undertaken by system administrators to prevent successful exploitation (see below). These credentials can be used to regain access to the server if the administrative panel is accessible from the internet.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 15, 2022

Today, the Internet Explorer (IE) 11 desktop application goes out of support and will be retired for certain versions of Windows 10. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 1.0 With Windows 10, Edge became the default Microsoft browser, but Internet Explorer could still be found in the Windows Accessories folder. Not so much.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) puts networked sensors and intelligent devices directly on the manufacturing floor to collect data, drive artificial intelligence and do predictive analytics. Clearly, traditional firewalls and antivirus systems will not be sufficient; the complex IIoT infrastructure demands something more advanced.

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Joseph Steinberg

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

How endpoint security technology for cloud-based systems can help IT teams ensure security and while maintaining productivity. ? Finally, Steinberg, Prabhu, and Fauvel will discuss Unified Endpoint Management (UEM), and how it is evolving to meet the demands of current mixed-device workspaces.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The Morris Worm, ostensibly created to map the internet, ultimately brought down roughly 6000 systems. Early Internet. As the ARPANET evolved into the internet, connecting exponentially more computers throughout the world, malicious code likewise made advances. Modern Malicious Code Sets Sights on Supply Chain.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

More and more SMBs have begun dispatching their line IT staff to undergo training and get tested in order to earn basic cybersecurity certifications issued by the Computing Technology Industry Association, aka CompTIA, the non-profit trade association that empowers people to build successful tech careers. That’s just not the case anymore.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

It was designed to make it convenient for system administrators to automate tasks and manage configurations across all Windows endpoints and servers in a company network. They’re generally not detectable by legacy security technologies. In less than one second, our technology provides a safe document across all channels.”.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2021

The software giant’s intent was to make it more convenient and efficient for system administrators to perform Windows upkeep. RDC emerged as a go-to productivity tool, and similar controls swiftly emerged for Macs, IoS, Android and other operating systems in wide use. That’s much easier said than done.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Security orchestration, automation and response, or SOAR, is a fledgling security technology stack that first entered the cybersecurity lexicon about six years ago. PowerShell is a command-line shell designed to make it convenient for system administrators to automate tasks and manage system configurations.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Dictionary.com defines it as: precautions taken to guard against crime that involves the internet, especially unauthorized access to computer systems and data connected to the internet. As technology continues to evolve, so does the security around it. However, there is much more to it than that. Website Security.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

“Mail server, domain administrator and system administrator accounts were all affected, giving cyberespions access to the past and current passwords of more than 2,000 ICAO system users. The hackers scan the Internet for vulnerable servers that could lead to compromising valuable targets. “In

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Many used browsers that they were accustomed to, not browsers of choice, or default browsers set by organizations, such as the Internet Explorer. To top it off, cybercriminals make use of legitimate services that are meant to help system administrators, such as PSexec, which allows remote execution of programs.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Tell us about your journey to a career in technology and how your heritage played a role to where you are today? It wasn’t until I started college that I started to dig deeper into operating systems, networking, and lower-level languages like C. I started to learn more about how the Internet worked and one thing led to the other.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The contemporary world has witnessed the rise of the Internet and global communication, and collaboration technologies, including mobile data use and the culture of bring your own device [BYOD]. Today, c yber security incidents lead to significant damage, alarming organizations of all types and sizes in different geographic locations.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

To automatically identify assets inside the target environment, these technologies make use of a variety of methodologies, including network scanning, IP range scanning, or interaction with asset management systems. Some suggested mitigations may increase the risk of operational failure or conflict with current systems or requirements.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

This includes protecting data from internet threats, but it also means restricting unauthorized traffic attempting to leave your enterprise network. Deny and alert: Notify systems administrator of potentially malicious traffic. Are there any internet sources that they should never be able to access?

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Herjavec Group

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Like it or not, within a few months, educational institutions have now become enterprise IT entities, taking on all the responsibilities of securely delivering qualitative technology services. Ask your school system administrators to provide a copy of their incident response policies and plans. School Systems and Educators.

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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. With SD-WAN architectures, branch employees and remote users connect to an enterprise network through a web of connected devices over the internet. SDN vs SD-WAN.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2021

After acknowledging someone had also seized their Internet servers, DarkSide announced it was folding. REvil’s last big victim was Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. Department of Justice.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Here, organizations should work toward achieving an effective system-wide process between security operations, IT operations, and system administration teams to ensure everyone is on the same page. Remediate Vulnerabilities: Once vulnerabilities are identified and prioritized, the next step is to mitigate their impact.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 12, 2023

PHYSICALDRIVE0" get model,name,SerialNumber >> c:userspublicd Get systeminfo cmd /c start /b systeminfo >> c:userspublicd Check current TCP ports status cmd /c netstat -anop tcp >> c:userspublicd Test internet connection cmd /c ping 8.8.8.8 -n SCRIPT_NAME%.ps1

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

As a guest of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation , I recently had the chance to tour the Pinckney Community High School Cyber Training Institute in a rural community outside of Ann Arbor, and the newly opened Cyber Range hub at the West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology , or WMCAT, in Grand Rapids. Merit 1981.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

We do have we do have some people on the internet who have expressed concern about, you know, cyber criminal, I think is what we were originally going with. Because as we become more dependent on technology and security, I'm sorry, more dependent on technology, security, and privacy is gonna become more important in our lives.

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

Domain The team knew how much BackTrack was growing in popularity, and as they did not switch the project name when using Ubuntu, it was time to create its own place on the Internet. System Upgrades When the team started work switching from Slax to Ubuntu, they grabbed the latest release at the time (8.10 - Intrepid Ibex).

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2022

Thanks to the Internet Archive, you can still read Microsoft’s old version of Securing Privileged Access with EASE, the tier model, etc., Microsoft’s latest recommendations include Azure technologies like Conditional Access, which is highly relevant for Azure as the control panels are Internet exposed.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2020

Parents have long held a special duty to protect their school-aged children from bad actors on the Internet. Tools and best practices One of the big things school districts do have going for them happens to be the same advantage all SMBs currently enjoy: there is no lack of technology and best practices regimens readily available to tap into.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

I would call the company I'd targeted, ask for their computer room, make sure I was talking to a system administrator, and tell him, 'This is [whatever fictitious name popped into my head at that moment], from DEC support. As a teenager, he discovered that social engineering was a trick that worked. "I

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

They make some errors about technology, especially networking. One could argue more Windows logs need to be preserved, but that would simply mean archiving the from the C: drive onto the D: drive, not that you need to connect to the Internet to centrally log files. Credential Management. This fact is well-known in the industry.

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Errata Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

They make some errors about technology, especially networking. One could argue more Windows logs need to be preserved, but that would simply mean archiving the from the C: drive onto the D: drive, not that you need to connect to the Internet to centrally log files. This fact is well-known in the industry.

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Software Computers and Electronics Accountability Firewall 109

SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Looking back at past leaks of private companies providing such services, such as in the case of Hacking Team, we learned that many states all over the world were buying these capabilities, whether to complement their in-house technologies or as a stand-alone solution they couldn’t develop. The next WannaCry.

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