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MY TAKE: A path for SMBs to achieve security maturity: start small controlling privileged accounts

The Last Watchdog

Keep in mind Hafnium is just one of dozens of hacking gangs continuing to have a field day exploiting unpatched Exchange servers, and many of these attacks are specifically targeting small businesses and state and local governments, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal. Password concierge. Remote desktop risks.

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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. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net. Image: Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs.

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Top IT Areas You Need to Check to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

Large corporations, small businesses, and even individuals suffer from numerous attacks from cybercriminals. Let your staff know about the significance of maintaining strong and unique passwords. Today, data analytics is a lucrative business as most corporations rely on data to make decisions affecting the consumers.

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3 security lessons from an MSP that survived the Kaseya VSA attack

Malwarebytes

Put passwords and disaster recovery plans on paper. Recovery plans typically identify the key systems and data inside your organization, and the shortest path to restoring critical business functions. We had to wait almost 36 hours to get our password vault restored so we could get passwords out of it,” Tipton said.

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Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security

eSecurity Planet

Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management. On a Sunday in February 2018, the Colorado CISO’s office set up a temporary server to test a new cloud-based business process.

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Updates from the MaaS: new threats delivered through NullMixer

Security Affairs

The Originating Malvertising Campaign According to CTI investigation on the adversary infrastructure, we were able to identify an ongoing campaign luring system administrators to install the malicious code into their machines.

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