Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

It's a frustrating reality for CIOs because these types of breaches are preventable as long as their companies implement the right technologies, policies, and procedures and educate their employees on how to be extra vigilant in the digital world. If that is necessary, make sure there is regular rotation of those system passwords.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

As first detailed by KrebsOnSecurity in July 2016 , Orcus is the brainchild of John “Armada” Rezvesz , a Toronto resident who until recently maintained and sold the RAT under the company name Orcus Technologies. This makes it harder for targets to remove it from their systems. 2017 analysis of the RAT.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

There are a number of complementary technologies often used by organizations to address security holes. Best Password Crackers. Password cracking consists of retrieving passwords stored in computer systems. System administrators and security teams (and hackers) can use them to spot weak passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

CISA is ISACA’s (Information Systems Audit and Control Association) high-level certification designed for those who audit, control, monitor, and assess an organization’s information technology and business systems. The four-hour exam, including 106 questions, can be administered remotely or in person.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

. “Had the data been stolen for the benefit of a state adversary and not published, we might still be unaware of the loss—as would be true for the vast majority of data on Agency mission systems” “CIA works to incorporate best-in-class technologies to keep ahead of and defend against ever-evolving threats.”

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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). Performing disinfection on Zimbra is extremely difficult, as the attacker will have had access to configuration files containing passwords used by various service accounts.

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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. Gupta put memory attacks in context of the complexity that has overtaken modern business networks.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As modern organizations become more dependent on APIs to achieve their goals, their API security strategy must be up-to-date and in line with recent developments in technology. password guessing). API Security is an important aspect of the API lifecycle which makes sure that the API and its data are protected from various threats.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Cloud security consists of all the technologies and processes that ensure an organization’s cloud infrastructure is protected against internal and external cybersecurity threats. They also need to lay out the specific security technologies that employees must use to protect data and applications in the cloud.

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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. BlackByte Ransomware Protection Steps. Most of these vulnerabilities have been around for years, but they are actively under attack.

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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. Hackers could read, send or delete emails from any user. “ reports Radio-Canada. James Wan.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 21, 2022

NTLM is short for New Technology LAN Manager. The NTLM protocol uses one or both of two hashed password values. Both passwords are also stored on the server (or domain controller). PetitPotam used the Microsoft Encrypting File System Remote Protocol (MS-EFSRPC) protocol to execute an NTLM attack. NTLM relay attack.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

He is also looking for opportunities to collect additional access parameters (usernames and passwords), elevate privileges, or use already existing compromised accounts for unauthorized access to systems, applications, and data. Attackers may use the following methods to obtain administrator privileges: Compromised passwords.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Jay Tipton, chief executive for the Managed Service Provider (MSP) Technology Specialists, remembers his Fourth of July weekend this year like many MSP employees likely remember theirs: As a bit of a nightmare. Put passwords and disaster recovery plans on paper. Recovery for Tipton’s company has been slow but hopeful.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

.” Mayhem has moved on from capture the flag contests to observing and finding vulnerabilities in DoD software and is working its way to corporate systems. At one point, people were saying we were automatically generating exploits with this technology. More information about Mayhem is also available at www.forallsecure.com.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs. Eugene Kaspersky | @e_kaspersky.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The smart session management feature can flag access to the most high-risk systems to help prioritize remediation efforts. Arcon lacks many out-of-the-box technology integrations and primarily leans on APIs , which means more effort left on security teams for implementation and support. CyberArk Privileged Access Security.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

.” Mayhem has moved on from capture the flag contests to observing and finding vulnerabilities in DoD software and is working its way to corporate systems. At one point, people were saying we were automatically generating exploits with this technology. More information about Mayhem is also available at www.forallsecure.com.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2019

.” Mayhem has moved on from capture the flag contests to observing and finding vulnerabilities in DoD software and is working its way to corporate systems. At one point, people were saying we were automatically generating exploits with this technology. More information about Mayhem is also available at www.forallsecure.com.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 12, 2023

PowerShell script inside the executable The dropper receives two parameters; the first is a password string that must be provided to start the execution, and the second is a number that is actually transferred via the command line to the PS script.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The technological measures related to minimizing the incidence of software bugs are the subject of the OWASP Checklist. Authentication and password management. Passwords are one of the least safe user authentication methods, yet they are also frequently used for web applications for safeguarding online data.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 18, 2021

These technologies have justly earned the attention of the press and security researchers, and they’ve been discussed in great detail elsewhere. The Apple video Explore the new system architecture of Apple silicon Macs from session 10686 of the WWDC 2020 has a good overview of most of the new security features, and more.).

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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. So, what to do?

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

OpenID Connect is a modern authentication protocol that lets application and website developers authenticate users without storing and managing other people’s passwords, which is both difficult and risky. What is OIDC? Here is one of our customers sharing their experience. OIDC has been phenomenal. It’s made everyone’s lives easier.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2020

in a press to meet growing and critical mission needs, CCI had prioritized building cyber weapons at the expense of securing their own systems. Shared passwords and a failure to control access: "Most of our sensitive cyber weapons were not compartmented, users shared systems administrator-level passwords.".

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 31, 2023

In these attack scenarios, the attackers send out repeated targeted phishing attacks to employees until someone gets tired of the notifications and gives up their credentials and the one-time password token. FIDO allows users and organizations to access their resources without a username or password using an external security key.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2020

No one enforced the use of passwords, nor insisted on strict teacher control of those lessons. To Zoom’s credit, password protection and a “waiting room” feature, which allows the host to control when a participant joins the meeting, are the default settings for its free and single license paid accounts.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2022

On December 15, 2020, Microsoft published their new revised version of Securing Privileged Access on Microsoft docs, including the Enterprise Access Model, which encompasses both on-prem, Operational Technology (OT), Azure, and other cloud providers. Microsoft retied ESAE and took down their old recommendations.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

They make some errors about technology, especially networking. The auditors claim account passwords must “be changed every 90 days”. If CISA still has it in their recommendations for election systems, then CISA is wrong. They are all given the same default password to start, like “Arizona2019!!!”. This is absurd.

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Errata Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

They make some errors about technology, especially networking. The auditors claim account passwords must “be changed every 90 days”. If CISA still has it in their recommendations for election systems, then CISA is wrong. They are all given the same default password to start, like “Arizona2019!!!”. This is absurd.

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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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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

Someone compromised the entire Twitter network, probably by stealing the log-in credentials of one of Twitter's system administrators. Class breaks are endemic to computerized systems, and they're not something that we as users can defend against with better personal security.

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