eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

With lateral movement across a victim’s IT infrastructure, threat actors can escalate privileges, spread malware , extract data , and disrupt IT services as with ransomware attacks. SamSam Ransomware: Malware Specializing in RDP. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 6, 2021

Managed service providers (MSPs) have long relied on third-party software to manage clients’ IT infrastructure, but a massive ransomware attack launched over the weekend at customers of Kaseya will likely cause MSPs to take a harder look at the security of their IT suppliers. VSA server breached. Preparing for Criminal Enterprise.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

From phishing attacks to ransomware attacks, business owners need to be adequately prepared to prevent further damage. . If you have to work remotely, avoid using public Wi-Fi and activate a VPN (Virtual Private Network). Human errors often lead to data breaches, malware, and virus attacks that might compromise the company’s systems.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 29, 2021

And we provided some security measures in our post How to protect your RDP access from ransomware attacks. The RDP service can be configured by Windows systems administrators to run on TCP (usually port 3389) and/or on the UDP port (3389). Put RDP access behind a VPN so it’s not directly accessible.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Such discoveries usually lead to massive and indiscriminate exploitation, and compromised machines are sold on dark markets to secondary buyers for the purposes of ransomware deployment. Okta was breached through one of its service providers, Sitel, itself compromised via the insecure VPN gateway of a recently acquired company.

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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. Many software-defined networking solutions (SDN) have built-in 128- and 256-bit AES encryption and IPsec-based VPN capabilities. Encrypting Data in Transit.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

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. The module also exfiltrates 2FA secrets from Twilio’s Authy local storage.

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