Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The accused, 36-year-old John “Armada” Revesz , has maintained that Orcus is a legitimate “ R emote A dministration T ool” aimed at helping system administrators remotely manage their computers, and that he’s not responsible for how licensed customers use his product. An advertisement for Orcus RAT.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

In fact, memory attacks have quietly emerged as a powerful and versatile new class of hacking technique that threat actors in the vanguard are utilizing to subvert conventional IT security systems. That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. Back to incursions. Branching attacks.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

On December 3, 2018, twelve attorneys general (“AGs”) jointly filed a data breach lawsuit against Medical Informatics Engineering and its subsidiary, NoMoreClipboard LLC (collectively “the Company”), an electronic health records company, in federal district court in Indiana. 3, 2018). See Indiana v. Informatics Eng’g, Inc. ,

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. Attackers use Sentry’s System Manager Portal to configure Sentry and its operating system, potentially executing operating system commands on the appliance as root, according to Ivanti.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. Attackers use Sentry’s System Manager Portal to configure Sentry and its operating system, potentially executing operating system commands on the appliance as root, according to Ivanti.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 13, 2023

Figure 38 shows a steady increase in the median cost of BECs since 2018, now averaging around $50,000, emphasizing the significance of quick detection. Grimes Teaches Password Best Practices What really makes a "strong" password? How do hackers crack your passwords with ease? Probably fewer of you. Join Roger A.

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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. And the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 15 more vulnerabilities to its list of actively exploited vulnerabilities.

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CGI

MAY 21, 2018

Mon, 05/21/2018 - 05:13. A system administrator did not apply a patch. You never reset the password from the manufacturer’s default setting, which is publicly available on the Internet. The basic tenets of securing systems and data still apply. Laying the foundation for cybersecurity. premanath.puch….

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Recent years presented a torrent of research showing how vulnerable RDP systems are for organizations not taking additional cybersecurity precautions. Between 2016 and 2018, the malware strain SamSam made brute force RDP attacks an integral part of its attacks on several public organizations. Reconnaissance.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. — Jack Daniel (@jack_daniel) October 10, 2018. jaysonstreet) March 3, 2018.

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IT Governance

APRIL 25, 2023

Meanwhile, a Ponemon Institute report found that data breaches caused by insiders increased by 14% between 2018 and 2022. An insider threat is someone who works for, or with, an organisation and uses their legitimate access to company data to breach sensitive information or damage systems. Who are insider threats?

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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. Back in 2018, Twitter said it was exploring encrypting those messages, but it hasn't yet. Class breaks are security vulnerabilities that break not just one system, but an entire class of systems.

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