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Russian internet and search company Yandex discloses a data breach, a systemadministrator was selling access to thousands of user mailboxes. The security incident was discovered during a routine screening by its internal security team, an internal investigation is still ongoing. ” concludes the company. .”
The National Security Agency (NSA) warns that Russia-linked hackers are exploiting a recently patched VMware flaw in a cyberespionage campaign. Last week, the company finally released security updates to fix the CVE-2020-4006 zero-day flaw in Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector.
In recent months the number of cyberattacks against misconfigured Kybernetes systems has surged, threat actors mainly used the to illegally mine cryptocurrencies. The guidance details the security challenges associated with setting up and securing a Kubernetes cluster. ” states the guidance. Pierluigi Paganini.
The joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) provides known IOCs, TTPs, and detection methods associated with the AvosLocker ransomware variant employed in recent attacks.
Cisco has released security updates to address 17 vulnerabilities affecting its networking and unified communications product lines. Cisco has released security patches to fix 17 vulnerabilities affecting its networking and unified communications product lines. ” reads the advisory published by Cisco. Pierluigi Paganini.
Taiwanese vendor QNAP has warned customers to secure network-attached storage (NAS) exposed online from ransomware and brute-force attacks. QNAP urges all QNAP NAS users to follow the security setting instructions below to ensure the security of QNAP networking devices.” The post How to secure QNAP NAS devices?
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The investigation into the incident revealed that operators at the plant were using out-of-date Windows 7 systems and poor account passwords, and the desktop sharing software TeamViewer was used by the attackers to breach the network of the plant. Ensure anti-virus, spam filters, and firewalls are up to date, properly configured and secure.
The attacks are part of a large-scale campaign that also resulted in unauthorized access to a Soliton file shared storage used by the Japanese Prime Minister’s Cabinet Office staff. The vendor recommended changing systemadministrator account, reset access control, and installing the latest available version. and V5.0.3.
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The module has full access to all the firmware, hardware, software, and operating system installed on the server. . The persistence achieved by tampering this module allows the malware to survive to the re-installation of the operating system. The level of sophistication of these attacks suggests the involvement of an APT group.
In mere seconds, a hacker remotely accessed a computer belonging to a regional Russian Ministry of Health, taking advantage of sloppy cybersecurity practices to expose its entire network. Spielerkid89, who wished to remain anonymous, did not intend to harm the organization and left its systems intact. Original post at [link].
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One of the companies created by the cyber criminal organizations with this purpose is Combi Security, but researchers from Gemini Advisory discovered other similar organizations by analyzing the site of another fake cybersecurity company named Bastion Security. ” reads the analysis of Gemini Advisory.
The security researcher Eaton Zveare has exploited a vulnerability in Toyota’s Global Supplier Preparation Information Management System (GSPIMS) to achieve system admin access to Toyota’s global supplier management network. made it easy to find accounts that had elevated access to the system.
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In human-operated ransomware attack scenario, attackers use stolen credentials, exploit misconfiguration and vulnerabilities to access target networks, attempt to escalate privileges and move laterally, and deliver malware and exfiltrate data. ” reads the post published by Microsoft. ” continues Microsoft. Pierluigi Paganini.
The group hacked mobile telephone networks around the globe and used specialized tools to access calling records and text messages from telecommunications companies. In order to identify CAKETAP running on a Solaris system, administrators can check for the presence of a hook installed in the ipcl_get_next_conn hook function.
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Google announced it will close the consumer version of Google+ before than originally planned due to the discovery of a new security flaw. Google will shut down the Application programming interface programs (APIs) used by developers to access Google+ data within 90 days, due to the discovery of a bug. ” wrote David Thacker.
However, lacking robust protection, privileged accounts, which are intended to give administrators the access they need to manage critical systems, can instead be manipulated to enable attackers to move laterally across an organization’s network. Years ago, privileged access typically referred primarily to privileged users.
today released software updates to fix dozens of security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. “An attacker able to gain admin access to an internal SharePoint server could do a lot of harm to an organization,” said Kevin Breen , director of cyber threat research at Immersive Labs.
Thousands of instances of a temperature control system made by Resource Data Management (RDM) are exposed to remote attacks because they were using default passwords and failed in implementing other security measures. Systems exposed online could be accessed via HTTP on ports 9000, 8080, 8100, or 80. Pierluigi Paganini.
Alexey is a Russian-speaking cyber vigilante that decided to fix the MikroTik routers and he claims to be e systemadministrator. “I added firewall rules that blocked access to the router from outside the local network,” Alexey wrote. Security Affairs – MikroTik routers, hacking ). Pierluigi Paganini.
A new form of agile cryptography must get established in order to robustly preserve privacy and security as all this raw data gets put to commercial use. This arrangement has gotten us this far – but it is too brittle, from a security perspective, to carry us forward. Attribute-based access. This creates exposure.
These accounts give admins control over data, applications, infrastructure and other critical assets that average system users don’t have permission to access or change. What is Privileged Access Management (PAM)? Enter Privileged Access Management (PAM). Privileged Access Management vs IAM.
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The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a Malware Analysis Report (MAR) that includes technical details about a new strain of malware, tracked as BLINDINGCAN, that was attributed to North Korea. The post CISA’s MAR warns of North Korean BLINDINGCAN RAT appeared first on Security Affairs.
Our investigation revealed that this remote endpoint is associated with criminal activities dating back to 2019, indicating that these hosts were likely under the control of the same technical administration. A quick examination of the publicly accessible profile of the Moscow-based server swiftly uncovered a peculiarity.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in August 2020. The CISA MAR provided indicators of compromise (IoCs), Yara rules, and other technical info that could be used by systemadministrators to discover compromise systems within their networks. ” reads the report published by Kaspersky.
Earlier this year Sysdig and Aqua Security researchers started observing cyber attacks targeting Kubernets and Docker instances aimed at mining Monero cryptocurrency. Experts pointed out that a Docker Engine is not properly secured could be exposed to remote attack through Docker Engine API. Security Affairs – Docker APIs, hacking).
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Researchers at firmware security firm Eclypsium discovered multiple vulnerabilities referred as USBAnywhere that could be exploited to potentially allow an attacker to take over the baseboard management controller (BMC) for three different models of Supermicro server boards: the X9, X10, and X11. ” continues the post.
Department of Justice , RSOCKS offered clients access to IP addresses assigned to devices that had been hacked: “A cybercriminal who wanted to utilize the RSOCKS platform could use a web browser to navigate to a web-based ‘storefront’ (i.e., “I opened an American visa for myself, it was not difficult to get. .”
Attackers are already attempting to exploit the recently fixed bug in F5 Networks BIG-IP product, security experts warn. Systemadministrators need to upgrade to fixed versions ASAP. The post Threat actors are attempting to exploit recently fixed F5 BIG-IP flaw appeared first on Security Affairs. Pierluigi Paganini.
Unfortunately, as systemadministrators seek ways to control access to these platforms, users may seek out alternative ways to gain access.” “Threat actors have been keen to exploit the popularity of these tools, promising unrestrictive access. ” concludes the report.
An exploit could allow the attacker to run arbitrary commands with SYSTEM user privileges.” ” Cisco advisory reveals that the vulnerability could be exploited remotely by leveraging the operating system remote management tools. .” when running on a Microsoft Windows end-user system. .”
The attackers also targeted Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) routers and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to use them as additional access points to route command and control (C2) traffic and midpoints to carry out attacks on other entities. ” reads the advisory published by the US agencies. To nominate, please visit:?.
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