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CIA elite hacking unit was not able to protect its tools and cyber weapons

Security Affairs

A CIA elite hacking unit that developed cyber-weapons failed in protecting its operations, states an internal report on the Vault 7 data leak. “CIA has moved too slowly to put in place the safeguards that we knew were necessary given successive breaches to other US Government agencies.

IT 360
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City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 million to mitigate the May Royal ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The City experts believe that the group specifically targeted a prioritized list of servers using legitimate Microsoft system administrative tools. Early on the morning of Wednesday, May 03, 2023, the group started executing the ransomware on the City of Dallas.

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A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

Krebs on Security

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running. Details after contacting on jabber: truniger@xmpp[.]jp.”

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MY TAKE: Memory hacking arises as a go-to tactic to carry out deep, persistent incursions

The Last Watchdog

It was designed to make it convenient for system administrators to automate tasks and manage configurations across all Windows endpoints and servers in a company network. Today, if you examine any high-profile data breach, you’re likely to find memory-hacking techniques utilized at multiple key stages of the attack.

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VulnRecap 2/26/24 – VMWare, Apple, ScreenConnect Face Risks

eSecurity Planet

Critical vulnerabilities have been discovered across multiple systems, including Microsoft Exchange Servers, the Bricks Builder Theme for WordPress, VMware, ScreenConnect, Joomla, and Apple Shortcuts. Urgent patching and prompt updates can protect systems from unauthorized access, data breaches, and potential exploitation by threat actors.

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Your Biggest Security Risk: The Insider Threat

IT Governance

Expert insight from our head of GRC consultancy Our analysis of the ICO’s (Information Commissioner’s Office) public data set found that 29–35% of reported personal data breaches between 2019 and 2023 in the UK had been caused accidentally. of all data breaches caused through human error. It really is that simple.

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Best Privileged Access Management (PAM) Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

PAM focuses on larger actions such as the bulk download or alteration of databases that might give sysadmins access to a large number of accounts or critical data. These tasks create a much larger attack surface and a greater risk of a data breach, making PAM an essential tool in securing a network and its assets.

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