eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

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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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Rising implementations of cloud services and IoT systems, not to mention the arrival of 5G, has quickened the pace of software development and multiplied data handling complexities. In this milieu, even well-defended enterprises continue to suffer catastrophic data breaches. Take PowerShell-enabled breaches, for instance.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 3, 2019

With more and more organizations embracing digital transformation and accelerating their pace to digitize every piece of information, they become increasingly vulnerable to sophisticated cyber-attacks and data breaches. The second layer of the stack covers system-level protection controls.

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IT Governance

APRIL 25, 2023

According to the 2022 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report , insider threats account for 18% of all security incident. Meanwhile, a Ponemon Institute report found that data breaches caused by insiders increased by 14% between 2018 and 2022. But who exactly is causing these incidents and why?

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IT Governance

JULY 23, 2024

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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KnowBe4

JUNE 13, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #24 | June 13th, 2023 [The Mind's Bias] Pretexting Now Tops Phishing in Social Engineering Attacks The New Verizon DBIR is a treasure trove of data. Password complexity, length, and rotation requirements are the bane of IT departments' existence and are literally the cause of thousands of data breaches.

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Adam Levin

MAY 5, 2020

. “The mining attempt… quickly overloaded most of our systems which alerted us to the issue immediately,” the company announced May 3, adding that “[t]here is no direct evidence that private customer data, passwords or other information has been compromised. .

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Unfortunately, there isn’t much that can be done by laypersons; the Log4J vulnerability needs to be addressed and patched by server and system administrators. What can the average internet user do? For now, the best advice is to continue to use best practices and good cyber hygiene and hope for the best. .

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Here, organizations should work toward achieving an effective system-wide process between security operations, IT operations, and system administration teams to ensure everyone is on the same page. Remediate Vulnerabilities: Once vulnerabilities are identified and prioritized, the next step is to mitigate their impact.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

CWPP provides strong defenses against a wide range of risks such as malware , ransomware , DDoS attacks , configuration errors , insider threats, and data breaches. To ensure security for cloud-based resources, CWPP solutions offer unified visibility and administration for physical machines, VMs, containers, and serverless workloads.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

According to IDC’s 2021 State of Cloud Security Report , 79 percent of surveyed companies reported a cloud data breach in the last 18 months. Public cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) may be less vulnerable than traditional data centers, but that doesn’t mean it’s without its own set of risks.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

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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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

Verizon's Data Breach Report showed that 81% of hacking-related breaches used either stolen and/or weak passwords. CERT-UA recommends that system administrators restrict the ability to launch PowerShell on critical computers and monitor network traffic for connections to the Mocky service API."

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The flaws can expose systems to remote code execution, credential theft, and data breaches. Apache Superset Security Vulnerabilities Resolved Type of attack: Two vulnerabilities in Apache Superset were disclosed by Horizon3.ai ai researchers and patched by the metadata database project the same day.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 9, 2018

Privileged users today can include a multitude of people from system administrators, network engineers, and database administrators, to data center operators, upper management, and security personnel. Privileged Users. They’re generally either inside or under contract to the enterprise.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2023

And generally, given the cost of data breaches, erring on the side of security is rarely a bad idea. Pros Configuration Manager integrates well with other Microsoft products, such as Azure Active Directory, for a more comprehensive systems administration solution.

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Adapture

MAY 18, 2021

When a data breach involves email addresses, there’s always a good chance those addresses end up in these shady marketplaces and then sold to interested buyers such as those who launch phishing attacks. In most cases, the lists themselves were stolen in previous hacking incidents. What can you do to protect users?

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IT Governance

MARCH 2, 2020

Ordinance Survey discovers breach of employee data (1,000). South Carolina-based United Health notifies patients of 2019 data breach (36). Ashley Madison data breach victims still being hounded by sextortion scammers (unknown). Massive MGM data breach might be a smokescreen for more insidious attack (10.6

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MAY 8, 2019

The first GDPR fine was issued in Italy by the Garante for the lack of implementation of privacy security measures following a data breach on the so-called Rousseau platform operating the websites of the Movimento 5 Stelle party. The fact of the case relating to the Rousseau platform.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2022

All we do is provide paid training to system administrators around the world on how to properly set up a corporate network. “For us it is just business and we are all apolitical. We are only interested in money for our harmless and useful work.

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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. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 15, 2024

Inadequate validation of user inputs causes these vulnerabilities, resulting in system takeovers, code execution, and data breaches. System administrators should promptly update to the most recent version (4.98). This is exploited by threat actors such as Velvet Ant.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 14, 2023

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Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

The same day as the MySpace buzzkill, Zoll Medical reported it had experienced a data breach during an email server migration that exposed select confidential patient data, including patient names, addresses, dates of birth, limited medical information, and some Social Security numbers. In short, there is no upside.

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IT Governance

MARCH 8, 2018

million people affected by the Equifax data breach, and Alexa’s sense of humour. It says: “Blocking port 11211 is a starting point for defenses and will prevent systems on your network from being used as reflectors. This week, we discuss the biggest distributed denial-of-service attacks on record, another 2.4

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In-Demand Cybersecurity Skills While emerging technologies place new knowledge demands on cybersecurity professionals, there are evergreen skills that are in demand among data security experts. Networking and system administration: Security professionals must instinctively understand network and system concepts.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The attackers breached an online dispute portal than queried internal databases in an effort to find personally identifiable information (PII). “In July 2017, Equifax system administrators discovered that attackers had gained. The Equifax breach. Equifax took 76 days to detect the massive 2017 data breach.

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