Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

.” reads the security advisory published. According to Tenable, the remote authentication-bypass vulnerability is tied to an issue related to how HPE handles password resets for administrator accounts. The password change is carried out by sending a request to URL /redfish/v1/SessionService/ResetPassword/1.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

Spielerkid89, who wished to remain anonymous, did not intend to harm the organization and left its systems intact. VNC is a desktop sharing system – you can use it to remotely access your work computer from home or any other location, or allow technical support staff to do likewise. Original post at [link].

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

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.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2019

“Teams of hackers connected to the Chinese Ministry of State Security had penetrated HPE’s cloud computing service and used it as a launchpad to attack customers, plundering reams of corporate and government secrets for years in what U.S. The list of victims is long and includes tech giants like HPE, IBM, DXC, Fujitsu, and Tata.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

After identifying a critical Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server, the cyber actors gained credentials to access the underlying Structured Query Language (SQL) database [ T1078 ] and utilized SQL commands to dump the credentials [ T1555 ], which contained both cleartext and hashed passwords for user and administrative accounts.”

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IT Governance

JULY 23, 2024

Their head of information security made a point about how most of their people are working for this charity out of pride. The other problem is that you’re more likely to trust an insider – they’re supposed to have access to confidential systems and information. What is the insider threat, exactly?

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

According to the complaint, over a period of 19 days, hackers were able to infiltrate the Company’s computer systems. They argue that the Company failed to protect its computer systems adequately, take steps to prevent the breach, disclose material facts to consumers, and provide timely and adequate notice, among other things.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The CISA agency provides recommendations for system administrators and owners to enhance the level of security of their organizations: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 9, 2017

On August 4, 2017, the FTC published the third blog post in its “Stick with Security” series. As we previously reported , the FTC will publish an entry every Friday for the next few months focusing on each of the 10 principles outlined in its Start with Security Guide for Businesses.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2019

Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix. The flaw affects the procedure for changing expired passwords, the backdoor could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute malicious commands with root privileges on the machine running vulnerable Webmin.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2022

.” Customers can check whether their NAS is exposed online by using the Security Counselor, a built-in security portal for QNAP NAS devices. Administrator of devices exposed to the Internet should: Disable the Port Forwarding function of the router. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

” The analysis of the bot revealed that it supports seven functions: reverse shell, self-uninstall, gather process’ network information, gather Bot information, execute system commands, run encrypted files specified in URLs, DDoS attack, etc. ” reads the analysis published by 360 Netlab.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

They will often describe potential “legitimate” uses for their malware – only to further describe anti-malware evasion properties, silent installation and operation or features such as cryptocurrency mining, password theft or disabling webcam lights.” ” reads the post published by Palo Alto Networks.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Technical details of the Makop ransomware encryption tool have been greatly deepened by the Lifars security team ( link ), so, in this article, I am going to focus on other parts of the Makop gang arsenal leveraged to conduct digital extortions. The crooks currently use it after the initial access phase of their attack chain.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2020

Researchers Rich Warren from NCC Group told ZDNet that hackers are attempting to exploit the flaw to steal administrator passwords from the hacked devices. System administrators need to upgrade to fixed versions ASAP. Unfortunately, the forecast was right, hackers have started targeting F5 BIG-IP equipment exposed online.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Akamai researcher Larry Cashdollar reported that a cryptocurrency miner that previously hit only Arm-powered IoT devices it now targeting Intel systems. “This one seems to target enterprise systems.” The attack originates from clusters of compromised systems in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. .

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Normally account take overs are due to insecure passwords or recovery options, this is definitely something different. Read more: Top IT Asset Management Tools for Security.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Are you considering a career in cyber security? CompTIA Security+. The CompTIA Security+ qualification is widely considered to be one of the best introductions to the cyber security industry. The CompTIA Security+ qualification is widely considered to be one of the best introductions to the cyber security industry.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2020

Using VMware Cloud Director, cloud providers deliver secure, efficient, and elastic cloud resources to thousands of enterprises and IT teams across the world. Modify the system database to steal foreign virtual machines (VM) assigned to different organizations within Cloud Director. and 10.0.0.2.

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IT Governance

APRIL 25, 2023

A malicious threat can be an employee, contractor or business partner who is liable to leak sensitive information. Preventing this from happening requires a nuanced approach to information security, and it’s one that organisations are increasingly struggling with. Or that it’s a one-time thing, or a victimless crime.

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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 CrashedTech Loader The “KiffAppE2.exe” Filename: KiffAppE2.exe

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