Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2023

System administrators need to be aware that adversaries can exploit edge devices to place backdoors that persist even after updates and / or reboots.” As of August 14, most of the backdoored instances are in Germany, France and Switzerland. ” concludes the report.”As

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Fox IT

AUGUST 15, 2023

We initially only scanned systems that were not patched on July 21st, as the exploitation was believed to be between July 20th and July 21st. Later, we decided to also scan the systems that were already patched on July 21st. Sometimes, the window in which defenders must patch their systems is incredibly small.

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Threatpost

JUNE 18, 2019

The Department of Homeland Security urged system administrators to update their Windows machines after testing a working BlueKeep exploit for Windows 2000.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Before the year 2000, lots of computer programs kept track of the year by remembering the last two digits instead of all four. It is also good for system administrators to make a mental note of the date October 24, 2021. through 3.22. If you don’t remember the Y2K bug, let me remind you quickly.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Thanks to him I was able to co-found one of the first infosec consulting businesses in Spain in 2000, and I’m still very grateful for that opportunity. He recognized my passion for infosec (it wasn’t called cyber back then) and provided me with the support needed to make my ideas and projects a reality. And the rest is history from there!

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NopSec

JANUARY 30, 2019

This assignee will most often ‘own’ the system or application that the issue was discovered in. For example – a critical vulnerability in the Linux Kernel will require an operating system patch to fix. This vulnerability would be assigned to a Linux system administrator. Our customers’ time is valuable.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

I think the whole white hat black hat thing came out of DEF CON, circa 2000. I think the whole white hat black hat thing came out of DEF CON, circa 2000. And, instead of saying Black HAT, say Attacker, Malicious Adversary , Threat Actor HAcking Is Not a Crime is facilitating a discussion around these alternatives. I don't know.

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