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Threat Protection: The REvil Ransomware

Cisco Security

We looked at REvil, also known as Sodinokibi or Sodin, earlier in the year in a Threat Trends blog on DNS Security. In it we talked about how REvil/Sodinokibi compromised far more endpoints than Ryuk, but had far less DNS communication. Figure 1-DNS activity surrounding REvil/Sodinokibi. Deleting backups.

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Is Your Small Business Safe Against Cyber Attacks?

CyberSecurity Insiders

Back in 2018, almost two-thirds of the small businesses suffered from cyber security attacks. . One of the most common mistakes made by small businesses is that they adopt all new IT equipment and computers but leave their internet and Wi-Fi susceptible to external threats. Backup data on Cloud . Ensure Network Security .

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Abusing cloud services to fly under the radar

Fox IT

These credentials are used in a credential stuffing or password spraying attack against the victim’s remote services, such as webmail or other internet reachable mail services. This specific document described how to access the internet facing company portal and the web-based VPN client into the company network.

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The BlueNoroff cryptocurrency hunt is still on

SecureList

We reported about the first variant of such software back in 2018, but there were many other samples to be found, which was later reported by the US CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) in 2021. domainhost.dynamic-dns[.]net. domainhost.dynamic-dns[.]net. Persistence Backdoor #2. abiesvc.jp[.]net. coin-squad[.]co.

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Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security

eSecurity Planet

Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software. Between 2016 and 2018, the malware strain SamSam made brute force RDP attacks an integral part of its attacks on several public organizations. On a Sunday in February 2018, the Colorado CISO’s office set up a temporary server to test a new cloud-based business process.

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What is the Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) Protocol?

Security Boulevard

The CA will issue challenges (DNS or HTTPS) requiring the agent to take an action that demonstrates control over said domain(s). In addition, ACME can make the process of choosing a backup CA a fairly easy one. For that reason, having a backup CA is always a good idea,” he explains in a blog of his. . Anastasios Arampatzis.

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Understanding Certificate Automation Protocols

Security Boulevard

The Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) originally designed the ACME protocol for its own Let’s Encrypt certificate service. ACME v2 is the current version of the protocol, published in March 2018. On September 15, 2021, the DNS records for acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org Today the protocol has become a standard ( RFC 8555 ).