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

The Last Watchdog

That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. Memory hacking is being carried out across paths that have been left comparatively wide open to threat actors who are happy to take full advantage of the rather fragile framework of processes that execute deep inside the kernel of computer operating systems.

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A Russian cyber vigilante is patching outdated MikroTik routers exposed online

Security Affairs

Threat actors also exploited the exploit code for the CVE-2018-14847 vulnerability in MikroTik routers to recruit them in botnets such as Mirai and VPNFilter. Alexey is a Russian-speaking cyber vigilante that decided to fix the MikroTik routers and he claims to be e system administrator.

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Wireshark fixed three flaws that can crash it via malicious packet trace files

Security Affairs

The three vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2018-16056 , CVE-2018-16057 and CVE-2018-16058 affect respectively the Bluetooth Attribute Protocol (ATT) dissector, the Radiotap dissector, and the Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol (AVDTP) dissector components of Wireshark. “To

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NEW TECH: LogicHub introduces ‘virtualized’ security analysts to help elevate SOAR

The Last Watchdog

Here are my takeaways: Skills deficit Over the past 20 years, enterprises have shelled out small fortunes in order to stock their SOCs with the best firewalls, anti-malware suites, intrusion detection, data loss prevention and sandbox detonators money can buy. For a full drill down on our discussion give a listen to the accompanying podcast.

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Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security

eSecurity Planet

Between 2016 and 2018, the malware strain SamSam made brute force RDP attacks an integral part of its attacks on several public organizations. By exploiting weak server vulnerabilities, the Iran-based hackers were able to gain access, move laterally, encrypt IT systems, and demand ransom payment. clinical labs company September U.S.

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More Cloud Means More Multi-Tenant Environments

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Gartner predicts that the worldwide public cloud services market will grow 17 percent in 2018 to $287.8 billion, up from $246.8 billion in 2017. While the increase in cloud migration is by no means a new trend, we are seeing more and more organizations seeking cloud-like consolidation, whether on-premises or in a private or public cloud.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – August 28, 2023 – Windows, Ivanti, Adobe Hit By Flaws

eSecurity Planet

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. To remedy this vulnerability, Adobe recommends installing Update 16 for ColdFusion 2018 and Update 6 for ColdFusion 2021. Threat actors can use WFP to escalate their privileges on Windows.

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