Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

The Taiwanese company urges its customers to enable multi-factor authentication where available, enable auto block and account protection, and to use string administrative credentials, . System administrators that have noticed suspicious activity on their devices should report it to Synology technical support.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

The amount of data in the world topped an astounding 59 zetabytes in 2020, much of it pooling in data lakes. PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 30, 2020

Micro-segmentation got a lot of attention at RSA 2020. Here are the key takeaways: Micro-managing workloads Companies today are immersed in digital transformation; they’re migrating to cloud-based business systems, going all in on mobile services and embracing Internet of Things systems whole hog. I’ll keep watch.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

Isolate Internet-facing services in a network Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to reduce the exposure of the internal network [ D3-NI ]. Enable robust logging of Internet-facing services and monitor the logs for signs of compromise [ D3-NTA ] [ D3-PM ]. Protect these accounts with strict network policies [ D3-UAP ].

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Makop gang did not conduct any significative retooling since 2020, which is a clear indicator of their effectiveness even after three years and hundreds of successful compromises. The gang leverages exposed remote administration services and internet-facing vulnerabilities to gain and maintain access to victim networks.

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SC Magazine

JULY 7, 2021

CISA assigned CVE-2020-1938 to the flaw, which stems from the use of Apache JServ (AJP). Philips released software updates to address some of the flaws, but multiple vulnerabilities require system administrators to apply workarounds in the interim as the patches are currently in development and won’t be released for some time.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2023

New reporting from Wired reveals that the Department of Justice detected the SolarWinds attack six months before Mandient detected it in December 2020, but didn’t realize what they detected—and so ignored it. The DOJ asked the security firm Mandiant to help determine whether the server had been hacked.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2021

. “According to the affidavit, foreign law enforcement agents, working in coordination with the FBI, gained lawful access to Emotet servers located overseas and identified the Internet Protocol addresses of approximately 1.6 million computers worldwide that appear to have been infected with Emotet malware between April 1, 2020, and Jan.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

On top of that, due to changes in legislation that limited financial institutions in hiring external services, the number of cases we investigated for financial industry clients in 2020 was zero. We investigated 200 cases for clients in Russia in 2020, and already over 300 in the first nine months of 2021.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Between January and August 2020, unidentified actors used aggregation software to link actor-controlled accounts to client accounts belonging to the same institution, resulting in more than $3.5 Some of the credentials belonged to company leadership, system administrators, and other employees with privileged access.".

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 6, 2021

After a series of highly publicized ransomware attacks this spring, the Kaseya attack most resembles the compromise of SolarWinds in late 2020. Kaseya’s flagship product is a remote monitoring and management (RMM) solution called the Virtual Systems Administrator (VSA) and is the product at the center of the current attack.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Like in the case of SolarWinds in 2020, masked threat actors aren’t afraid to linger for months during reconnaissance. Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following. Extended Stays and Attack Execution.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In most organization system administrators can disable or change most or all SSH configurations; these settings and configurations can significantly increase or reduce SSH security risks. But port forwarding requires careful configuration and hardening to make sure bad stuff from the internet is not forwarded into the private network.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

One could argue more Windows logs need to be preserved, but that would simply mean archiving the from the C: drive onto the D: drive, not that you need to connect to the Internet to centrally log files. If CISA still has it in their recommendations for election systems, then CISA is wrong. Credential Management.

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Errata Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

One could argue more Windows logs need to be preserved, but that would simply mean archiving the from the C: drive onto the D: drive, not that you need to connect to the Internet to centrally log files. If CISA still has it in their recommendations for election systems, then CISA is wrong. This fact is well-known in the industry.

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NopSec

MARCH 16, 2020

First of all, ask yourself whether all your remote working systems and related directory services they are tapping into have adequate password length policy, password expiration,and username randomization. Also, does your Internet-exposed websites allow valid username enumeration via specific response identification?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

This cloud-centric model offers administrators granular network management opportunities while leveraging the bandwidth and reducing the cost of service delivery. With SD-WAN architectures, branch employees and remote users connect to an enterprise network through a web of connected devices over the internet. SDN vs SD-WAN.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The group started its activities in December 2020 and has been responsible for multiple sets of attacks against high-profile entities in Europe and Asia. ToddyCat is an advanced APT actor that we described in a previous publication last year. SCRIPT_NAME%.ps1

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 20, 2022

Thanks to the Internet Archive, you can still read Microsoft’s old version of Securing Privileged Access with EASE, the tier model, etc., Microsoft’s latest recommendations include Azure technologies like Conditional Access, which is highly relevant for Azure as the control panels are Internet exposed.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

Going back a bit, it was also the top attack vector in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and well, hopefully, you get the picture. It could be a system administrator who has access to sensitive defense information and recently just met an attractive fitness influencer on social media (hello, Iran !). Why should I care about Phish?

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2024

A few highlights include analysts, engineering roles in networking, IT system administration, pentesting, and leadership roles. Sysadmin roles can involve: Setting up networks and IT systems: These leaders manage setup processes for hardware, software, network connections, and user permissions.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

We do have we do have some people on the internet who have expressed concern about, you know, cyber criminal, I think is what we were originally going with. And then in 2020 pandemic, you know, DEF CON was all virtual. Is this to you know, is this for the better good? or is this some sort of self serving, kind of intent?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Strong leadership is especially needed in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic has created a host of new challenges for IT and cybersecurity. And it seems that the teen hackers in the Twitter account takeover attack ran a similar social engineering routine, updated to match 2020 technology and the technical challenges created by work from home.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NSCS @cse_cst @CISAgov @FBI [link] — @U.S.CyberCommand (@US_CYBERCOM) August 3, 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.

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