The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 12, 2024

based AppSOC launched in 2021 to aggregate, consolidate and prioritize security data from various toolsets used in the software development lifecycle ( SDLC ). For starters the ring is aimed at system administrators and senior executives, but could eventually go mainstream. San Jose, Calif.-based

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Joseph Steinberg

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

CyberSecurity Expert Joseph Steinberg will speak about endpoint security at the Endpoint Management and Security Conference , to be held virtually on Tuesday, September 14, 2021.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

“The command requires Windows system administrators,” Truniger’s ads explained. Semen-7907 registered at Tunngle from the Internet address 31.192.175[.]63 “Experience in backup, increase privileges, mikicatz, network. Details after contacting on jabber: truniger@xmpp[.]jp.”

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McAfee

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The 2021 Hispanic Heritage Month theme invites us to celebrate Hispanic Heritage and to reflect on how great our tomorrow can be if we hold onto our resilience and hope. It wasn’t until I started college that I started to dig deeper into operating systems, networking, and lower-level languages like C.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2021

The authorities started pushing out a 32-bit payload named “ EmotetLoader.dll ” to clean up the infected systems, the process was set to trigger itself automatically on April 25, 2021 as confirmed by researchers at Malwarebytes. ” reads the post published by MalwareBytes. ” stated the DoJ.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 1, 2021

In June, Microsoft patched a vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler that was listed as CVE-2021-1675. Which means that someone with limited access to a system could raise their privilege level, giving them more power over the affected system. They called theirs PrintNightmare and believed it was the same as CVE-2021-1675.

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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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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

By using a misconfigured Cisco Duo MFA implementation to force enrollment of a new device, the hackers were then able to use the “PrintNightmare” Windows Print Spooler vulnerability ( CVE-2021-34527 and CVE-2021-36958 ) to obtain administrator privileges. Inactive Accounts and Default Configurations.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

As remote desktop solutions are prevalent among IT and managed service providers (MSP), downstream clients can be at risk, as Kaseya experienced in 2021. Also read : Best Internet Security Suites & Software. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following. Examples of Notable RDP Attacks.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The Morris Worm, ostensibly created to map the internet, ultimately brought down roughly 6000 systems. Early Internet. As the ARPANET evolved into the internet, connecting exponentially more computers throughout the world, malicious code likewise made advances. In October 2021 the popular UA-parser.js

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 6, 2021

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. When administrators noticed suspicious behavior on Friday, Kaseya shut down VSA. VSA server breached. Backup data regularly. The breach mindset.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

The gang leverages exposed remote administration services and internet-facing vulnerabilities to gain and maintain access to victim networks. 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.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In another publication , Google also followed up on the activities of a similar vendor named Cytrox that had leveraged four 0-day vulnerabilities in a 2021 campaign. The reason is simple: they represent huge software stacks that must support many protocols and have to be internet-facing to operate properly. The next WannaCry.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 12, 2021

IoT (Internet of Things) Security. System Administrator (or, sysadmin). million cybersecurity by 2021) , better job security, a wide variety of self-employment options, and so on. Secure Software Development. Secure DevOps. Web/Mobile Application security. Vulnerability Assessment Analyst. Cryptography and Key Management.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Later today (Friday, September 24, 2021), Republican auditors release their final report on the found with elections in Maricopa county. 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.

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Errata Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Author: Robert Graham (@erratarob) Later today (Friday, September 24, 2021), Republican auditors release their final report on the found with elections in Maricopa county. If CISA still has it in their recommendations for election systems, then CISA is wrong. Draft copies have circulated online. This fact is well-known in the industry.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

But, never mind the dozens of other reports and white papers about phishing that come out every year from security industry leaders, let’s take a look at the 2021 Verizon DBIR. While Verizon even admits in the 2021 DBIR that they’re not entirely sure why email is still such a big thing, but it does serve its purposes.

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

Domain The team knew how much BackTrack was growing in popularity, and as they did not switch the project name when using Ubuntu, it was time to create its own place on the Internet. System Upgrades When the team started work switching from Slax to Ubuntu, they grabbed the latest release at the time (8.10 - Intrepid Ibex).

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2021

After acknowledging someone had also seized their Internet servers, DarkSide announced it was folding. REvil’s last big victim was Kaseya , a Miami-based company whose products help system administrators manage large networks remotely. Department of Justice. ” That CrowdStrike report was from July 2019. Image: FBI.

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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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