Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Security experts from cyber-security firm Prevailion reported that TA505 has compromised more than 1,000 organizations. The malicious updates employed in the Zerologon attacks are able to bypass the user account control (UAC) security feature in Windows and abuse the Windows Script Host tool (wscript.exe) to execute malicious scripts.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Over the past year, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has observed an evolution of the tools, techniques, and procedures employed by Iranian nation-state actors. Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Crooks leverage Google Translate service as camouflage on mobile browsers in a phishing campaign aimed at stealing Google account and Facebook credentials. The phishing campaign targets both Google and Facebook accounts, the use of Google Translate allows the attackers to make the phishing page as a legitimate form from a Google domain.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Meanwhile, the best security tooling money can was never designed to deal with this phenomenon. The threat intelligence platforms and detection and response systems installed far and wide, in SMBs and large enterprises alike, simply are not doing a terrific job at accounting for how APIs are facilitating multi-staged network breaches.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 12, 2021

Microsoft’s Security Intelligence account also tweeted , “We have detected and are now blocking a new family of ransomware being used after an initial compromise of unpatched on-premises Exchange Servers.”. “Microsoft observed a new family of human operated ransomware attack customers – detected as Ransom:Win32/DoejoCrypt.A.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

pic.twitter.com/YpUVEfmlUH — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2020. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2020. One of the interesting techniques we observed in this campaign is the use of redirector sites with a unique subdomain for each target.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2022

Threat actors were observed abusing OneDrive, for this reason, the IT giant has suspended more than 20 malicious OneDrive applications created by POLONIUM actors, notified affected organizations, and deployed a series of security intelligence updates that will quarantine malicious tools developed by the attackers.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2021

To deliver on all of these rich digital services, hundreds of billions of human-to-machine and machine-to-machine identities, each represented by an account, must be connected on the fly. The ones with strong security postures are shoring up their SIEM systems with updated orchestration and automated response tools.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 13, 2021

According to Tech.co , a 2021 study found that users now need to track 100 passwords across their various web accounts. Other times, they simply reuse the same password across multiple web accounts. Organizations can incorporate such news into their security awareness training programs to phase out passwords where they can.

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Hot for Security

MAY 21, 2021

“This RAT is infamous for its ransomware-like behavior of appending the file name extension.crimson to files without actually encrypting them,” said the Microsoft Security Intelligence team on Twitter. Attackers used compromised email accounts to launch the email campaign.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In this type of attack, cybercriminals sometimes have gained access to someone's business email account at a school or in a district. Once inside the account, the hacker will send emails to other teachers asking for help because of a heart wrenching situation. February 2, 2021. ru, Yahoo, Hotmail, Outlook, and iCloud.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Iran-linked APT group Phosphorus successfully hacked into the email accounts of multiple high-profile individuals and security conference attendees. “Phosphorus, an Iranian actor, has targeted with this scheme potential attendees of the upcoming Munich Security Conference and the Think 20 (T20) Summit in Saudi Arabia.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2021

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks represent a serious threat for organizations worldwide, according to the annual report released by FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center , the 2020 Internet Crime Report , in 2020, the IC3 received 19,369 Business Email Compromise (BEC)/Email Account Compromise (EAC) complaints. billion in losses.

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Penetration Testing

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Recently, a detailed report from AhnLab Security Intelligence Center has shed light on the sophisticated strategies employed... The post Backdoor Breaches: The Rise of Stealthy Linux System Attacks appeared first on Penetration Testing.

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Penetration Testing

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Experts from the AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) have uncovered new attacks on MS-SQL servers, targeting unsecured accounts and weak passwords.

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BH Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

AI alleviates alert fatigue In a similar vein, Forescout’s VP of security intelligence Rik Ferguson talked about how AI can help to manage the deluge of log information that security professionals often face. Drowning in data? Every step in an attack represents an opportunity for a defender.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Two-factor authentication is a great way to protect your online accounts, and we always recommend you turn it on. Yesterday, security intelligence firm, Intel 147, revealed it had noticed an uptick of activity in threat actors providing access to services in Telegram that circumvent two-factor authentication (2FA) methods. .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2021

The IT giant reported that at least one China linked APT group, tracked as HAFNIUM , chained these vulnerabilities to access on-premises Exchange servers to access email accounts, and install backdoors to maintain access to victim environments. — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) March 12, 2021.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 12, 2021

Microsoft confirmed “a new family of ransomware being used after an initial compromise of unpatched on-premises Exchange Servers,” via its Security Intelligence Twitter account. (Microsoft).

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

com Running PowerShell scripts directly from a GitHub gist created by an account associated with DSIRF. Researchers from threat intelligence firm RiskIQ, using passive DNS data related to Knotweed attacks, linked the C2 infrastructure used by the malware since February 2020 to DSIRF. .” or later to detect the related indicators.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Microsoft’s “ Security Intelligence Report, Volume 24 ” shows a 250% increase in the number of phishing emails and attacks since 2018. Employees inevitably rely on a few identical or similar passwords for multiple accounts. Have your employees and teams utilize a strong password manager to keep their passwords secure.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 3, 2022

It delivers finished intelligence with clear remediation recommendations. OSINT Monitoring and Analysis reports provide a clear accounting of analyst findings. goods, illicit purchases of goods or near money instruments (gift cards, credits), use of stolen credentials, accounts, or payment methods. ABOUT NISOS.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We call this contextual approach to open source security “Intelligent software composition analysis”. Distinguishing between reachable and unreachable open source vulnerabilities has helped SL users reduce their open source security tickets by 92%. This is the approach we take for open source scanning in Javascript applications.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 27, 2022

Monthly reports include a thorough accounting of sites where PII was found and any remediation actions taken. John Sullivan, Global Chief Security and Resiliency Officer Vice President – Boston Scientific. Nisos is The Managed Intelligence Company. Nisos Collection & Analysis Stack Spans All Critical Data Sources.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2023

Microsoft has disrupted activity by SEABORGIUM, a Russia-based actor launching persistent phishing, credential and data theft, intrusions, and hack-and-leak campaigns tied to espionage.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Companies deploy multiple security, intelligence and productivity monitoring tools in the hopes of working smarter and safer. Workforce Cyber Intelligence is designed for today’s modern, distributed workforce model. However, none of these solutions focus on the humans driving day-to-day operations.

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Lenny Zeltser

MAY 3, 2019

Don’t share user accounts with others on your team. If you’re managing IT aspects of your campaign, review security settings related to your users’ accounts and applications. Enable security options according to your provider’s recommendations (e.g., the G Suite security checklist ).

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2021

percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. A surprising 91.5 Two Malware Families Dominate.

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Cisco Security

MAY 27, 2022

The Cisco Secure stack at Black Hat includes SecureX, Umbrella, Malware Analytics, Secure Endpoint (iOS clarity), and Meraki. This means that each of our Cisco staff members can have an individual SecureX sign-on account to log into the various consoles. Next let’s take a look at the individual product configurations.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 30, 2021

Your team many find the resources and community support on Cisco DevNet as a great way to connect, secure, and automate APIs. Once you have an accountable team, make a plan , and communicate it throughout the organization. ” These same intelligence feeds can be used to understand API abuse. Maps to API10.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2021

In particular, they might consider limiting their use of ClusterRoles and ClusterRoleBindings, as these assignments could enable an attacker to move to other cluster resources if they compromise a single user account. For more information about other aspects of Amazon EKS security, click here.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

Makes logging in easier for users and secure with single sign-on and risk-based multifactor authentication. Protects and manages access to privileged accounts with enterprise-grade password security and privileged access management. Discovers, secures and manages privileged account passwords to protect from abuse and misuse.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

They can also follow the recommendations that StackRox made in September 2020 by restricting the feature’s file permissions, configuring to serve only HTTPs, binding it to a localhost interfact and using Kubernetes RBAC to allow access to individual service accounts per controller. cloud-controller-manager. What is it?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 7, 2021

with scams accounting for over 40 percent of all calls, and over 80 percent of all scam calls using area codes local to the recipient. Visit the Thales CPL STIR/SHAKEN website page for more details on how you can ensure your infrastructure is secure and how it can help with a strong foundation of digital trust. Data security.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 14, 2024

LastPass provides a site license, which includes accounts for all employees at a set rate, allowing for growth without additional fees. Businesses focusing on security may find LastPass unsuitable due to its breach history and lack of secret management. It provides a 14-day free business trial and a free version.

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Webroot

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Webroot Security Intelligence Director, Grayson Milbourne, offers several suggestions that companies can do to increase their security posture. Milbourne is also a big advocate of security awareness training. Perfecting Your Posture.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 15, 2023

This could include vulnerability scanners , configuration assessment tools, or security intelligence platforms. This involves gathering as much information about each asset as possible, including IP addresses, service account credentials, patch status, and more.

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