Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

The FBI is warning companies about the use of out-of-date Windows 7 systems, desktop sharing software TeamViewer, and weak account passwords. “TeamViewer’s legitimate use, however, makes anomalous activity less suspicious to end users and system administrators compared to typical RATs.”

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The researchers found five different scripts that aim to set four CRON jobs, which are recurrent tasks you can program on a computer system. Two of them regard the current user and the rest are for the root account. How to Protect Against Shikitega. Advanced configuration hardenings are strongly recommended.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We also recognize that defenders and system administrators operate with a lot of constraints and aren’t always able to configure their environment to their ideal security posture. Be especially aware of the owner role, which is a super-admin role: it can grant admin privileges to other accounts.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

One tried-and-true incursion method pivots off social engineering. It was designed to make it convenient for system administrators to automate tasks and manage configurations across all Windows endpoints and servers in a company network. Privilege account credentials are widely available for sale.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

“They exhibit extensive knowledge of systems administration and common network security misconfigurations, perform thorough reconnaissance, and adapt to what they discover in a compromised network.” ” reads the post published by Microsoft. ” continues Microsoft.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Or, if you’re using an external API for authentication, then your authentication token could be stolen by an attacker who has gained access to the server hosting that external service via some other means such as social engineering or brute force attacks on their account credentials (e.g., password guessing).

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

In November 2021, an unauthorized third party called a Robinhood customer support employee and, through social engineering , gained access to the company’s customer support systems. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following. Defending Against RDP Attacks: Best Practices.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

Such was related to a worldwide malware operation known as NullMixer, a controversial and widespread malware delivery maneuver based on SEO poisoning and social engineering technique to lure tech-savvy users, including IT personnel.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Fifteen years after the launch of the microblogging social media platform, Twitter remains a dominant public forum for instant communication with individuals and organizations worldwide on a universe of topics, including #cybersecurity. The post Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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Digital Shadows

AUGUST 17, 2021

The social engineering aspect around phishing works because humans want to be helpful, informed, paid well, get stuff for free sometimes, and generally not end up on the wrong side of management. Unfortunately, aspects of really good social engineering prey on one or more of these human traits (or faults).

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A group of teenagers used social engineering to breach Twitter's network and take over the accounts of a whole bunch of A-listers. The teens also took over Twitter accounts of several cryptocurrency companies regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). You could lose your data.'.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Retrieves various system information, namely: Local network IP addresses. Available privileges (SYSTEM, administrator or normal user). PluginDestory [sic]. Shuts down the framework. GetSystemInfo. Network protocol used for C2 communication (hardcoded to Tcpv4 in all discovered samples).

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. In the event of the Ransomware assault, the G Suite administrator will receive a notification about the incident either via e-mail or by Slack.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

By hiding the truth and not communicating with us, what happened will be published on social media and yet in news websites. The backdoor, which is the core component of Bizarro, contains more than 100 commands and allows the attackers to steal online banking account credentials. Notify your supervisors as soon as possible.

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Kali Linux

JANUARY 29, 2018

While most of this may seem like basic Linux system administration, the fact is that Kali is really a killer secure base OS and each of these skills is important for building a strong foundational knowledge of Kali.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The PerSwaysion campaign proliferates with alarming rates by leveraging compromised accounts’ email data to select further targets who hold important roles in their companies and share business relations with the victims. New round of phishing attempts leveraging current victim’s account usually takes less than 24 hours.

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