CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) was created to facilitate greater sharing of potentially sensitive threat information within an organization or business and to enable more effective collaboration among security defenders, system administrators, security managers, and researchers. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The division maintains a portfolio of over 90 products and free tools that are used by millions of system administrators in more than 180,000 companies around the world. To read this article in full, please click here ManageEngine is a division of business software developer Zoho that's focused on IT management software.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This type of website is often visited by geeks and system administrators to read the latest computer reviews, learn some tips and download software utilities. Anyone clicking on the ad and who’s not the intended victim will see a standard blog with a number of articles. This time, the corporatecomf[.]online

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 10, 2022

As soon as the government of the United States announced a ban on Russian security software provided by Kaspersky, all the system administrators working across the world searched for the most trusted cybersecurity software companies in the world.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The abuse by attackers of system administration, forensic, or security tools that are either already installed on systems or can be easily deployed without raising suspicion has become extremely common. To read this article in full, please click here Living off the land is a common tactic.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 2, 2019

Rezvesz maintains his software was designed for legitimate use only and for system administrators seeking more powerful, full-featured ways to remotely manage multiple PCs around the globe. So, I suppose it is really good that I took your article with a grain of salt instead of actually really getting upset.”.

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BH Consulting

MARCH 12, 2025

Comparison test with Mozilla Observatory To gain more detailed insights, we also compared EDPB WAT and Mozilla Observatory , which provides web applications assessments so developers, system administrators, and security professionals can configure their sites safely and securely.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2021

In a revision of KnowledgeBase article KB5005413 , Microsoft has provided more elaborate mitigation instructions for the PetitPotam attacks that were disclosed a week ago. The attack could force remote Windows systems to reveal password hashes that could then be easily cracked. PetitPotam.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Our investigation revealed that this remote endpoint is associated with criminal activities dating back to 2019, indicating that these hosts were likely under the control of the same technical administration. This hostname connection is particularly heterogeneous, but it technically makes sense.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

It isn’t anyone’s fault, necessarily, since news articles about ransomware attacks often focus on the attack, the suspected threat actors, the ransomware type, and, well, not much else. Further, when recovering from a ransomware attack, there will almost always be what Kacaroski called a “system admin chokepoint.”.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

I write very technical posts around WordPress, around coding, and I’ve been doing a lot of speaking at WordCamps for the past year and a half about those topics like advanced coding topics, or systems administration, or those types of things. Oh, TwigPress. It’s T-W-I-G-P-R-E-S-S. That’s how I kind of got into WordPress.

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SecureList

MAY 23, 2024

Today, although null sessions still exist and are enabled by default on domain controllers (most likely for compatibility purposes), most system administrators close this capability by hardening the security policies and monitoring domain controller activities, including anonymous access through SMB.

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Trend Micro

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The September 2021 Patch Tuesday cycle is relatively good news for system administrators with only 66 total bulletins. Perhaps more significantly, only three of these were Critical bulletins.

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NopSec

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Our integration with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is a perfect example of how having the right data can enable the automation of everyday cybersecurity tasks. MS SCCM background Microsoft SCCM is a tool used by system administrators for software distribution and patch management in large enterprise IT environments.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

This article discusses top areas in IT where you need to strengthen cybersecurity measures to avoid data breaches and information loss: Networks. One of the most vulnerable areas that hackers use to infiltrate a company’s system is the network. Besides, cybercriminals are becoming craftier with sophisticated technology. Data Security.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 7, 2021

It also started the blog that became the basis for this article. In the latest episode of the Lock and Code podcast, host David Ruiz speaks to Ski Kacoroski—a system administrator with the Northshore School District in Washington state—about the immediate reaction, the planned response, and the long road to recovery from a ransomware attack.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 18, 2021

In this article, I describe poorly-documented, or completely undocumented, features that could stop working as advertised or disappear completely without notice in future releases of macOS. Signed System Volume (SSV) cryptographically sealed the boot volume and made it tamper-evident. Again, see support article HT210108.

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The State of Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A 40-year-old man could face up to 10 years in prison, after admitting in a US District Court to sabotaging his former employer’s computer systems.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 1, 2021

For further measures it is good to know that the exploit works by dropping a DLL in a subdirectory under C:WindowsSystem32spooldrivers, so system administrators can create a “Deny to modify” rule for that directory and its subdirectories so that even the SYSTEM account can not place a new DLL in them.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 21, 2021

There is no patch for it yet (it is expected to be patched in early May), so system administrators will need to mitigate for the problem for now, rather than simply fixing it. According to some articles the threat-actors are linked to China. Please don’t wait for the patch. Mitigation requires a workaround.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In this article, you’ll find out about ransomware backup strategy , a set of possible ways to make your data more secure. Check our article about ransomware protection to find out more about protecting your data from ransomware. But there is a problem. Ransomware can infect backups. Can Ransomware Encrypt Backups?

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LRQA Nettitude Labs

MAY 3, 2023

These messages can be captured and analysed by security professionals or system administrators for various purposes, including debugging and performance analysis. However, as demonstrated in this short article, ETW can also be a great resource for offense, finding providers useful for passive situational awareness.

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Hacker's King

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

By exploiting weaknesses in a system, an attacker can elevate their privileges, gaining unauthorized access to restricted areas. In this article, we’ll explore how the Runas command is leveraged to escalate privileges and how defenders can protect their systems from such attacks.

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Hacker's King

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

In this article, we learn how you can easily do Privilege Escalation in Linux using simple binaries GTFObins or GTFOBinaries. These fundamentals help identify weak points in system security. You may read more about Top Underrated Penetration Testing Tools Of Kali Linux What do we discuss in this article? >

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

When system administrators are setting up Duo to protect applications, they will also have the ability to provide familiar and consistent names for these applications. Customers will also be able to select a specific accent color that aligns with their branding to be used throughout the authentication prompt and mobile app experience.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

This article looks at the remote desktop protocol, how RDP attacks work, best practices for defense, the prevalence of RDP attacks today, and how remote desktop software vendors are securing their clients. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Technical details of the Makop ransomware encryption tool have been greatly deepened by the Lifars security team ( link ), so, in this article, I am going to focus on other parts of the Makop gang arsenal leveraged to conduct digital extortions. Its name is YDArk and it is an open-source tool available even on GitHub ( link ).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Numerous articles, vulnerability reports, and analytical materials prove this fact. This can be carried out directly or using a shadow payload or using a phishing attack aimed at compromising the user's system. The concept of PIM, in contrast to PAM, is aimed at managing existing accounts: administrator, root, etc.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

During one of the projects, an SQL injection into an application that was open to signup by any internet user let us obtain the credentials of an internal system administrator. Mitigation: use parameterized SQL queries in application source code instead of combining them with a SQL query template.

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Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

Denying anything happened gives system administrators more time to identify and patch newly discovered vulnerabilities. This article originally appeared on Inc.com. Then there are the repercussions to the company’s stock price. In short, there is no upside.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Logging helps system administrators keep track of which users are making changes to the environment—something that would be nearly impossible to do manually. This article was originally published on May 24, 2017. Read more: Best Penetration Testing Tools for 2021. Enable security logs. It was updated by Kaiti Norton.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 12, 2021

I wrote this article in an attempt to answer the most common questions that people have about making a career in cybersecurity. System Administrator (or, sysadmin). Weighing in on the most common questions. I often interact with tons of people outside of my line of work who have questions about making a career in cybersecurity.

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SiteLock

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This article reviews the above as well as some other security concerns. The audit process helps the customer ascertain that the provider has implemented and follows all the necessary security procedures, including those that specify rules for interacting with contractors and controlling the work of system administrators.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 12, 2023

This article will provide an overview of the best cybersecurity certifications in 2023 and where you can sign up for them. Cybersecurity professionals are increasingly turning to online courses to earn their credentials, helping them stand out from the crowd and keep pace with an ever-changing industry.

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Hacker's King

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

In this article, we are going to learn Linux commands that help in blue teaming to work easily. While working as a Soc Analyst or Blue teaming you should be familiar with operating systems such as macOS , Linux , Windows. System binaries (/sbin): Contains system binaries, usually for system administration (requires root privileges).

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SiteLock

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In this article, we will explore a malware encoding mechanism that hides the payload in RGB color codes. However, some methods, like those described in my article on “interesting” malware , are strange enough they can be overlooked as junk or broken code. Encoding Malware. Why Is Malware Encoded? About The Author.

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Vipre

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Unfortunately, this task is extremely difficult – by its very nature, software like the SolarWinds Orion platform is designed to be trusted, and is allowed to do things (like install system services, monitor network connections, etc) that “normal” software is not allowed to do.

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