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FBI Issues Private Industry Notification in Light of Florida Water Plant Hack

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. “Beyond its legitimate uses, TeamViewer allows cyber actors to exercise remote control over computer systems and drop files onto victim computers, making it functionally similar to Remote Access Trojans (RATs),” the FBI said.

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Cybersecurity agencies: You don’t have to delete PowerShell to secure it

Malwarebytes

It allows system administrators and power users to perform administrative tasks via a command line—an area where Windows previously lagged behind its Unix-like rivals with their proliferation of *sh shells. Multiple authentication methods in PowerShell permit use on non-Windows devices.

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US CISA and NSA publish guidance to secure Kubernetes deployments

Security Affairs

It guides system administrators and developers of National Security Systems on how to deploy Kubernetes with example configurations for the recommended hardening measures and mitigations. Use firewalls to limit unneeded network connectivity and encryption to protect confidentiality.

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Story of the Year: global IT outages and supply chain attacks

SecureList

XZ backdoor to bypass SSH authentication What happened? User data was stolen from Cisco Duo, a service that provides organizations with multi-factor authentication (MFA) and single sign-on (SSO) network access, as a consequence of a phishing attack targeting an employee of a third-party telephony provider.

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FBI’s alert warns about using Windows 7 and TeamViewer

Security Affairs

. “Beyond its legitimate uses, TeamViewer allows cyber actors to exercise remote control over computer systems and drop files onto victim computers, making it functionally similar to Remote Access Trojans (RATs),” states the FBI’s PIN alert. Use multiple-factor authentication. Windows 10).

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US govt agencies share details of the China-linked espionage malware Taidoor

Security Affairs

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. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication.

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Ransomware – Stop’em Before They Wreak Havoc

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Remote Desktop Vulnerabilities: Cybercriminals can gain administrative access to an endpoint/server using a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) service, using a brute-force method trying to guess passwords, or by using stolen credentials purchased on the Dark Web. MFA for CTE is available for the Windows platform.