CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 21, 2021

All businesses online and brick-and-mortar must have a cyber security plan in place because it is crucial for keeping your user data including passwords, and credit card numbers, secure and protected. . Some key points in a cyber security plan that you must consider are as follows: Strong passwords . Backup data on Cloud .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2022

The Russian government fears the consequence of data breaches suffered by its organizations or possible interference by third-party nation state actors that could exploit the ongoing attacks to carry out covet cyber attacks.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. As we’ll see in a moment, Salomon is now behind bars, in part because he helped to rob dozens of small businesses in the United States using some of those same harvested passwords.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2022

re abruptly announced it was permanently closing after a cybersecurity breach allowed unknown intruders to trash its servers and delete customer data and backups. According to Constella Intelligence [currently an advertiser on KrebsOnSecurity], Oleg used the same password from his iboss32@ro.ru Who is the “ Alexander S.”

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks. 64% of managers and higher admit to poor password practices.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

Also, webmasters can manage: API access PHP MySQL databases DNS records Backups FTP users Users can also create packages with predefined resource limits, view resource usage, automate accounts management, and more. Offsite backups SPanel accounts also get free daily backups to a remote server.

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

For businesses, this means implementing a comprehensive incident response plan that includes secure, immutable backups and regular testing to ensure rapid recovery in the event of an attack. For consumers, being alert to suspicious emails, using secure passwords, and frequently backing up data is crucial.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

But more and more, organizations need to plan for the possibility that the worst may happen – and that involves ransomware-proof backups and ransomware removal tools and services. Free Kaspersky Password Manager Premium. Bank-grade encryption to help keep information like passwords and personal details secure. DNS filtering.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

Hackers gained initial access by brute-forcing an existing account via “a simple, predictable password” to enroll a new device in the MFA procedures, the agencies said. Require all accounts with password logins (e.g., service account, admin accounts, and domain admin accounts) to have strong, unique passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

Password changes, login times, and account deletions. Active Administrator simplifies group policy management, monitors the health of domain controllers, and enables automated backup and recovery of AD. AD Change Reports: Password resets, group policy changes, moved resources, etc. for 50 users. Receive real-time notifications.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Can spot backup and configuration files. Amass is an open-source network mapper that is particularly efficient for DNS (Domain Name System) and subdomain enumeration. Best Password Crackers. Password cracking consists of retrieving passwords stored in computer systems. Can hide status and process (e.g.,

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

An SSL can secure credit card transactions, usernames and passwords from being stolen by hackers. Luckily Howard kept frequent backups of the church’s website. Website attacks can destroy site content, so backups are crucial to recovering damage. Joe’s Vegan Blog Cooks Up Comment Spam. Why would a hacker target Julia’s boutique?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Policies typically will be written documents that detail the requirements that will be enforced, such as password complexity. Minimum User Access Controls Active Directory: The smallest organizations might only worry about device access, otherwise known as the login credentials (username/password).

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SecureList

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Display DNS resolver cache. privilеge::dеbug; Invoke-Mimikаtz -DumpCrеds; Decoded base64 command issued through webshell to invoke Mimikatz to dump passwords. Decoded base64 command issued through webshell to invoke Mimikittenz to dump passwords. cmd.exе /c sеt. Display the current environment variable settings. IEX (New-Object.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Changing all administrative and local passwords three times to fortify security. Restoring all infected endpoints from secure backups, eliminating the use of local administrator accounts, and implementing application and DNS filtering to control software usage and web access.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Server: Provides powerful computing and storage in local, cloud, and data center networks to run services (Active Directory, DNS, email, databases, apps). These controls include: Active Directory (AD): Manages users, groups, and passwords as a fundamental access control for an organization and the basis for most other security tools.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

The common methods for analyzing an iOS mobile infection are either to examine an encrypted full iOS backup or to analyze the network traffic of the affected device. However, some of the things the malware authors came up with, such as placing their Python script inside a domain TXT record on the DNS server, were ingenious.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Remote desktop software’s sensitive influence over other devices means identity and access management (IAM), password security , and multi-factor authentication are critical for risk management. Partnering with SentinelOne , N-able launched its endpoint detection and response (EDR) and password management solutions in 2019.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2023

Some are less obvious, such as ensuring sound DNS security through solutions like Cisco Umbrella or DNSFilter. These capabilities exist to provide network-level or roaming client solutions that identify, then block redirection attempts and DNS requests to known malicious sites.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

For example, Cloudflare Zero Trust blocks uploads and downloads of encrypted, password-protected files or files larger than 15MB by default because it cannot scan those files. Requiring user-supplied values such as passwords to access content increases the likelihood of successful payload detonation and delivery. pdf files, etc.,

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Organizations can help prevent their computers from becoming part of a botnet by installing anti-malware software, using firewalls , keeping software up-to-date, and forcing users to use strong passwords. Always change the default passwords for any IoT devices you install before extended use. Examples of Botnet Malware Attacks.

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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

Credential theft and password spraying to Cobalt Strike. This adversary starts with obtaining usernames and passwords of their victim from previous breaches. These credentials are used in a credential stuffing or password spraying attack against the victim’s remote services, such as webmail or other internet reachable mail services.

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SecureList

APRIL 24, 2023

Introduction We introduced Tomiris to the world in September 2021, following our investigation of a DNS-hijack against a government organization in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The following map shows the countries where we detected Tomiris targets (colored in green: Afghanistan and CIS members or ratifiers).

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Upon startup, this backdoor makes a type A DNS request for the <hex-encoded 20-byte string> u.fdmpkg[.]org After parsing the response to the DNS request, the backdoor launches a reverse shell, using the secondary C2 server for communications. org domain. Otherwise, the reverse shell is created by the crond backdoor itself.

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2022

For example, use of data from stealer logs or password mining. There is access data to 2-3 domains of that network, the total number is 3-4, I don’t know exactly, see the screenshot below for DNS servers! There is access to a network, admin-level access, direct connection to SSH servers, access to backups. more in pm!

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SecureList

JANUARY 13, 2022

The archive contained a document file such as Word, Excel or PDF file that was password protected alongside another file disguised as a text file containing the document’s password. domainhost.dynamic-dns[.]net. domainhost.dynamic-dns[.]net. All archives used for the initial infection vector had a similar structure.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A zombie network, named Abcbot by researchers, first hit the radar in July, but at the time it was little more than a simple scanner attacking Linux systems by brute-forcing weak passwords and exploiting known vulnerabilities. In some cases, DNS amplification was also used. In October, the botnet was upgraded with DDoS functionality.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 28, 2023

You decide to take a look at their DNS cache to get a list of internal resources the user has been browsing and as you look through the list, there are several that you recognize based on naming conventions. If you create a system and it accepts files or text, people will put their passwords or sensitive customer information posthaste.

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Kali Linux

OCTOBER 12, 2022

raspberry-pi-zero-w-p4wnp1-aloa-armel.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdb bs=1M status=progress [sudo] password for kali: 6421807104 bytes (6.4 Since the first boot of Kali Linux will do things like resize the filesystem, and set up the default credentials (user: kali , password: kali ) the timing will vary based on microSD card speed.

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Pen Test

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Backup and Snapshot If you’re running Kali Linux on a virtual machine, it’s a good practice to take a snapshot of your setup once you have everything configured. Select “Active Directory Domain Services” and “DNS Server.” This adds the new user and grants them sudo privileges.

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Fox IT

JUNE 23, 2020

They also display attention to detail by, for example, ensuring that they obtain the passwords to disable security tools on a network prior to deploying the ransomware. This increases the time for recovery for the victim, or in some cases due to unavailability of offline or offsite backups, prevents the ability to recover at all.

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Cisco Security

MAY 24, 2021

million ransom and spending a long week restoring backups, Colonial was able to resume operations. Enforce security at the DNS layer. Cisco Umbrella analyses DNS queries to block requests to malicious domains, suspicious files or direct IP connections from command-and-control callbacks. Have backups ready.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 22, 2022

Verizon), DNS resolvers (e.g. Keep a copy off the network (assume a virus could spread to them) even if temporary via a timed window for backups to occur. “Ok, Cloudflare), authentication platforms (e.g. Okta), and cloud hosting providers (e.g. They are footholds into your network that the device makers don’t keep up to date very well.

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