Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The Roboto botnet spreads by compromising systems by exploiting the Webmin RCE vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-15107 to drop its downloader module on Linux servers running vulnerable installs. Webmin is an open-source web-based interface for system administration for Linux and Unix.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 22, 2024

Malicious ad targets system administrators PuTTY is a very popular SSH and Telnet client for Windows that has been used by IT admins for years. ThreatDown users that have DNS Filtering can enable ad blocking in their console to prevent attacks that originate from malicious ads. We reported this campaign to Google.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

It’s designed for incident handlers, incident handling team leads, system administrators, security practitioners, and security architects. It’s designed for system analysts, security analysts, network engineers, network administrators, and hands-on security managers.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 22, 2021

So why do we keep hearing things like this: We’re also feeling relatively confident, we have a very good backup system … and then we find out at about four or five hours after the [ransomware] attack that our backup system is completely gone. Ski Kacoroski, System administrator, Northshore School District.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

System administrators can schedule scans to spot unauthorized system modifications or unwanted additional SSH accesses. Reduce potential attack surfaces by discontinuing unused VPN servers that may be used as a point of entry for attackers. Vigilance is Required.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Amass is an open-source network mapper that is particularly efficient for DNS (Domain Name System) and subdomain enumeration. Password cracking consists of retrieving passwords stored in computer systems. System administrators and security teams (and hackers) can use them to spot weak passwords. Useful links.

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Penetration Testing Wireless Passwords Social Engineering 122

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following. The system administrator did not configure standard security controls when installing the server in question. Meanwhile, the suspect server was connected to the CDOT domain with an administrator account and the internet.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

But if we go on the Akamai blog we can still find a reference to Elknot posted on April 4, 2016 on a topic referred to “ BillGates ”, another DDoS malware whose “ attack vectors available within the toolkit include: ICMP flood, TCP flood, UDP flood, SYN flood, HTTP Flood (Layer7) and DNS reflection floods. O"]); // for persistence.

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Adam Levin

APRIL 8, 2019

Denying anything happened gives system administrators more time to identify and patch newly discovered vulnerabilities. An unexpected delay in network connections could mean a hardware failure, but it could also signify a hijacked DNS server. Then there are the repercussions to the company’s stock price.

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Hacking Data privacy Artificial Intelligence System Administration 100

Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As many security researchers began this career path, I started my career in customer support and eventually found myself in system administration. Many years ago, I can remember learning how to deploy security patches, software, and operating systems via SCCM.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. DNS over HTTPS is a sensitive info grab by whomever Web browsers partner with, yet it's sold as a "privacy enhancement." Denial-of-Suez attack. Jack Daniel | @jack_daniel.

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