Krebs on Security

MAY 29, 2020

The researchers concluded that for many people involved, cybercrime amounts to little more than a boring office job sustaining the infrastructure on which these global markets rely, work that is little different in character from the activity of legitimate system administrators.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Russian internet and search company Yandex discloses a data breach, a system administrator was selling access to thousands of user mailboxes. Russian search engine and internet provider Yandex discloses a data breach, the company revealed that one of its system administrators was caught selling access to 4,887 user email accounts.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 13, 2023

today released software updates to fix dozens of security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. Microsoft Corp.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 23, 2019

Many systems don't even have administrative access configured correctly. And from Boing Boing : Thangrycat relies on attackers being able to run processes as the system's administrator, and Red Balloon, the security firm that disclosed the vulnerability, also revealed a defect that allows attackers to run code as admin.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 11, 2022

Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick learned early on to use emotion to manipulate and socially engineer his targets. At the time, his targets were typically sysadmins, and the social engineering started with a phone call. And hackers will continue to use emotion an an effective social engineering tool now and into the future, because it works.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 9, 2024

In the past couple of weeks, we have observed an ongoing campaign targeting system administrators with fraudulent ads for popular system utilities. The malicious ads are displayed as sponsored results on Google’s search engine page and localized to North America. dll (Nitrogen).

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Arbitrary code execution: unauthenticated root shell access through Android Debug Bridge (ADB) leads to arbitrary code execution and system administration (CVE-2019-16273). These are stupid design decisions made by engineers who had no idea how to create a secure system. These aren't subtle vulnerabilities.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This case underscores the serious risk that social engineering and supply chain attacks pose to open-source projects. It is a critical tool in various fields, including system administration, development, and cybersecurity. For example, Apple Intelligence was recently rolled out in beta for the users of its latest systems.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Each Docker container runs on Docker Engine along with other containers. Experts pointed out that a Docker Engine is not properly secured could be exposed to remote attack through Docker Engine API. Miscreants can abuse Docker Engine API to deploy containers they have created with the specific intent of mining cryptocurrencies.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 19, 2022

Victims are lured into downloading the malware with a variety of social engineering tactics, including spearphishing. Educate users on social engineering attacks like spearphishing. All of this is done to create an environment where the group can initiate fraudulent cryptocurrency transactions. Spearphishing campaigns.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 7, 2021

Or else they are on the verge of getting hacked by cyber crooks that could then install programs, view or delete data or even create new user accounts of a PC without the knowledge of the user or the system administration if/when on network. .

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

. “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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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. A network breach begins, of course, with an incursion.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2020

.” Other critical remote code execution vulnerabilities fixed by Microsoft impact Internet Explorer ( CVE-2020-0833 , CVE-2020-0824 ), the Edge browser ( CVE-2020-0816 ), and the Chakra scripting engine ( CVE-2020-0811 ). Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 3, 2021

The objective is to encourage a common language in threat actor analysis, showing system administrators how to map adversary behavior through instructions and examples. CISA created the guide in partnership with the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HSSEDI), a DHS-owned R&D center operated by MITRE.

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Duo's Security Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

During the workday, on the other hand, I spend a lot of time talking to systems administrators, security operations analysts, and IT professionals who do love MFA. All of this is continually evaluated by Duo’s trust engine and analytics. They will often ask some version of “How can I Duo less often?”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

In March, Joshua Schulte , a former CIA software engineer that was accused of stealing the agency’s hacking tools and leaking them to WikiLeaks, was convicted of only minor charges. Schulte was identified a few days after WikiLeaks started leaking the precious dumps. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 15, 2022

While Edge started out based on Microsoft’s EdgeHTML browser engine, it later switched to a Chromium-based model. It’s also worth reading for system administrators that want to prepare for the second phase of the retirement process. After all this, Microsoft felt it was time to phase out Internet Explorer. Not so much.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Yandex, a European multinational technology firm best known for being the most-used search engine in Russia, has revealed it had a security breach, leading to the compromise of almost 5,000 Yandex email accounts. The company says it spotted the breach after a routine check by its security team.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

. “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. Train users to identify and report attempts at social engineering.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Now new findings reveal that AVrecon is the malware engine behind a 12-year-old service called SocksEscort , which rents hacked residential and small business devices to cybercriminals looking to hide their true location online. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

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. Disable File and Printer sharing services.

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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.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

By using the Shodan search engine, Spielerkid89 soon discovered an open virtual network computing (VNC) port with disabled authentication. VNC is a desktop sharing system – you can use it to remotely access your work computer from home or any other location, or allow technical support staff to do likewise.

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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. The GCIA certification ensures that you have the skills required to configure and monitor intrusion detection systems , and to read, interpret, and analyze network traffic and related log files.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

The experts have found 7,400 devices exposed online by querying the Shodan search engine, most of them in Russia, Malaysia, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Australia, Israel, Germany, the Netherlands, and Iceland. Systems exposed online could be accessed via HTTP on ports 9000, 8080, 8100, or 80.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2023

Some targeted entities may discount the threat posed by these social engineering campaigns, either because they do not perceive their research and communications as sensitive in nature, or because they are not aware of how these efforts fuel the regime’s broader cyber espionage efforts. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 10, 2021

Jobs like cybersecurity consulting, systems engineering, cybersecurity analysis, systems administration, and vulnerability analysis have varying requirements. There’s a high demand for cybersecurity specialists, but you shouldn’t rush to apply for positions without knowing what the career you’re applying for entails.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Blue teams consist of security analysts, network engineers and system administrators. A red team’s activity can extend beyond cybersecurity attacks and vulnerability scanning to include phishing , social engineering , and physical compromise campaigns lasting weeks or more.

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Hot for Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Yandex is an Internet company that provides users with a suite of products like Internet browsers for all major platforms, a search engine, an ad platform and an email service. The employee was one of three system administrators with the necessary access rights to provide technical support for the service.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2021

FIN7, operating under the guise of Bastion Secure, published job offers for programmers (PHP, C++, Python), system administrators, and reverse engineers. The job offers for IT specialist positions ranged between $800 and $1,200 USD a month, which is a good salary for this type of position in post-Soviet states.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 14, 2021

Looking at the urgency levels Microsoft has assigned to them, system administrators have their work cut out for them once again: 13 criticial patches 103 important patches. The list of July 2021 Patch Tuesday updates looks endless. and Windows 10.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

AT&T labs provided a list of IoCs (indicators of compromise) that system administrators can use to add specific rules to security solutions. Employees should be trained against various social engineering and phishing attacks, as it’s a classic vector used by cybercriminals to deploy malware.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 21, 2022

The threat actors use social engineering to encourage individuals to download trojanized cryptocurrency applications on Windows or macOS operating systems. They use the apps to gain access to the victim's computer and install malware across the network environment, stealing private keys and exploiting other security gaps.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2018

To aid the work of network defenders and systems administrators, we also provide advice on limiting the effectiveness of these tools and detecting their use on a network.” aka TEMP.Periscope, used it in attacks on engineering and maritime entities over the past months. Credential Stealer: Mimikatz.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 23, 2021

This can only happen where organisations use the on-premise version of Exchange, and system administrators haven’t installed the April and May patches. The Record reports that ProxyShell has been used to take over some 2,000 Microsoft Exchange mail servers in just two days. For mitigation details, see our post about PetitPotam.).

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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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