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FBI’s alert warns about using Windows 7 and TeamViewer

Security Affairs

The FBI is warning companies about the use of out-of-date Windows 7 systems, desktop sharing software TeamViewer, and weak account passwords. “TeamViewer’s legitimate use, however, makes anomalous activity less suspicious to end users and system administrators compared to typical RATs.” Windows 10).

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

Hot for Security

The FBI alert, obtained by ZDNet , draws attention to out-of-date Windows 7 systems, poor passwords, and desktop sharing software TeamViewer. “TeamViewer’s legitimate use, however, makes anomalous activity less suspicious to end users and system administrators compared to typical RATs.”. .

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Black Hat insights: Getting bombarded by multiple ransomware attacks has become commonplace

The Last Watchdog

Major vulnerabilities left unpatched, as well as weakly configured system administration tools are sure to get discovered and manipulated, not just once, but many times over. Each of the three ransomware gangs encrypted whatever systems they could get their hands on; and each left its own ransom demand.

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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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Top 10 web application vulnerabilities in 2021–2023

SecureList

Distribution of Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerabilities by risk level, 2021–2023 ( download ) Among the sensitive data we identified during our analysis were plaintext one-time passwords and credentials, full paths to web application publish directories and other internal information that could be used to understand the application architecture.

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MY TAKE: Memory hacking arises as a go-to tactic to carry out deep, persistent incursions

The Last Watchdog

Turns out it was possible for a threat actor to flood GLIBC with data , take control of it, and then use it as a launch point for stealing passwords, spying on users and attempting to usurp control of other computers. This then drops a PowerShell script into the memory of the host computer. This is where PowerShell comes back into play.

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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.