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Cisco was hacked by the Yanluowang ransomware gang

Security Affairs

Upon achieving an MFA push acceptance, the attacker had access to the VPN in the context of the targeted user. “Initial access to the Cisco VPN was achieved via the successful compromise of a Cisco employee’s personal Google account. ” reads the analysis published by Cisco Talos.

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The State of Data Breaches, Part 2: The Trilogy of Players

Troy Hunt

A dropped VPN connection. An email address, handle or password used somewhere else that links to their identity. Increasingly, we're seeing formal government entities issue much broader infosec advice, for example, as our Australian Signals Directorate regularly does.

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Protect IT—A Combination of Security Culture and Cyber Hygiene Good Practices

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

That includes setting up a VPN through which remote employees can access work assets. These guidelines should include the following: Set up a Strong Password Policy. One of the most common ways by which malicious actors perpetrate account takeover (ATO) fraud is via password brute forcing attacks. Employ Device Encryption.

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An initial access broker claims to have hacked Deutsche Bank

Security Affairs

We can provide VDI & VPN + all passwords of domain dump (with DA usr’s) Their funds is in B$ Price 7.5BTC We will request for proof that one can afford to avoid time wasters etc…” reads the announcement. Breaking Deutsche Bank allegedly breached and for sale by the same access broker that sold access to Medibank.

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Is India's Aadhaar System Really "Hack-Proof"? Assessing a Publicly Observable Security Posture

Troy Hunt

Blocking legitimate users is part of that problem, blocking users wanting to protect their traffic with a VPN is another: This has been there for the past year now. They also blacklist vpn IP addresses. This is poor form as it can break tools that encourage good security practices such as password managers.

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Keeper Security Acquires Glyptodon to Provide Zero-Trust Remote Access for IT Admins, SREs and DevOps Teams

CyberSecurity Insiders

It includes integration of Glyptodon Enterprise into Keeper Security’s zero-trust and zero-knowledge security and encryption architecture, resulting in a highly-secure, agentless remote access platform, without the need of a virtual private network (VPN). “In

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CISA Election Security Alert: Threat Actors Compromise 'Election Support Systems'

SecureWorld News

Read our joint advisory with the @FBI for technical details and recommended actions: [link] #InfoSec #InfoSecurity #Protect2020 pic.twitter.com/D2Clny9zUI — Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (@CISAgov). October 10, 2020. CISA details what the TTPs look like in this attack.

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