eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2022

By using a misconfigured Cisco Duo MFA implementation to force enrollment of a new device, the hackers were then able to use the “PrintNightmare” Windows Print Spooler vulnerability ( CVE-2021-34527 and CVE-2021-36958 ) to obtain administrator privileges. Require all accounts with password logins (e.g.,

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SC Magazine

JULY 7, 2021

Further, the Redis server operates on a remote host but is not protected by password authentication. is caused by the Vue platform’s use of cryptographic keys or passwords beyond the established expiration date, “which diminishes its safety significantly by increasing the timing window for cracking attacks against that key.”.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 28, 2022

System administrators usually know their systems very well. With the move to DevOps, I’m not sure if that is decreasing because systems are more transitory or the monitoring systems have kept pace or improved because of it. This user had the current, real password in the description. What are these tricks?

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. Type enable and the corresponding system password initially set during system installation to enter EXEC PRIVILEGED mode. The command line prompt will be changed from > to #.

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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. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following. Reconnaissance. Examples of Notable RDP Attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. Type enable and the corresponding system password initially set during system installation to enter EXEC PRIVILEGED mode. The command line prompt will be changed from > to #.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2022

After identifying a critical Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server, the cyber actors gained credentials to access the underlying Structured Query Language (SQL) database [ T1078 ] and utilized SQL commands to dump the credentials [ T1555 ], which contained both cleartext and hashed passwords for user and administrative accounts.”

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

OpenID Connect is a modern authentication protocol that lets application and website developers authenticate users without storing and managing other people’s passwords, which is both difficult and risky. We use Duo SSO for securing access to Microsoft 365, Cisco AnyConnect VPN, and IFS Aurena, our ERP system. What is OIDC?

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 11, 2022

And certain VPN clients or remote access agents perform posture checks to enforce device-based access policies. But organizations are moving their applications to the cloud, allowing BYOD and contractor devices for work, and reducing their reliance on VPN for remote access. Administrators can set access policies based on device health.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

If you have to work remotely, avoid using public Wi-Fi and activate a VPN (Virtual Private Network). Human errors often lead to data breaches, malware, and virus attacks that might compromise the company’s systems. Let your staff know about the significance of maintaining strong and unique passwords. Human Resources.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 23, 2021

Attackers often use privilege escalation exploits to increase their access rights, or tools like Mimikatz that can extract passwords from a computer’s memory. At least 15,000 systems, including devices connected to CNA’s network via VPN, were instantly affected after the threat actors detonated the ransomware.

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NopSec

MARCH 16, 2020

For organizations of various sizes that means being able to quickly set up remote working systems to enable employees to work from their homes so that they can protect themselves from being infected. That in turn means answering the following questions: How many VPN terminations do I have and which routable IP addresses they are mapped to?

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 6, 2021

Kaseya’s flagship product is a remote monitoring and management (RMM) solution called the Virtual Systems Administrator (VSA) and is the product at the center of the current attack. When administrators noticed suspicious behavior on Friday, Kaseya shut down VSA. VSA server breached.

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NopSec

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Citrix remote desktop, remote desktops still open through the firewall, and the omnipresent VPN or SSL VPN connections) that an attacker can exploit through the firewall. A NULL session attack is something that system administrators often neglect to consider when hardening networks. How times have changed.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

The Originating Malvertising Campaign According to CTI investigation on the adversary infrastructure, we were able to identify an ongoing campaign luring system administrators to install the malicious code into their machines.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2020

No one enforced the use of passwords, nor insisted on strict teacher control of those lessons. To Zoom’s credit, password protection and a “waiting room” feature, which allows the host to control when a participant joins the meeting, are the default settings for its free and single license paid accounts.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Okta was breached through one of its service providers, Sitel, itself compromised via the insecure VPN gateway of a recently acquired company. We encourage system administrators to immediately set up monitoring for these machines, due to the unlikelihood that patching (even in a timely fashion) will be sufficient to protect them.

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