Tag: initial access
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The Register: Here’s what happens if you don’t layer network security – or remove unused web shells
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/22/cisa_red_team_exercise/ Source: The Register Title: Here’s what happens if you don’t layer network security – or remove unused web shells Feedly Summary: TL;DR: Attackers will break in and pwn you, as a US government red team demonstrated The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency often breaks into critical organizations’ networks – with their permission,…
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Cisco Talos Blog: New PXA Stealer targets government and education sectors for sensitive information
Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/new-pxa-stealer/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: New PXA Stealer targets government and education sectors for sensitive information Feedly Summary: Cisco Talos discovered a new information stealing campaign operated by a Vietnamese-speaking threat actor targeting government and education entities in Europe and Asia. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a threat…
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The Register: Admins can give thanks this November for dollops of Microsoft patches
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/13/november_patch_tuesday/ Source: The Register Title: Admins can give thanks this November for dollops of Microsoft patches Feedly Summary: Don’t be a turkey – get these fixed Patch Tuesday Patch Tuesday has swung around again, and Microsoft has released fixes for 89 CVE-listed security flaws in its products – including two under active attack…
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Schneier on Security: IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet
Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/11/iot-devices-in-password-spraying-botnet.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: IoT Devices in Password-Spraying Botnet Feedly Summary: Microsoft is warning Azure cloud users that a Chinese controlled botnet is engaging in “highly evasive” password spraying. Not sure about the “highly evasive” part; the techniques seem basically what you get in a distributed password-guessing attack: “Any threat actor…
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The Register: Russian spies use remote desktop protocol files in unusual mass phishing drive
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/30/russia_wrangles_rdp_files_in/ Source: The Register Title: Russian spies use remote desktop protocol files in unusual mass phishing drive Feedly Summary: The prolific Midnight Blizzard crew cast a much wider net in search of scrummy intel Microsoft says a mass phishing campaign by Russia’s foreign intelligence services (SVR) is now in its second week, and…