Faraway Russian hackers breached US organization via Wi-Fi

Forest Blizzard, a threat group associated with Russia’s GRU military intelligence service, repeatedly breached a US-based organization via compromised computer systems of nearby firms, which they leveraged to authenticate to the target’s e… Continue reading Faraway Russian hackers breached US organization via Wi-Fi

Can brute-force login attacks bypass AD protections if an application’s internal brute-force defense is not enforced? [closed]

I was informed by an entity that their hospital information system relies on Active Directory (AD) for user authentication, with AD configured to detect brute-force login attempts. However, the administrator mentioned that the application … Continue reading Can brute-force login attacks bypass AD protections if an application’s internal brute-force defense is not enforced? [closed]

Exploited: Cisco, SharePoint, Chrome vulnerabilities

Threat actors have been leveraging zero and n-day vulnerabilities in Cisco security appliances (CVE-2024-20481), Microsoft Sharepoint (CVE-2024-38094), and Google’s Chrome browser (CVE-2024-4947). CVE-2024-20481 (Cisco ASA/FTD) In the past few da… Continue reading Exploited: Cisco, SharePoint, Chrome vulnerabilities

Iranian hackers are going after critical infrastructure sector passwords, agencies caution

An international advisory says that the purpose of the “brute force” attacks is to sell the info to cybercrime forums.

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Any information on the encrypted Knoppix user data file system (knoppix-data.aes)?

I remember about 90% of my password used for encrypting the persistent user data file system (stored as knoppix-data.aes) while setting up Knoppix a few years ago and would now like to explore the feasibility of a dictionary brute-force at… Continue reading Any information on the encrypted Knoppix user data file system (knoppix-data.aes)?