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The Gh0stCringe RAT is hunting for poorly secured MS-SQL and MySQL servers. Once the servers are infected, the RAT contacts a C&C server for further instructions.

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Security Sophos

Directed attacks against MySQL servers deliver ransomware

May 24, 2019 admin database, ddos, edge devices, ELF, gandcrab, malware, MySQL, ransomware, Rat, SophosLabs Uncut, sql, SQL Injection

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 12:00:29 +0000

Someone is attacking internet-facing Windows database servers with GandCrab ransomware<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/Cjmfa68wtrI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

A taste of the onslaught at the network’s edge

April 30, 2019 admin attack, breakin, brute force, Corporate, CTA, Cyber Threat Alliance, edge devices, Honeypot, injection, internet, Password, RDP, SophosLabs Uncut, sql, SSH, vnc

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:01:11 +0000

Edge devices take a licking so the rest of the network can keep on ticking, but they do need a little extra TLC<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/yLDeI_Y5qG8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Explained: SQL injection

March 2, 2018 admin breach, Business, code, drop table, injection, php. asp, query, Security world, sql, SQL Injection

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:30:40 +0000

SQL injection is one of the most common attacks against businesses, with a high rate of success. So what can you do to prevent them?

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The top 5 dumbest cyber threats that work anyway

April 8, 2017 admin Business Email Compromise, cyber attack, cyber threats, cybercrime, ddos, hacking, malware, ransomware, SCAM, Social engineering, sql

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2017 15:00:23 +0000

The common conception of cyber attacks is kind of like bad weather: ranging from irritating to catastrophic, but always unpredictable. Hackers are simply too sophisticated to draw any reliable judgments on and we shouldn’t try. As it turns out, some hackers are fairly predictable in their successful use of really dumb attacks.

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