Kerberos Delegation and Usage
Kerberos delegation has been around for a long time (Windows Server 2000 to be exact), but more often than not, when speaking to engineers who manage or work with Active Directory, they’re not familiar with all the various implementations of Kerberos delegation, their uses, and some ways they can be abused. What I find funny, is that most people confuse Kerberos delegation with delegated permissions.
The practical usage of Kerberos delegation is to enable a…
It’s that time of the year again! As we roll into 2020 we’re
proud to present our 4th edition of “STEALTHbits’ Experts
Cybersecurity Predictions.”
We asked eight of our top industry voices here at STEALTHbits their thoughts on what’s to come in the world of cybersecurity in the next 365 days! Read on and come back at the start of 2021 to see how we did.
Ransomware Will Continue To Wreak Havoc Using the Same Old Tricks
Ransomware attacks will continue to impact organizations causing s…
Phishing scams are a very common technique used by identity
thieves to trick you into giving them your sensitive personal or financial
information. Thieves will often impersonate actual companies like credit card
companies, banks or online resources such as PayPal or Dropbox. It is a
challenge to recognize what is real and what isn’t but there are a few things
you can do to make yourself/your organization less susceptible to this type of
scam.
Traditional Approach
Before we discuss a no…
In my last blog post, we took a look at the Vulnerability Assessment within the Advanced Data Security (ADS) offering for Azure SQL. In my final blog post of the series, we will take a deep dive into the Advanced Threat Protection features.
VIEW PART 1 HERE
VIEW PART 2 HERE
Advanced Threat Protection for Azure SQL Databases provides administrators with immediate visibility into potential threats such as suspicious database activities, potential vulnerabilities, SQL injection attacks…
The last post, we started discussing the importance of protecting Active Directory and your unstructured data. Today, we’ll continue our discussion with the next three data security best practices to ensure the security of your data.
Pragmatic
Data Security Best Practice #2: Monitor Activity
Monitoring activity is an essential capability, but be
careful not to bite off more than you can chew. The best way to make effective
use of your monitoring efforts is to focus on specific scenarios…
Data security is a major issue for any company that has valuable information to protect. Breaches of that data can cost an organization dearly in the form of business disruption, loss of revenue, fines, lawsuits, and perhaps worst of all, the loss of trust between the organization and its customers and partners. But the challenge of securing all that data is daunting. It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that some small changes can have a major impact. Just as a journey of a thousand miles sta…
In my last blog post, we took a look at the Data Discovery & Classification features within the Advanced Data Security (ADS) offering for Azure SQL. In this blog post, we will take a deep dive into the Vulnerability assessment.
The SQL Vulnerability assessment provides administrators with a streamlined approach to identify and even remediate potential security misconfigurations or vulnerabilities within their Azure SQL databases. The Vulnerability Assessment is a scanning service that…
Overview
In this post, I will be looking at a new
exploit that leverages a weakness in Microsoft
Windows Text Services Framework to launch a child process that allows for
the escalation of privileges. I will give a brief overview of what the Text
Services Framework service does, what the exploit is, and how it could be used.
Then, I will go into more detail about how to run the exploit and different
methods that can be used for detection and mitigation of the exploit.
What is the Text S…
What’s The Problem?
Today, with the Internet, social media, personal computers, online banking and everything else that exists, end-users need to create and maintain a large number of usernames and passwords for all of the accounts they have. This begins to create a problem. The many accounts we need to remember leads us to want to share passwords between different platforms, potentially including our work accounts. This is just one of the few contributors to the many password problems tha…
Higher education is tough, and not just for the students attending and sleeping through early morning classes. Most people do not and never will know about the underlying challenges institutions must tackle in the face of compliance. On top of having to deal with thousands of young, rowdy, and generally inebriated students on a daily basis, they also must comply with the many government standards that are put before them, or be forced to take the brunt of costly monetary penalties and probabl…