The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Modern cyber threats often are not obvious – in fact it is common for them to lurk inside a business’ systems for a long time without anyone noticing. In an ideal world there would no dwell time at all, and threats would be identified before they can penetrate business’ defenses. Related podcast: The re-emergence of SIEMs.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 12, 2024

Continuous Improvement Audits instill a culture of continuous improvement , driving organizations to adapt and evolve in the face of evolving cyber threats. Enhanced Security Posture Audits uncover vulnerabilities, allowing businesses to strengthen their security posture and better defend against cyber threats.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 29, 2021

“In addition to SolarMarker, the Menlo Labs team has seen a rise in attacks designed to target users, as opposed to organizations, bypassing traditional security measures,” the researchers wrote in a blog post this week. Another WordPress plugin recently was found by Wordfence threat researchers to be vulnerable to attack.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The simple worms of the earlier era paved the way for threats more familiar to modern-day users, including: Adware. As new forms of malicious code appeared, an antivirus (AV) industry arose to tackle the challenge of detecting and responding to cyber threats. Ransomware. Trojans/Spyware. Logic bombs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

As of the publishing of this article, antivirus (AV) vendor detection for BotenaGo and its variants remains behind with very low detection coverage from most of AV vendors. Figure 8 shows the low level of antivirus detections for BotenaGo’s new variants. Figure 1 shows BotenaGo’s available exploits for multiple vendors.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

. “Based on the analysis of the available data, the entire network of Lord & Taylor and 83 Saks Fifth Avenue locations have been compromised,” the firm wrote in a blog post examining the breach. Evolving threats. Multi-factor authentication is also required for remote access.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. It is tough to do without a dedicated team and security solutions like firewalls, intrusion detection, antiviruses and more. Most cyberattacks originate outside the organization. Numerous articles, vulnerability reports, and analytical materials prove this fact.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

As of the publishing of this article, BotenaGo currently has low antivirus (AV) detection rate with only 6/62 known AVs seen in VirusTotal: (Figure 1). The malware maps each function with a string that represents a potential targeted system — such as a signature, which we’ll explain later in this blog (see figure 3).

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