The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

We still relied on flip phones, and broadband internet was becoming more accessible for people worldwide. These hacks called for more awareness around cybersecurityand brought to light how crucial it is to be proactive in data protection and security. The National Cybersecurity Alliance ( NCSA ) and the U.S. government.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2019

Your IP address represents your digital identity online, hacking it not only allows attackers to access your device or your accounts, but it may cause even bigger damage. Your IP or Internet Protocol address is your digital identity on the internet. Cybercriminals are interested in hacking your IP address for various reasons.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a security alert related to the discovery of 13 malware samples on compromised Pulse Secure devices, many of which were undetected by antivirus products. Some of the files discovered on hacked Pulse Connect Secure devices were modified versions of legitimate scripts.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 17, 2021

In pulling off that milestone hack, Paige Thompson took advantage of CapOne’s lack of focus on cloud security as the banking giant rushed headlong into leveraging Amazon Web Services. A slew of new cloud-security frameworks have gained traction since the Capital One hack. Related: How credential stuffing fuels account takeovers.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. Firewalls should be hardened to close unneeded ports.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2021

Criminal hacking rings have been hammering away at this latest of a long line of zero-day flaws discovered in a globally distributed system. The pattern is all too familiar: they marshal their hacking infrastructure to take advantage of the window of time when there is a maximum number of vulnerable systems just begging to be hacked.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

When the internet arrived, the network added a firewall to protect networks and users as they connected to the world wide web. The internet of things (IoT), operations technology (OT), and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) also now connect to networks. In a complex, modern network, this assumption falls apart.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2023

Most of us connect our mobile devices to a Wi-Fi router for internet access, but this connection can leave our network and data vulnerable to cyber threats. The protocol protects your incoming and outgoing internet traffic and makes it difficult for cyber criminals to intercept your data or hack your device.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 14, 2021

From at least last Thursday, 10th of June 2021, multiple users report on Twitter that they got hacked after being approached to create new digital art. My Metamask got hacked and now my @withFND account is compromised. If you have a firewall or proxy, block the IP 185.215.113.60. Enable the Windows Firewall: [link].

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

At its core, this tactic revolves around gaming the trust users put in reputable internet services, including search engines, and the familiarity they have with online advertising per se. A DNS firewall and a classic antivirus are somewhat underused yet effective security tools that will come in handy.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 18, 2021

But while “killware” sounds scary, the term itself is unhelpful when describing the many types of cyberattacks that, like USA TODAY wrote, “can literally end lives,” and that’s because nearly any type of hack, no matter the intention, can result in death. What part of this attack chain, then, should be labeled “killware”?

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Related :Promise vs. pitfalls of IoT For small- and mid-sized businesses, firewalls, antivirus suites and access management systems represent the entry stakes for participating in today’s digital economy. CyCognito’s bot network actively crawls the Internet identifying and mapping all exposed IP assets, fingerprinting each asset.

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Cytelligence

MARCH 3, 2023

In the 21st century, the internet has become an inseparable part of our daily lives. We need the internet to perform our daily tasks and to connect with the world around us. The Internet is essential to check daily mail and perform office tasks. The students depend on the internet for learning and projects.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The attack on Colonial Pipeline by Russia-based hacking group DarkSide in May showed not only that ransomware wasn’t going anywhere, but that hackers are focusing on vital services – like hospitals, infrastructure and industrial controls – and ramping up their attacks against these targets.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2021

Security got bolted on by installing firewalls at web gateways. Defense-in-depth meant adding on layers of intrusion detection and data loss prevention systems, while also keeping antivirus software updated and vulnerabilities patched. Mission-critical edges exist everywhere. Clearly, bolt-on security just isn’t cutting it.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

As businesses in every sector embrace digital transformation initiatives, adopting cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, automation, AI, and interconnected ecosystems, their attack surface widens exponentially. She is also a regular writer at Bora.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 7, 2021

Ethical hackers don’t break laws when hacking. Security careers related to ethical hacking are in-demand. While some do it for cyber-adventure, others hack into computers for spying, activism, or financial gain. Ethical hackers look for security flaws and vulnerabilities for the purpose of fixing them. Grey hat hackers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2020

Microsoft declared that an Emotet attack took down an organization’s network by overheating all the computers and bringing its Internet access down. “He’d been told the organization had an extensive system to prevent cyberattacks, but this new virus evaded all their firewalls and antivirus software. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The CISA agency provides recommendations for system administrators and owners to enhance the level of security of their organizations: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Taidoor).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The FBI, the US Cyber Command, and the Department of Homeland Security have published technical details of a new North-Korea linked hacking operation. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests. Scan all software downloaded from the Internet prior to executing.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The malicious code was initially advertised on many hacking forums for up to $300, later other threat actors started offering it for less than $80 in the cybercrime underground. Below the list of mitigations: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Scan all software downloaded from the internet prior to executing.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

State-sponsored hacking is a growing concern, with governments using cyberattacks to gather intelligence, disrupt infrastructure, or compromise national security. Hacktivism and Ideological Motives Hacktivism refers to hacking activities undertaken for ideological or political reasons. The first one is selling it on the dark web.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

If, for example, a user resides in a country with major Internet restrictions (think: the Great Firewall of China ), he or she may connect to a VPN outside of that country and bypass local laws. Another SMB use for a VPN is to keep resources off the internet. The technology is by no means perfect.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

Meanwhile, the advanced hacking collectives invest in innovation and press forward. However, the operational imperatives in today’s world of internet-centric commerce often boil down to survival math, especially for SMBs. It’s imperative to keep legacy anti-malware , firewall and intrusion prevention systems updated.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2020

To increase the complexity of hacking your device, always get to know who is calling your APIs, by using a simple access authentication (user/password) or an API key (asymmetric key). It is better to use ICAP (Internet Content Adaptation Protocol) servers or excellent Antivirus systems to protect the data of your company.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Ransomware, a definition Ransomware is a set of malware technologies, hacking techniques, and social engineering tactics that cybercriminals use to cause harm, breach data, and render data unusable. Do antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools stop ransomware? Unpatched exploits. Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS).

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 25, 2020

The Internet from its inception has presented a wide open attack vector to threat actors. Covid19 has upgraded the Internet — from the criminals’ point of view — to a picture-perfect environment for phishing, scamming and deep network intrusions. Companies are expected to spend an estimated $31.6 Clark, 17, of Tampa, Fla.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

IaaS involves virtualized computing resources over the internet, with users responsible for securing the operating system, applications, data, and networks. SaaS providers deliver software applications over the internet, with users focusing on using the software without managing the underlying infrastructure or platform.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 17, 2022

It was once the case that cybersecurity technology consisted of little more than a firewall and antivirus software. One of the first was the storage of passwords by internet browsers. It can certainly be said that advances in technology have had a huge impact on cybersecurity in recent years.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2022

BlackByte also terminates the following services that are associated with antivirus products, backup software, and business applications including financial software, email clients, and databases as shown below in Table 3. Windows Firewall. Avast Antivirus. Avast Antivirus. COMODO Internet Security. klvssbridge64.

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SecureList

MARCH 14, 2022

Make sure that any and all internet-facing systems are up-to-date with all the latest patches installed. A: We have seen several public “hack” announcements. Are firewalls and antivirus tools enough to defend against a cyberattack that comes from Europe? Install security software on endpoints.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 19, 2023

If performed without permission, hacking, and even port scanning might lead to attempts to impose legal penalties such as fines or jail time based upon local legislation such as: Canada: Sections 184, 342.1, Network managers also often use Nmap to verify the programming of port rules for firewalls. and detect port rules.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2022

The leaked chats show that the Conti group — which fluctuated in size from 65 to more than 100 employees — budgeted several thousand dollars each month to pay for a slew of security and antivirus tools. We want to inform that your company local network have been hacked and encrypted. “We are Conti Group.

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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. In the same repository, we have found additional hacking tools collected from several different sources. Background. The original source of the code is yet unknown.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

And just one recent hack should have been a wakeup call for anyone responsible for website security. So how did this small group of amateurs steal information on nearly a third of the world’s Internet users? They exploited a frighteningly simple vulnerability on hundreds of thousands of websites.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Looking back at past leaks of private companies providing such services, such as in the case of Hacking Team, we learned that many states all over the world were buying these capabilities, whether to complement their in-house technologies or as a stand-alone solution they couldn’t develop. Hack-and-leak is the new black (and bleak).

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Why you aren’t too small to get hacked. They use computer programs to scan the Internet for vulnerable websites. There are millions of vulnerable websites out there, and scanning the entire Internet to find them is fast, cheap, and easy. Use a Web Application Firewall (WAF). Securing your website.

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