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News Alert: CrowdSec report highlights the rise of IPv6 in cyber criminal activities

The Last Watchdog

Key takeaways from the report include the rise of IPv6 as well as the role of VPN in cybercriminal activities. For October 2022–June 2023, the CrowdSec network detected increased new threats linked to IPv6 addresses. Only 5% of reported IPs are flagged as VPN or proxy users.

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Duo’s Data-Driven Defense: Combatting Cyber Threats in Higher Education

Duo's Security Blog

One threat pattern Duo has seen targeting higher education within the last year includes a mixture of MFA-targeted attacks including passcode phishing and MFA fatigue. If successful, the bad actor register malicious devices on the student’s account for continued access to the student’s account and the university’s VPN.

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8 Top Unified Threat Management (UTM) Software & Hardware Vendors

eSecurity Planet

IPsec and SSL virtual private networking ( VPN ). Top Unified Threat Management (UTM) Vendors. Includes intrusion prevention system (IPS), antivirus, Web filtering, content filtering, data loss prevention (DLP) , virtual private network (VPN) tunnel endpoint (SSL & IPSec), SSL inspection, and advanced threat protection.

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Lapsus$ Ransomware Group is hiring, it announced recruitment of insiders

Security Affairs

Notably, the actors are looking to buy remote VPN access and asking potential insiders to contact them privately via Telegram, they then reward them by paying for the access granted. Cybersecurity experts agree such activity creates a major insider threat risk and likely will be leveraged more actively by various threat actors on Dark Web.

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Bitdefender vs. McAfee: Consumer & Enterprise Endpoint Security Software Compared

eSecurity Planet

Enterprise endpoint security typically includes additional features like patch management , central management of devices, and the ability to shut down threats detected on a central console. The software includes Premium Antivirus, Secure VPN, and Safe Browsing. Those features are even trickling down to the consumer market.

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Which is the Threat landscape for the ICS sector in 2020?

Security Affairs

Computers that use VPN software are less exposed to online threats, but unfortunately, they represent only 15% of the total. Such threats were blocked more often on computers with VPN software.” ” continues the report. Computers with remote access software (64.6%

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How CASB and EDR Protect Federal Agencies in the Age of Work from Home

McAfee

According to an Analysis Report (AR20-268A) from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), this new normal work environment has put federal agencies at risk of falling victim to cyber-attacks that exploit their use of Microsoft Office 365 (O365) and misuse their VPN remote access services.

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