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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

I held this position from 2000 through 2014, during which time Windows emerged as a prime target for both precocious script kiddies and emerging criminal hacking rings. How did you first get interested in cybersecurity as a career? What drew you to this field? Their dual-edged nature demands careful implementation and management.

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Navigating Compliance: Understanding India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

This act, set to replace the existing frameworks under the Information Technology Act of 2000 and the SPDI Rules of 2011, provides a comprehensive approach to protecting digital personal data. Protecting Data Everywhere Controlling the security of data is closely related to controlling the keys that enforce effective data encryption.

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Instagram scam promises money in exchange for your image

Malwarebytes

From another recent Reddit example : Someone said that they'll want some muse for an art thing, and so she send me a check of $2500 to pay me $500 with the remaining $2000 sent to her. Is this a scam? It is indeed. At this point, if you pay up then you're $500 down from your own money. You also have a check pending against your account.

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Tufin Named Policy Management Solution of the Year by CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards

CyberSecurity Insiders

The mission of the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work, and success in a range of information security categories, including Cloud Security, Threat Detection, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Email Security and many more. About Tufin.

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Italian agency warns ransomware targets known VMware vulnerability

CyberSecurity Insiders

The nature of these attacks lead experts to believe that this is not the work of ransomware gangs, and is more likely being executed by a smaller group of threat actors. Exploiting known vulnerabilities Hackers were able to infect over 2000 machines in only twenty-four hours on a Friday afternoon before the start of the weekend.

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The Evolution of SIEM: Where It’s Been and Where It is Going

CyberSecurity Insiders

Some vendors claim Fortune 2000 companies have upwards of 130 tools , with each generating both log files as well as alerts. Cloud is super-fast, offers inexpensive storage, and instantaneous search, and can integrate a threat detection engine that can catch bad actors, including the majority who are now breaking in with valid credentials.

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Sandboxing: Advanced Malware Analysis in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Also Read: Advanced Threat Detection Buying Guide. Advanced Threat Defense. Luckily, this anti-analysis feature is resolvable by ensuring the sandbox environment resembles a typical computer system. This means configuring the sandbox to contain faux programs and files that won’t be missed if corrupted in the process. Proofpoint.

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