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MY TAKE: Rising geopolitical tensions suggest a dire need for tighter cybersecurity in 2024

The Last Watchdog

Russia’s asymmetrical cyber-attacks have been a well-documented, rising global concern for most of the 2000s. Other milestone nation-state cyber-attacks include Titan Rain (China 2003 – 2006,) Stuxnet (U.S It’s not just Russia. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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Iran announced to have foiled massive cyberattacks on public services

Security Affairs

However, Iranian authorities always blame foreign hackers for the attacks on local critical infrastructure. “The report said that unidentified parties behind the cyberattacks used Internet Protocols in the Netherlands, Britain and the United States to stage the attacks.” ” reported the Associated Press.

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10KBLAZE exploits could affect 9 out of 10 SAP installs of more than 50k customers

Security Affairs

The availability of 10KBLAZE PoC exploits for old SAP configuration issue poses a severe risk of attacks for business applications. The risk of cyber attacks against SAP systems is increased after security researchers released PoC exploits for old SAP configuration flaws. ” reads the analysis published by Onapsis.

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Is The Cost Of Predictive Cyber Security Worth The Investment?

Security Boulevard

In the early 1990s, the Internet industry needed to move packets as fast as possible because some marketing genius came up with the idea that everyone could have “Unlimited Internet Access” for $9.95 Those people belong in the Internet Hall of Fame. Phishing attacks? Consecutive attacks occurring every second of the day?

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Hackers targeting Drupal vulnerabilities to install the Shellbot Backdoor

Security Affairs

.” The expert observed a large number of HTTP POST requests being sent by the same IP address as part of a widespread cyber-attack. The requests were used by the attackers to download a Perl script to launch the Shellbot backdoor that leverages an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel as C&C.

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Cyber Insurance: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

IT Security Guru

Recent research from Hiscox even found that a fifth of businesses across the US and Europe faced insolvency as a direct result of a cyber attack. Unfortunately, transferring traditional insurance models to the cyber-sphere isn’t an easy task. Astoundingly, the cyber insurance market shrank relative to the Internet economy.

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MY TAKE: Equipping SOCs for the long haul – automation, edge security solidify network defenses

The Last Watchdog

Advanced technologies and fresh security frameworks are being implemented to deter cyber attacks out at the services edge, where all the action is. Organizations today must withstand a constant barrage of cyber attacks. Network security is in the throes of a metamorphosis. Related: Automating security-by-design in SecOps.