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MY TAKE: Cyber attacks on industrial controls, operational technology have only just begun

The Last Watchdog

I talked to Phil Neray, vice president of industrial security at CyberX , a company founded in 2013 that operates a platform for real-time security of the industrial internet. It’s time to upgrade security to a modern, multi-layered approach and realize that firewalls are no longer sufficient,” Neray says. Expensive collateral damage.

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Benefits of a Website Malware Scanner

SiteLock

A recent report from PandaLabs suggests that “there were twice as many malware infections in 2014 compared to 2013” and that 2015 could be even worse. Today’s attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and a simple malware injection can compromise your entire database.

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PCI Non-Compliance Fines And Penalties

SiteLock

It was created to protect customer and cardholder data from cyber attacks and fraud. According to the Ponemon Institute, the average churn rate of customers affected by a data breach between 2013 and 2014 rose 15% from the previous year. Couple this with…. They are expensive and time consuming.

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MY TAKE: Six-figure GDPR privacy fines reinforce business case for advanced SIEM, UEBA tools

The Last Watchdog

There’s a widening security skills shortage , the complexity of company networks is going through the roof, cyber attacks continue to intensify and now regulators are breathing down their necks. Launched in 2013 by Nir Polak , a former top exec at web application firewall vendor Imperva, Exabeam appears to be on the right track.

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Too much UPnP-enabled connected devices still vulnerable to cyber attacks

Security Affairs

In early 2013, researchers at Rapid7 published an interesting whitepaper entitled “Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play” that evaluated the global exposure of UPnP-enabled network devices. allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. • CVE-2013-0229 , a vulnerability found MiniUPnPd before 1.4, Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet’s 2022 Cybersecurity Product Awards

eSecurity Planet

Best Cybersecurity Solutions : Overall Vendor Top Startup EDR Firewall SIEM Intrusion Detection Breach and Attack Simulation Encryption Small Business Security Email Security IAM NAC Vulnerability Management Security Awareness Training. Best Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW): Palo Alto Networks. Winner : Palo Alto Networks.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. It can shut down your business – in the case of healthcare organizations that can be life-threatening for patients – damage your reputation with customers and employees, and invite further attacks as cybercriminals view your organization as an easy mark.