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Microsoft’s case study: Emotet took down an entire network in just 8 days

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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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US govt agencies share details of the China-linked espionage malware Taidoor

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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. Keep operating system patches up-to-date.

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US Govt agencies detail North Korea-linked HIDDEN COBRA malware

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CISA reports provide the following recommendations to users and administrators to strengthen the security posture of their organization’s systems: • Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests. Pierluigi Paganini.

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5 Ways to Protect Yourself from IP Address Hacking

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Your IP or Internet Protocol address is your digital identity on the internet. It may be used to download unauthorized stuff or may be used for uploading disputed content on the internet. It disguises your original identity and location and allows you to access the internet from a remote server. Secure Your Router.

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CISA’s advisory warns of notable increase in LokiBot malware

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Below the list of mitigations: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests. Scan all software downloaded from the internet prior to executing. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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API Security and Hackers: What?s the Need?

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It is better to use ICAP (Internet Content Adaptation Protocol) servers or excellent Antivirus systems to protect the data of your company. API Firewalling. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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BotenaGo strikes again – malware source code uploaded to GitHub

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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. Figure 8 shows the low level of antivirus detections for BotenaGo’s new variants. 2032077: ET EXPLOIT ZTE Cable Modem RCE Attempt (CVE-2014-2321).

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