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Cybercriminal greeners from Iran attack companies worldwide for financial gain

Security Affairs

All the affected organizations had hosts with Internet-facing RDP and weak credentials. Dharma, also known as Crysis , has been distributed under a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model at least since 2016. Interestingly, the threat actors likely didn’t have a clear plan on what to do with the compromised networks.

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Sandboxing: Advanced Malware Analysis in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Antivirus protection isn’t enough to protect against today’s advanced threats. To fill this gap and aid in the analysis, detection, and testing of malware, sandboxing is widely used to give organizations the setting, isolation, and security tools needed to preserve the integrity of the host network. Advanced Threat Defense.

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Versa Unified SASE Review & Features 2023

eSecurity Planet

Physical appliances provide functionality for routing wide area networks (WANs), stateful firewalls, SD-WANs, NGFW, antivirus, intrusion prevention services (IPS), and unified threat management (UTM) capabilities for local networks. Microsoft Azure Microsoft Hyper-V 2016/2019 R2/2019 VMware ESXi up to 7.0

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

Install an antivirus solution that includes anti-adware capabilities. In 2016, the Mirai botnet attack left most of the eastern U.S. with no internet. If your antivirus software fails to notice a new strain, you can reinstall the browser. How to Defend Against Adware. Examples of Browser Hijacker Malware Attacks.

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BotenaGo strikes again – malware source code uploaded to GitHub

CyberSecurity Insiders

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. Even more worrisome, the samples continue to have a very low AV detection rate, as shown below in VirusTotal (figure 8). Background.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Verodin Cybersecurity analytics 2018 Acquired by FireEye Kenna Security Risk management 2018 Acquired by Cisco PhishMe Incident response 2016 Acquired: P.E. Named after the infamous string of nation-state cyber attacks during the late 2000s, NightDragon was established in 2016 by former McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt.

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Top Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2022

eSecurity Planet

The cybersecurity startup offers an extended detection and response (XDR) solution that tracks network traffic and automatically combines the information with machine-comprehended threat detection. Best Threat Detection Startups. Also read: Antivirus vs. EPP vs. EDR: How to Secure Your Endpoints. SpiderSilk.