The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2019

Malware deliveries Upon reviewing Android usage data for all of 2018, Google identified a rise in the number of “potentially harmful apps” that were preinstalled or delivered through over-the-air updates. In a nutshell: lock your device; click judiciously; use antivirus. Here are a few key developments everyone should know about.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Widespread Cisco IOS XE Vulnerability Under Active Attack Type of attack: Attackers actively exploit vulnerabilities in internet-facing IOS XE systems to add new privileged users and back doors. The problem: Similar to 2018’s Spectre processor vulnerability, the iLeakage vulnerability stems from Apple CPU performing speculative execution.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

invest in better endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology, apparently recommending Cylance or VMware Carbon Black. He was quoted as saying that he and his co-conspirators would steal the data and if Tesla refused to pay the ransom the company's secrets would be placed on the internet. conduct employee phishing tests.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Once your micro-perimeters surround your most sensitive segments, there’s a need for ongoing monitoring and adaptive technology. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

And at Black Hat USA 2018 , the company unveiled a new CyberFlood functionality that makes it possible for an enterprise to emulate a real-world attack in a live environment. Meanwhile, we also have a dedicated threat research team analyzing malware discovered by the engagement teams, as well as coming off the backbone of the Internet.

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. Users attacked by adware in 2018 through 2020 ( download ). The year in figures. Trends of the year. Whereas it was 12.85% in 2019, it reached 14.62% in 2020.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

Over the last decade, K–12 schools have made great strides in employing technologies that facilitate learning—especially since the onset of pandemic-induced distance education. A study from the Kapor Center estimated that high turnover has cost the technology sector more than $16 billion annually.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

macro technology. This technology is stored in the Workbook OLE stream in Excel 97-2003 format which makes it very difficult to detect and parse by antivirus (AV) engines. doc and.xlm) to evade antivirus detection and bypass spam filters as well. This leads to XLM macros not being well known to the public.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This archive is discreetly hosted on legitimate websites, cleverly disguised as firmware binaries for enigmatic devices labeled “m100” The Bitbucket repository was created on June 21, 2018, under the account of Julie Heilman, and it remains the sole repository associated with this profile. 8, 10.0.0.0/8, 8, 100.64.0.0/10,

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Technology has enabled people to connect more than ever before. The software, known as stalkerware, is commercially available to everyone with access to the internet. Stalkerware is software that is commercially available to everyone with access to the internet. Introduction and methodology. between 2015 and 2020.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2018

No one in cybersecurity refers to “antivirus” protection any more. The technology that corrals malicious software circulating through desktop PCs, laptops and mobile devices has evolved into a multi-layered security technology referred to as ‘endpoint security.’. This designation change unfolded a few years back.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The vulnerability is in MSHTML, the Internet Explorer engine. We have seen targeted attacks exploiting the vulnerability to target companies in research and development, the energy sector and other major industries, banking, the medical technology sector, as well as telecoms and IT. It also includes a Bitcoin wallet stealing module.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

In Q1 2021, Kaspersky products and technologies protected 91,841 users from ransomware attacks. Exploits for CVE-2015-2523 — use-after-free vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel — and CVE-2018-0802 , which we’ve often written about, were also in demand. Number of new ransomware modifications, Q1 2020 – Q1 2021 ( download ).

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2021

Hackers for Charity is an organization founded by Johnny Long that enhances technology in Jinja. Many who are very successful hit a wall with technology. Vamosi: Sometimes hackers don't even need technology. One of the common threads amongst almost all hackers is they really love technology and they really hate it.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Especially in North America, where the technology has been slow to catch on , the NordVPN breach may seem overblown, but it has raised a crucial question for small to medium sized businesses and large corporations alike: Are VPNs effective? A 2018 study regarding VPN use worldwide is worth considering. They blamed a vendor.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2021

Coined by Gartner in late 2018, SASE is gaining momentum as a generational disruptive force. based supplier of networking technology. Defense-in-depth meant adding on layers of intrusion detection and data loss prevention systems, while also keeping antivirus software updated and vulnerabilities patched.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Millions of websites across the internet also contain vulnerabilities that make them easy targets. In 2018 alone, we saw thousands of data breaches expose more than 446 million records. In fact, according to our research , a single website will experience nearly 60 attacks a day, and every website on the internet is a potential target.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

ECC is used for email encryption, cryptocurrency digital signatures, and internet communication protocols. Encryption Tools and IT Security Fundamental protocols incorporate encryption to automatically protect data and include internet protocol security (IPSec), Kerberos, Secure Shell (SSH), and the transmission control protocol (TCP).

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SecureList

JANUARY 11, 2021

Now Kazuar is equipped with a keylogger and a password stealer which can fetch browser history data, cookies, proxy server credentials and, most importantly, passwords from Internet browsers, Filezilla, Outlook, Git and WinSCP. The Kazuar developers wanted to avoid detection by various antivirus products or EDR solutions.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

Although best known for their industry-leading firewall technology, Fortinet harnesses their knowledge of network protection to create a powerful network access control (NAC) solution. The company acquired Bradford Networks and its Network Sentry NAC product in 2018. Fortinet trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the stock symbol: FTNT.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

What role does technology play in facilitating intimate partner abuse? They discuss how software and IoT companies can avoid becoming the next Black Mirror episode and share resources that can help survivors (and those who want to help them) deal with the technology issues that can be associated with technologically facilitated abuse.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Germany and the Netherlands agreded to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. Germany and the Netherlands agreed to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet. City Council of Somerville bans facial recognition technology. Firefox finally addressed the Antivirus software TLS Errors.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

Web antivirus recognized 675,832,360 unique URLs as malicious. Our file antivirus detected 68,294,298 unique malicious and potentially unwanted objects. In Q2 2021, Kaspersky products and technologies protected 97,451 users from ransomware attacks. Ransomware attacks were defeated on the computers of 97,451 unique users.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

In 2018, they targeted card processing using supply-chain attack , picking up 550 000 USD via ATMs of the bank’s counterpart over one weekend. In April 2018, two months after they successfully targeted card processing, the group decided to leverage its previous scheme and stole roughly 150 000 USD through ATMs.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

The group’s operations were exposed in 2018, showing that it was conducting surveillance attacks against individuals in the Middle East. The threat actor leverages tailor-made malicious documents with embedded macros that trigger an infection chain, opening a URL in Internet Explorer. Other interesting discoveries.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 18, 2018

And what does Cyber Security Awareness Month mean in 2018 as opposed to 2003? ” Compared with today, those were sleepy times – when you might update your desktop antivirus weekly or even monthly -like changing the batteries in your TV remote, but not be overly concerned about debilitating cyber attacks or scams, Schrader noted.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

On the modern Internet, malware is a near-constant presence. A 2020 study of pentesting projects from Positive Technologies revealed that external attackers could breach 93% of company networks , with 71% being vulnerable even to novice-level hackers. Worms and the Dawn of the Internet Age: 1987-2000.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

A website called “ This Person Does Not Exist ” demonstrates the potential of this technology by presenting eerily lifelike photos of fictional people assembled in real-time by amalgamating thousands of photos. These concerns were apparently validated by a 2019 incident where deepfaked audio technology was used to scam a CEO out of $243,000.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

This article looks at the top 40 cybersecurity startups to watch in 2022 based on their innovations in new and emerging technologies, length of operation, early funding rounds, scalability, and more. Startup Est Headquarters Staff Funding Funding Type Abnormal Security 2018 San Francisco, CA 261 $74.0 2018 Santa Clara, CA 305 $50.0

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. Accel Investments. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2022

However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put the risk and incredible rate of advancement in Russian cyberattacks front and center – with much of the internet (and the world) caught in the crossfire. Antivirus companies like McAfee jumped on the opportunity to provide anti-APT products. What Is An APT?

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Since 2018, access to an exhaustive report commissioned by the U.S. The data at issue refers to communications traversing the Domain Name System (DNS), a global database that maps computer-friendly coordinates like Internet addresses (e.g., The first page of Alfa Bank’s 2020 complaint. trump-email.com).

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