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Vietnam-linked Bismuth APT leverages coin miners to stay under the radar

Security Affairs

New blog: The threat actor BISMUTH, which has been running increasingly complex targeted attacks, deployed coin miners in campaigns from July to August 2020. Learn how the group tried to stay under the radar using threats perceived to be less alarming: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 30, 2020.

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Ransomware, BEC and Phishing Still Top Concerns, per 2021 Threat Report

Webroot

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. By September 2020, the average ransom payment peaked at $233,817. “In

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Remote Work is Here to Stay, and Other Cybersecurity Predictions for 2021

Webroot

As such, automation and the adoption of AI technologies will be critical to plugging the gap. Read on for more details from leading engineers, security analysts and product specialists from around our organization for complete cybersecurity predictions for 2021. Grayson Milbourne, security intelligence director, Carbonite + Webroot.

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GUEST ESSAY: How SIEMS, UEBAs fall short in today’s turbulent threat landscape

The Last Watchdog

The painful impact of cyber attacks on businesses is worsening despite advances in technology aimed at protecting enterprises from malicious network traffic, insider threats, malware, denial of service attacks and phishing campaigns. billion connected things are expected to be in use by 2020. Enterprise scale. Contextualization.

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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s why managed security services — MSS and MSSP — are catching on

The Last Watchdog

The unification revolution of cybersecurity solutions has started – and managed security service providers are leading the way. Managed security services (MSS) refer to a service model that enable the monitoring and managing of security technologies, systems, or even software-as-a-service (SaaS) products. MSSPs in 2022.

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What a difference a year makes, or does it?

Webroot

2020 was a year of immense change. In our 2020 Webroot Threat Report , our security experts made a series of predictions related to the threat landscape. Our increasing reliance on information technology has provided a climate for malicious actors to take advantage. The death of distance accelerated. The list goes on.

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Iran-linked APT groups continue to evolve

Security Affairs

Over the past year, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has observed an evolution of the tools, techniques, and procedures employed by Iranian nation-state actors. Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021.

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