CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 3, 2021

After admitting that its source code related to its windows operating system could have been stolen in SolarWind hack of 2020, tech giant Microsoft has issued a fresh warning that a cyber attack apparently originating from China could have taken down some of its Exchange Server software using customers across the world.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Coming to the news about the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, reports are in that the ombudsman received over 791,678 complaints related to internet crimes in North America for the year 2020 and the loss gained from cyber crime to businesses is estimated to be at $4.1

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Sometimes when you are down in the cyber attack trees defending your organization, it can be tough to see the cyber threat forest. Understanding how things are shifting in the forest, or overall threat landscape, can help us categorize, strategize, and prioritize our resources. What are the top cyber threats right now?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

According to the list of Most Common Passwords used in 2020, a majority of them either used their name or 123456 as a password that the hackers can crack in a matter of seconds to gain entry into an account or network. The post Cyber Threat by using own name as Password appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 12, 2022

Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) task force has conducted “its first offensive cyber effect operation against real-life cyber threats.” Since USCYBERCOM revealed no details of its “offensive cyber effect operation,” it isn’t publicly known whether the mission was in any way related to those attacks. The post U.S.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 21, 2021

Note: Our findings in this blog stem from analysis of all Q4 2020 cyber threat activity by our in-house research. The post Threats to Asset and Wealth Management in 2020-2021 first appeared on Digital Shadows.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Supply chain and logistics, e-commerce and retail, and the travel industry traditionally experience holiday seasonal increases in consumer and business activity, making them more vulnerable to cyber threats and leaving business, employee, and consumer data at risk. of the total detected cyber threats.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 26, 2021

NOTE- Lindy Cameron took over the office of NCSC as a CEO from Ciaran Martin on September 1st,2020. She will oversee the response of the country to cyber incidents and strive in improving the cyber resilience of the critical infrastructure by evaluating risks beforehand with emerging technologies.

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Digital Shadows

MAY 25, 2022

In 2020, our research report on account takeover (ATO) highlighted the risk of using credentials in an unsafe manner, which. The post Account takeover: Are you opening the door for cyber threat actors? first appeared on Digital Shadows.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Note- According to a report compiled by Emsisoft, the year 2020, America witnessed over 100 ransomware attacks on federal institutions, 500 on healthcare sector, 1680 on educational institutes and over 3679 businesses across the entire United States.

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Hot for Security

APRIL 5, 2021

Bitdefender this week has published its annual Consumer Threat Landscape Report for 2020 underscoring some of the most prevalent cyber threats targeting regular users today. A key stat: cybercrime in 2020 was marked by a visible and aggressive targeting of the human layer. Aligned efforts to capitalize on COVID-19.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Ransomware operations have undoubtedly dominated the 2020 cyber threat landscape thanks to multi-million-dollar heists and new malware variants popping up. The post Work Smarter, Not Harder: The Evolution of DDoS Activity in 2020 first appeared on Digital Shadows.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

HIPAA privacy violations per day in 2020. The cost of cyber attacks globally in 2021, according to Cybersecurity Ventures, is expected to cost $20 billion. The post How Critical Access Management Protects Government Entities from Cyber Threats appeared first on SecureLink.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

The Agency identified 1,785 cyber incidents in 2020, including brute-force attacks, email-related attacks, impersonation attacks, improper usage of the systems, loss/theft of equipment, and web-based attacks. In 2020, most of the incidents were improper usage issues, followed by loss/theft of equipment and web-based attacks.

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SC Magazine

MAY 13, 2021

This year, 80% of breaches in SMBs and 74% of breaches in large businesses were born of system intrusion, basic web application attacks, and miscellaneous errors (like distributing a file unintentionally), according to the 2020 Verizon DBIR released Thursday. External hackers comprised 57% of SMB and 64% of large business incidents.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 21, 2022

The Ongoing Cyber Threat to Critical Infrastructure. With that in mind, Thales has launched the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report Critical Infrastructure Edition, which includes responses from 300 security leaders and practitioners within critical infrastructure organizations. Thu, 07/21/2022 - 12:28.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Like the Solarwinds attack in 2020, Kaseya MSP attack was a supply chain attack and delivered using Kaseya VSA Agent Hot-fix. 8] Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team and Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC), “Guidance for preventing, detecting, and hunting for exploitation of the Log4j 2 vulnerability,” 12-Dec-2021.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 28, 2020

As 2020 draws to a close, we're highlighting our Top 10 ACT Posts of 2020 to recap the year in cybersecurity! The Top Cybersecurity Blogs We're Reading in 2020. Stay tuned here to find out what they were. #10. We love what we do, and we read about it constantly.

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CompTIA on Cybersecurity

JANUARY 12, 2021

Shoering Up Security, CompTIA’s cyber-focused YouTube series, sheds light on the latest cyber threats and trends, including how we could all do more of to protect customers. Read show host MJ Shoer’s highlights and takeaways from each episode.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 9, 2020

retailers have vulnerabilities which pose an “imminent” cyber-threat, including Amazon, Costco, Kroger and Walmart. As just one symptom, 83 percent of the Top 30 U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 16, 2021

A leaked internal document of Google that was accessed & disclosed by Vice.com, a tech subsidiary of Motherboard Tech, states that the internet juggernaut fired 36 employees in 2020 for fraudulently accessing Google user or employee data.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

Last month’s passage of the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 means all IoT devices used by government agencies will soon have to comply with strict NIST standards. In May 2020, NIST released two foundational documents that serve as a foundation for the newly created guidelines. Guidance for Manufacturers.

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SecureBlitz

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In 2020, cyberattacks witnessed an unprecedented increase, targeting many industries, from phishing scams to system hacks exploiting vulnerable endpoints and weak network security. This surge in cyber threats has far-reaching […] The post 2024 Cybersecurity: The Rise of CyberAttacks appeared first on SecureBlitz Cybersecurity.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Cybersecurity professionals are not standing still for these threats and try to address them properly. In some sense, 2020 was special—the coronavirus pandemic and the global shift to remote working became significant factors affecting the cybersecurity landscape. How exactly? Let’s find out.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 23, 2022

North Korea Cyber Threat Group ‘Lazarus’ Targets M1 Mac with Signed Executables. Lazarus had made a name for itself with cyber-espionage. One of the primary goals of the operation has been espionage, EST said in a blog post in 2020 when it first uncovered “Operation In(ter)caption.” brooke.crothers. M1 MacBook and Intel.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 23, 2021

The post 2020 Client Recognition Award Program appeared first on Digital Defense, Inc. The post 2020 Client Recognition Award Program appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 14, 2021

According to the 2020 Duo Trusted Access Report , companies are now ensuring endpoint security is up to snuff through granular policy controls to determine which devices can gain trusted access. Policy controls can set multiple parameters for access like location, device type, device health, biometrics and more. This news report just in.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The post Episode 198: Must Hear Interviews from 2020 appeared first on The Security Ledger. Related Stories Episode 195: Cyber Monday Super Deals Carry Cyber Risk DHS Looking Into Cyber Risk from TCL Smart TVs Episode 197: The Russia Hack Is A 5 Alarm Fire | Also: Shoppers Beware!

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The survey found that in 2020, the most common incidents that healthcare institutions experienced in the cloud were phishing (reported by 44% of organizations), ransomware (39%) and data theft by insiders (35%). “An As a result, new avenues for cyber threats opened up. IRVINE, Calif.,

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

According to the FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report , FireEye analyzed 1.1 ” Mandiant experts named the China-linked APT41 threat actor as one of the most prolific cyber threat group. The post FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report: 500+ new Malware strains in 2019 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Misleading information – comprised of the three horseman of cyber risks: misinformation, disinformation, and fake news — also affects something we rarely stop to consider: business. For instance, during the lockdown period of 2020, there was a huge surge in fake news and illegal activity related to the financial and other markets.

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GlobalSign

JANUARY 29, 2021

On Wednesday, there was a massive global takedown of the Emotet botnet, which has been one of the most pervasive cyber threats over the last six years.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 8, 2021

Here is what Microsoft had to say in regards to its findings: "Microsoft discovered these new attacker tools and capabilities in some compromised customer networks and observed them to be in use from August to September 2020. Further analysis has revealed these may have been on compromised systems as early as June 2020.

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Dark Reading

MARCH 19, 2020

Here are four things that separate the leaders from the laggards when fighting cyber threats.

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Digital Shadows

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The post Digital Shadows' Top Five Blogs of 2020 first appeared on Digital Shadows. Rumour has it that one day I’ll stop being nostalgic around December time and live this month just like any.

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Phishing attacks are one of the main cyber threats involving mistakes by workers. Infosec Infosec offers more than 700 training resources to help your organization to prepare for phishing and other cyber threats. Backup Demo The post Phishing Awareness Training: Best Providers 2020 first appeared on SpinOne.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 15, 2022

With the cyber threat landscape showing no sign of becoming less risky, many businesses want to transfer some of their risk to cyber insurance providers. In fact, by 2020, 78% of corporate risk managers bought some type of cyber insurance coverage for their company. The post What is Cyber Insurance?

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