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RevengeRAT and AysncRAT target aerospace and travel sectors

SC Magazine

American Airlines flight 718, a Boeing 737 Max, is seen parked at its gate at Miami International Airport as passengers board for a flight to New York on December 29, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Grimes said security awareness training should teach users to beware of emails with the following traits: Emails that arrive unexpectedly.

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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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More Than 90 Percent of Malware in Q2 Came Via Encrypted Traffic: WatchGuard

eSecurity Planet

percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. A surprising 91.5

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7 Insights About Managing Cyber Risk You Can’t Afford To Miss

Jane Frankland

Security intelligence comes with a high pay off. Nowcomm is a specialist in networking, collaboration, and security technology solutions and when you sign up for this FREE masterclass between now and October 31st, 2020, you’ll also automatically receive a 50% discounted NIST security assessment.

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Why access management needs to evolve beyond passwords

CyberSecurity Insiders

Indeed, Infosecurity Magazine shared an April 2020 survey that arrived at the following results: Nearly half (45%) of respondents said that they did not consider reusing their passwords to be a serious problem. Organizations can incorporate such news into their security awareness training programs to phase out passwords where they can.

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