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‘Tis the season for protecting your devices with Webroot antivirus

Webroot

Whether you purchase a new device or receive one as a gift, now is the time to consider the importance of protecting it with an antivirus program. What is antivirus? Antivirus programs accomplish this by conducting behavior-based detection, scans, virus quarantine and removal. Do I really need antivirus? In a word, yes.

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Cyber Security Roundup for April 2021

Security Boulevard

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. FatFace CEO Liz Evans released a statement which said “ On 17th January 2021 FatFace identified some suspicious activity within its IT systems. Covid Fraud: £34.5m

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How IT Will Prevail in the 2021 Cyber-Demic

Webroot

As employees around the world continue to work from home, 2021 is shaping up to be another year of record highs in terms of malicious online activity. How IT will Prevail in 2021. If your data isn’t secured, properly segmented, backed up and tested, then 2021 is likely to be a bad year.” What is the cyber-demic?

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New Linux Malware Shikitega Can Take Full Control of Devices

eSecurity Planet

The malware seems to leverage the infamous Pwnkit vulnerability (CVE-2021-4034), one of the easiest exploits imaginable, and OverlayFS ( CVE-2021-3493 ), a kernel exploit that pentesters , capture-the-flag (CTF) players, and hackers know all too well. Five Scripts Provide Persistence.

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Good game, well played: an overview of gaming-related cyberthreats in 2022

SecureList

For these purposes, we analyzed threat statistics from Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), a system for processing anonymized cyberthreat-related data shared voluntarily by Kaspersky users, for the period between January 2021 and June 2022. Top game titles by number of related threats.

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

Also read: Best Antivirus Software of 2022. The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 billion malware attacks were identified by the report. Cyberattack Statistics. Types of Cyberattacks.

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Top Threat Intelligence Platforms for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Threat report export capabilities. Crowdsourced analytics show threat prevalence. IntSights Threat Intelligence Platform. IntSights – recently acquired by Rapid7 – combines threat intelligence, data and tools, helping cybersecurity professionals stop attacks faster and see a greater return on investment (ROI).