CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Imagine all the company information that you send over the internet from your computer. You can achieve this by connecting to the internet through a VPN. This way, data is encrypted when passing through the internet, such that other people can’t read what is being sent. Use an antivirus. Be careful when sharing screens.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 17, 2023

It’s surprising, to see just how many businesses have plans in place for all sorts of things such as fire, flood and COVID-related issues, yet don’t have any action plans in place should a cyber attack occur. What happens in the minutes, hours and days after an attack is crucial.

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Vipre

JANUARY 25, 2021

Cyber-attacks are on the rise and are becoming more potent with each day. Whether you use your computer for personal or professional purposes, cyber-attacks are an imminent threat to your privacy and personal or professional information. Identity Theft Protection Tools.

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BH Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2023

The agency’s ninth Internet Organised Crime Assessment (IOCTA) 2023 report gives a law enforcement perspective on current cybercrime techniques. The first will cover cyber attacks as part of crime-as-a-service; the second will examine online fraud; while the third will tackle child exploitation offences.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 21, 2024

Some of the most effective ones you can implement include: Employing employee training and awareness With human error often being the weakest link in any company’s operations, it's vital for nonprofits to educate their staff and volunteers, which includes safe internet practices and recognizing potential threats that exist.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Microsoft quickly issued a patch – but slow updates by users left the hole open for NotPetya , a huge cyber attack that disabled systems and made them inaccessible just two months later. In July 2021, another wave of attacks hit SolarWinds. Further reading: Top Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) Vendors for 2021.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Everyone who uses the internet or deals with a digital file or task uses an endpoint device. In other words, not having endpoint security is akin to recklessly using connected devices exposed to various cyber threats. Is it too complex and costly? Unfortunately, it is no longer as simple as it used to be in the past. In conclusion.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The same holds true for the cyber underground. Related: Leveraging botnets to scale attacks For a long while now, criminal hackers have relied on leveraging low-cost botnet services to blast out cyber attacks as far and wide as they could, indiscriminately. Over the past 18 months or so, a fresh trend has come into vogue.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

BlackBerry Cylance addresses AI-based antivirus engine bypass. Kazakhstan wants to intercept all HTTPS Internet traffic of its citizens. Comodo Antivirus is affected by several vulnerabilities. Android Spyware Monokle, developed by Russian defense contractor, used in targeted attacks.

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Hacker Combat

JULY 27, 2020

All this sensitive info, especially in regards to payment profiles, has since become the target for malicious cyber attacks and hacking schemes. What does Cyber Attacks Look Like. Frequent updates and use of antivirus or anti-malware software are common practices among businesses.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2019

app), one very interesting Internet address is connected to all of them — 185.159.83[.]24. That investigation determined the attackers also used ScreenConnect to access computers belonging to Maritz employees. “This was the same tool that was used to effectuate the cyber-attack in Spring 2016.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Bank of Valletta shut down its operations after a cyber attack. Astaroth Trojan relies on legitimate os and antivirus processes to steal data. Russia is going to disconnect from the internet as part of a planned test. Ubuntu snapd flaw allows getting root access to the system.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

In May, the FBI and CISA also warned cyber attacks coordinated by Beijing and attempting to steal COVID-19 information from US health care, pharmaceutical, and research industry sectors. Scan all software downloaded from the Internet prior to executing. Exercise caution when using removable media (e.g.,

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 16, 2019

Related: AI one-upsmanship prevails in antivirus field. Model N’s study provides yet another perspective on the unprecedented complexities organizations must navigate to compete in an internet-centric business environment. Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V. LW provides consulting services to the vendors we cover.).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The infection chain was divided into four stages : The malware was installed through a dropper, a program executed by opening an attachment to a deceptive e-mail, probably a fake pdf or doc file, or executed directly from the Internet, without user interaction, exploiting the exploit described in the point 4. What should we learn from this?

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 1, 2024

Follow HYAS on LinkedIn Follow HYAS on X Summary of Top ASNs and Malware Origins AS9318 - SK Broadband Co Ltd (South Korea) AS9318, also known as SK Broadband Co Ltd, is a significant Internet Service Provider (ISP) based in South Korea. AS7684 - Sakura Internet Inc. Japan) AS7684, managed by Sakura Internet Inc.,

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Below are 10 best practices organizations should be employing to better position themselves and their customers for cyber safety. Endpoint security – mobile device management (MDM) policies, antivirus (AV) solutions, URL filtering and blocking are all considered good cyber hygiene to block the most basic cyber threats.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 30, 2023

Specifically, users should double-check URLs for accuracy before clicking on them, type a known URL directly into the browser search bar, or use an ad-blocking extension when browsing the internet. (

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2019

In a related development, OneSpan, a Chicago-based supplier of authentication technology to 2,000 banks worldwide, reports seeing a rise in cyber attacks targeting mobile banking patrons. In a nutshell: lock your device; click judiciously; use antivirus. Following these nine best practices tips is a good place to start.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2021

True enough, cyber attacks are steadily becoming more sophisticated across the board and the attack surface continues to expand as digital transformation accelerates. At the same time, more organizations are taking cyber risk mitigation as seriously as they should. “We Incremental gains are being made.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

The latest, released today by Avast Threat Labs, outlines a new type of malware embedded in cracked versions of some popular video games, such as Grand Theft Auto V, Far Cry 5, The Sims 4 and others, that disables antivirus programs and installs XMRig to mine Monero cryptocurrency.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

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. A new UK National Cyber Force (NCF) will lay out " a new cyber strategy to create a cyber ecosystem.". Russian Pleads Guilty to Tesla Ransomware Plot.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The Morris Worm, ostensibly created to map the internet, ultimately brought down roughly 6000 systems. Early Internet. As the ARPANET evolved into the internet, connecting exponentially more computers throughout the world, malicious code likewise made advances. He was fined over $10,000 and sentenced to three years of probation.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2021

Set regular antivirus/antimalware scans of IT network assets using up-to-date signatures. “From our work with critical infrastructure and industrial organizations around the world, we’ve found that those who invest early in cybersecurity are able to respond faster and with less financial damage to ransomware and other cyber attacks.”

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

The threat actor’s methodology wasn’t unique — they used a six-step approach that can be mapped directly to cyber attack frameworks. Though we still don’t know the identity of the attacker(s), we know they carried the attack in six basic steps. So how did the attacker gain access?

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Cytelligence

MARCH 3, 2023

In the 21st century, the internet has become an inseparable part of our daily lives. We need the internet to perform our daily tasks and to connect with the world around us. The Internet is essential to check daily mail and perform office tasks. The students depend on the internet for learning and projects.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

Large scale cyber-attacks with major impact on Ukrainian infrastructure or services have not been observed. Analysts acknowledge that in the fog of war, government entities or private institutions likely have not identified nor reported all cyber-incidents. MàJ] Tensions internationales – Menace cyber – CERT-FR.”

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

It additionally spans mild-impact screen lockers, data wipers disguised as something else, infections that overwrite the master boot record (MBR), and most recently, nasties that enhance the attack logic with data theft. WannaCry and NotPetya cyber-attacks have since been attributed to state-funded threat actors.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) puts networked sensors and intelligent devices directly on the manufacturing floor to collect data, drive artificial intelligence and do predictive analytics. Clearly, traditional firewalls and antivirus systems will not be sufficient; the complex IIoT infrastructure demands something more advanced.

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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. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Expanding attack surfaces require additional skills to secure, maintain, and monitor an ever-expanding environment of assets such as mobile, cloud, and the internet of things (IoT). As cyber attacks continue to increase in number and sophistication, the need for MSSPs grows.

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SecureList

MARCH 14, 2022

We also covered unknown and unattributed attacks and hacktivist activity taking place in the same timeframe. We assess that the number of cyber attacks in Ukraine will increase during the next six months. Currently, we assess that the risk of the cyber component of this conflict spilling over to Europe is medium-high.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

But both first scenario is likely to be lead second one since the buyer of the credential is going to use it for some other cyber attack. Implement Firewalls and Antivirus Software Firewalls act as a barrier between your internal network and the external internet, monitoring and blocking unauthorized access.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

The system developers weren’t overly preoccupied with security because they had no conception of something called the Internet. With no Internet in existence at the time, the systems were “air gapped” – meaning not connected to other systems or the outside world, for years. Who’s Behind ICS Threats?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

The last days of March 2019 are making headlines due to a targeted cyber attack involving a new variant of infamous EMOTET malware. That file was delivered via malscam campaigns around the world and its source-code is obfuscated in order to evade antivirus detection and complicate its analysis.

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Herjavec Group

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Enterprises and organizations are not the only ones at risk when it comes to cyber-attacks, and that’s a mentality we need to emphasize. Education on good cyber hygiene and safe internet practices need to be prioritized at home, in schools, and in corporations of all sectors and sizes. A lot of people say, “Why me?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2021

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has published the Industrial Control System Threat Landscape report for H2 2020 which is based on statistical data collected by the distributed antivirus Kaspersky Security Network (KSN). . Unlike past years, in 2020, experts did not observe seasonal fluctuations in cyber attacks. than in 2019).

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