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Top Cyber Attacker Techniques, August–October 2024

Digital Shadows

Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyber insurance. To counter this, organizations should continually educate themselves on emerging trends and forum discussions around techniques.

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Discover 2022’s Nastiest Malware

Webroot

As a result, many organizations are shifting away from cyber insurance and adopting layered defenses in an effort to achieve cyber resilience. Lock down Remote Desktop Protocols (RDP) Educate end users Install reputable cybersecurity software Set up a strong backup and disaster recovery plan. Strategies for individuals.

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Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Cost-Effective Defense Strategies

SecureWorld News

The costs of recovering from such incidents, especially for smaller organizations without cyber insurance, can be devastating. Open-source tools can also be valuable; for example, tools like KeePass for password management or ClamAV for antivirus protection are free and widely respected.

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How Do Cybersecurity Companies Make Money?

Hacker's King

These software solutions range from antivirus programs and firewalls to more advanced intrusion detection systems and encryption tools. Providing Training and Certification Educating the workforce about cybersecurity is another area where cybersecurity companies make money.

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Cyber Defense Magazine: Exclusive Interview with Robert Herjavec

Herjavec Group

Within this whirlwind of all things moving to the internet, insurance vendors recently began to take cyber insurance very seriously. They first sold it asking ‘do you have antivirus and a firewall’ – check box one, check box two, now you have cyber insurance. MSSP EXPLOSION – will lead to MSSP CONSOLIDATION.

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Ransomware Prevention, Detection, and Simulation

NetSpi Executives

Do antivirus and endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools stop ransomware? Only about 20% of the ransomware tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) used by ransomware attackers are identified out-of-the-box by antivirus (AV), endpoint detection and response (EDR), and security information and event management (SIEM) tools.

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What is Ransomware? Everything You Should Know

eSecurity Planet

Education, government, energy and manufacturing are others. Cyber criminals have learned that it is not only businesses that make soft targets for the attacks. Similarly, the education sector has also become a soft target for ransomware. There are, however, some industries at higher risk than others.