Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

After Merck filed its $700 million claim, the pharmaceutical giant’s insurers argued that they were not required to cover the malware’s damage because the cyberattack was widely attributed to the Russian government and therefore was excluded from standard property and casualty insurance coverage as a “hostile or warlike act.”

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Rootkit scanning solutions are best suited for personal devices and programs, while antimalware, antivirus, EDR, and XDR tend to be more effective at identifying and responding to malware on a business scale. However, few businesses beyond SMBs will want to rely on rootkit scanners, as their scope is small.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups. An additional 77% concur that governments should do more to assist private enterprises in defending against ransomware. What is Double Extortion Ransomware?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. Only 38% of state and local government employees are trained for ransomware prevention, and only 29% of small businesses have experience with ransomware ( IBM ). Bitdefender : Bitdefender Antivirus Plus.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 1, 2021

Atlantic Council, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Action Center, the EU DisinfoLab and the Irish government’s Department of Foreign Affairs. government agencies and more than 100 private companies, including Cisco, Intel and Microsoft. Specific targets included the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Open Raven analyzes data at rest, classifies inventory, and automates data governance as these become critical capabilities for the hybrid infrastructure’s security posture. JupiterOne helps aggregate cyber assets for central visibility and faster investigations with increasing complexity in security operations and assurance.

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