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IDS & IPS Remain Important Even as Other Tools Add IDPS Features

eSecurity Planet

Intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) technologies – often combined as intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS) – have been in use for decades, yet they remain important cybersecurity tools even in the face of today’s rapidly changing cyber threats and complex IT environments.

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Vietnam-linked Bismuth APT leverages coin miners to stay under the radar

Security Affairs

Learn how the group tried to stay under the radar using threats perceived to be less alarming: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 30, 2020. “To perform DLL sideloading, BISMUTH introduced outdated versions of various applications, including Microsoft Defender Antivirus.

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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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Purple Lambert, a new malware of CIA-linked Lambert APT group

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has discovered a new malware that experts attribute to the US Central Intelligence Agency. Experts from Kaspersky explained that in February 2019, multiple antivirus companies received a collection of malware samples, some of them cannot be associated with the activity of known APT groups. .

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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s why managed security services — MSS and MSSP — are catching on

The Last Watchdog

The unification revolution of cybersecurity solutions has started – and managed security service providers are leading the way. Managed security services (MSS) refer to a service model that enable the monitoring and managing of security technologies, systems, or even software-as-a-service (SaaS) products. Kjaersgaard.

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Introducing AT&T Managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

CyberSecurity Insiders

Additionally, you gain access to a managed security operations center (SOC), which helps alleviate the need to deploy, staff, or maintain your own security technology stack so your security team can focus on other important strategic tasks. Technology that finds more threats faster.

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What Is Managed Detection and Response? Guide to MDR

eSecurity Planet

MDR providers utilize a range of advanced technologies like behavior analytics, AI and machine learning to stay on top of threats. These services can cover on-premises environments, remote assets, cloud assets, and industrial control and operational technology environments.