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A Reactive Cybersecurity Strategy Is No Strategy at All

CyberSecurity Insiders

By increasing visibility into DNS traffic, CISOs can detect, block, and respond to incidents more quickly as well as use this data to institute new controls and increase overall resiliency. When malware first breaches a network, it doesn’t make its presence known right away. The issue likely comes down to awareness.

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How to Prevent DNS Attacks: DNS Security Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. Everything You Need to Know.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. This article explores network security architecture components, goals, best practices, frameworks, implementation, and benefits as well as where you can learn more about network security architecture.

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In-depth analysis of the new Team9 malware family

Fox IT

Publicly discovered in late April 2020, the Team9 malware family (also known as ‘Bazar [ 1 ]’) appears to be a new malware being developed by the group behind Trickbot. Even though the development of the malware appears to be recent, the developers have already developed two components with rich functionality. Introduction.

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5 Ransomware Trends in 2021 All Businesses Need to Prep For

CyberSecurity Insiders

According to Microsoft, this malware doesn’t actually block access to files by encrypting them, but instead blocks access to devices by displaying a screen that appears over every other window , rending the device useless. The Data Backup and Recovery System that Protects Against Ransomware.

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How to Stop DDoS Attacks: Prevention & Response

eSecurity Planet

For example, the 2016 DDoS attack on the Dyn managed domain name service (DNS) caused the DNS service to fail to respond to legitimate DNS inquiries and effectively shut down major sites such as PayPal, Spotify, Twitter, Yelp, and many others. Also read: How to Secure DNS. Types of DDoS Attacks. Harden infrastructure.

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Operation ‘Harvest’: A Deep Dive into a Long-term Campaign

McAfee

A special thanks to our Professional Services’ IR team, ShadowServer , for historical context on C2 domains, and Thomas Roccia /Leandro Velasco for malware analysis support. McAfee customers are protected from the malware/tools described in this blog. The malware also decrypts and injects the payload in memory.

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