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Updated Kmsdx botnet targets IoT devices

Security Affairs

The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) discovered a new version of the KmsdBot botnet that employed an updated Kmsdx binary targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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Best Zero Trust Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Gartner calls it zero trust network access (ZTNA) and sees ZTNA as something of a fine-grained approach to network access control (NAC) , identity access management (IAM) and privilege access management (PAM) – and at least an adjunct to, if not a replacement for, VPNs and DMZ architectures. Learn more about Unisys. Visit website.

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Best Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems: Guide to IDPS

eSecurity Planet

IDPS tools can detect malware , socially engineered attacks and other web-based threats, including DDoS attacks. It offers intelligent bot analytics, improved endpoint application monitoring, flow data analysis, self-learning DoS profiles and an analytics function for identifying potentially malicious hosts. Trend Micro TippingPoint.