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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. KmsdBot supports multiple architectures, including as Winx86, Arm64, and mips64, x86_64, and does not stay persistent to avoid detection.

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Canadian intelligence agencies CSE and CSIS are divided on Huawei 5G ban

Security Affairs

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) are divided over the ban of Huawei 5G technology. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) agencies are divided over the ban of Huawei 5G technology.

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SHARING INTEL: Here’s why it has become so vital to prioritize the security-proofing of APIs

The Last Watchdog

In another high-profile example, Bill Demirkapi, a sophomore at Rochester Institute of Technology, was shopping for student loans when he stumbled across an Experian API. So much so that the OWASP industry standards group maintains an API Security Top 10 List. Indeed, API security has become a red-hot topic.

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GUEST ESSAY: How SIEMS, UEBAs fall short in today’s turbulent threat landscape

The Last Watchdog

The painful impact of cyber attacks on businesses is worsening despite advances in technology aimed at protecting enterprises from malicious network traffic, insider threats, malware, denial of service attacks and phishing campaigns. It requires a massive architecture overhaul. Related article: SIEMs strive for a comeback.

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Security Data Lakes Emerge to Address SIEM Limitations

eSecurity Planet

The key advantage of SDL technology over SIEM technology relates to threat hunting. Scalable Architecture: The point of the SDL is to house as much data as possible, so the SDL tools should be able to scale with the ever-increasing size of the security data. Security Data Lake Vendors. Gurucul Security Data Lake.

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A Successful Security Platform Requires the Strongest Partner Ecosystem

Cisco Security

Open architecture: A platform that is proprietary is only half effective when you are leaving out control points, threat intelligence sources, and other critical tools that don’t integrate. They should be able to glean value from all of their security spending and still benefit from an integrated platform experience.

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What does it take to do SASE your way?

Cisco Security

And it must do so securely. This strategy is known as Secure Access Service Edge, aka SASE (pronounced “sassy”). On a basic level, SASE involves the convergence of networking and security technologies to be delivered together via the cloud – ideally from a single vendor. Why is a single solution important?