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North Korean Lazarus APT group targets blockchain tech companies

Malwarebytes

Victims are lured into downloading the malware with a variety of social engineering tactics, including spearphishing. Educate users on social engineering attacks like spearphishing. Enforce credential requirements and use multi-factor authentication. Spearphishing campaigns.

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The Implications of the Uber Breach

Security Boulevard

How to protect your organization from a social engineering attack. This tactic is called social engineering and is one of the key methods used in attacks that result in data breaches. No amount of investment in the latest technology can provide 100% protection because technology alone is not enough.

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API Security for the Modern Enterprise

IT Security Guru

As modern organizations become more dependent on APIs to achieve their goals, their API security strategy must be up-to-date and in line with recent developments in technology. Tools like two-factor authentication, rate limiting, and DDoS protection can go a long way in securing APIs. password guessing). API Security Tools.

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Top 12 Cloud Security Best Practices for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Cloud security consists of all the technologies and processes that ensure an organization’s cloud infrastructure is protected against internal and external cybersecurity threats. What authentication methods does the provider support? What is cloud security? Understand your shared responsibility model.

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Privileged account management challenges: comparing PIM, PUM and PAM

CyberSecurity Insiders

Regardless of the user authentication mechanism used, privileges must be built into the operating system, file system, applications, databases, hypervisors, cloud platforms, network infrastructure. Attackers may use the following methods to obtain administrator privileges: Compromised passwords. Social engineering.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. Brian Krebs | @briankrebs. Denial-of-Suez attack.

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IT threat evolution Q2 2021

SecureList

The exploit was initially identified by our advanced exploit prevention technology and related detection records. Over the past few years, we have built a multitude of exploit protection technologies into our products that have detected several zero-days, proving their effectiveness time and again. PuzzleMaker. Other malware.