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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – December 18, 2023 – JetBrains TeamCity Exploits Continue

eSecurity Planet

This week’s news includes open-source software vulnerabilities, endangered data, and continued attacks from state-sponsored Russian threat groups. Google’s Dataproc security issues could be exploited not just through the analytics engine but through Google Compute Engine, too.

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12 Data Loss Prevention Best Practices (+ Real Success Stories)

eSecurity Planet

Consider these factors: Sensitive data handling: Determine whether your company handles customers’ personally identifiable information (PII), proprietary software code, product designs, or any other unique creations crucial for your company’s competitive edge. Proofpoint’s 2024 data loss landscape report reveals 84.7%

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MITRE ResilienCyCon: You Will Be Breached So Be Ready

eSecurity Planet

The conference’s focus on cyber resilience doesn’t mean that organizations should abandon core security defenses like EDR , access control and firewalls , but they should be prepared for the advanced threats that will, at some point, get past them. Backup Is Hard. Read next: Best Incident Response Tools and Software.

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Vulnerability Recap 4/15/24 – Palo Alto, Microsoft, Ivanti Exploits

eSecurity Planet

Threats range from severe weaknesses in Ivanti’s VPN appliances to zero-day exploits in popular software such as Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS and Telegram’s Windows client. Typically, these vulnerabilities result in remote code execution or denial-of-service attacks, posing major dangers to users’ data security.

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Best Ransomware Protection

Hacker Combat

You can defeat ransomware through specific preventive measures, including software and encryption. Let’s look at some of the best ransomware protection measures; Regular Data Backup. The best ransomware protection combines solid, layered security defenses with data backups that an attacker can’t encrypt.

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How Secure Is Cloud Storage? Features, Risks, & Protection

eSecurity Planet

When assessing the overall security of cloud storage and choosing a solution tailored to your business, it helps to determine its features, potential risks, security measures, and other considerations. How to Secure Cloud Storage Data While cloud storage has many advantages, you must address its weak points to secure data.

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A Ransomware Group Claims to Have Breached the Foxconn Factory

Hacker Combat

After a severe ransomware assault has hit them, they devote the necessary time and money to strengthening their cyber security defenses. Antivirus software should be active on all devices and regularly update the software while making sure fixes are executed.