The Last Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2019

His blog, Krebs on Security , was knocked down alright. And since Dyn routed traffic, not just to Krebs’ blog, but also to Twitter, Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, Tumblr, Reddit and PayPal, those popular websites were offline for some 12 hours, frustrating millions. Related: IoT botnets now available for economical DDoS blasts.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2023

Securing SMB Success: The Indispensable Role of Protective DNS Cyber attacks pose as much risk to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as they do to large organizations — if not more. Recent findings show a staggering 82% of ransomware attacks are aimed at small businesses.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 1, 2023

For a “normal” connection to a website, a Domian Name System (DNS) finds the IP address for the requested domain name. As I explained in the blog DNS hijacks: what to look for , DNS is the phonebook of the internet to the effect that the input is a name and the output is a number. Get a free trial below.

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Webroot

MAY 6, 2024

As we navigate through 2024, the cyber threat landscape continues to evolve, bringing new challenges for both businesses and individual consumers. For businesses, this means implementing a comprehensive incident response plan that includes secure, immutable backups and regular testing to ensure rapid recovery in the event of an attack.

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Webroot

AUGUST 10, 2022

So, what does this mean for your business, your customers, your partners, and even your family as you vie to stay safe online and protect what matters most—data? The OpenText Security Solutions threat intelligence team is sharing mid- year updates to our 2022 BrightCloud® Threat Report. To learn more, go to: www.brightcloud.com.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Spammy Bear targeted dormant but otherwise legitimate domains that had one thing in common: They all at one time used GoDaddy’s hosted Domain Name System (DNS) service. The domains documented by MyOnlineSecurity all had their DNS records altered between Jan. Image: Farsight Security. 31 and Feb.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 12, 2024

February was a particularly busy month for search-based malvertising with the number of incidents we documented almost doubling. One malware family we have been tracking on this blog is FakeBat. We saw them experimenting with new redirectors and in particular leveraging legitimate websites to bypass security checks. cc breavas[.]app

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

government — along with a number of leading security companies — recently warned about a series of highly complex and widespread attacks that allowed suspected Iranian hackers to siphon huge volumes of email passwords and other sensitive data from multiple governments and private companies. That changed on Jan.

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Webroot

APRIL 13, 2021

Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) have become bigger financial targets for hackers. According to Murray, there are more SMB targets than criminals have time to target, mostly due to inadequate security among SMBs. Business email compromise (BEC) is also on the rise.

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Webroot

MARCH 9, 2021

In that spirit, we put together this blog post to explain the different hacker types and methods they use against us. In that spirit, we put together this blog post to explain the different hacker types and methods they use against us. DNS (Domain Name System) is especially vulnerable.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

An individual thought to be involved has earned accolades from the likes of Apple , Dell , and Microsoft for helping to find and fix security vulnerabilities in their products. In 2018, security intelligence firm HYAS discovered a malware network communicating with systems inside of a French national power company.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In recent months, you’ve likely heard about DNS over HTTPS , also known as DNS 2.0 and DoH, which is a method that uses the HTTPS protocol to encrypt DNS requests, shielding their contents from malicious actors and others who might misuse such information. Ultimately, this DNS privacy upgrade has been a long time coming.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

On December 13, 2018, a similarly large spam campaign was blasted out, threatening that someone had planted bombs within the recipient’s building that would be detonated unless a hefty bitcoin ransom was paid by the end of the business day. EARLY WARNING SIGNS.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 10, 2023

He was telling me all about where he thought this relatively unknown cyber security company called HYAS could end up. HYAS has published multiple internal studies demonstrating how powerful this data actually is in various HYAS blogs , but of course the ultimate proof is third-party validation.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 11, 2021

When it comes to security, deciding where to dedicate resources is vital. To do so, it’s important to know what security issues are most likely to crop up within your organization, and their potential impact. Our Threat Trends blog series takes a look at the activity that we see in the threat landscape and reports on those trends.

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Webroot

MARCH 29, 2021

Not all apply to every small and medium-sized business—most are unlikely to be targeted by highly trained state-backed hackers with virtually limitless funding—but some will be. We learned, for instance, that even IT pros could use a refresher on basic password hygiene through security awareness training.

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 19, 2024

Pairing vulnerability scanners with attack surface management (ASM) gives security teams high-fidelity analysis and prioritization of assets and exposures, while limiting noise and false positives commonly associated with technology-only platforms.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 14, 2020

Microsoft today released updates to plug a whopping 123 security holes in Windows and related software, including fixes for a critical, “wormable” flaw in Windows Server versions that Microsoft says is likely to be exploited soon.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 13, 2022

This article is part of a series in which we will explore several features, principles, and the building blocks of a security detection engine within an extended detection and response (XDR) solution. In cyber security, we are used to two types of stories. Most security analysts do not wish to do this. Annotated security events.

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Webroot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Depending on the size of the business, one-third to two-thirds of businesses suffer malware attacks in any given year. In 2022, American businesses lost $10.3 The best way to weather these challenges is to become a cyber resilient business. In this article, we’ll discuss the importance of data security and protection.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Microsoft February 2021 Patch Tuesday security updates address 56 CVEs in multiple products, including Windows components,NET Framework, Azure IoT, Azure Kubernetes Service, Microsoft Edge for Android, Exchange Server, Office and Office Services and Web Apps, Skype for Business and Lync, and Windows Defender.

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Webroot

MAY 12, 2021

She knew her clients needed a greater level of service, especially those whose businesses had grown from small family operations into larger companies, and that’s what she built her own business to provide. The post How MSPs can use Webroot Cyber Resilience Solutions to Get their Time Back appeared first on Webroot Blog.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 12, 2022

Microsoft Partch Tuesday security updates for April 2022 fixed 128 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited zero-day reported by NSA. One of the most severe issues addressed with the release of Patch Tuesday Security Updates for April 2022 is an RPC Runtime Library Remote Code Execution flaw ( CVE-2022-26809 CVSS 9.8).

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 12, 2021

Cisco Secure returned as a supporting partner of the Black Hat USA 2021 Network Operations Center (NOC) for the 5 th year ; joining conference producer Informa Tech and its other security partners. Once the enrollment was completed, we were able to secure the iPads by deploying the Cisco Secure Endpoint for iOS/Security Connector.

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Webroot

MAY 26, 2021

It’s up to MSPs to have a strategy for security remote workers, because they’ll likely need to serve more than ever before. In addition to being a network security expert and senior product manager for Webroot’s DNS solution, Barnett brings 20 years of experience as the head of his own MSP business to the podcast.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 17, 2021

The provisioning of remote workforce and branch connectivity at scale creates significant complexity across IT, security, and networking teams. This expanded access requirement also magnifies security threat vectors. This expanded access requirement also magnifies security threat vectors.

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Webroot

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Small and medium-size business (SMB) leaders have a lot on their minds. With so many factors and pressures at play, how are SMBs navigating this challenging business landscape while fighting back against cybercriminals? Budget constraints and small security teams were cited as the primary roadblocks.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 12, 2018

Even the government has been pushing to drive adoption of HTTPS for all sites, for example in this post by the National Cyber Security Centre in the UK : all websites should use HTTPS, even if they don't include private content, sign-in pages, or credit card details. Does it do any good? What's it actually protecting?

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Vipre

JANUARY 27, 2021

Most of you have probably heard about encrypted DNS (DNS-over-HTTPS or DoH, and DNS-over-TLS or DoT) and have noticed that several of the major browser vendors have rolled out support for these newer protocols. Maybe you don’t even run your own DNS server, so why would you care? But what about at the office?

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Cisco Security

MARCH 11, 2021

When it comes to security, deciding where to dedicate resources is vital. To do so, it’s important to know what security issues are most likely to crop up within your organization, and their potential impact. Our Threat Trends blog series takes a look at the activity that we see in the threat landscape and reports on those trends.

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Troy Hunt

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The victim, through no fault of their own, has been the target of numerous angry tweets designed to ridicule their role in internet security and suggest they are incapable of performing their duty. Obviously, the image is resized to the width of paragraphs on this blog, give it a click if you want to check it out at 1:1 size.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2024

Through this partnership, we aim to provide comprehensive solutions that not only mitigate risks but also foster a culture of proactive defense and resilience, and allow organizations to move their businesses forward with confidence. Don’t miss our upcoming threat intelligence webinar!

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 22, 2023

Security experts say this same tourist dynamic is a dead giveaway in virtually all computer intrusions that lead to devastating attacks like data theft and ransomware, and that more organizations should set simple virtual tripwires that sound the alarm when authorized users and devices are spotted exhibiting this behavior.

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Webroot

MAY 25, 2021

If you’re an admin, service provider, security executive, or are otherwise affiliated with the world of IT solutions, then you know that one of the biggest challenges to overcome is efficacy. Here are our top 5 tips for getting the best possible efficacy out of your IT security stack. And how do you properly measure it?

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Cisco Security

APRIL 6, 2021

Security Stories podcast. After a bit of a break, the Security Stories podcast is back! She is the founder of Cyber Pop Up, which helps small businesses with their cybersecurity needs and strategies. Plus, we chat about the “opportunity divide” and how we can make the security industry more accessible to more people.

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Lenny Zeltser

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The notion that security is everyone’s responsibility in computer systems dates back to at least the early 1980s when it was included in a US Navy training manual and hearings in the US House of Representatives. Behind the pithy slogan is the idea that every person in the organization contributes to its security program.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Cybercriminals are constantly crawling the web for targets, and they’ll often go after websites you might not expect, such as a vegan cooking blog. An SSL Certificate is used to establish a secure encrypted connection between a web browser and a web server. Joe’s Vegan Blog Cooks Up Comment Spam.

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