The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Editor’s note: I recently had the chance to participate in a discussion about the overall state of privacy and cybersecurity with Erin Kapczynski, OneRep’s senior vice president of B2B marketing. He previously chronicled the emergence of cybercrime while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY. Erin: So, let’s get started.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

ransomware builder used by multiple threat actors Cisco fixes 3 high-severity DoS flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software Cybercrime Unpacking the MOVEit Breach: Statistics and Analysis Cl0p Ups The Ante With Massive MOVEit Transfer Supply-Chain Exploit FBI, Partners Dismantle Qakbot Infrastructure in Multinational Cyber Takedown U.S.

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Responsible Cyber

APRIL 8, 2020

Small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly at risk of cyber-attacks, and often serve as a launch pad for larger threat campaigns, according to Cisco’s 2018 SMB Cybersecurity Report. Humans remain the biggest and most common cybersecurity threat to businesses of all sizes. Phishing and Spear Phishing.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

Experts speculate the operators are members of a Russia-based cybercrime group known as Wizard Spider. The list of victims of the group includes IoT chip maker Advantech , and Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) , and Ireland’s Health Service Executive. ” continues the FBI’s alert.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The Internet of security breaches The Internet of Things (IoT) is not just for your smart. The post The gift that keeps on giving: 7 tips to avoid cyber security threats appeared first on Allot's Network Security & IoT Blog for CSPs & Enterprises.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2024

million cryptojacking scheme arrested in Ukraine Cybercrime Cryptojacker arrested in Ukraine over EUR 1.8

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 6, 2024

Traditionally, cybersecurity has been a reactive game: We respond to cyber threats as they arise, analyze the incidents, add pertinent information to “deny lists”, and update stakeholders on “what happened.” I firmly believe that the future of cybersecurity is a proactive approach to cybersecurity.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 31, 2022

Financial services continue to lead in cybersecurity preparedness, but chinks appear in the armor. That is why criminals have historically chosen to focus on this industry over the years, with organized crime evolving into organized cybercrime. Malware and ransomware attacks increase. Thu, 09/01/2022 - 05:15.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Managing machine identities has never been more critical to an enterprise’s cybersecurity. Coffing notes that the recently discovered ThroughTek Kalay vulnerability compromised 83 million IoT devices , which better machine identity management could have prevented. This should come as no surprise.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 29, 2023

A recent surge in sophisticated attacks against mobile devices has raised concerns among cybersecurity experts. Cybersecurity firm Zimperium recently released its 2023 Global Mobile Threat Report 2023 , revealing a concerning increase in sophisticated attacks targeting mobile devices.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 17, 2023

When considering adding a cyber insurance policy, organizations, both public and private, must weigh the pros and cons of having insurance to cover against harm caused by a cybersecurity incident. Compliance: Certain industries and jurisdictions require organizations to have cyber insurance or to meet certain cybersecurity standards.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 4, 2021

The post How greenfield 5G network operators like DISH are ushering in a new era of cybersecurity appeared first on Allot Blog. The post How greenfield 5G network operators like DISH are ushering in a new era of cybersecurity appeared first on Security Boulevard. As Fierce Wireless recently pointed.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2021

“The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) became aware on Thursday of an attempted cyber attack on the Department of Health. Experts speculate the operators are members of a Russia-based cybercrime group known as Wizard Spider. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Curated advice, guidance, learning and trends in cybersecurity and privacy, as chosen by our consultants. That was a finding from a presentation by the NCSC at the recent Cyber Ireland conference. Staying with the Financial Times , it’s safe to say cybersecurity is mainstream when you’re reading about it in its pages. (As

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 22, 2021

Cybersecurity geeks may already know this historical tidbit… The first DDoS attack occurred back in 1999, when a computer at the University of Minnesota suddenly came under attack from a network of 114 other computers infected with a malicious script called Trin00.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 2, 2022

Geopolitical Cyber Attacks — The New Battlefield. The new battlefield on display in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine war shows a progression of cybersecurity tactics revolutionizing the overall attack plan. Cyber attacks create an unpredictable dilemma in the conflict. Mostly like, no.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2019

Bahrain, 08.04.2019 – Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks , and NGN International, a global system integrator, analyzed cybersecurity landscape in Gulf countries in 2018. What is important is that successful struggle with such cyber-attacks is possible. Map of Middle-Eastern Countries.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 7, 2021

(NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management ( CEM ), today announced the completion of its acquisition of xMatters, a leading provider of IT Service Operations, Cybersecurity and DevOps incident response management.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

Cybersecurity products, services and professionals have never been in higher demand. A contributing factor to the cybersecurity skills gap is the large number of security startups that have been founded in recent years. According to a joint study by CBInsights and PwC, Cybersecurity startups received over $10.7 Cato Networks.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. It can shut down your business – in the case of healthcare organizations that can be life-threatening for patients – damage your reputation with customers and employees, and invite further attacks as cybercriminals view your organization as an easy mark.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

Mikko Hypponen joins The Hacker Mind to discuss cybercrime unicorns, the fog of cyber war that surrounds the Ukrainian war with its much larger neighbor, and of course Mikko’s new book, If it’s Smart, it’s Vulnerable. But the full story of the bronze soldier affair is only becoming clearer now. Mikko would disagree.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Microsoft recently released its Digital Defense Report 2022 , examining the current threat landscape, touching on the first "hybrid war" that is the Ukraine-Russia conflict, reviewing the current state of cybercrime, and identifying the characteristics needed to successfully defend against future threats. The key takeaway?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

CISA adds two F5 BIG-IP flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Threat actors actively exploit F5 BIG-IP flaws CVE-2023-46747 and CVE-2023-46748 Pro-Hamas hacktivist group targets Israel with BiBi-Linux wiper British Library suffers major outage due to cyberattack Critical Atlassian Confluence flaw can lead to significant data loss WiHD (..)

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 21, 2019

Related: How botnets gave Trump 6 million faked followers To put it plainly, this represented a spike in cyber attacks bouncing through ordinary Internet-connected devices humming away in homes across America. These attacks were carried out by cyber criminals leveraging an insidious new attack tool: bulletproof proxies.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

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