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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

Acohido to share his ideas about the current cyber threat landscape, the biggest threats for businesses today, the role of AI and machine learning in cyberattacks and cyberdefence, and the most effective methods for companies to protect themselves. Erin: What role should governments play in combating cybercrime?

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Cyber Security and need of a progressive security solution

CyberSecurity Insiders

The danger of your business being the victim of a successful cyber-attack or data breach is on the rise, thanks to widespread wrong cloud service configuration and increasingly skilled hackers. Factors influencing the rise of cybercrime include: The Internet’s dispersed nature. Possible effects of Cybercrime assaults.

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Proactive Intelligence: A Paradigm Shift In Cyber Defense

Security Boulevard

The truth is that we can make a paradigm shift in the way we think about detection, protection, and proactiveness with respect to intelligence and resilience. Early Threat Detection Understanding attacker infrastructure is the key to not just reactive but true, proactive threat intelligence.

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

The Last Watchdog

The average small and medium-size business experiences a cyber attack 44 times every day. And the cost of damage directly related to cybercrime is adding up, expected to reach $6 trillion by 2021. Many of these strictly defined categories are limiting in identifying and preventing today’s new crop of cyber attacks.

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Rising volume of email fatigue opens doors for Cybercriminals

CyberSecurity Insiders

How email-based cyber attacks work. Email-based attacks are not a new problem. For example, some of the most notorious email-related cyber attacks of the 1990s came through the propagation of the Melissa virus. Understanding email cyber attack strategies. The data of over 1.2 competitors and hackers).”

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Executive Spotlight: Q&A with Lead Scientist & Sr. Principal Engineer, Christiaan Beek

McAfee

As I witnessed multiple malware incidents and later some of the largest cyber-attacks ever, I got fascinated by all the mechanics around threat research. From this, I made a move to lead and envision new ways (threat) research can assist both responders and customers.

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GUEST ESSAY: The many ways your supply chain is exposing your company to a cyber attack

The Last Watchdog

The inherent complexity of the supply chain for modern technology is a reason why so many cybercrime attempts have been successful. It provides an answer to the most common and dangerous forms of cybercrime: •Security at the root. Threat detection. Traceability and accountability.