DDOS, Engineering and Security Defenses

The Impact of AI on Social Engineering Cyber Attacks

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Social engineering attacks have long been a threat to businesses worldwide, statistically comprising roughly 98% of cyberattacks worldwide. Given the much more psychologically focused and methodical ways that social engineering attacks can be conducted, it makes spotting them hard to do.

Social Engineering

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October 2023 Patch Tuesday Includes Three Zero-Days Flaws

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for October 2023 covers a total of 103 CVEs, including three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting WordPad, Skype and the HTTP/2 “ Rapid Reset ” DDoS vulnerability. CVE-2023-41763 , an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Skype for Business with a CVSS score of 5.3

DDOS

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5 Linux malware families SMBs should protect themselves against

Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

There’s no shortage of reasons why an SMB might use Linux to run their business: There are plenty of distros to choose from, it’s (generally) free, and perhaps above all — it’s secure. But unfortunately, there’s more to Linux security than just leaning back in your chair and sipping piña coladas. Cloud Snooper. How it works.

Malware

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Top 7 Cloud Storage Security Issues & Risks (+ Mitigations)

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Downtime limits incident response, increases the risk of data breaches, and can be used as leverage for DDoS attacks. Collaborate with external cloud security specialists or managed service providers to enhance internal capabilities. Implement DDoS protection: Deploy dedicated protection mechanisms to prevent DDoS attacks.

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

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Cloud Storage Security Risks Despite its obvious benefits, cloud storage still faces common challenges, including misconfiguration, data breaches, insecure interface, unauthorized access, DDoS attacks, insider threats, lack of control, encryption problems, patching issues, compliance, and monitoring issues.

Risk

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What Is Multi-Cloud Security? Everything to Know

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

DDoS Attacks DDoS attacks have the potential to interrupt and render cloud services inaccessible. DDoS prevention and mitigation is critical for maintaining service availability. Identity and Access Management (IAM) Issues Mismanagement of IAM can lead to security breaches.

DDOS

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From Caribbean shores to your devices: analyzing Cuba ransomware

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The gang infamously uses complex tactics and techniques to penetrate victim networks, such as exploitation of software vulnerabilities and social engineering. Triple extortion: adding a threat to expose the victim’s internal infrastructure to DDoS attacks. DDoS attacks in that case are not necessary.

Ransomware

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7 Best Penetration Testing Service Providers in 2023

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

BreachLock offers a wide range of services covering cloud , network , application , API , mobile, social engineering and third-party partner tests, and can help with SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 regulatory requirements too. Like BreachLock, ScienceSoft also offers a mix of manual and automated testing.

Penetration Testing

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Vulnerability Recap 5/27/24 – Google, Microsoft & GitLab Fixes

eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2024

If your system is already exposed to a DDoS attack, explore our guidelines on how to perform DDoS attack prevention in three stages. The vulnerabilities include a use-after-free flaw in Scheduling ( CVE-2024-5157 ) and a type confusion bug in the V8 engine ( CVE-2024-5158 ).They for Linux and 125.0.6422.76/.77

Backups

Backups Authentication DDOS Engineering

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

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2024

These issues affect over 91,000 exposed machines, putting them at risk of DDoS assaults, account theft, and malware infestations. CVE-2024-3383 is another severe vulnerability that affects user access control via Cloud Identity Engine (CIE) data processing. CVE-2023-6318 permits privilege escalation to get root access.

Firewall

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34 Most Common Types of Network Security Protections

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Examples of threatening traffic that IDPS solutions can combat include network intrusions, DDoS attacks, malware, and socially engineered attacks. DDoS protection services are offered by third-party vendors to combat these types of attacks.

Network Security

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Top Cloud Security Issues: Threats, Risks, Challenges & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2024

Some of the biggest threats in cloud security are DDoS attacks, cloud storage buckets malware, insider threats, and APT attacks. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks DDoS attacks flood cloud services with excessive traffic, rendering them inaccessible to users.

Risk

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Advanced threat predictions for 2025

SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

For instance, in January, Apple shared that CVE-2024-23222 , a remote code execution vulnerability in Safari’s browsing engine, may have been used in cyberattacks. For instance, one recent attack observed in this area was a DDoS attack targeting Israel’s credit card payment system.

IoT

IoT Energy and Utilities Phishing Cryptocurrency

What Is DRM? Understanding Digital Rights Management

eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2024

The two main options to select for support are DRM servers and viewers and each comes with associated security concerns: DRM license servers: Provide remote DRM validation on the web or through a local network and manage license restriction checks.

Encryption

Encryption Architecture Software Technology

Complete Guide to the Types of DDoS Attacks

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks occur when attackers use a large number of devices to attempt to overwhelm a resource and deny access to that resource for legitimate use. The very first DDoS attacks occurred when network engineers misconfigured networks and overwhelmed components by accident. Application.

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Cyber Security Informer

The Impact of AI on Social Engineering Cyber Attacks

October 2023 Patch Tuesday Includes Three Zero-Days Flaws

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5 Linux malware families SMBs should protect themselves against

Top 7 Cloud Storage Security Issues & Risks (+ Mitigations)

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

What Is Multi-Cloud Security? Everything to Know

From Caribbean shores to your devices: analyzing Cuba ransomware

7 Best Penetration Testing Service Providers in 2023

Vulnerability Recap 5/27/24 – Google, Microsoft & GitLab Fixes

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

34 Most Common Types of Network Security Protections

Top Cloud Security Issues: Threats, Risks, Challenges & Solutions

Advanced threat predictions for 2025

What Is DRM? Understanding Digital Rights Management

Complete Guide to the Types of DDoS Attacks

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