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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

Vendor reports note huge volume of attacks on local and public infrastructure, such as: CrowdStrike: Monitored hacktivist and nation-state distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks related to the Israli-Palestinian conflict, including against a US airport. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers.

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AI and Cyber Security: Innovations & Challenges

eSecurity Planet

However, the integration of AI also presents challenges. While AI can streamline security processes, it creates new vulnerabilities. They offer real-time analysis and responses, making them a valuable asset in any security strategy. Amazon also suffered from a similar AI-driven DDoS attack.

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Power Management Vulnerabilities Could Shut Down Data Centers: Researchers

eSecurity Planet

effort to secure critical infrastructure. This malware could be leveraged for unprecedented ransomware , DDoS or Wiper attacks that would completely dwarf SuxNet, Mirai BotNet , or WannaCry.” The Trellix researchers investigated several data center software platforms and hardware technologies as part of a U.S.

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Cyber Security in Banking: Threats, Solutions & Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Why Banks Need Cyber Security Banks are some of the most vulnerable institutions when it comes to cyber threats. With vast amounts of sensitive data and financial transactions occurring daily, they present an attractive target for hackers.

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Cloud Security Strategy: Building a Robust Policy in 2024

eSecurity Planet

Session layer: Manages secure sessions by utilizing authentication protocols and session management mechanisms to prevent unauthorized access. Presentation layer: Utilizes encryption and data formatting standards to ensure data confidentiality and integrity throughout processing and storage.

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From Caribbean shores to your devices: analyzing Cuba ransomware

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Triple extortion: adding a threat to expose the victim’s internal infrastructure to DDoS attacks. The model became widespread after the LockBit gang got DDoS’ed , possibly by a victim. DDoS attacks in that case are not necessary. dll PDB file The DLL code presents Mozilla/4.0 Path to the komar65.dll

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The Impact of AI on Social Engineering Cyber Attacks

SecureWorld News

However, it's imperative to know that attackers are beginning to weaponize social engineering with the help of AI, which could present an even bigger series of challenges. In turn, this has left organizations and individuals far behind in the race to secure defenses appropriately.