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How IT teams can prevent phishing attacks with Malwarebytes DNS filtering

Malwarebytes

Phishing attacks are a persistent threat to businesses globally. According to Verizon , 82 percent of data breaches in 2021 involved the human element—with phishing attacks making up over 60 precent of these. With Malwarebytes DNS filtering , however, you can prevent a large swath of phishing attacks.

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3 ways DNS filtering can save SMBs from cyberattacks

Malwarebytes

Everything from rootkits to ransomware threaten not just financial losses, but also significant network downtime and reputational damage as well. That’s where DNS filtering comes in. But first, DNS in a nutshell. So normally, every time your customer types in your web address, their computer makes a request to a DNS server.

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Best Ransomware Removal Tools

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware is everywhere these days, striking fear into the hearts of IT and business managers alike. And studies support that perception, showing ransomware growing in both prevalence and effectiveness. Best Ransomware Removal Tools. Integrated one-on-one Spyware HelpDesk support. Here we’ll focus on removal tools.

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

eSecurity Planet

Fortunately, vendor surveys identify five key cybersecurity threats to watch for in 2024: compromised credentials, attacks on infrastructure, organized and advanced adversaries, ransomware, and uncontrolled devices. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers. 20,551 gambling industry attacks.

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US authorities track MuddyWater Hacking Group to Iran

CyberSecurity Insiders

Supporting the above stated discovery is the latest press statement released by security firm Mandiant that suggests that it has been tracking Seedworm aka MuddyWater since May 2017 and it is into activities such as digital espionage, cyber attacks, Ddos and ransomware spread.

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IT threat evolution Q1 2022

SecureList

The group uses various malware families, including Wroba, and attack methods that include phishing, mining, smishing and DNS poisoning. The following day, Avast Threat Research announced the discovery of new Golang ransomware in Ukraine , which they dubbed HermeticRansom and which we call ElectionsGoRansom. Other malware.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware. Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Additional features of botnets include spam, ad and click fraud, and spyware. Unlike ransomware, it might be a criminal operation that does not involve the collection of a ransom.

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