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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

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. The DNS server, in turn, tells the computer where to go. But which web-based cyberthreats in particular does DNS filtering stop, you ask?

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Russia-linked InvisiMole APT targets state organizations of Ukraine

Security Affairs

Ukraine CERT (CERT-UA) warns of spear-phishing ??attacks The Government Team for Response to Computer Emergencies of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns of spear-phishing messages conducted by UAC-0035 group (aka InvisiMole) against Ukrainian state bodies. attacks conducted by UAC-0035 group (aka InvisiMole) on state organizations of Ukraine.

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Russia-linked Gamaredon APT targets Ukrainian authorities with new malware

Security Affairs

Russia-linked threat actor Gamaredon employed new spyware in cyber attacks aimed at public authorities and critical information infrastructure in Ukraine. The attack chain starts with spear-phishing messages with a.RAR attachment named “12-1-125_09.01.2023.” lnk” (“Request of the Security Service of Ukraine 12-1-125 dated 09.01.2023.lnk”).

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 418 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French (..)

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Is Your Small Business Safe Against Cyber Attacks?

CyberSecurity Insiders

Make sure all devices and computers at your office have installed anti-virus, and anti-spyware as these are connected to the network, offering a gateway to hackers. There are different kinds of cyber attacks that are faced by small businesses, including malware, phishing, SQL injection, DNS tunneling, and more.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 210 – News of the week

Security Affairs

Scranos – A Cross Platform, Rootkit-Enabled Spyware rapidly spreading. Analyzing OilRigs malware that uses DNS Tunneling. Google is going to block logins from embedded browsers against MitM phishing attacks. Ecuador suffered 40 Million Cyber attacks after the Julian Assange arrest. Code execution – Evernote.