eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 1, 2022

With two high-profile breaches this year, Okta, a leader in identity and access management (IAM) , made the kind of headlines that security vendors would rather avoid. Early reports indicated that the attack might affect as much as 2.5% of Okta’s customers and the attacker could, at most, reset customer passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This week’s vulnerability news is proof that everyone experiences security vulnerabilities, even the biggest tech names and projects. Android, Apple, Apache, Cisco, and Microsoft are among the names reporting significant security vulnerabilities and fixes in the last week, and some of those are already under assault by hackers.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 8, 2021

The criminals took advantage of a reduced weekend security workforce to infiltrate up to 1,500 businesses globally , according to Reuters. REvil claimed more than a million individual devices were infected in what is believed to be the biggest ransomware attack to date. Zero-Day Attack Confirmed. . Zero-Day Attack Confirmed.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. Network Elements Networks connect physical and virtual assets and control the data flow between them.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 16, 2021

Abacode has seen Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP, IANA port 3389 ) used in dozens of successful attacks against businesses. In fact, Abacode partner Coveware says that RDP was a factor in nearly two-thirds of targeted ransomware campaigns last year. How are they attacking it?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Other trojans use this technique as it allows to evade detection and execute the malicious code on the target machines bypassing detection based on static file signatures. The malicious activity starts with a phishing email sent to the target victims in Latin American – Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Peru – and Europe – Spain and Portugal.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Targeted attacks. Nevertheless, in our APT predictions for 2022 , we noted that more attackers would reach the sophistication level required to develop such tools. The main purpose of CosmicStrand is to download a malicious program at startup, which then performs the tasks set by the attackers. IT threat evolution in Q3 2022.

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