SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

Real-life examples of depth of defense Network Perimeter: Organizations often deploy firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and network monitoring tools at the network perimeter to prevent unauthorized access. decrease in successful breaches. Data Level: Encrypting sensitive data at rest and in transit is crucial to securing information.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

The attacks were observed as recently as February 2024, they targeted government, education, emergency services, healthcare, and other critical infrastructure sectors. Threat actors behind Phobos attacks were observed gaining initial access to vulnerable networks by leveraging phishing campaigns.

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Webroot

APRIL 13, 2021

Ransomware attacks generate big headlines when the targets are government entities, universities and healthcare organizations. This includes essential security measures like firewalls, endpoint protection and DNS protection. This is why security awareness training with phishing simulations are increasingly important.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Nelson outlined for me how CSA is acting on this vision by working on specifications to extend Matter beyond smart home devices to smart devices in healthcare facilities and commercial buildings. BIMI is a carrot-on-a-stick aimed at rallying efforts to repel an enduring threat: email spoofing.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. According to the advisory, the threat actors have been observed exploiting Zerologon ( CVE-2020-1472 ) in Microsoft’s Netlogon Remote Protocol in phishing attempts.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 23, 2021

The vast majority of DNS traffic in the Technology sector—the sector involving the development and/or distribution of technological goods and services—can be attributed to two categories: cryptomining and phishing. Phishing resulted in the highest levels of malicious DNS traffic in the Financial Services sector. Healthcare.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The ransomware was involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare, defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. Zeppelin actors request ransom payments in Bitcoin, they range from several thousand dollars to over a million dollars.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

These new attacks affect everything from private citizens and businesses to government systems; healthcare organizations; public services; and food, water, and fuel supply chains. Phishing attacks continue to dominate cyber threats. Also read: Complete Guide to Phishing Attacks: Different Types and Defenses. Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 28, 2022

What further compounds an already complex architectural and security landscape is the fact that critical infrastructure industries in various countries tend to be either partially or fully government controlled; with many providing “essential services” such as Healthcare, Water, Power, Emergency Services and Food production.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

While much of the spam circulating is innocuous, many emails are phishing attempts, and some are indeed malicious. What they may not be aware of, is that they have just given their credit card details away in a phishing scam. Image 10 – Steps in package delivery phishing scam. A word of caution. Your package is in route.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

When the internet arrived, the network added a firewall to protect networks and users as they connected to the world wide web. Technical controls may be implemented by: Hardware appliances : switches, routers, firewalls, etc. In a complex, modern network, this assumption falls apart.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 30, 2023

A good start would be to read Mobilizing the C-Suite: Waging War Against Cyberattacks, written by Frank Riccardi, a former privacy and compliance officer from the healthcare sector. A company may have thousands of employees, but it only takes one phished employee for cybercriminals to bring the network to its knees.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The researchers said they had seen Nobelium using HTML smuggling in a spear-phishing campaign in May, and more recently, observed it being used to deliver the banking Trojan Mekotio and the AsyncRAT/MJRAT and Trickbot malware used by attackers to get control of targeted devices and deliver such malware as ransomware. What Is HTML Smuggling?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware. businesses, mainly in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector, with ransomware operations. The threat actors obtained the VPN credentials through phishing attacks. US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

So … the EDR missed an indicator of compromise, and while it may have compensated for it later, the firewall should have stopped inbound/outbound traffic but failed to do so.” TA505 is well-known for its involvement in global phishing and malware dissemination.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The ransomware was involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare, defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. Zeppelin actors request ransom payments in Bitcoin, they range from several thousand dollars to over a million dollars.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

For instance, malicious individuals may setup fake COVID-19 websites, spoof government and healthcare organizations in phishing email attempts, and create social media scams around fake fundraising. A trained employee can act as a human firewall during a time when cybercriminals are taking advantage of a much larger issue, COVID-19.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 16, 2024

Real-World Example: A healthcare organization utilizes contextual awareness to distinguish between legitimate patient data access by medical staff during working hours and potentially suspicious access outside these hours. This nuanced approach enhances security without impeding essential healthcare workflows.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 16, 2022

The CSA mentions RDP exploitation , SonicWall firewall exploits, and phishing campaigns. Zeppelin, aka Buran, is a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) written in Delphi and built upon the foundation of VegaLocker. Due to the RaaS model there are several methods in use to gain initial access. Mitigation.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

Sadly, coronavirus phishing and ransomware hacks already are in high gear. Social engineering invariably is the first step in cyber attacks ranging from phishing and ransomware to business email compromise ( BEC ) scams and advanced persistent threat ( APT ) hacks. It’s already happening.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Compromised Credentials Compromised identities from phishing, info stealers, keyloggers, and bad password habits provide the entry point for most ransomware attacks and data breaches. Deny-lists (aka: blacklist) : Blocks specific websites or IP addresses by adding them to a list for firewalls to ignore; very difficult to manage at scale.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Helping increase resistance to phishing attacks and improve user experience through frictionless access using Duo Passwordless , which is now generally available with support for Duo Mobile as a passwordless authenticator. Secure Firewall 3100 Series. Secure Connectivity Enhancements. Cloud Application Security.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Namely, phishing. If you know, as we do, that one in three American workers admits to clicking on a phishing link in the past year, what’s the reason for such reluctance? ” “Threats are stopped by my firewall.” Cybersecurity “tests,” especially of tactics like phishing, are of dubious effectiveness.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2022

Between malware , phishing attacks , zero-day threats , advanced persistent threats , reconnaissance, and brute force attacks, hackers are looking for any and every avenue into a network. Cisco also offers Firepower NGFWv, a virtualized version of the firewall solution. However, the phishing feature requires a browser plug-in.

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Cisco Security

JULY 14, 2021

Indeed ransomware has entered the mainstream as threat actors increasingly focus their attention on critical infrastructure providers that can’t afford any downtime or disruption from a cyber incident – from food and transportation suppliers to energy and healthcare systems. Most people probably know what ransomware is (if not, go here ).

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

HIPAA compliance in healthcare or PCI compliance in retail), organizations need to ensure that only managed devices are authorized to access. Enforcing security requirements such as OS updates and disk encryption help organizations set a baseline for healthy and compliant devices.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Penetration tests include the use of vulnerability scanning tools and will generally be applied against external security devices and applications including, but not limited to, firewalls , web servers, web applications, gateways , and VPN servers. However, a huge number of attacks start through social media or through phishing.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 13, 2020

Unfortunately, hardships also make them prime targets for cybercriminals, who tend to seek out vulnerable organization — it's part of the reason the healthcare industry has also struggled against cyberattacks during COVID-19. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations that is configured to deny unsolicited connection requests.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Email-based phishing attacks : These can include both of the above attacks and typically target employees through their business email accounts. Network detection and response software : Firewalls won’t catch everything, and monitoring your private network regularly will reveal anomalous patterns that indicate a breach.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Some organizations such as financial services firms and healthcare organizations, have regulatory concerns in addition to business concerns that need to be addressed in a cybersecurity risk management system. Maintaining Regulatory Compliance. Different organizations have different technology infrastructures and different potential risks.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The classic approach of a modern firewall , robust network security , and advanced endpoint security would be reasonable. Some ransomware attacks automatically launch when someone clicks a phishing link and might only affect a single computer. Certain types of data (personal information, credit card data, healthcare information, etc.)

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Jane Frankland

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This includes using encryption, firewalls, and other security tools to protect your data from being intercepted or accessed by unauthorised individuals. This news is alarming and even more so when you know that cybersecurity practitioners are also burning out – possibly at higher rates than frontline healthcare workers.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Examples include GDPR in Europe, HIPAA in healthcare, and PCI DSS for payment card data. Breaches often stem from exploited vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure or applications, with hackers using methods such as software vulnerabilities, phishing, or compromised credentials.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

Between malware , phishing attacks , zero-day threats, advanced persistent threats , reconnaissance and brute force attacks, hackers are looking for any and every avenue into a network. Cisco also offers Firepower NGFWv, a virtualized version of the firewall solution. However, the phishing feature requires a browser plug-in.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Firewalls and Network Security Firewalls serve as a barrier between cloud resources and external networks in a public cloud environment. Firewalls are used to safeguard cloud resources from unauthorized access and possible dangers like Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) assaults.

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