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2021 State of the Threat Report: A year in Review

Tech Republic Security

This report comprehensively examines the adversary’s ongoing innovation and evolution of tried-and-true TTPs like ransomware, business email compromise, zero-day threats, espionage, and more. You’ll read about some of the biggest attacks rolling across news headlines, as well as how both the government and security industry are.

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May Firmware Threat Report

Security Boulevard

The SolarWinds and related supply chain attacks put our government through the crucible of painful incident response and restoration efforts. The post May Firmware Threat Report appeared first on Security Boulevard. The events also became a watershed moment, one in which cyber risk to national security fully materialized. […].

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Government Employees at High Risk for Mobile Phishing

SecureWorld News

New research from Lookout reveals the most common mobile threats aimed at federal, state, and local government agencies and their employees—all of which have increased since 2021. One in eight government employees were exposed to phishing threats. Federal workers have more restrictions on BYOD devices.

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Ransomware, BEC and Phishing Still Top Concerns, per 2021 Threat Report

Webroot

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. Here are some of the findings from the report. Threat Research Analyst.

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The Changing Face of Data Security in Federal Government

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

I recently had the pleasure of sharing some industry insights from our 2019 Data Threat Report-Federal Edition on Cyberwire’s Daily Podcast –specifically addressing the gap in security responsibility many federal agencies face today as they move tremendous amounts of sensitive data into multicloud environments.

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Federal Government is Excelling at Digital Transformation While Security Challenges Gain Ground

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

federal government contends with a tidal wave of demands in the COVID-19 battle, agencies are pushed to unprecedented limits. government is excelling with digital transformation (DX) which is critical in this time of crisis as the cloud becomes a crucial dynamic with the world working remotely. As the U.S. Some good news: the U.S.

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Facebook discovers new android malware connected to APT threat group

CyberSecurity Insiders

Facebook security researchers released their second quarter Adversarial Threat Report that confirms two APT groups using a new android malware dubbed Dracarys. APT36 was found hacking the Indian Government websites and is being linked to Pakistan.

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