McAfee

JUNE 17, 2021

How do you know that your security efforts measure up? Imagine if you had one place where you found a comprehensive real time security posture that tells you exactly where the looming current cyber risks are and the impact? As news spread, we fielded numerous calls from executives wondering: Are my systems protected against DarkSide?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. Bitdefender Total Security. Protection against sophisticated malware and zero-day attacks. Multi-layer ransomware protection. Privacy protections.

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Vipre

DECEMBER 18, 2020

In a similar vein, today’s toxic cybersecurity landscape has presented daunting challenges to already-strained businesses; fortunately, those organizations have been able to vanquish a vast array of threats thanks to the ongoing availability of effective solutions from the world’s top security vendors. Winner: VIPRE Endpoint Security.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 20, 2023

News broke in early February that the ACN, Italy’s National Cybersecurity Agency, issued a warning regarding a VMware vulnerability discovered two years ago. Many organizations hadn’t yet patched the issue and became the victims of a new ransomware called ZCryptor. But it doesn’t stop there.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In other news, both LockBit and the Akira ransomware gang, the latter of which has tallied 125 victims since we first began tracking them in April 2023, were confirmed last month to be exploiting a specific zero-day flaw ( CVE-2023-20269 ) in Cisco VPN appliances. In both cases, significant amounts of customer data were stolen.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Since then, IoT devices have become widely and deeply integrated into our homes, businesses, utilities and transportations systems. And yet our pervasive deployment of IoT systems has also vastly expanded the cyber attack surface of business networks, especially in just the past few years. This has brought us many benefits.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Ransomware news in August was highlighted by the sudden fall of CL0P from the list of the most active gangs in any given month, while Lockbit returned to the number one spot after a steady four-month decline in activity. Test them regularly to make sure you can restore essential business functions swiftly. Detect intrusions.

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In this blog, we take a deeper dive into cloud security topics from these predictions focusing on the targeting of API services and apps exploitation of containers in 2022. The industrial IoT market was predicted to reach $124 billion in 2021. Expanded Exploitation of Containers Will Lead to Endpoint Resource Takeovers.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 31, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, March 2021. invest in better endpoint detection and response (EDR) technology, apparently recommending Cylance or VMware Carbon Black. How not to disclosure a Hack.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 13, 2023

Known ransomware attacks by gang, March 2023 Known ransomware attacks by country, March 2023 Known ransomware attacks by industry sector, March 2023 Fortra, the company behind GoAnywhere MFT, released an emergency patch (7.1.2) In other LockBit news, a CISA advisory on LockBit 3.0 ransomware was released on March 16, 2023.

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Jane Frankland

JULY 13, 2020

The latest figures depict a shortage of cybersecurity professionals at a time when protecting the world’s operating systems has never been as important. GIAC Security Essentials. As most of these certifications require years of industry experience, don’t be deterred if you don’t have them, or exams aren’t your forte.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2023

As a bonus, many of these tools are free to access and have specialized feeds that focus on different industries and sectors. Differentiator APIs/Integrations Pricing AlienVault Open Threat Exchange Best for community-driven threat feeds Yes Free FBI Infragard Best for critical infrastructure security Limited Free abuse.ch

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

.” In December, eSecurity Planet detailed FireEye’s initial findings , implications for the industry, and how to mitigate similar attacks. Since then, much has been learned about the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) deployed and what steps organizations are taking to harden their network and application security.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Despite all the advances in cybersecurity, email remains the starting point for the vast majority of cyberattacks, as phishing, malware and social engineering remain effective attack techniques. That makes email security software a worthwhile investment for organizations of all sizes. user/month Coro edge: $11.99/user/month

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Spinone

MARCH 18, 2019

Gaining news exposure is generally a good thing for most businesses, especially if it is something positive presented. In recent years, there has been an explosion of almost unbelievable data breaches making news headlines that have resulted in anything but a positive outcome for the organizations involved.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

As technology evolves and our dependence on digital systems increases, the cybersecurity threat landscape also rapidly changes, posing fresh challenges for organizations striving to protect their assets and data. The idea that a secure network perimeter will keep the bad guys out has become obsolete.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After receiving input from industry experts and doing my own analysis of the year’s driving forces, I identified five major cybersecurity trends. Government actions will increase: Expect more government regulations, state-sponsored cyberattacks, and increased documentation required to protect CISOs.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 8, 2023

Organizations that understand email security in detail can adopt email security options that are a good fit for their needs and resources. Microsoft estimates that 94% of cyberattacks begin with a malicious email — a horrific statistic that can be dramatically reduced by adopting email security standards, tools, and services.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Ransomware is everywhere these days, striking fear into the hearts of IT and business managers alike. Email was the main method of spreading malware in organizations (58%), followed by compromise of computers, servers and network equipment (33%). All this adds up to bad news for IT teams in just about every vertical. EnigmaSoft.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

They help IT and security teams manage the traffic that flows to and from their private network. This includes protecting data from internet threats, but it also means restricting unauthorized traffic attempting to leave your enterprise network. Order of Firewall Rules Firewall rules are typically followed in order of restrictiveness.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Hybrid cloud security is a framework for protecting data and applications in a computing environment that includes both private and public clouds. It combines on-premises and cloud-based resources to satisfy an organization’s diversified computing demands while ensuring strong security.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

Ransomware has given security professionals a headache for the better part of a decade. Fast forward to 2022, and the headache has become a migraine—not just for IT teams but business owners, employees, and customers as well. Finally, we’ll review mitigation tactics that businesses of all sizes can adopt to keep ransomware at bay.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. Knowing what ransomware is and how it works is essential for protecting against and responding to such attacks. How Does Ransomware Work?

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SecureList

MAY 11, 2022

This year, ransomware is no less active than before: cybercriminals continue to threaten nationwide retailers and enterprises , old variants of malware return while the new ones develop. Another reason is that analysis of cross-platform binaries is a bit harder than that of malware written in plain C. not_running.

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Spinone

MAY 8, 2020

Never has there been a more dangerous time for your business and your data. The threat landscape for businesses today is filled with many different security threats and attack vectors used by hackers and other malicious individuals. What are the types of cyber security threats? First of all, what is a cyberattack?

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 29, 2023

Traditional firewalls protect the network perimeter, enforcing security standards by regulating incoming and outgoing traffic according to rules and traffic analysis. This real-time filtration process ensures that only authorized and safe data reaches your network to protect your systems from any malicious or suspicious activities.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

When American store Target found a Trojan designed to steal card details on its POS (point-of-sale) systems in 2013, no one expected that the route into its secure environment was its heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) supplier, Fazio Mechanical Services. What is a supply chain attack? Know who your vendors are.

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Daniel Miessler

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Google News Results for US Ransomware. Our schools are being disabled, our small businesses are being pilfered, our cities are being taken offline, and now our hospitals are being attacked as well. But until recently, attackers were using less-advanced malware in an unorganized way.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Produced by Informa Tech, and built by the security partners, the mission of the NOC is to quickly build a conference network that is secure, stable and accessible for the briefings, sponsors and attendees. It was so amazing to return to London for the Black Hat Europe 2021 Network Operations Center (NOC).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 21, 2023

Secure Service Edge works with a variety of network configurations. It takes defenses that are as sophisticated, persistent, and adaptable as the would-be attacks and attackers themselves, without requiring or excessively relying upon specialized security talent. Security Service Edge (SSE) fits that profile. Q-1: What is SSE?

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Cisco Security

JULY 14, 2021

It’s popping up everywhere from the nightly news to the G7 Summit. And once they’ve found their way into your business and encrypted your data and files, ransomware operators will demand substantial sums of money to restore them. Since ransomware has become so multi-faceted, so too must our protections. What can we do?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Barracuda SecureEdge SASE product builds off the well established Barracuda security products (firewalls, gateways, email security, and more) that already protect so many global companies. When compared against other SASE competitors, Barracuda SecureEdge can be considered one of the best options to protect remote users.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 14, 2023

The silver lining is that the pillar of this CMS, known as WordPress Core, is well secured against exploitation. Contrary to a common belief, WordPress security isn't limited to the use of hard-to-guess access credentials and turnkey malware scanners. Malware can also drill a backdoor for future attacks.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 15, 2021

As a network and workload security strategy leader, I spend a lot of time thinking about the future of the good old network firewall. There will be no sales pitches or product announcements here today, but rather my vision for where this industry is going – preferably followed by a healthy, yet passionate debate in the comments.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

We’ll look at how log monitoring works, its benefits, challenges, best practices, security use cases, and some log monitoring and management tools to consider. While logs are also used by developers and IT teams to address performance and operations issues, our focus is on the security uses of log data.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Out of the 18,000 Orion IT customers affected by the malware, it seems that only a handful were of interest to the attackers. For example, before making the first internet connection to its C2s, the Sunburst malware lies dormant for up to two weeks, preventing easy detection of this behaviour in sandboxes.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

As the world marks the second Anti-Ransomware Day, there’s no way to deny it: ransomware has become the buzzword in the security community. In this report, we take a step back from the day-to-day ransomware news cycle and follow the ripples back into the heart of the ecosystem to understand how it is organized.

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