SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Well, actually, one did: technology, cyber, and privacy are still on the rise and influencing businesses across a wide variety of industries. Our critical infrastructure —such as electrical grids, hospitals, and banks—are prime targets, and increasingly vulnerable.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As 2023 draws to an end and cybersecurity budgeting is nearly complete, it helps to consider the year’s events and try to predict next year’s trends. After receiving input from industry experts and doing my own analysis of the year’s driving forces, I identified five major cybersecurity trends.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Data from the Brazilian Federation of Banks registered a considerable increase in crime (such as explosions at bank branches to steal money) and cybercrime (increased phishing and social-engineering attacks) against banking customers and banking infrastructure. 2021 saw the appearance of two new botnets.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 31, 2022

Industrial Spy, a hacking group involved in ransomware attacks, targeted at Novartis last week, stealing sensitive information from the manufacturing division of the company servers. Hacking group Industrial Spy has a habit of targeting large organizations and sells their data in the marketplace.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

Preceding the conference, the United States experienced its biggest cyberattack on critical infrastructure to date with ransomware hitting Colonial Pipeline. Also Read: And the Winner of the 2021 RSA Innovation Contest is… SANS: Five dangerous new attack techniques and vulnerabilities. Excessive Access by Tokens.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2023

Information technology (IT) MSPs typically provide the easiest path to better cybersecurity because they focus completely on the effective implementation of basic IT infrastructure. While MSPs also provide a wide range of business services, here we’ll focus on managed IT and cybersecurity service providers.

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Software Penetration Testing Cybersecurity Risk 98

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2023

Information technology (IT) MSPs typically provide the easiest path to better cybersecurity because they focus completely on the effective implementation of basic IT infrastructure. While MSPs also provide a wide range of business services, here we’ll focus on managed IT and cybersecurity service providers.

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Software Penetration Testing Cybersecurity Risk 97

Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2023

The US government urges cyber security audits of public water systems, highlighting the importance to secure US critical infrastructure. In many cases, they lack cybersecurity practices and rely on voluntary measures with poor progress. Cyberattacks have the potential to contaminate drinking water.”

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Government Ransomware Cyber Attacks Risk 78

eSecurity Planet

MAY 10, 2021

In the biggest cyberattack to date on critical infrastructure in the U.S., Colonial Pipeline–sprawling 5,500 miles from Houston to New York City–halted its mainlines on Friday, May 7, when administrators detected advanced ransomware internally. Also Read: Microsegmentation: The Next Evolution in Cybersecurity.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2024

Some tools even use cloud security posture management (CSPM) capabilities to monitor cloud infrastructure. Threat intelligence platforms : Consolidates vulnerability news, malware changes, and attack trends to inform security teams and security tools for improved response.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

While this might be great news for early cryptocurrency investors, the growing acceptance of crypto could be another obstacle when it comes to securing your organization. The New York Times recently published an opinion piece by Paul Rosenzweig, a lawyer who specializes in cybersecurity issues.

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Cryptocurrency Ransomware Cybercrime Internet 74

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In contrast, public cloud services have a shared responsibility model , with cloud service providers generally responsible for securing the cloud infrastructure and customers responsible for securing data, applications and access. This is referred to as Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

Here’s the CBS evening news : CBS: Nearly a quarter of a million people lost power in this small Ukrainian city when it was targeted by a suspected Russian attack last December. We’ll also find out more about when someone says it’s an attack on critical infrastructure, what does that mean? Don’t believe me?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

Michael Coden, Associate Director, Cybersecurity, MIT Sloan, along with Michael Stonebreaker will present this novel concept at RSAC 2023. I'm currently associate director and co founder of MIT cybersecurity Research Consortium, which is called cybersecurity. I was the head of the cybersecurity practice.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 20, 2023

They even show “average penetration testing cost” for websites or apps to start at $2,500, cloud infrastructure to start at $600, and mobile apps to start at $1,500. Their website publishes penetration test costs as low as $400 or $500 for some types of penetration scans. Unless the vendor publishes details, we can’t know the specifics.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

People like Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Kim Kardashian West, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk were suddenly tweeting about a can't miss double your bitcoin opportunity, that was really a scam. The teens also took over Twitter accounts of several cryptocurrency companies regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 7, 2021

The bill includes dozens of cybersecurity provisions, as well as the restoration of the position of National Cyber Director at the White House. 27 of the information security provisions come directly from Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) recommendations for improving US cybersecurity posture. Keep reading for specifics.

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