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Top IT Areas You Need to Check to Strengthen Your Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

Today, technological advances have seen a rise in cyber security threats globally. Large corporations, small businesses, and even individuals suffer from numerous attacks from cybercriminals. Even with high-level security measures, no one is safe from such threats. Data Security.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Now new findings reveal that AVrecon is the malware engine behind a 12-year-old service called SocksEscort , which rents hacked residential and small business devices to cybercriminals looking to hide their true location online. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net.

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How to Write Spotless Job Description to Attract Cybersecurity Pros to Your Business

CyberSecurity Insiders

According to CNBC , 43% of cybersecurity attacks are aimed at small businesses, however, only 14% are prepared to defend themselves. On average, such intrusions cost businesses of all sizes up to $200,000 in damages, prompting them to hire cybersecurity experts as a preventative measure. Information Security Officer.

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Updates from the MaaS: new threats delivered through NullMixer

Security Affairs

The Originating Malvertising Campaign According to CTI investigation on the adversary infrastructure, we were able to identify an ongoing campaign luring system administrators to install the malicious code into their machines.

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