eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Robust malware prevention measures are critically important for protecting personal information, financial records, and even cherished memories. One bit of good news: Even widely used email services like Gmail have gotten much better at filtering out spam and malicious email, and businesses have a range of email security tools that can help.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Menlo Security , a leader in cloud security, today announced it has identified a surge in cyberthreats, termed Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT), that bypass traditional security defenses. The top three brands impersonated in phishing attacks are Microsoft, PayPal, and Amazon.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

Meal delivery service Home Chef has confirmed that it recently suffered a security breach that exposed its customer information. Meal delivery service Home Chef has disclosed a data breach that exposed its customer information. Home Chef also explained that only a portion ot its customers were impacted in the security incident.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 17, 2021

Now mix in architectural changes that support cloud productivity suites like Microsoft 365 and Google’s G-Suite to accelerate your business to cloud-based email security services. When it comes to safeguarding email against today’s advanced threats like phishing and malware information is power.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Even a company with the most sophisticated cybersecurity tools and expert security teams can fall prey to cybercriminals if they overlook one area of vulnerability: their people. In fact, 97% of us can’t tell a phishing email from a legitimate one. Business Email Compromise (BEC) is similar to phishing. billion.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Migration challenges result in incomplete transfers, which expose critical information to risk. Regular testing, customization of data transfer methods, and attentive monitoring all contribute to reduce risks and improve security during the migration process.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

Data Security & Threat Detection Framework The data security and threat detection framework serves as the foundation for data protection plans, protecting intellectual property, customer data, and employee information. Determine which threats and vulnerabilities affect your firm and its SaaS apps.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 30, 2023

A new Cloudflare phishing report notes that most of the 1 billion brand impersonation emails the company detected “passed” SPF, DKIM, and DMARC email authentication protocols. At the same time, an organization is also quite likely to fall for business email compromise and phishing attacks from their vendors.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Then they move forward or upward, elevating their privileges so they can access more sensitive information. For example, an employee at a company may be a malicious insider, with plans to steal company information. Lateral Movement Threat actors can use lateral movement to accomplish many attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 3, 2023

” Also read: ChatGPT Security and Privacy Issues Remain in GPT-4 Growing AI Cybercrime Potential Kelley, who also exposed WormGPT in early July, noted that FraudGPT shares the same foundational capabilities as WormGPT and might have been developed by the same people, but FraudGPT has the potential for even greater malicious use.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Threat Intelligence is the process of collecting processing and disseminating actionable intelligence for the purpose of ensuring that an organizations infrastructure remains properly secured from threats facing its infrastructure.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Phishing When a threat actor sends an email with a malicious link and the target user clicks on that link, the compromised link can install malware onto the user’s machine or give the threat actor access to the user’s credentials, depending on the attack.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 15, 2024

Step 3: Database Check After confirming the query, HackerGPT explores its extensive library of cybersecurity expertise and resources to find information and resources relevant to the user’s inquiry. The database provides a variety of information, including hacking tools and best practices.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

While precise technical information has not been revealed to prevent broad attacks, immediate action is required to protect websites from prospective threats. The problem: CVE-2024-23204 enables attackers to create malicious Shortcuts files that can evade Apple’s Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) security system.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Sending phishing emails to engineers can be used as an exploitation technique to get them to import malicious configuration files ( CVE-2023-31171 ), which results in arbitrary code execution. Business email compromise (BEC) assaults were the main aim of this large phishing effort, which resulted in significant financial losses.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Zero-Day Vulnerabilities: HTTP/2, WordPad, Skype The zero-day flaws addressed by Microsoft are: CVE-2023-36563 , an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft WordPad with a CVSS score of 6.5 ” In some cases, the company advised, the information exposed could provide the attacker with access to internal networks.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 27, 2023

" Organizations use this information to audit, assess, and implement security defense-in-depth strategies to mitigate cybersecurity attacks. MITRE ATT&CK is a "globally accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques based on real-world observations."

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Each step builds on the previous step to increase the quality of the information, the organization of the findings, and the usability of the report for stakeholders. Plan: Outlining the testing and creating report templates in advance acts both as a checklist of information needed and as a repository for testing details.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Remote access security is critical for protecting increasingly distributed work environments, ensuring that only authorized users can access your valuable information regardless of their location. In the role of a superhero protector, remote access security keeps our digital world secure even while we are thousands of miles away.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Most simply don’t have the resources to employ a dedicated cybersecurity team or invest in comprehensive security awareness training, leaving employees more vulnerable to phishing attacks and other scams. That means you need to have a plan for responding to attacks that break through even the most secure defenses.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Unavailable health records: All electronic patient information became unavailable, including the MyChart patient self-service database, hospital records, and the systems used to order tests, procedures, and medications. million in information technology expenses $1.3 Companies should also use free tools available to them.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Consider these factors: Sensitive data handling: Determine whether your company handles customers’ personally identifiable information (PII), proprietary software code, product designs, or any other unique creations crucial for your company’s competitive edge. Well-informed employees can better identify and respond to security threats.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Cloud security protects your critical information from unwanted access and potential threats through sophisticated procedures. Prioritizing cloud security helps guarantee that you have a safe, reliable resource for your data in today’s linked world. This increases user and service provider trust.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

By offering insights into previous traffic, this technique improves threat detection, troubleshooting, and overall security by enabling for educated decision-making and proactive optimization of firewall configurations. For in-depth log data analysis, explore using a security information and event management (SIEM) tool.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 7, 2022

As the demand for robust security defense grows by the day, the market for cybersecurity technology has exploded, as well as the number of available solutions. Application security, information security, network security, disaster recovery, operational security, etc. Improved Data Security.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

DNS communicates in plain text and, without modification, DNS assumes that all information it receives is accurate, authentic, and authoritative. Organizations that manage their own servers will need to isolate, harden, maintain, and audit DNS servers the same as they would any other high-risk server managing sensitive information.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

in the DNS cache for more efficient delivery of information to users. This additional and unsecured traffic can cause traditional DNS servers to struggle to meet the security standards for any organization to prevent attacks. What Are DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC)?

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Security Boulevard

JULY 7, 2023

Delve into the multi-stage attack methodology, from deceptive phishing emails to custom-built modules, as we dissect its techniques and shed light on its impact. Gain valuable insights into the evolving threat landscape and learn how organizations can fortify their defenses against this emerging Latin American cyber threat.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 5, 2021

Threat actors often vary their techniques to thwart security defenses and increase the efficiency of their attacks. Researchers found several actors that have exploited this conflict via phishing lures to drop AgentTesla and PoetRat. This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi. C2: vnedoprym.kozow[.]com com 111.90.150[.]37.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2024

Malware in Cloud Storage Buckets Malware threatens cloud storage buckets due to misconfigurations, infected data, and phishing. APTs seek to steal critical information and retain long-term access. This exposes sensitive information to the public internet, resulting in reputational damage and financial loss.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

It focused on deploying POS malware and launching targeted spear-phishing attacks against organizations worldwide. In order to weaken the security defenses installed on the target machine, Black Basta targets installed security solutions with specific batch scripts downloaded into the Windows directory.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

Today’s columnist, Yonatan Israel Garzon of Cyberint, says that the online boom during the pandemic has caused serious security issues for online retailers. He says they must tighten up security defenses and improve threat intelligence. Credit: Instatcart. Many threats are far from subtle.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

or specialized tools to deliver obfuscation defenses such as: Honeypots: Provide tempting targets for attackers that contain no valid information as one of several similar deception technologies to trigger alerts for early attack detection. These techniques can use built-in software features (for firewalls, operating systems, etc.)

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 1, 2024

The corrupted code steals information such as Telegram session data, files, keystrokes, Instagram session tokens, and more. In the security advisory, NVIDIA discloses UI flaws that could lead to local escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering, code execution, and denial of service.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2022

Taken together, this new Trends functionality allows security teams to quickly understand if a vulnerability is relevant to their organization, and to buy them the time they need to put security defenses in place. . . For more information, please visit [link] , and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn. .

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

But it requires different levels of security. Make Users Part of the Process An often forgotten aspect of breach prevention is keeping end users informed. Additionally, if a breach does affect customer data, they should be informed immediately. See the Top Cybersecurity Employee Training Programs 4.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It quietly makes its way past your security defenses into the heart of your data and keeps it hostage until you pay a ransom. Let’s take a phishing email that one of our colleagues got some time ago as an example to illustrate the most common signs: 1. Ransomware is a sly, silent, and vicious criminal.

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