Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In October, Akamai’s Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) noticed an anomalous activity to the company’s honeypots targeting a rarely used TCP port. The InfectedSlurs is based on the JenX Mirai malware variant that in 2018 leveraged the Grand Theft Auto videogame community to infect devices.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

What’s more, in the internet-centric, consumer-driven world we live in, the lines between work-related duties and personal pursuits, which we increasingly access via our mobile devices, have become hopelessly blurred. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The security firms have collected more than 125,000 TrickBot malware samples and mapped the command and control infrastructure. The TrickBot botnet was considered by security experts one of the biggest botnets. Microsoft took action against the Trickbot botnet, disrupting one of the world’s most persistent malware operations.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Over the past year, Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has observed an evolution of the tools, techniques, and procedures employed by Iranian nation-state actors. Learn more from this blog summarizing these trends, as presented at #CyberWarCon : [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 16, 2021.

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Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

In particular, we witnessed an increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and a surge in the usage of the internet of things (IoT). Below, our security experts forecast where the main areas of concern lie in the year ahead. Malware made leaps and bounds in 2021. In particular, six key threats made our list.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 25, 2022

This research is part of CSC’s latest report, “ Two Year Analysis: The Impact of COVID-19 on Internet Security and Safety. At CSC, we believe domain security intelligence is power. Many of these web domains can pose threats to brands and consumers due to their registration patterns and behaviors.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2021

To add to the stateful inspection of network traffic and access control , NGFWs can block modern, sophisticated threats like application-layer attacks and advanced malware. FortiGate pricing is also widely available from resellers on the internet. Holistic network visibility. FortiOS dashboard. Palo Alto Networks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

BlueKeep is a wormable flaw that can be exploited by malware authors to create malicious code with WannaCry capabilities. ” A new wave of attacks could exploit the vulnerability to spread more dangerous and destructive malware, like ransomware or spyware. . SecurityAffairs – Bluekeep, malware). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2019

The popular expert Larry Cashdollar, from Akamai’s Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT), spotted a new version of the Echobot botnet that counts 26 different exploits. ” Botnet operators continue to implement new methods to make their malware more aggressive and to infect the larger number of systems as possible. .”

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Webroot

APRIL 21, 2021

BEC remains a very lucrative business; the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) got 19,369 BEC complaints in 2020, resulting in adjusted losses of $1.8 Phishing is still one of the most popular ways (if not the most popular) to get ransomware and other types of malware into a business’ network.

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NopSec

APRIL 16, 2018

In cybersecurity, these “Black Swan” events — malware attacks — are not very rare at all. These malware attacks seem to blind-sight the cybersecurity industry every month or two The proliferation of these events have led to the development of Black Swan Theory for Vulnerability Management.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

These solutions can, like antivirus software, use signature-based technology to identify known malware attacks, but many new IDS and IPS also incorporate anomaly-based algorithms often boosted by artificial intelligence (AI). Intrusion detection system (IDS) solutions passively monitor activity and send alerts to a security team.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 30, 2021

“Using the Cisco SD-WAN integration with Cisco Umbrella gives us effective cloud security throughout our SD-WAN fabric,” said Joel Marquez, IT Director at Tamimi Markets. All of this is integrated through the cloud-native SecureX platform, so when you’re ready for it, you can easily turn it on and enhance your security in minutes.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2020

As with kube-apiserver, organizations might accidentally leave etcd exposed to the Internet. This investigation uncovered 2,284 etcd servers that malicious actors could access through the Internet. How to secure it. For information on how to secure that part of a Kubernetes cluster, click here.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

At the time of its discovery, operators added 8 new exploits, but a few weeks later the popular expert Larry Cashdollar from Akamai’s Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) discovered a variant that included a total of 26 exploits. SecurityAffairs – Echobot variant, malware). Nothing interesting so far. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2022

Standalone cybersecurity tools are not enough to maintain the security posture of an entire organization. Between malware , phishing attacks , zero-day threats , advanced persistent threats , reconnaissance, and brute force attacks, hackers are looking for any and every avenue into a network. Trend Micro Vision One. SIEM Benefits.

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NopSec

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Businesses, governments, and consumers alike need to be aware of ransomware – a type of malware that can inflict serious damage on your finances and productivity in a very short span of time. Today, we explain this category of malware: how it works, the risks it poses to your organization, and strategies for preventing an attack.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Risk Level Assessment It’s crucial for a business to contextualize internal cyber security intelligence with external threat data to determine real security risks and their impact on business. Data has to be continually analyzed and this is where modern technology and AI comes in.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The contemporary world has witnessed the rise of the Internet and global communication, and collaboration technologies, including mobile data use and the culture of bring your own device [BYOD]. VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat.

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Spinone

JULY 8, 2020

This ensures that information contained in emails is secured as it is transmitted across the Internet. This is called S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions). Email security and advanced protection – Email is often the gateway to security breaches or malware attacks.

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