The Last Watchdog

MARCH 9, 2020

Their capacity to ingest threat feeds is becoming more relevant with the rise of IoT (Internet of Things) systems and the vulnerabilities of old and new OT (operational technology). Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

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IoT Technology Digital transformation Engineering 179

Webroot

JUNE 25, 2021

For others, home networks are simply hosting more devices as smart doorbells, thermostats and refrigerators now connect to the internet. Security experts warn that while the internet of things (IoT) isn’t inherently a bad thing, it does present concerns that must be considered.

IoT 91

IoT Internet Internet Data collection 91

Security Affairs

JANUARY 26, 2022

VMware released security patches to address critical Log4j security vulnerabilities in VMware Horizon servers targeted in ongoing attacks. VMware urges customers to patch critical Log4j security vulnerabilities impacting Internet-exposed VMware Horizon servers targeted in ongoing attacks. to add a shell.

Internet 95

Internet Internet Ransomware Hacking 95

Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2021

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks represent a serious threat for organizations worldwide, according to the annual report released by FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center , the 2020 Internet Crime Report , in 2020, the IC3 received 19,369 Business Email Compromise (BEC)/Email Account Compromise (EAC) complaints.

Scams 94

Scams Manufacturing Security Intelligence Internet 94

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 19, 2019

Related: Autonomous vehicles are driving IoT security innovation. Fundamentally, SIEMs collect event log data from internet traffic, as well as corporate hardware and software assets. And on the horizon loom a full blown Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G networks , which will drive data generation to new heights. Talk more soon.

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Big data Internet Internet Digital transformation 157

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 researchers discovered the botnet in October 2023, but they believe it has been active since at least 2022.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2021

The ones with strong security postures are shoring up their SIEM systems with updated orchestration and automated response tools. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW We’re on a good path. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

Cloud Migration 214

Cloud Migration Accountability Software Internet 214

Malwarebytes

MAY 18, 2022

In a Twitter thread , the Microsoft Security Intelligence team have revealed new information about the latest versions of the Sysrv botnet. The latest Sysrv variant scans the Internet for web servers that have security holes offering opportunities such as path traversal, remote file disclosure, and arbitrary file download bugs.

Cryptocurrency 66

Cryptocurrency IoT Malware DDOS 66

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

pic.twitter.com/CFk37M5fpp — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel). and someone in IT or security posted about doing extra work in higher ed: ". Being cyber enabled and relying on the resilience of the cloud and the internet has made school and work possible for many during the pandemic. February 2, 2021.

Scams 95

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2021

percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. A surprising 91.5

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The pursuit of agile software has companies, large and small,at consumed in rapidly developing and tossing into service software meant to function far beyond the perimeters of legacy company networks, in the wide-open Internet cloud. Traditional approaches just aren’t working or can’t scale. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

Big data 240

Big data Digital transformation Accountability Software 240

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 27, 2022

Their analysts actively remove PII from more than 165 internet databases and sources while documenting any data that cannot be removed for legal and policy reasons. Nisos is The Managed Intelligence Company. Nisos goes even further by maintaining aged personas to access closed groups and forums that may trade in PII. ABOUT NISOS.

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Risk Media Data collection Security Intelligence 136

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.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Phishing Technology DNS 52

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. The information gathered by the security firm was used by Microsoft to receive a warrant to takedown the TrickBot servers.

Banking 97

Banking Malware Advertising Financial Services 97

Daniel Miessler

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The best example of the need for this is national level security intelligence, reconnaisance, and vulnerability assessment. Every country will have massive collections of internet and internal-facing systems that are continuously scanning and monitoring everything it owns. This model is also relevant for large enterprises.

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InfoSec Insurance Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity 255

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.

Advertising 94

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NopSec

APRIL 16, 2018

Using this criteria, the following are some of NopSec’s predictions for 2018: Remote command execution (criticality) vulnerabilities in JavaScript frameworks, like JQuery, Angular and Node: these frameworks are widely used (popularity), web-based (ease of exploitation) and are accessible via the Internet (attack vector).

Risk 40

Risk Internet Internet Software 40

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 18, 2020

It was clear walking the exhibit floors at RSAC 2020 that some amazing advances are being made to apply leading-edge data analytics techniques to securing hybrid networks. This trend is unfolding most notably with SIEM technology ; SIEMS are designed to gather event log data from all sources and generate meaningful security intelligence.

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Digital transformation Software Technology Network Security 138

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 It’s important to keep in mind that it’s not always a matter of a few $50 or $100 gift cards; it could just as easily be a legitimate-looking vendor invoice for tens of thousands of dollars.

Threat Reports 103

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Read our latest blog w/ assist from @GossiTheDog & @MalwareTechBlog [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 7, 2019. “These attacks were likely initiated as port scans for machines with vulnerable internet-facing RDP services. Locate and patch exposed RDP services now.

Penetration Testing 65

Penetration Testing Malware Advertising Spyware 65

Cisco Security

AUGUST 30, 2021

According to the latest Cisco Annual Internet report , there will be 29.3 This massive explosion in device growth will increase reliance on APIs which brings increased security risk. ” These same intelligence feeds can be used to understand API abuse. This interaction happens more than you think and is most often free.

Software 116

Software Authentication Risk Encryption 116

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. The Echobot botnet was first detected by experts at PaloAlto Networks early this month, the botnet is based on the dreaded Mirai botnet.

IoT 84

IoT Wireless Advertising Malware 84

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.

Wireless 80

Wireless IoT Advertising Surveillance 80

eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Internet-of-things (IoT) devices Operational Technology (OT) Inspection focus (network vs. server vs. entire environment) IT environment complexity ( segmentation level, distributed or local networks) Location of users (local or remote) Security team evaluation: maturity, capabilities, and capacity.

Firewall 109

Firewall Wireless Software Antivirus 109

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.

Artificial Intelligence 40

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Technology Big data 40

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.

Social Engineering 166

Social Engineering Engineering Phishing Banking 166

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.

Security Awareness 40

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SC Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

By providing both adversarial threat intelligence, attack surface monitoring and third party risk intelligence, RiskIQ now occupies a unique spread across multiple interrelated customer needs. RiskIQ is well known for its threat intelligence capabilities and massive database of Internet-related artifacts. Product summary.

Marketing 58

Marketing DNS Internet Internet 58

Webroot

OCTOBER 1, 2021

We began even more to rely on the internet as a conduit to the world. Grayson Milbourne, security intelligence director at Carbonite + Webroot, predicted that in the coming year, “Expect to see more attacks against less-developed nations—not to generate revenue, but rather to disrupt and destroy.”.

Ransomware 112

Ransomware Backups Threat Reports Small Business 112

Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2022

Microsoft states that multiple news reports have linked the company to the Subzero malware toolset used to hack a broad range of devices, phones, computers, and network and internet-connected devices. Confirm that Microsoft Defender Antivirus is updated to security intelligence update 1.371.503.0

Surveillance 90

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The Security Ledger

AUGUST 16, 2019

In our second segment, we’re joined by Allan Thomson who is the Chief Technology Officer at LookingGlass* to talk about the growing use of cyber threat intelligence and the need to evolve cybersecurity practices to keep ahead of fast-evolving threats. On Firmware Security: Nobody’s Trying. How bad is it on the Internet of Things?

Firmware 40

Firmware Software Internet Internet 40

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2021

FortiGate pricing is also widely available from resellers on the internet. Palo Alto Networks’ ML-powered NGFWs enable you to design and deploy zero trust network security for users and make network security intelligent and proactive to quickly and successfully counter increasingly advanced, modern threats.

Firewall 130

Firewall DNS Network Security Artificial Intelligence 130

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.

VPN 103

VPN Social Engineering Accountability Media 103

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). In 2021, we witnessed so many competing shifts, many of which we detailed early on in our 2021 BrightCloud® Threat Report.

Cybercrime 105

Cybercrime Phishing Ransomware Cryptocurrency 105

NopSec

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Reducing the Risk of a Ransomware Attack – The Human Element According to the IBM Security Services 2014 Cyber Security Intelligence Index, human error is responsible for almost 95% of all security incidents. Ransomware is no different. Rather, the goal is to identify where processes can be improved.

Risk 40

Risk Ransomware Social Engineering Penetration Testing 40

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. Cisco SecureX is bringing radical simplification to security, minimizing the complexity defenders often face with threat detection and response.

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Architecture Technology Digital transformation Marketing 80

eSecurity Planet

JULY 5, 2021

Every step you take both improves your organization’s security posture and brings you closer to realizing the benefits of a full Zero Trust environment. Symantec solutions are powered by the largest civilian global security intelligence and research network in the world. Learn more about Unisys. Visit website.

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