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Malwarebytes
JULY 5, 2021
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Sysrv botnet is out to mine Monero on your Windows and Linux servers
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. Another is the usage of Linux as the go-to operating system for many IoT devices. IoT malware has matured over the years and has become popular, especially among botnets. Background.
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SHARING INTEL: Here’s why it has become so vital to prioritize the security-proofing of APIs
The Last Watchdog
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Indeed, APIs have opened new horizons of cloud services, mobile computing and IoT infrastructure, with much more to come. Yet, in bringing us here, APIs have also spawned a vast new tier of security holes. Yet, API security risks haven’t gotten the attention they deserve.
SHARED INTEL: FireMon survey shows security lags behind fast pace of hybrid cloud deployments
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 18, 2020
That’s not a good thing, given migration to cloud-based business systems, reliance on mobile devices and onboarding of IoT systems are all on an upward sweep. “It 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.
Customized threat intelligence can track down ransomware gangs
SC Magazine
JULY 2, 2021
Ransomware attacks themselves have also become more sophisticated and harder to detect as threat actors now have an increasingly wide choice of attack vectors to choose from, such as the rapid growth in the number of IoT devices.
GUEST ESSAY: Here’s why managed security services — MSS and MSSP — are catching on
The Last Watchdog
MAY 20, 2022
Keeping up with new risks, resolving them as soon as they occur, and recovering from incidents identified too late may, as you can certainly imagine, take up valuable resources and cause businesses to lose time, money, and the trust of their clients/partners. The greater the reliance, the more likely such a breach will take place.
IDS & IPS Remain Important Even as Other Tools Add IDPS Features
eSecurity Planet
MAY 25, 2022
Some tools offer decryption capabilities, but this process can reduce performance and, ironically, introduce a security risk. Although encryption helps to protect data from interception, encrypted traffic needs to be decrypted for IDS or IPS to inspect and analyze the contents.
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