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How Secure Is Cloud Storage? Features, Risks, & Protection

eSecurity Planet

When assessing the overall security of cloud storage and choosing a solution tailored to your business, it helps to determine its features, potential risks, security measures, and other considerations. CSP collaboration improves the security environment where there’s a need to mitigate the emerging risks quickly and comprehensively.

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NYDFS Issues Ransomware Prevention Guidance for Financial Services Firms

Digital Guardian

The NYDFS has issued guidance for financial services companies on how to reduce the risk of ransomware attacks - like having a capable endpoint threat detection and response (EDR) solution in place.

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Blackswan vulnerability puts billions of Windows Systems to risk

CyberSecurity Insiders

A discovery of seven zero day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Operating System has reportedly put billions of PC users to risk. The good news is that the security researchers from the threat detection and response firm discovered the 7 flaws in April 2021, and then issued a warning about the flaw/s to Microsoft in May 201.

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Ransomware Taxonomy: Four Scenarios Companies Should Safeguard Against

Cisco Security

While October is designated as Cybersecurity Awareness Month, focusing on keeping your company and customers safe should be a constant priority, especially with the growing number and sophistication of ransomware attacks worldwide. This is the classic attack scenario that comes to mind for most folks when you hear the word “ransomware.”

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Lapsus$ Ransomware Group is hiring, it announced recruitment of insiders

Security Affairs

Lapsus$ Ransomware gang is looking for insiders willing to sell remote access to major technology corporations and ISPs. Thursday, March 10, Lapsus$ ransomware gang announced they’re starting to recruit insiders employed within major technology giants and ISPs, such companies include Microsoft, Apple, EA Games and IBM.

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On Trust and Transparency in Detection

Anton on Security

But as we increasingly move towards more elaborate detection approaches like detection-as-code using languages like the Sigma language , or Python, it is becoming more difficult to deduce in detail how certain threat detections work. the cornerstone of all effective cyber threat detection systems is accurate detection.

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Italian agency warns ransomware targets known VMware vulnerability

CyberSecurity Insiders

Many organizations hadn’t yet patched the issue and became the victims of a new ransomware called ZCryptor. With ransomware on the rise, it’s crucial that businesses take the necessary steps to protect their data and applications. There are many ways that ransomware is executed on a target system.