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GUEST ESSAY: The many channels law enforcement pursues to mitigate cyber threats

The Last Watchdog

Throughout 2023, we’ve witnessed numerous significant cyber incidents. Related: The Golden Age of cyber espionage We have also seen ransomware outbreaks at MGM and Caesar’s Casino , causing losses in the millions of dollars and targeted assaults on the healthcare sector, affecting over 11 million patients.

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Don’t Leave Cybersecurity to Chance

IT Security Guru

In today’s digital age, where organisations heavily rely on technology and data, ensuring strong Cyber Security practices is paramount, and one often overlooked aspect, is the departure of staff members. These devices might contain sensitive data or access points that could be exploited by cyber attackers.

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 3)

The Last Watchdog

Last Watchdog posed two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? The cyber threat landscape is evolving rapidly. CISOs will have to get quantum resilient encryption on their cyber roadmap. Their guidance: Snehal Antani , CEO, Horizon3.ai

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MY TAKE: Sophos X-Ops advances internal, external threat intelligence sharing to the next level

The Last Watchdog

Threat intelligence sharing has come a long way since Valentine’s Day 2015. Material progress in threat intel sharing, indeed, has been made. Overcoming inertia Threat actors haven’t been exactly sitting on their laurels. Yet, there remains much leeway for improvements. Here are my takeaways.

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News alert: Picus Security attack simulations report reveals organizations prevent 6 of 10 attacks

The Last Watchdog

8, 2023 – Picus Security , the pioneer of Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) technology, has released The Blue Report 2023. They deploy their budgets and resources to cover one exposed spot, but this leaves other areas out in the cold. Some CVEs discovered in 2019 remain a threat to more than 80% of organizations.

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FBI chief says China is preparing to attack US critical infrastructure

Security Affairs

China-linked threat actors are preparing cyber attacks against U.S. FBI Director Christopher Wray warned this week that China-linked threat actors are preparing an attack against U.S. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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Five Eyes alliance warns of attacks exploiting known Ivanti Gateway flaws

Security Affairs

The Five Eyes alliance warns of threat actors exploiting known security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways. The Five Eyes intelligence alliance issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning of threat actors exploiting known vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways.