Malwarebytes

MARCH 12, 2024

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. In this report, “known attacks” are those where the victim did not pay a ransom. The report raises just about as many questions as it answers.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 4, 2023

As if tax season is not stressful enough—and the filing deadline of Tuesday, April 18, is fast approaching—security researchers have discovered a malicious JavaScript file has existed for weeks on eFile.com, an IRS-authorized electronic filing software service provider. This is by no means a unique situation.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

“The key point here is that you now get an army of humans who are very motivated, ethical researchers who are going to provide you a lot of input. “This is going to require resources.” If that report is favorable to the idea, DoD officials plan to have such a program in place by 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

Our recommendations are independent of any commissions, and we only recommend solutions we have personally used or researched and meet our standards for inclusion. Overview Security vulnerabilities enable attackers to compromise a resource or data. eSecurity Planet may receive a commission from vendor links. Download 1.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It’s the season of ghosts, witches and goblins, but that’s not what's keeping cybersecurity professionals up at night…It’s the challenge of how to identify vulnerabilities, prioritize patches, and prevent cyberattacks targeting business-critical Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) data and systems.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 12, 2022

With ongoing reports of new application vulnerabilities and threats on an upward trajectory, the race to safeguard your organization's digital assets is unending. And as a CISO, you have the ongoing struggle of understanding the scope of the issue yet managing the finite and appropriate resources to secure web applications.

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 5, 2024

Gartner wrote a report that explains EASM in-depth, including why asset discovery is the tip of the EASM iceberg, and how EASM support Continuous Threat Exposure Management. 1 What is External Attack Surface Management? Automation is a vital capability, both for asset discovery and vulnerability remediation.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2023

Threat intelligence feeds are continually updated streams of data that inform users of different cybersecurity threats, their sources, and any infrastructure impacted or at risk of being impacted by those threats.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 1, 2022

Salt Security today released the latest findings of its bi-annual report on API security trends. At the same time, 95% of companies surveyed in the latest “State of API Security” report suffered an API security incident last year. Over the past 12 months, attack traffic grew at nearly twice the rate of non-malicious traffic.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 23, 2023

Self-Administered Tests: Challenges and Maximizing Value Organizations seek to use internal resources for penetration testing because they assume that the testing will be less expensive. When does it ever make sense to use a $300 per hour resource to do a $100 per hour job?

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SecureList

JANUARY 18, 2023

These add up to 144 million annually. The threat landscape is constantly updated through new malware and spyware, advanced phishing methods, and new social engineering techniques. The media routinely report incidents and leaks of data that end up publicly accessible on the dark web.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

Intruder uses an enterprise-grade scanning engine to run emerging threat scans for newly discovered vulnerabilities. Intruder can perform perimeter scanning, internal scanning, cloud resource scanning, and web application vulnerability scanning. Results are then emailed to IT and available on the dashboard. month/asset.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2023

Christopher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on April 27th requested an additional $64 million in funding to fight cyber threats in 2024. Keeping pace with these threats is a significant challenge for the FBI. The breadth of these threats and challenges are as complex as any time in our history.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Remote Access & Security Measures Remote access is enabled; possible security problems resolved by cloud provider protocols; shared resources may affect performance. Internet Connectivity & Performance Data transfer is dependent on good internet access; shared network resources may have an impact on performance.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Monitoring and tracking potential threats from the dark web, open source, and social media platforms to detect threats that could attack your organization is critical to ensure public and corporate safety and security. Clients sign up for a monthly or annual service plan. Nisos OSINT Monitoring & Analysis.

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Anton on Security

AUGUST 31, 2022

the most recommended resource by guests on our podcast? This advice is sorely needed at many SOCs I’ve seen where panic-driven (“OMG a new threat, how/where do we detect it?! As we touched in our metrics post , do you know how long it takes to research a new threat and deploy a reliable (!) by a wide margin?—?the

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

Census Bureau’s latest  Annual Retail Trade Survey  reports e-commerce expenditures rose from $571.2 The Nilson Report  estimated $28.6 This essential resource helps you understand the requirements of PCI DSS 4.0 In fact, the U.S. billion in 2019 to $815.4 billion in 2020, a 43% increase. Transition Checklist.

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Jane Frankland

MARCH 1, 2023

In other reports, for example Cybersecurity Ventures , women consistuted 20% in 2019 and 25% in 2021, and the UK’s Department of Culture and Media Studies (DCMS), found that the proportion of women in the workforce has increased from 16% in 2021 to 22% in 2022. Furthermore, the challenges that women face go beyond mere recruitment.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Originally established by the American Institute of CPAs, the original report (SAS 70) was used by a CPA to determine if an internal control was effective for financial reporting. This report eventually evolved into the SOC 1 report which led to the creation of the SOC 2 report, or SSAE 18 as it’s known amongst the technical crowd.

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2021

At a time of year when many security professionals are putting the finishing touches to budget proposals, the latest Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) has outlined the key risks facing organisations in Europe. The report listed ransomware affiliate programmes as a major risk.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In the second of this three-part blog series, we look at some more highlights from our annual “ Defending Against Critical Threats ” webinar covering Log4J, Emotet, and the rise of Mac OS malware. We had reports of nation-state actor activity, and we observed widespread activity in our honeypots and telemetry sources.

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 5, 2024

Gartner wrote a report that explains EASM in-depth, including why asset discovery is the tip of the EASM iceberg, and how EASM support Continuous Threat Exposure Management. 1 What is External Attack Surface Management? Automation is a vital capability, both for asset discovery and vulnerability remediation.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

My reporting trip included meetings with Michigan-based cybersecurity vendors pursuing leading-edge innovations, as well as a tour of a number of thriving public-private cybersecurity incubator and training programs. Merit is an acronym for the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad. Cobo Center. Fruitful partnerships.

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 26, 2024

Mainframe computers have a wonderfully rich history that spans decades, and as such there have been many groups over the years that bring practitioners, vendors, and resource owners together for collaboration. Finally, a talk given by Mark Wilson on the threat of ransomware within the mainframe environment.

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NopSec

JULY 6, 2016

NopSec released a featured annual report, “2016 State of Vulnerability Risk Management.” The report reveals key security threats by industry, cross-industry remediation developments, malware-based vulnerabilities, and the rising correlation of social media and security threats. Get the report now.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Prompt adoption of these updates protects against threats and potentially improves the experience for users and can improve productivity for the organization. Unpatched resources expose users, data, and other company resources to unacceptable risk. Policy defines what MUST be done, but not HOW it must be done.

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 26, 2024

Mainframe computers have a wonderfully rich history that spans decades, and as such there have been many groups over the years that bring practitioners, vendors, and resource owners together for collaboration. Finally, a talk given by Mark Wilson on the threat of ransomware within the mainframe environment.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 25, 2018

(In)famously bringing with it the potential for fines of up to four percent of an organisation’s annual turnover or 20 million Euro, whichever is greater, the stakes are high for cases of non-compliance. The clock may be ticking, but we have a wealth of resources with which you can check whether your business is fit for GDPR.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 27, 2022

This incentivizes threat actors to transfer assets out of DeFi platforms and into traditional markets after successfully stealing cryptocurrency. A focus on identification and tracing of illicit assets leaving DeFi systems provides key cryptocurrency threat intelligence to analysts trying to determine attribution and deter threat actors.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2019

But, some companies are still unwilling to devote the necessary resources to securing their infrastructures against cyberattacks , and naive individuals think they’re immune to the tactics of cybercriminals, too. According to a recent report from Radware , the total costs are more than $1 million. Most people who live in the U.S.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 9, 2023

In contrast to typical methods of defending against web attacks, browser isolation utilizes a Zero Trust strategy that does not rely on filtering based on threat models or signatures. Corporate employees frequently utilize the vast resources of the internet to address various business issues on a daily basis.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The orthodox explanation for this is that we are, collectively, not sophisticated enough—we are simply failing to adopt new technology quick enough to head off the latest threats. IBM’s isn’t the only recent research to identify this problem. Too much of a good thing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 7, 2018

If you have looked at our recently released annual Data Threat Report: Retail Edition , you understand this is not just hyperbole. Fifty percent of respondents reported being breached last year — that’s more than double the 19% reported the prior year. Connect me to useful resources. The good news?

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Knowing what the future holds can help with being prepared for emerging threats better. Every year, Kaspersky experts prepare forecasts for different industries, helping them to build a strong defense against any cybersecurity threats they might face in the foreseeable future. Businesses will still be mostly concerned with ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This checklist should be used for the initial installation and for ongoing and periodic updates (quarterly, annually). Unfortunately, most companies do not have the resources to thoroughly test software or hardware for vulnerabilities. So, you may have to rely on researchers to discover vulnerabilities and report them.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 1, 2022

A Ukrainian security researcher this week leaked several years of internal chat logs and other sensitive data tied to Conti , an aggressive and ruthless Russian cybercrime group that focuses on deploying its ransomware to companies with more than $100 million in annual revenue. On Sunday, Feb. ” GAP #1. . ” GAP #1.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2021

The number of cases reported has exploded in the last few years and continue to grow rapidly. Later, the vulnerability got spotted and patched by threat actors. million) or 4% of annual global turnover (whichever is higher), which will be definitely a higher price compared to a possible ransom payment to an underground actor.

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