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MY TAKE: Iran’s cyber retaliation for Soleimani assassination continues to ramp up

The Last Watchdog

Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin calling out Iran’s “robust cyber program,” and cautioning everyone to be prepared for Iran to “conduct operations in the United States.” Iran’s response will be long and drawn out. Less than 48 hours after the killing of Iran’s General Qasem Soleimani, the U.S.

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Volt Typhoon Disrupts US Organizations, CISA Issues Alerts

eSecurity Planet

This state-backed hacker collective, also known as Vanguard Panda, BRONZE SILHOUETTE, Dev-0391, UNC3236, Voltzite, and Insidious Taurus, has infiltrated the networks of critical infrastructure sectors ranging from aviation to maritime in a strategic bid for future catastrophic cyberattacks. critical infrastructure in the case of a major U.S.

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Why you should be taking security advice from your grandmother

Malwarebytes

If you go back about 15 or so years, a lot of security advice focused on the “warning your grandmother away from scams” routine. The default assumption was that people over a certain age simply did not know about computers and the threats that come with them. Everything else is grim reading for the younger netizens out there.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19 cements the leadership role CISOs must take to secure company networks

The Last Watchdog

Chief Information Security Officers were already on the hot seat well before the COVID-19 global pandemic hit, and they are even more so today. They must rally the troops to proactively engage, day-to-day, in the intricate and absolutely vital mission of preserving the security of IT assets, without stifling innovation. presence.

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Older, Unpatched ERP Vulnerabilities Continue to Haunt Organizations

Security Boulevard

Read on for the spooky tale of how threat actor group Elephant Beetle discreetly stole millions of dollars from financial companies’ systems while hiding in plain sight and ways your organization can strengthen your ERP security. Fri, 10/14/2022 - 15:58. Yet, they are still being targeted by attackers.

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APT attacks: Exploring Advanced Persistent Threats and their evasive techniques

Malwarebytes

On the other end are state-sponsored groups using far more sophisticated tactics—often with long-term, strategic goals in mind. Advanced Persistent Threats (APT ) groups fall into this latter category. Advanced Persistent Threats (APT ) groups fall into this latter category. Cyber criminals come in all shapes and sizes.

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SHARED INTEL: FireMon survey shows security lags behind fast pace of hybrid cloud deployments

The Last Watchdog

Related: Why some CEOs have quit tweeting That’s the upshot of FireMon’s second annual State of Hybrid Cloud Security Report of 522 IT and security professionals, some 14 percent of whom occupy C-suite positions. This is the fact that the cloud services provider is only liable for securing the underlying cloud infrastructure.