Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

Recent reports of Lockbit locker-based attacks against North European SMBs indicate that local crooks started using Lockbit locker variants. Recent reports of Lockbit locker-based extortions against North European SMBs indicate that local cyber-criminal gangs started adopting Lockbit locker variants.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2023

After a year that saw massive ransomware attacks and open cyber warfare, the biggest question in cybersecurity for 2023 will likely be how much of those attack techniques get commoditized and weaponized. Wiper Malware, Critical Infrastructure Threats Unleashed by War. Trade Cyberthreats. RaaS and CaaS Continue to Grow.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 8, 2021

Last Friday, July 2, in a matter of a few minutes, a Russian hacking collective, known as REvil, distributed leading-edge ransomware to thousands of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) across the planet — and succeeded in locking out critical systems in at least 1,500 of them. Related: The targeting of supply chains.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Networks are complex and connect to a number of critical components — software, applications, databases, and various types of endpoints — that don’t all operate the same way, making it a complicated challenge to keep threats off the network. Also read: What is Network Security?

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

However, at this moment in history, two particularly worrisome types of cyber attacks are cycling up and hitting local government entities hard: ransomware sieges and election tampering. Related: Free tools that can help protect elections I had a deep discussion about this with Todd Weller, chief strategy officer at Bandura Cyber.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Ransomware is the most feared cybersecurity threat and with good reason: Its ability to cripple organizations by locking their data is a threat like no other. Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

Breach and attack simulation BAS XM Cyber Cymulate. Identity and access management IAM Okta Microsoft. Managed detection and response MDR SentinelOne ArticWolf. Managed security services MSS/MSP Secureworks Trustwave. Security information and event management SIEM Splunk IBM. XM Cyber Platform.

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