Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 Government of Bermuda blames Russian threat actors for the cyber attack City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In the simplest sense, a cybersecurity threat, or cyberthreat, is an indication that a hacker or malicious actor is attempting to gain unauthorized access to a network for the purpose of launching a cyberattack. Almost every modern cyberattack involves some type of malware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2022

APIs have emerged as a go-to tool used by threat actors in the early phases of sophisticated, multi-stage network attacks. Upon gaining a toehold on a targeted device or server, attackers now quickly turn their attention to locating and manipulating available APIs. based supplier of networking technology.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Have you ever walked into your favorite store or restaurant, and when you tried to finalize your purchase, you were told that they could not process any credit cards? Retailers started the century as the prime targets for cyber attackers looking for credit card data. Human errors, malware and ransomware threats make a bad recipe.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

White hat hackers at Google Project Zero are tracking cyber attacks exploiting zero-days before the vendor released security fixes. Experts at Google Project Zero are tracking cyber attacks exploiting zero-days as part of a project named 0Day ‘In the Wild.’. concludes Google Project Zero.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Nearly a quarter of healthcare organizations hit by ransomware attacks experienced an increase in patient mortality, according to a study from Ponemon Institute and Proofpoint released today. The most common types of attacks were cloud compromise, ransomware, supply chain , and business email compromise (BEC)/ spoofing / phishing.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Organizations are wrestling with a pressing concern: the speed at which they respond to and contain data breaches falls short of the escalating security threats they face. An effective attack surface management (ASM) solution can change this. What’s more, it took 277 days to identify and contain a data breach.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The cybersecurity community is responding with tools for detecting exploitation of the vulnerability, a remote code execution (RCE) flaw dubbed Log4Shell and tracked as CVE-2021-44228. Also read: Cybersecurity ‘Vaccines’ Emerge as Ransomware, Vulnerability Defense. A Major Threat. In addition, the U.S. In addition, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2022

A nation-state actor is attempting to exploit the Follina flaw in a recent wave of attacks against government entities in Europe and the U.S. An alleged nation-state actor is attempting to exploit the recently disclosed Microsoft Office Follina vulnerability in attacks aimed at government entities in Europe and the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A critical vulnerability in the open-source logging software Apache Log4j 2 is fueling a chaotic race in the cybersecurity world, with the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) issuing an emergency security update as bad actors searched for vulnerable servers. release of Log4j 2 that fixes the RCE vulnerability.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Virtual patching uses policies, rules and security tools to block access to a vulnerability until it can be patched. Zero-day threats and legacy systems are two ways that vulnerabilities can be created for which no patch may exist for some time, if ever. Those defensive steps are referred to as virtual patching.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

Log4j is the latest, greatest vulnerability to demonstrate just how tenuous the security of modern networks has become. Log4j, aka Log4Shell, blasted a surgical light on the multiplying tiers of attack vectors arising from enterprises’ deepening reliance on open-source software. Related: The exposures created by API profileration.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 billion malware attacks were identified by the report. CEOs who say that cybersecurity is the biggest threat to short-term growth have doubled in the past year.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

At the end of July, a threat actor leaked data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. The threat actor offered for sale the stolen data on the popular hacking forum Breached Forums. reads the Twitter’s advisory. “We

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

A vulnerability in the Real-Time Find and Replace WordPress plugin could be exploited by attackers to create rogue admin accounts. at the time when a page is generated) replace code and text from themes and other plugins with code and text of their choice before a page is delivered to a user’s browser.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Recent news headlines have shown how vulnerable even large companies with many resources at their disposal are to ransomware. While these attacks may feel inevitable, there are measures that businesses can take to protect themselves. Ransomware may also use known vulnerabilities in software or plugins to access a network.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The number of sensors and smart devices connected to the internet is exponentially rising, which are the 5 Major Vulnerabilities for IoT devices. IoT devices are exposed to cybersecurity vulnerabilities. They work without our intervention, making it even harder to identify a threat before it’s too late. Misconfiguration.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2021

A new report from Sophos dissects how hackers spent two weeks roaming far-and-wide through the modern network of a large enterprise getting into a prime position to carry out what could’ve been a devasting ransomware attack. Related: DHS embarks on 60-day cybersecurity sprints. Here are the key takeaways: Exploit surge.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Like any other digital machine, backup systems are vulnerable to data loss and compromise. ” But access to and confidence in backups alone aren’t enough. As ransomware threats loom, we look at where backups fall short, and what to keep in mind to optimize network and data security. Why Are Backups Critical?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2023

Knowing that insider threats are a risk is one thing. However, over one-third of businesses are impacted by insider threats every year, and US businesses face about 2.500 internal security breaches in the aggregate per day. No company with any zero-trust initiatives can responsibly look the other way.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 21, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #12 | March 21st, 2023 [Heads Up] This Week's New SVB Meltdown Social Engineering Attacks On Saturday March 11, I warned about the coming wave of phishing attacks that would undoubtedly follow the SVB collapse. com and many others that will probably all be used for business email compromise (BEC) attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 12, 2023

When converting this template to a working policy, eliminate the bracketed sections and replace “[eSecurity Planet]” with the name of your organization. Overview Security vulnerabilities enable attackers to compromise a resource or data. Vulnerabilities consist of two categories: unplanned and planned. Download 1.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

The cyber security landscape offered similarly familiar topics: there were huge data breaches at Facebook and LinkedIn, while the threat of ransomware reached catastrophic levels. That statement was soon justified, with healthcare facilities and hospitals facing a barrage of attacks throughout the year.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

” FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich sought to address the criticism about the wisdom of indicting Chinese military officers for attacking U.S. “Some might wonder what good it does when these hackers are seemingly beyond our reach,” Bowdich said. and Liu Lei (??) commercial and government interests. Not today, anyway.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

And at Black Hat USA 2018 , the company unveiled a new CyberFlood functionality that makes it possible for an enterprise to emulate a real-world attack in a live environment. DeSanto: When you think about it, security and performance are usually hooked at the hip. Yet catastrophic network breaches continue apace.

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Reltio

AUGUST 17, 2022

The amount of data businesses need to collect and process is rising exponentially every day. IT professionals working in a data center were responsible for ensuring it was backed up, secure and available when needed. Its self-service platform enables users to allocate resources and storage when needed.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2019

When antivirus (AV) software first arrived in the late 1980s, the science of combating computer viruses was very straightforward. Threat actors, of course, responded by engaging AV vendors in what has turned out to be a decades-long contest of one-upmanship. LW: And, conversely, AI is being increasingly leveraged by the attackers?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Ransomware attacks and costs. Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

Antivirus protection isn’t enough to protect against today’s advanced threats. Another term used to describe a sandbox is an automated malware analysis solution and it is a widely employed method of threat and breach detection. Most include common security tools like: Threat analysis. VMs: Vulnerability to host.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

It seems like a pretty big threat, but also one that is really hard to counter. Earlier this month I spoke at a cybersecurity conference in Albany, N.Y. alongside Tony Sager , senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S. National Security Agency. TS: Exactly.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Protection against sophisticated malware and zero-day attacks. For an introductory price of $45 a year for 10 Windows and macOS devices and unlimited Android and iOS devices, you get predictive artificial intelligence (AI) threat detection that can stop unknown threats and learns by experience (how cool is that?),

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Manufacturers will be required to adhere to the new cybersecurity safeguards when designing and producing these products. The amendment addresses the ongoing concern about security at a time when the use of wireless devices and the IoT market continue to increase sharply. They are increasingly complex and adaptable. IoT market growth.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2019

Security researchers are monitoring a new hacking campaign aimed at Joomla and WordPress websites, attackers used.htaccess injector for malicious redirect. The website was used by attackers to redirect traffic to advertising sites that attempted to deliver malware. htaccess) injector found on a client website. htaccess code injection.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 6, 2021

The primary task for WAFs is to protect specific applications from web-based attacks at the application layer. However, WAFs continue to add advanced features like load balancing, intrusion prevention , threat intelligence , and more, so their role is expanding. Best Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). Amazon Web Services. Checkpoint.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2018

” The experts noticed that the compromised devices were all using the same CoinHive sitekey, most of them in Brazil, this means that they were targeted by the same attackers. . The vulnerability was discovered in April and patched by the vendor in just one day. — MalwareHunterBR (@MalwareHunterBR) July 30, 2018.

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OneHub

MAY 17, 2021

Most emails can be read and responded to in under a minute, so the amount of anxiety we feel when checking our inboxes seems disproportionate to the amount of effort the task takes. All those “quick” emails add up to an alarming number of hours each day. All those “quick” emails add up to an alarming number of hours each day.

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