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Chinese hackers exploited a Trend Micro antivirus zero-day used in Mitsubishi Electric hack

Security Affairs

This week, Mitsubishi Electric disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate data. Mitsubishi Electric disclosed the security incident only after two local newspapers, the Asahi Shimbun and Nikkei , reported the security breach.

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What is the NIS2 Directive and How Does It Affect You?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The European Union enacted the Network and Information System (NIS) regulation in July 2016 with the intention of ensuring a specific level of security for networks and information systems belonging to critical and sensitive infrastructures in EU member states. As a result, security in the public and private sectors became fragmented.

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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

And this continues to include enterprises that have poured a king’s ransom into hardening their first-party security posture. Shared Management equips its members to lead their organizations – and their organizations’ partners — in mitigating third party IT security risks in several ways. Advancing best practices.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

Rogue security software. Architect a premium network security model like SASE that encompasses SD-WAN , CASB , secure web gateways , ZTNA , FWaaS , and microsegmentation. In 2016, the Mirai botnet attack left most of the eastern U.S. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets. Browser hijacker. Malicious mobile app. Ransomware.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Behavioral Biometrics

ForAllSecure

I’m just not convinced that a fingerprint or an image of my face is secure enough. In security we traditionally define the different factors of authentication as something you know, so that could be the username and password, or an answer to a security question. I'm a cyber security professional, I guess.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Ethical Hacking

ForAllSecure

The US Justice Department says it will no longer prosecute good-faith security researchers, but what constitutes good-faith security research? Instead, the US government did, saying quote Stealing is stealing whether you use a computer command or crowbar and whether you take documents data or dollars. Is hacking a crime?

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Best Network Security Tools 2021

eSecurity Planet

With almost every aspect of business becoming more digital, enterprise network security software minimizes the impact of cyberattacks — especially as guarding against them protects a company’s operations and safeguards its competitiveness in a fast-moving marketplace. Top network security tools. Network Security Product.