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Microsoft’s case study: Emotet took down an entire network in just 8 days

Security Affairs

Microsoft declared that an Emotet attack took down an organization’s network by overheating all the computers and bringing its Internet access down. “After a phishing email delivered Emotet, a polymorphic virus that propagates via network shares and legacy protocols, the virus shut down the organization’s core services.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 461 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl. Private Plane Owners’ Data Linked to LA Intl.

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Watch out, ransomware attack risk increases on holidays and weekends, FBI and CISA

Security Affairs

” Clearly, the FBI and CISA focus on attacks against organizations in the United States, they proposed as case studies the attacks against Colonial Pipeline , JBS , and Kaseya. based critical infrastructure entity in the Energy Sector, resulting in a week-long suspension of operations.

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RSA Conference 2023: Meet Thales Where the World Talks Security!

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Be in control of your encryption keys and their location, and how to control access to your sensitive data and digital services to comply with emerging data sovereignty requirements. By attending our live sessions at the Thales booth, you will learn how to: Discover and classify your data wherever it resides.

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NHS is still assessing the cost of WannaCry one year later

Security Affairs

The report includes a case study related a “large NHS mental health trust” that was protected with Advanced Threat Protection that allowed to repeal a phishing email attack with a weaponized excel spreadsheet attachment. a variety of security risks and threats across the organization.

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Elearning Staff Awareness Course Overview: Ransomware

IT Governance

However, these areas branch off into useful subtopics, including: The different types of ransomware attacks; The anatomy of an attack; How to identify ransomware attacks, such as phishing emails; How to respond to a ransomware attack; and Following organisation policies, such as for incident reporting. What do you like most about the course?

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

A backdoor is a trojan that offers an attacker remote access into the victim’s device. If needed, company personnel or law enforcement can use the backdoor to access the system when needed. Attackers often use botnets to send out spam or phishing campaigns to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

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