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Updated Kmsdx botnet targets IoT devices

Security Affairs

The malware was employed in cryptocurrency mining campaigns and to launch denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The bot targets private gaming servers, cloud hosting providers, and certain government and educational sites. ” reads the report published by Akamai.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Incident Response in the Cloud

ForAllSecure

Incident response in the cloud. James Campbell, CEO of Cado Security , shares his experience with traditional incident response, and how the cloud, with its elastic structure, able to spin up and spin down instances, is changing incident response. That's the unique thing about clouds that's a different challenge.

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

Cisco Umbrella , analyzing the threat environment for 2022, found that 86% of organizations experienced phishing, 69% experienced unsolicited crypto mining, 50% were affected by ransomware, and 48% experienced some form of information-stealing malware. Educating and training employees is a must-do in modern endpoint security.

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How to prioritize data strategy investments as a CDO

IBM Big Data Hub

When I joined IBM in 2016, our business strategy centered on hybrid cloud and AI. In terms of implementing that strategy, we set several key pieces in place, such as: A hybrid distributed cloud and AI platform. Another part of our pivot was an education and mindset shift to design thinking. A data-literate culture.

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Experts spotted first-ever crypto mining campaign leveraging Kubernetes RBAC

Security Affairs

Experts warn of a large-scale cryptocurrency mining campaign exploiting Kubernetes (K8s) Role-Based Access Control ( RBAC ). Cloud security firm Aqua discovered a large-scale cryptocurrency mining campaign exploiting Kubernetes (K8s) Role-Based Access Control ( RBAC ) to create backdoors and run miners.

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Jen Easterly Takes Charge of CISA At Black Hack USA 2021

ForAllSecure

Initial JCDC partners include Amazon Web Services, AT&T, CrowdStrike, FireEye Mandiant, Google Cloud, Lumen, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, and Verizon. Oue particular passion of mine," Easterly said, "is developing diverse organizations. Support joint exercises to improve cyber defense operations.

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The Fenway Library Organization provides affordable digital preservation to its members

Preservica

Preservica’s Cloud Edition for Consortia delivers value of complete Preservica offering for budget-strapped Academic Libraries. They’re digitizing the handwritten prescriptions and trying to understand what kind of drugs were prescribed then – this scholarly material could be mined for different kinds of research projects.”