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Will cryptocurrency mining soon saturate AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud?

The Last Watchdog

There’s a temptation to dismiss it as a mere nuisance; companies deep into ‘digital transformation,’ in particular, might be lulled into this sort of apathy. You can mine them, if you have a powerful CPU. Or you can steal them from a digital wallet. Or you can hijack other people’s computers to do the mining.

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Q&A: Why SOAR startup Syncurity is bringing a ‘case-management’ approach to threat detection

The Last Watchdog

Now toss in the fact that digital transformation is redoubling software development and data handling complexities. LW: How has ‘digital transformation’ exacerbated the need for SOAR? Sutton: Digital transformation is a big driver for SOAR.

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NEW TECH: LogicHub introduces ‘virtualized’ security analysts to help elevate SOAR

The Last Watchdog

One of the promising cybersecurity trends that I’ve been keeping an eye on is this: SOAR continues to steadily mature. Security orchestration, automation and response, or SOAR, is a fledgling security technology stack that first entered the cybersecurity lexicon about six years ago. Just ask Capital One , Marriott or Equifax.

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MY TAKE: Poorly protected local government networks cast shadow on midterm elections

The Last Watchdog

The attack also brought cybersecurity to the local level. It’s easy to think of it as a problem the federal government must address or something that enterprises deal with, but cybersecurity has to be addressed closer to home, as well. This makes government networks even more vulnerable and hackers see them as a gold mine.

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Zero Trust Speeds Ransomware Response, Illumio-Bishop Fox Test Finds

eSecurity Planet

That means hackers will increasingly mimic nation-state threat groups by establishing a long-term presence inside networks to mine highly sensitive data. Additionally, attacks are poised to become even more damaging as companies expand their digital footprint and the attack surface grows. See the Best Zero Trust Security Solutions.

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Knock-Knock Docker!! Will you let me in? Open API Abuse in Docker Containers

Security Affairs

Today, every organization in the industry is keen to embrace this Digital Transformation journey to leverage the benefits provided by DevOps by adopting it. A few of the hosts are running with multiple mining containers; moreover, the containers are dynamic in nature hence the data varies a bit everytime we scan the open APIs.

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Q&A: How emulating attacks in a live environment can more pervasively protect complex networks

The Last Watchdog

Spirent Communications , an 82-year-old British supplier of network performance testing equipment, recently decided to branch into cybersecurity services by tackling this dilemma head on. Network complexity is only going to increase with as we move forward with digital transformation and the Internet of Things.