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Half of EDR Tools, Organizations Vulnerable to Clop Ransomware: Researchers

eSecurity Planet

Nearly half of EDR tools and organizations are vulnerable to Clop ransomware gang tactics, according to tests by a cybersecurity company. The group has targeted pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Endpoint Security: Install and update antivirus software on all hosts.

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Why You Need to Tune EDR to Secure Your Environment

eSecurity Planet

This allows EDR to deploy very quickly, but it also allows for a number of security vulnerabilities. Here we’ll discuss why EDR vendors choose these configurations, and how organizations can tune their EDR systems to fit their organization and improve security. Also read: 10 Top Active Directory Security Tools.

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Q&A: The drivers behind the stark rise — and security implications — of ‘memory attacks’

The Last Watchdog

Related: Memory hacking becomes a go-to tactic These attacks are referred to in the security community as “fileless attacks” or “memory attacks.” Garden-variety threat actors are now leveraging memory hacking tools and techniques to gain footholds, move laterally and achieve persistence deep inside well-defended networks.

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New financially motivated attacks in Western Europe traced to Russian-speaking threat actors

Security Affairs

At least two companies operating in pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors have been affected. The tools used in the attacks were traced to Silence and TA505 – Russian-speaking financially-motivated groups. Group-IB has immediately contacted the victims upon discovery. Slight modifications of Silence. ProxyBot and Silence.

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

An example of spam email content Clicking the malicious link obviously leads to downloading a weaponized document. This tool is also used for enabling lateral movement capability with obtained hashes and mimikatz’s sekurlsa::pth. In addition, the group leveraged some custom tools for network reconnaissance.

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Enterprise Architect: A Role That Keeps Evolving

erwin

If, for example, a business sets a goal to increase its website sales by 20 percent in one year’s time, meeting that goal will require that different IT and business functions work together. One team member might specialize in security, for example, and another in applications. erwin, Inc.’s

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The Value of Data Governance and How to Quantify It

erwin

For example, one global pharmaceutical giant reduced cost by 70 percent and generated 95 percent of production code with “zero touch.” Take the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as an example of a data cost. Strengthen data security.