The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

To minimize their impact, implementing preventive security measures into these advanced systems is crucial. Businesses across all industries can function adequately without worrying about would-be hackers with malicious intent when they secure their networks. After the devastating blow of Pearl Harbor, U.S. As a result, the U.S.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Google , Clearview AI , and Meta all receives hefty penalties in 2022, demonstrating the continued important of effective information security.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2023

The Gamaredon APT group continues to carry out attacks against entities in Ukraine, including security services, military, and government organizations. The group often uses spear-phishing emails and messages (Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal) as an initial attack vector. ” states the alert published by CART-UA.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2022

The Donot Team has been active since 2016, it focuses on government and military organizations, ministries of foreign affairs, and embassies in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and other South Asian countries. This is because popular security solutions such as NGAV, EDR, EPP, XDR etc. ” the researchers concluded.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. Most of the APT28s’ campaigns leveraged spear-phishing and malware-based attacks. ” reads the joint advisory.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 15, 2022

It’s no secret that passwords have become one of the weakest links in enterprise security. Zero Trust approaches are crucial in helping modern organisations achieve better security outcomes. Zero Trust Security. It has recently become a hot buzzword, but what is Zero Trust Security? Nothing can be trusted.

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2021

The group targeted the organization with phishing attacks aimed at spreading at least three new sophisticated malware strains. The phishing messages include links to a malicious website that serves the malware, experts pointed out that the emails had subject lines that were customized for each targeted organization. Pierluigi Paganini.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Today’s enterprises face a broad range of threats to their security, assets and critical business processes. Whether preparing to face a complex cyberattack or natural disaster, taking a proactive approach and selecting the right business continuity disaster recovery (BCDR) solution is critical to increasing adaptability and resilience.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

For example, Mitnik received eight months in solitary confinement because a federal judge was convinced that Mitnick could hack into U.S. military systems and launch nuclear missiles through mere whistling. Some support for claims of overzealous prosecution can be found in court records.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2018

US intelligence believes that the cyber espionage operation was under the control of Zha Rong and Chai Meng, two intelligence officers working for the Jiangsu Province Ministry of State Security (JSSD) in the Chinese city of Nanjing. State-sponsored hacking is a direct threat to our national security. According to U.S.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 26, 2018

In this Spotlight Podcast, sponsored by Trusted Computing Group*, Dennis Mattoon of Microsoft Research gives us the low-down on DICE: the Device Identifier Composition Engine Architectures, which provides a means of solving a range of security and identity problems on low cost, low power IoT endpoints. Among them: establishing strong device.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The second piece – which your EDR vendor, for example, may already offer – is a ransomware removal tool that may be able to decrypt your data and remove the ransomware quickly, and possibly even block an attack before it gets anywhere. Our top managed security service providers (MSSPs) list is also a good place to look for help.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

A credit freeze — also known as a “security freeze” — restricts access to your credit file, making it far more difficult for identity thieves to open new accounts in your name. For example, how do companies that provide background screening and credit report data to landlords decide who can sign up as a landlord?

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KnowBe4

JULY 5, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #27 | July 5th, 2023 [Heads Up] Massive Impersonation Phishing Campaign Imitates Over 100 Brands and Thousands of Domains A year-long phishing campaign has been uncovered that impersonates 100+ popular clothing, footwear, and apparel brands using at least 10 fake domains impersonating each brand.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 30, 2022

I’m Robert Vamosi and in this episode I’m talking about cyber ranges-- simulations that can both teach and improve the security of your networks. Or when we do these larger assessments for say, large banks, we have our red team going live against the security teams. Vamosi: That’s Lee Rossi, CTO and co founder.of

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Security experts at Kaspersky Lab have spotted a new backdoor, tracked as Titanium, that was used by the Platinum APT group in attacks in the wild, the malicious code implements sophisticated evasion techniques. The post The Platinum APT group adds the Titanium backdoor to its arsenal appeared first on Security Affairs.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Screenshot example. Expanding on what a ransomware attack looks like, here is an example of how Locky would appear on your desktop. Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. Effective implementation improves data throughput, system reliability, and overall security for any organization. Network Elements Networks connect physical and virtual assets and control the data flow between them.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

18, 2021, when an employee on a Windows computer opened a booby-trapped Microsoft Excel document in a phishing email that had been sent two days earlier. On 10 May 2021, security auditors first identified evidence of the attacker compromising systems within Hospital C and Hospital L. By then it was too late.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

CyberNews experts discovered that ENC Security, a Netherlands software company, had been leaking critical business data since May 2021. The software is developed by a third-party vendor – ENC Security. The server was closed after Cybernews disclosed the vulnerability to ENC Security. Original post at [link]. Company’s response.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

A data inventory allows you to focus the greatest security (and monitoring) where it needs to be. Many security programs focus on employee education (creating a strong password, being aware of phishing, etc.). These six areas will help improve your security program. Educate employees. Develop plans and playbooks.

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KnowBe4

MAY 9, 2023

New school security awareness training can help any organization sustain that line of defense and create a strong security culture. Blog post with links: [link] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. And this enormous security gap leaves you open to business email compromise, session hijacking, ransomware and more.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

According to Group-IB’s experts, the most frustrating trend of 2019 was the use of cyberweapons in military operations. As for 2019, it has become the year of covert military operations in cyberspace. Many telecom operators are Managed Service Providers and provide security services to government and commercial organizations.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

I have a Yahoo email account, I’ve shopped at Home Depot and Target , my father was in the military and had a security clearance, which included a dossier on his family, archived at the U.S. All organizations should assume that the next threat is already inside their networks and won’t be caught by conventional perimeter security.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. Encryption is the act of translating data into secret code ( ciphertext ) and back again ( plaintext ) for secure access between multiple parties. What is Encryption?

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 19, 2023

This blog post is part of the “All You Need to Know About Red Teaming” series by the IBM Security Randori team. The Randori platform combines attack surface management (ASM) and continuous automated red teaming (CART) to improve your security posture. Today, cybersecurity teams continue to learn this lesson the hard way.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #23 | June 6th, 2023 [Wake-Up Call] It's Time to Focus More on Preventing Spear Phishing Fighting spear phishing attacks is the single best thing you can do to prevent breaches. spear phishing attacks that use personalized messages. What exactly is spear phishing? This is that fact: ".spear

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Is there something more secure? Simon Moffatt from CyberHut joins The Hacker Mind to discuss how identity and access management (IAM) is fundamental to everything we do online today, and why even multi-factor access, while an improvement, needs to yield to more effortless and more secure passwordless technology that’s coming soon.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

Kyle Hanslovan CEO of Huntress Labs joins The Hacker Mind to discuss recent LoL attacks, specifically the Microsoft Follina attack and the Kaseya ransomware attack, and how important it is for small and medium sized businesses to start using enterprise grade security, given the evolving nature of these attacks. They'd be allowed, right?

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Recent guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on disclosure and enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) make clear that cybersecurity is no longer a niche topic, but a concern significant enough to warrant the oversight of corporate boards of directors. Designing an Enterprise-Level Approach.

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KnowBe4

MAY 23, 2023

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #21 | May 23rd, 2023 [Double Trouble] 78% of Ransomware Victims Face Multiple Extortions in Scary Trend New data sheds light on how likely your organization will succumb to a ransomware attack, whether you can recover your data, and what's inhibiting a proper security posture. This puts your network in jeopardy!

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KnowBe4

MARCH 7, 2023

This is an excellent article that exposes the vulnerabilities when communications systems are not secure by design. They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. government.

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KnowBe4

MAY 2, 2023

A cardplayer yawns when they're about to bluff, for example, or someone's pupils dilate when they've successfully drawn a winning card. In the near term, new-school security awareness training can help alert your people to the tells of automated scamming. This appears to be the case with Qbot.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Critical infrastructure security has moved to the forefront of cybersecurity concerns amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine – and in at least one case has led to some pretty unique cybersecurity advice. Despite Russia and the U.S. trading cyber threats – and one disputed NBC News report that outlined possible options presented to U.S.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Although Creeper is the first known example of a worm, it is not actually malware. At the time, only about 60,000 computers had access to the internet, mostly at universities and within the military. The attack is an early example of social engineering and phishing. Thus the first computer worm was born.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 26, 2019

Trump’s cyber strike against Iran is the latest development in tensions that began in May 2018, when Trump scuttled the 2015 Iran nuclear deal – which was the result of 10 years of negotiation between Iran and the United Nations Security Council. Then last Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security alerted U.S. Reports from U.S.

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Adam Levin

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The threat landscape of cybersecurity changes daily, with hackers and cybersecurity professionals in a perpetual cat-and-mouse chase; hackers discover new ways to infiltrate and exploit their targets, and the cybersecurity industry looks for vulnerabilities, tries to anticipate new threats and responds when cyber security issues arise.

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