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GUEST ESSAY: The drivers behind persistent ransomware — and defense tactics to deploy

The Last Watchdog

The technology industry has met the dramatic rise in ransomware and other cyber attacks with an impressive set of tools to help companies mitigate the risks. Healthcare and public health, financial services, and IT organizations are frequent targets, although businesses of all sizes can fall victim to these schemes.

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HTML Smuggling Techniques on the Rise: Microsoft

eSecurity Planet

Bad actors are increasingly using a technique called HTML smuggling to deliver ransomware and other malicious code in email campaigns aimed at financial services firms and other organizations, according to Microsoft researchers. This is a major headache for security product vendors. What Is HTML Smuggling?

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. The most common way for criminals to infect an organization is by sending an email with a malicious link or attachment that an employee clicks on unwittingly to initiate an attack. Description.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

I'm also a senior advisor to the Boston Consulting Group BCG. CODEN: Basically, the fundamental issue is look at that early Unix and Linux operating systems that were providing these very basic services that are still the the only things we really need from the operating system today. VAMOSI: Michael has quite the pedigree.