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Financial services continue to lead in cybersecurity preparedness, but chinks appear in the armor

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Financial services continue to lead in cybersecurity preparedness, but chinks appear in the armor. It highlights the leadership of financial services in cybersecurity relative to other industries, but it also uncovers some surprising chinks in their cybersecurity armor. Thu, 09/01/2022 - 05:15.

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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. Phishing attacks continue to dominate cyber threats. Ransomware. Other methods.

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State Attackers Moving from Stealing Data to Social Meddling

Ascent Innovations

Healthcare IoT. The healthcare IoT is problematic due to the increase in networked medical devices. Email phishing remains the top malware delivery mechanism. They look to steal credit card numbers from financial services & insurance companies or install malware on the critical systems used by healthcare companies.

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UNRAVELING EternalBlue: inside the WannaCry’s enabler

Security Affairs

Imagine a large organization with a network infrastructure comprising multiple interconnected systems, including servers, workstations, and IoT devices. By Avast/Cybernews How would EternalBlue look in a real attack scenario? By using specific search queries, an attacker can identify systems that are potentially susceptible to EternalBlue.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Healthcare and financial services are the most attacked industries. Increased attacks on individuals with high net value and Internet of Things (IoT) devices ( McAfee ). Streamlined ransomware-for-hire services ( Booz Allen Hamilton ), also referred to as RaaS (Ransomware as a Service). Ransomware facts.

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Multi-Factor Authentication Best Practices & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Two-factor authentication is also being deployed for mobile security and by Internet of Things companies such as Nest to secure IoT devices. Banking, financial services, and insurance industries constitute the largest share of adopters, with North America leading adoption, according to Orbis Research.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

Indeed, organizations should be preparing to deploy such enterprise-level, targeted guidance strategies today, as doing so will prepare them for what will become increasingly complicated cybersecurity issues going-forward, in areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and smart contract spaces. Managing Digital Identities.