The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The internet has drawn comparisons to the Wild West, making ransomware the digital incarnation of a hold-up. 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. Ransomware usually starts with a phishing email.

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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. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Jump to: What is ransomware? How ransomware works. Preventing ransomware. Ransomware attacks and costs.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

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. See also: How to Prevent Ransomware Attacks. What Is HTML Smuggling?

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Then they might prioritize the BOM documents after that, because while it doesn’t endanger anyone’s PII, it could be stolen by a competitor and result in financial loss. Finally, the transportation management data is still important to protect, but perhaps not as financially or legally critical as the others.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2023

As a bonus, many of these tools are free to access and have specialized feeds that focus on different industries and sectors. Additionally, dashboards share data about threat names, any relevant reference URLs, tags, adversary and malware families, and attack IDs. Threat dashboards are highly intuitive and easy to read.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. OSes today are basically ineffective database managers, so why not build an OS that’s a database manager? Michael Coden, Associate Director, Cybersecurity, MIT Sloan, along with Michael Stonebreaker will present this novel concept at RSAC 2023. He died prematurely on April 23 in 2021.

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