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Australian Govt agency ACSC warns of Emotet and BlueKeep attacks

Security Affairs

The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns businesses and netizens of Emotet and BlueKeep attacks in the wild. The Australian agency also warns of Emotet campaigns that in the last months hit the country posing a significant threat for both organizations and government offices.

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Log4Shell Exploitation Grows as Cybersecurity Firms Scramble to Contain Threat

eSecurity Planet

Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) is continuing to put its weight behind efforts to protect enterprise systems. Easterly urged federal and other government agencies as well as private companies to patch the flaw – which carries the highest severity rating – as quickly as possible. A Major Threat. through 2.14.1

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

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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34 Most Common Types of Network Security Protections

eSecurity Planet

Whether you’re operating a global enterprise network or a small family business, your network’s security needs to be optimized with tools, teams, and processes to protect customer data and valuable business assets. Also read: What is Network Security?

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APT Attacks & Prevention

eSecurity Planet

To prevent APTs requires a strong foundation of basic security techniques combined with effective security monitoring. However, some additional security techniques can improve the odds against APTs even more. See the Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions. The most devastating APT attacks tend to be created by governments.

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Top Deception Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Security vendors and startups use deception techniques to confuse and befuddle attackers. By masking high-value assets in a sea of fake attack surfaces, attackers are disoriented and attack a fake asset, in the process alerting security teams to their presence. But it can work the other way. What is Deception Technology?

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The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

In the recent case of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack , the Department of Justice and FBI were able to recover a majority of the crypto-payment made to the DarkSide ransomware group. Security Paradigms: Traditional Networks vs. Blockchains. However, federal officials didn’t reverse the blockchain transaction.