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

The Last Watchdog

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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Security Affairs newsletter Round 428 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Russia-linked APT Gamaredon starts stealing data from victims between 30 and 50 minutes after the initial compromise The source code of the BlackLotus UEFI Bootkit was leaked on GitHub US CISA warns of Rockwell Automation ControlLogix flaws Indexing Over 15 Million WordPress Websites with PWNPress New AVrecon botnet remained under the radar for two (..)

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6 Best Threat Intelligence Feeds to Use in 2023

eSecurity Planet

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. critical infrastructure.

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

This part will also discuss managing CS risks such as ransomware, privacy, change management, and user adoption. Peter Drucker (1999) compared the Industrial and Information Revolutions and their impacts on societies, industries, and jobs. Consequently, CS are inextricably linked to a cloud-first strategy. Introduction.

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TA505 Cybercrime targets system integrator companies

Security Affairs

The two Macros decoded a Javascript payload acting as a drop and execute by using a well-known strategy as described in: “ Frequent VBA Macros used in Office Malware ”. The used infrastructure, by analyzing the dropping urls, looks like an old infrastructure used for propagating Ransomware. net http[://com-mk84.net.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 413 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

LockBit leaks data stolen from the South Korean National Tax Service Italy’s Data Protection Authority temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns CISA adds bugs exploited by commercial surveillance spyware to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Hackers are actively exploiting a flaw in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin Cyber Police of Ukraine (..)