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How To Protect Yourself From Hackers

Cyber Info Veritas

Would you like to know how to protect yourself from the ever-present threat of cybercrime perpetrated by black hat hackers? Their main aim is to exploit your “mistakes and vulnerabilities” to blackmail you into sending them money or they’ll leak your private data. Awareness is always our first defense against any threat.

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What is Incident Response? Ultimate Guide + Templates

eSecurity Planet

Response teams also conduct an investigation into the incident, gathering evidence and studying the causes in order to determine the nature of the threat and any vulnerabilities exploited. Organizations must practice incident response if they want to stop data breaches and cyberattacks. Jump ahead to: How Does Incident Response Work?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Tales From A Ransomware Negotiator

ForAllSecure

Say you’re an organization that’s been hit with ransomware. At what point do you need to bring in a ransomware negotiator? Mark Lance, the VP of DFIR and Threat intelligence for GuidePoint Security, provides The Hacker Mind with stories of ransomware cases he’s handled.

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What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

eSecurity Planet

Despite the rapid evolution of what constitutes the users, assets, and connections, the fundamentals of networking security remain the same: block external threats, protect internal network communications, monitor the network for internal and external threats, and ensure that users only access authorized parts of the network.

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Phishers turning hard-working: CERT-GIB records upsurge of phishing resource blockages as duration of attacks grows

Security Affairs

Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, observed the growth of the lifespan of phishing attacks in the second half of 2019. One more trend that derives from that is the rising number of resources accumulated for a single attack. Today, they no longer dwell on it and continue replacing removed pages with new ones.

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RedTorch Formed from Ashes of Norse Corp.

Krebs on Security

the company behind the interactive “pew-pew” cyber attack map shown in the image below? A snapshot of Norse’s semi-live attack map, circa Jan. Norse’s attack map was everywhere for several years, and even became a common sight in the “brains” of corporate security operations centers worldwide.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Ethical Hacking

ForAllSecure

It was what the kids today would call an advanced persistent threat. Vamosi: Only for some, the threat of going to prison was too much. Bryan McAninch (Aph3x) talks about his organization, Hacking Is Not A Crime , and the ethical line it draws on various hacking activities. Vamosi: Hackers. I used to hack the phone company quite a bit.

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