eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

Last week’s RSA Conference covered a litany of network security vulnerabilities, from developing more robust tokenization policies and to addressing UEFI-based attacks, and non-endpoint attack vectors. Also Read: And the Winner of the 2021 RSA Innovation Contest is… SANS: Five dangerous new attack techniques and vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

A company that discovers that an advanced persistent threat (APT) attack is underway tends to be the exception. Advanced persistent threats come from skilled attackers possessing advanced hacking tools, sophisticated techniques, and possibly large teams. Vulnerability Exploitation. What Are APTs?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

At its core, malware exploits existing network, device, or user vulnerabilities , posing as little a risk as annoying advertisements to the much more damaging demand for millions of dollars in ransom. When alerted to potential vulnerabilities, patch promptly. How to Defend Against a Backdoor. with no internet. Browser Hijacker.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

In this article, we detail a few observations about nation-state-sponsored attacks, including: State-sponsored attacks tend to be highly sophisticated—ranging from a sophisticated botnet used to launch DDoS attacks to supply chain compromises. Response to state-sponsored hacking routinely requires close coordination with multiple U.S.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

You're really looking at a government agency from some some country who's politically motivated and who can afford to put the money and the time into building a threat like this and who has the insider information from a uranium enrichment facility that would facilitate building a threat? Intelligence Agency? But is that balance right?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The 2023 vendor surveys arriving this quarter paint a picture of a cybersecurity landscape under attack, with priority issues affecting deployment, alert response, and exposed vulnerabilities. This article details two major findings from the report: five major cybersecurity threats and prioritization problems.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 16, 2021

A vulnerability in the popular Peloton Bike+ could have allowed an attacker to gain complete control over the device, including the camera and microphone to spy on the gym users. To an unsuspecting user, the Peloton Bike+ appeared completely normal, showing no signs of external modifications or clues that the device had been compromised.

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