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New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine

Krebs on Security

Ransomware groups are constantly devising new methods for infecting victims and convincing them to pay up, but a couple of strategies tested recently seem especially devious. Holden’s team gained visibility into discussions among members of two different ransom groups: CLOP (a.k.a. “ Cl0p ” a.k.a. Last month, the U.S.

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MY TAKE: A few reasons to believe RSAC 2023’s ‘stronger together’ theme is gaining traction

The Last Watchdog

Rising from the din of 625 vendors, 700 speakers and 26,000 attendees came the clarion call for a new tier of overlapping, interoperable, highly automated security platforms needed to carry us forward. Here are four evolving themes reverberating from RSAC 2023 that struck me: Password enabled access will endure for the foreseeable future.

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MY TAKE: RSAC 2023 roundup – evidence of ‘stronger together’ innovation takes shape

The Last Watchdog

Related: Demystifying ‘DSPM’ Rising from the din of 625 vendors, 700 speakers and 26,000 attendees came the clarion call for a new tier of overlapping, interoperable, highly automated security platforms needed to carry us forward. Leveraging threat intelligence at the platform level, or course, remains vital, as well.

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What are Breach and Attack Simulations?

IBM Big Data Hub

Like a red team exercise, breach and attack simulations use the real-world attack tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed by hackers to proactively identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by actual threat actors. How does breach and attack simulation work?

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SHARED INTEL: How ransomware evolved from consumer trickery to deep enterprise hacks

The Last Watchdog

Ransomware is undoubtedly one of the most unnerving phenomena in the cyber threat landscape. Related: What local government can do to repel ransomware Ransomware came into existence in 1989 as a primitive program dubbed the AIDS Trojan that was spreading via 5.25-inch None of these early threats went pro.

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Tourists Give Themselves Away by Looking Up. So Do Most Network Intruders.

Krebs on Security

Security experts say this same tourist dynamic is a dead giveaway in virtually all computer intrusions that lead to devastating attacks like data theft and ransomware, and that more organizations should set simple virtual tripwires that sound the alarm when authorized users and devices are spotted exhibiting this behavior.

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FTX Collapse Highlights the Cybersecurity Risks of Crypto

eSecurity Planet

From compromised systems integrity and faulty regulatory oversight abroad, to the concentration of control in the hands of a very small group of inexperienced, unsophisticated and potentially compromised individuals, this situation is unprecedented.”. The Vulnerabilities. His Chapter 11 filing reads more like a Netflix script.