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UNRAVELING EternalBlue: inside the WannaCry’s enabler

Security Affairs

Imagine a large organization with a network infrastructure comprising multiple interconnected systems, including servers, workstations, and IoT devices. Its exploitation can have serious consequences, resulting in data breaches, financial losses, operational disruption, and reputation damage to organizations.

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Cyber Defense Magazine: Exclusive Interview with Robert Herjavec

Herjavec Group

In 2003, he knew that firewalls were too complex for all IT staff and for understaffed companies to manage. However, since exponential data breaches, they’ve revamped their requirements including more detailed security audits if they are going to provide millions of dollars in cyber insurance coverage.

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Best Network Security Tools 2021

eSecurity Planet

Their emphasis on the “enterprise of things” points to ForeScout’s greatest strength – extending protection beyond legacy network points and into visitor devices, work-from-home devices, IoT, OT, smart devices, and more. Since 2003, Splunk’s machine data analysis capabilities have made the firm an industry staple.

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Our products enable them to minimize the risk of data breaches and ensure regulatory compliance by proactively reducing the exposure of sensitive data and promptly detecting policy violations and suspicious user behavior. Founded: 2003. Learn more about Netwrix. Headquarters: San Francisco, California. Annual Revenue: $2.53

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Brian Krebs is an independent investigative reporter known for his coverage of technology, malware , data breaches , and cybercrime developments. ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 283

Security Affairs

fitness chains Town Sports leaked online Group-IB detects a series of ransomware attacks by OldGremlin HOW DO PROVIDERS IMPLEMENT INTERNET BLOCKING IN BELARUS? Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Between a rock and a hard place: U.S. federal privacy law

SC Magazine

Strong privacy also indirectly enhances data security: The less data an organization processes because of imposed privacy restrictions, the less data can get compromised later in a data breach. Mandatory data breach notification to victimized individuals was one of the key novelties introduced by GDPR in 2018.