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Who’s Behind the GandCrab Ransomware?

Krebs on Security

But GandCrab far eclipsed the success of competing ransomware affiliate programs largely because its authors worked assiduously to update the malware so that it could evade antivirus and other security defenses. In 2010, the hottabych_k2 address was used to register the domain name dedserver[.]ru Vpn-service[.]us

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What Is a Privilege Escalation Attack? Types & Prevention

eSecurity Planet

Both require threat actors to steal credentials or perform some other kind of attack to gain access to the privileged account. Vertical Privilege Escalation Vertical privilege escalation involves a threat actor traveling from a lower-level account to a higher-level account.

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6 VPN Security Best Practices for Secure Connection

eSecurity Planet

According to available data, more than 4,600 common IT vulnerabilities were discovered in 2010. You can only secure the traffic that goes on within your walls. Get the Free Cybersecurity Newsletter Strengthen your organization's IT security defenses by keeping up to date on the latest cybersecurity news, solutions, and best practices.

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CSPM vs CWPP vs CIEM vs CNAPP: What’s the Difference?

eSecurity Planet

Securing all those new cloud environments and connections became a job for cybersecurity companies. Gartner played a big role in the development of cloud security terminology, coining the term “Cloud Workload Protection Platform” in 2010 to describe a tool used for safeguarding virtual machines and containers.

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What Is Cloud Workload Protection? Ultimate Guide

eSecurity Planet

As cloud computing upends traditional perimeter models of cybersecurity, new cloud security models have emerged, and CWPP was one of the first to appear back in 2010. Shared accountability is followed by CSPs; service providers safeguard infrastructure, while customers secure data and apps.

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VulnRecap 3/4/24 – Ivanti, Ubiquiti, AppLocker Under Attack

eSecurity Planet

All sites incorporated the archaic FCKeditor plug-in, which stopped receiving support in 2010. The problem: Although leap years occur every four years, sometimes programmers use 365 days for a year and fail to account for the extra day.

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