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French Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?

Krebs on Security

An individual thought to be involved has earned accolades from the likes of Apple , Dell , and Microsoft for helping to find and fix security vulnerabilities in their products. In 2018, security intelligence firm HYAS discovered a malware network communicating with systems inside of a French national power company.

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AI company Splunk to acquire cloud-based threat intelligence firm TruSTAR

CyberSecurity Insiders

Founded in the year 2016, TruStar has emerged as one of the renowned companies that offer efficient software that simplifies threat detection making response simpler and efficient. Thus, customers can avail of the service to simplify the operations related to security intelligence across their teams, tools, and partners. .

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Microsoft partnered with other security firms to takedown TrickBot botnet

Security Affairs

link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) October 12, 2020. According to the security firms that took part in the operation, the TrickBot botnet had infected more than one million devices at the time of its takedown. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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Cybersecurity Checklist for Political Campaigns

Lenny Zeltser

campaigns from around 2016. I formulated the advice above mostly based on the tactics used against 2016 and 2018 election campaigns in the United States, as publicly described by the news media, cybersecurity companies, and the U.S. To understand the basis for these recommendations, read the documents mentioned at the end of the post.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Verodin Cybersecurity analytics 2018 Acquired by FireEye Kenna Security Risk management 2018 Acquired by Cisco PhishMe Incident response 2016 Acquired: P.E. Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security. BVP Investments. Evolution Equity Partners. NEA Investments. NightDragon.

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Staying a Step Ahead of the Hack

Webroot

According to the FBI, BEC attacks resulted in more than $26 billion (you read that right) between June 2016 and July 2019. Webroot Security Intelligence Director, Grayson Milbourne, offers several suggestions that companies can do to increase their security posture. Perfecting Your Posture.

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Six Effective Ransomware Risk Reduction Strategies

NopSec

Reducing the Risk of a Ransomware Attack – The Human Element According to the IBM Security Services 2014 Cyber Security Intelligence Index, human error is responsible for almost 95% of all security incidents. Ransomware is no different.