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BotenaGo strikes again – malware source code uploaded to GitHub

CyberSecurity Insiders

As of the publishing of this article, antivirus (AV) vendor detection for BotenaGo and its variants remains behind with very low detection coverage from most of AV vendors. The Mirai botnet targets mostly routers and IoT devices, and it supports different architectures including Linux x64, different ARM versions, MIPS, PowerPC, and more.

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Combatting ransomware: a holistic approach

IT Security Guru

According to the World Economic Forum 2020 Global Risk Report , ransomware was the third most common, and second most damaging type of malware attack recorded last year, with payouts averaging a hefty $1.45M per incident. Even security defences themselves can provide unintended insights. Consider Zero Trust.

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AT&T Alien Labs finds new Golang malware (BotenaGo) targeting millions of routers and IoT devices with more than 30 exploits

CyberSecurity Insiders

As of the publishing of this article, BotenaGo currently has low antivirus (AV) detection rate with only 6/62 known AVs seen in VirusTotal: (Figure 1). However, there is a difference between the Mirai malware and the new malware variants using Go, including differences in the language in which it is written and the malware architectures.

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Leapfrogging with Smart Tech Refresh

Cisco Security

In the Cisco 2020 Security Outcomes Study report , 4,800 respondents were asked for their views about these questions. The information in the Cisco 2020 Security Outcomes Study report indicate that there is more involved with success than just slapping together a disparate group of products that are not well integrated.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Just in 2020, the SolarWinds hack could’ve been prevented for organizations that promptly patch software. The next three actions: prioritize assets and evaluate traffic, microsegmentation, and adaptive monitoring are central steps of the zero trust architecture and greatly reduce your risks of an attack. Zero Trust. Offline Backups.

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Top MDR Services for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Key differentiators: Cloud-native architecture for use with cloud systems. It first acquired cloud security posture management (CSPM) company DivvyCloud in 2020. Arctic Wolf raised $200 million in Series E funding in 2020, raising its valuation to a total of $1.3 Focus on collaboration. LMNTRIX Active Defense. for $50 million.

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How to Improve SD-WAN Security

eSecurity Planet

SD-WAN is a virtual architecture for managing a wide-area network covering distributed, hybrid IT environments typical for today’s enterprise organizations. With SD-WAN architectures, branch employees and remote users connect to an enterprise network through a web of connected devices over the internet. What is SD-WAN?