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4 Best Antivirus Software of 2021

eSecurity Planet

What’s the best antivirus software? With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. Top 4 antivirus software. A network firewall. Two-way firewall. Bitdefender. Other AV contenders. Privacy protections.

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Malvertising Campaign Targets IoT Devices: GeoEdge

eSecurity Planet

A malicious advertising campaign originating out of Eastern Europe and operating since at least mid-June is targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to home networks, according to executives with GeoEdge, which offers ad security and quality solutions to online and mobile advertisers. Malvertising is Evolving.

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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

Deployed with more than 30 exploits, it has the potential of targeting millions of routers and IoT devices. 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). Example 1: main_infectFunctionGponFiber function, exploits CVE-2020-8958.

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BotenaGo strikes again – malware source code uploaded to GitHub

CyberSecurity Insiders

Alien Labs expects to see new campaigns based on BotenaGo variants targeting routers and IoT devices globally. 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. Figure 4 shows the implementation of CVE-2020-10987.

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Three Ways to Protect Unfixable Security Risks

eSecurity Planet

Industries with very expensive operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as healthcare or industrial manufacturing, can be especially vulnerable. As recently as 2020, 83% of medical imaging devices ran on operating systems that no longer receive updates. Also read: Top IoT Security Solutions for 2022.

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RSAC insights: Sophos report dissects how improved tools, tactics stop ransomware attack

The Last Watchdog

Over the course of 14 days they installed an array of malware deep inside the firewall. Case in point: Sophos began as a leading supplier of antivirus (AV) software, and, like several other big AV vendors, naturally transitioned into supplying Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) systems. From there the hackers moved laterally.

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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. This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. Ransomware attacks increased by 130% in 2020 ( Beazley Group ). Zero Trust. Offline Backups.