SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

For starters, all of the computers used by plant employees were connected to the facility’s SCADA system and used the Windows 7 operating system, which reached its end of life in early 2020 and is no longer supported by Microsoft. Ideally, such courses will take into consideration critical infrastructure’s unique blend of IT, OT and IoT.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

While cybersecurity advice is often focused on technology like endpoint protection, firewalls and anti-virus, it’s important to remember that behind every breach is a human. What’s more, they often hide in plain sight, using both covert and overt tactics to cause disruption, steal money and data, and wreak havoc with MSPs and SMBs.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Back in 2020, these protections looked like the cybersecurity functions provided by firewalls, security awareness training, and cybersecurity audits. So you’ll start building large walls, or even digging a moat, to protect it all.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

Real-life examples of depth of defense Network Perimeter: Organizations often deploy firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and network monitoring tools at the network perimeter to prevent unauthorized access. decrease in successful breaches.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 25, 2022

A move that is not all that surprising when you hear that in 2021, businesses suffered 50% more cyberattacks than in 2020. This point is further backed up in reports that RDP attacks grew by 768% in 2020. So what can SMEs do to protect themselves, especially when they might not have extensive IT resources in place?

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2021

Device developers at times will spend their money on features rather than security and the data on the devices often move between the devices and the cloud or on-premises data centers. IoT device security has also attracted the attention of federal government officials (see The IoT Cybersecurity Act of 2020: Implications for Devices ).

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Approachable Cyber Threats

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For example, in a ransomware attack on a northern California hospital in 2020 , hackers hijacked multiple servers, encrypted the data and demanded 1.4 Security Measures : Security measures such as firewalls, endpoint management, encryption technology, and multi-factor authentication , all work together to decrease risk.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 20, 2022

Analyzing data from more than 200 billion daily transactions last year, the 2022 report found that: Phishing attacks rose 29% in 2021 compared to 2020, driven by multiple trends: COVID-19 and work-from-home: Consumers engaged in more activities online, giving attackers new ways to take advantage.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its #StopRansomware guide to account for the fact that ransomware actors have accelerated their tactics and techniques since the original guide was released in September of 2020. For example, if a new firewall rule is created that allows open traffic (0.0.0.0/0),

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SecureList

JULY 19, 2023

on 2022-04-14 10:35:39 UTC Celebration.msg VT First Submission 2022-05-18 07:26:26 UTC UNC path 101.255.119.42maila5b3553d (reminder time set to 2020-04-07 11:30) Sent by: 101.255.119.42 only traces of connections to the WebUI could be stored in the firewall logs.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Network Security: Firewall A firewall is your first line of defense or your computer network gatekeepers. Contrary to antivirus software, which requires a very small effort to set up, firewalls usually require special knowledge. A firewall detects all possible exploits in your network and shields them.

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Jane Frankland

JULY 13, 2020

Qualifications certainly don’t make a hacker, consultant or practitioner and there are so many positions within the cybersecurity ecosystem that are available to you—from cryptographics, mobile device forensic analysis and incident response to penetration testing (hacking), endpoint security, or security awareness, and so on.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 15, 2021

As part of the symposium, Doug Levin, K12 SIX national director, and president of EdTech Strategies and the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, revealed troubling findings from his newly published report, “ The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2020 Year in Review.”. Rockingham County, North Carolina. It appears the training has been effective.

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SiteLock

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Malware increased by a record 358% in 2020 compared with 2019. Solutions that can help address specific website security issues your customers may come up against include, but aren’t limited to: Automated malware scanning and remediation. Web application firewall. Security Awareness Training.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Particularly during the peak of COVID-19, research by IBM found that ransomware incidents ‘exploded’ in June 2020, which saw twice as many ransomware attacks as the month prior, taking advantage of remote workers being away from the help of IT teams.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

This is one of the most widespread cyber threats, making up at least 27% of all malware incidents as per Verizon’s annual DBIR report (2020). A firewall can be effective in stopping the spread of worms through network endpoints. Ransomware. The data is neither stolen nor manipulated. NotPetya shook the entire world in June 2017.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Ransomware is one of the most widespread cyber threats, making up at least 27% of all malware incidents as per Verizon’s annual DBIR report (2020). A firewall can be effective in stopping the spread of worms through network endpoints. Ransomware. The data is neither stolen nor manipulated.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 10, 2020

A survey conducted in April 2020, as things were changing rapidly, revealed that around half (46%) of respondents had never worked from home before and therefore, were not entirely ready for such changes. Applications used as lures, January – November 2020 ( download ). Kaspersky detected 1.66 Bring Your Own Device.

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