The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

Well, the stats are even scarier with over 50% increase in ransomware attacks in 2021, compared to 2020. You’ll significantly reduce your risk if you enforce a minimum security bar for all devices accessing your data. Ransomware? I think you may have heard of it, isn’t the news full of it? Related: Make it costly for cybercriminals.

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SecureList

MARCH 31, 2021

2020 was challenging for everyone: companies, regulators, individuals. As a result, 2020 was extremely eventful in terms of digital threats, in particular those faced by financial institutions. In 2020, the group tried its hand at the big extortion game with the VHD ransomware family. Key findings. to 13.21%.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 2, 2020

I caught up with Faiz Shuja, SIRP cofounder, at the RSA 2020 Conference in San Francisco recently. An endless stream of technologies that deliver data, combined with a shortage of skilled security analysts, has pushed the market toward SOAR, which automates repetitive security analysis tasks and frees analysts to work on more important tasks.

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Adam Levin

MAY 19, 2021

An undergraduate student at Rochester Institute of Technology named Bill Demirkapi discovered the most recent security failure. Experian, 2020: A data breach impacted 24 million Experian customers, plus almost 800,000 businesses in South Africa. Significant data breaches at credit score bureaus include: .

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Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

As Technology Audit Director at Cisco, Jacob Bolotin focuses on assessing Cisco’s technology, business, and strategic risk. Bolotin champions the continued advancement of the technology audit profession and received a master’s degree in cybersecurity from the University of California Berkeley.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2021

Some instructive fresh intelligence about how cyber attacks continue to saturate the Internet comes to us from Akamai Technologies. In 2020, it saw 193 billion credential stuffing attacks globally, with 3.4 Meanwhile, threat actors’ siege on web applications surged 62 percent in 2020 vs. 2019: Akamai observed nearly 6.3

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

A universe of devices and technology has fallen into our laps at a speed that organizations struggle to manage effectively. Last month’s passage of the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 means all IoT devices used by government agencies will soon have to comply with strict NIST standards. By 2025, we expect 21.5

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SecureList

AUGUST 23, 2021

billion USD in 2021, which is slightly less than the total revenue in 2020 but still significantly above the pre-pandemic figures. To measure the level of the cybersecurity risk associated with gaming, we investigated several types of threats. Pandemic-related statistics cover the period of January 2020 through June 2021.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 27, 2021

In a developing market, third-party risk management (TPRM) software and tools could be the answer to helping organizations fill the gap. This article looks at the top third-party risk management vendors and tools and offers a look into TPRM solutions and what buyers should consider before purchasing. Aravo TPRM.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Fastly addresses these technological vulnerabilities by utilizing tools like Rust and WebAssembly. Leveraging WebAssembly’s sandboxing capabilities allows us to isolate potential risks, while Rust provides the memory safety essential for our modern internet applications. People are wary of technology and its creators.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 2, 2023

By Jayakumar (Jay) Kurup, Global Sales Engineering Director at Morphisec Securing operational technology (OT) creates unique challenges. Sometimes this is due to cultural reasons (management’s fear of even the slightest chance of disruption); other times, it is technological.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

The technological revolution of agriculture is here. Particularly in the context of climate change and a growing global population , the role of emerging technology in the farming industry will be critical to the success and thriving of future generations. This is where smart farming technology can help. With as much as $22.3

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 13, 2021

As the needs in cyber risk management change, so must the credentials that support them. CAP information security practitioners champion system security commensurate with organizations’ missions and risk tolerance while meeting legal and regulatory requirements. The post How Has CAP Certification Evolved to Lead in Risk Management?

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Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2020

based merchants suggest thieves are exploiting weaknesses in how certain financial institutions have implemented the technology to sidestep key chip card security features and effectively create usable, counterfeit cards. Newer, chip-based cards employ a technology known as EMV that encrypts the account data stored in the chip.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

They also know that technology plays a vital role in delivering that standard of care. For example, in a ransomware attack on a northern California hospital in 2020 , hackers hijacked multiple servers, encrypted the data and demanded 1.4 million US dollars as a ransom payment in exchange for the keys to decrypt the data. >

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2023

18, 2023 – Salvador Technologies , the pioneering cyber-attack recovery platform provider for critical infrastructures and industrial organizations, today announced that it has secured $6m in funding. Rehovot, Israel Dec.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

million in 2023, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, and over 700,000 small businesses were targeted in cybersecurity attacks in 2020, according to the Small Business Association. Nonprofits are equally at risk, and often lack cybersecurity measures. Security places a crucial role in your technology.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 13, 2024

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF). NIST has been working on this framework for some time, as directed by the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020. Govern – Cultivating a risk management culture 2.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 12, 2020

One cybersecurity company, Tel Aviv-based Votiro, is taking a different approach to strengthen protection against such weaponized documents, using technology that disarms files before they are delivered to the recipient’s inbox. I had the chance to visit with Votiro CEO and founder Aviv Grafi at RSA 2020. market in 2019.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

These are not uncommon risks. The devices themselves can’t be secured, but that doesn’t mean we can’t use basic IT techniques to reduce our security risks. However, before we dig into the technologies, let’s first examine why we need them. A hard-wired partner realizes a similar isolation, but uses different technology.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Consumers and organizations are enthused about the operational benefits of more robust mobile connectivity, but the shift to 5G networks doesn’t come without risks. Here we’ll discuss the most significant risks posed by 5G, how U.S. Table of Contents What Are the Cybersecurity Risks of 5G? How is 5G Different?

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 30, 2021

A security professional at Ubiquiti who helped the company respond to the two-month breach beginning in December 2020 contacted KrebsOnSecurity after raising his concerns with both Ubiquiti’s whistleblower hotline and with European data protection authorities. ” Ubiquiti has not responded to repeated requests for comment. .

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2020

Finastra , a company that provides a range of technology solutions to banks worldwide, said it was shutting down key systems in response to a security breach discovered Friday morning. EST on March 20, 2020, we were alerted to anomalous activity on our network which risked the integrity of our data-centers,” reads the notice.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 5, 2022

A targeted attack campaign has been compromising home and small-business routers since late 2020 with the goal of hijacking network communications and infecting local computers with stealthy and sophisticated backdoors. To read this article in full, please click here

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Businesses that had never even considered letting their teams work from home were suddenly thrust into a sink or swim environment where they simply had to make it work or risk stalling their operations. The post How to manage the security risk of remote working appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Cloud storage risks involve potential external threats and vulnerabilities that jeopardize the security of stored data. Risks can lead to issues, but at the same time, you can prevent the risks by addressing these issues. Migration challenges result in incomplete transfers, which expose critical information to risk.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies provide intriguing opportunities for immersive and interactive experiences in cybersecurity training. Related: GenAI’ impact on DevSecOps Here’s how these technologies can bridge learning gaps in cybersecurity awareness and enhance the overall training experience.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

While initially popularized in entertainment and satire, cybercriminals now weaponize this technology for fraud, identity theft, and corporate deception. Real-world cases of deepfake attacks Financial fraud : In 2020, a Hong Kong-based multinational firm lost $25 million when an employee was tricked into making wire transfers.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

broadband providers, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies, potentially accessing systems for lawful wiretapping and other data. The security breach poses a major national security risk. In December 2020, T-Mobile disclosed a data breach that exposed customers’ network information (CPNI).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2024

has charged a Chinese national for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. has charged the Chinese national Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao) for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. Tianfeng worked at Sichuan Silence Information Technology Co., based Sophos Ltd.

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Joseph Steinberg

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

I was recently asked to take a look at CrowdSec – a new, free, open-source information security technology created in France that seeks to improve the current situation. at the end of 2020, and reported to me that its technology is already being used in over 70 countries across all six continents (other than Antarctica).

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Digital Shadows

MARCH 17, 2025

it earned a spot on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) list of the 15 most exploited flaws from 2020 to 2022. Whether driven by concerns over downtime or simply underestimating the risk of older vulnerabilities, this lack of urgency leaves systems exposed to attack. Rated CVSS 9.8,

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 8, 2021

This is just one of many risks to our normal civilian computer supply chains. And since military software is vulnerable to the same cyberattacks as commercial software, military supply chains have many of the same risks. Gone are the days when we can pretend that our technologies will work in the face of a military cyberattack.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

Only by integrating these tools into your larger security reporting and analytics infrastructure, and by leveraging actionable responses, can one reduce the threat risk to an organization. An integration with Cigent Technology is now available for Secure Endpoint customers to integrate with. New Cisco Cloud Security Integrations.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2022

AMLBot , a service that helps businesses avoid transacting with cryptocurrency wallets that have been sanctioned for cybercrime activity, said an investigation published by KrebsOnSecurity last year helped it shut down three dark web services that secretly resold its technology to help cybercrooks avoid detection by anti-money laundering systems.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2022

Managed security services (MSS) refer to a service model that enable the monitoring and managing of security technologies, systems, or even software-as-a-service (SaaS) products. It’s worth noting that there are a few: •Cybersecurity breaches may originate from the vendor, putting the host company’s information at risk. Kjaersgaard.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Apple drops its lawsuit against commercial spyware vendor NSO Group, due to the risk of “threat intelligence” information exposure. Apple is seeking to drop its lawsuit against Israeli spyware company NSO Group , citing the risk of “threat intelligence” information exposure. ” continues the court filing.

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