SecureWorld News

JULY 29, 2024

government, Leidos handles sensitive information related to national security, defense, and various federal operations. The exposure of internal documents could have serious ramifications, potentially compromising national security and the integrity of government operations. As a significant IT services provider to the U.S.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

There’s no shortage of reasons why an SMB might use Linux to run their business: There are plenty of distros to choose from, it’s (generally) free, and perhaps above all — it’s secure. But unfortunately, there’s more to Linux security than just leaning back in your chair and sipping piña coladas. Cloud Snooper.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 5, 2021

Threat actors often vary their techniques to thwart security defenses and increase the efficiency of their attacks. Since April 2020 attackers have been taking advantage of the tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia to target Azerbaijanis. This blog post was authored by Hossein Jazi.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Menlo Security , a leader in cloud security, today announced it has identified a surge in cyberthreats, termed Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT), that bypass traditional security defenses. Since July 2021, Menlo Security has seen a 224% increase in HEAT attacks.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The dissemination phase consists of active processing and dissemination of the processed data for the purpose of communicating the actionable intelligence for the purpose of ensuring that an organizations defense is actively aware of the threats facing its infrastructure and security defense mechanisms.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

For most of the world, 2020 was devastating, a year mired in multiple crises. But in at least one industry, 2020 was a banner year! Most companies were unprepared to secure an entirely remote workforce, relying on remote desktop protocol (RDP) and strained VPN infrastructures, leaving workers ripe for attack.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

While steganography is often considered something of a joke in capture-the-flag (CTF) events and other cybersecurity defense activities, it can happen in real attacks and can take security defenses by surprise simply by using another layer of cover. Germany, Italy, and Japan.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Cuba ransomware gang Cuba data leak site The group’s offensives first got on our radar in late 2020. Samples often have a forged compilation timestamp: those found in 2020 were stamped with June 4, 2020, and more recent ones, June 19th, 1992.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 25, 2021

” Zero trust is a critical tool in the security defense arsenal, especially as more companies shift to a fully remote or hybrid work environment. million annually, according to the 2020 Cost of Insider Threats Global Report. By limiting movement, you mitigate the risk of malicious actors accessing key segments.”

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SC Magazine

APRIL 7, 2021

Session on deepfakes at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos, Switzerland. While AI increasingly gets used to automate repetitive tasks, improve security and identify vulnerabilities, hackers will in turn build their own ML tools to target these processes. Secure and manage AI to prevent malfunctions.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Cam4’s Misconfiguration & Data Breach (2020) Cam4 holds the record for the greatest data breach of all time , with 10 billion compromised accounts. In early 2020, researchers uncovered a large data breach from adult site CAM4 caused by a misconfigured Elasticsearch database.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2024

The problem: CVE-2020-17519 , a four-year-old vulnerability that affects Apache Flink versions 1.11.0 The fix: To mitigate CVE-2020-17519, upgrade to Apache Flink versions 1.11.3 Immediately update your GitLab installations to these versions to protect yourself from any threats.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2023

For additional reading: Top SASE Solutions What Is Edge Security? Overcoming Edge Computing Risks This article was originally written by Paul Shread on November 24, 2020 and revised by Chad Kime on August 11, 2023. Email Address By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Cloudflare One Cloudflare released their initial SASE offering in October 2020 and continues to add features and capabilities. As companies grow, the strong capabilities of Cloudflare’s higher tiers will facilitate future growth and expansion without compromising security or SASE capabilities.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 13, 2022

She is an award-winning innovator with decades of experience pursuing advanced security defenses and next generation security solutions She also tells venture capitalists where to invest billions, helps non-profits pro bono, and ran DevSecOps at Intuit. If you don’t know Shannon, well, you are alone. Shannon Lietz.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups. The problem is that businesses are not yet aware of double or triple extortion ransomware and how these tactics can affect their data protection strategies.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

Today’s columnist, Yonatan Israel Garzon of Cyberint, says that the online boom during the pandemic has caused serious security issues for online retailers. He says they must tighten up security defenses and improve threat intelligence. Credit: Instatcart.

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McAfee

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The convergence of security solutions that traditionally have functioned independently will improve an organization’s security posture by creating security defenses that work cohesively to defend against attacks,” Rob Westervelt, research director at IDC, said. Here are the top five threat predictions for 2020.

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Threatpost

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Enterprise security teams are "drowning in alerts.".

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2022

Taken together, this new Trends functionality allows security teams to quickly understand if a vulnerability is relevant to their organization, and to buy them the time they need to put security defenses in place. . . The new Trends Attack Visibility graph is included for members of the free GreyNoise community.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Pricing & Delivery Pricing for Versa’s SASE product was originally called Versa Secure Access and announced in 2020 to start at $7.50 Since Versa Unified SASE is the only top SASE vendor that offers an option for locally installed SASE control software, buyers with strong security needs (military, biotech, etc.)

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 29, 2023

As network boundaries blur and cloud environments grow in importance, FWaaS is a creative solution for extending traditional network protections to increasingly complex environments, greatly expanding security control in the process. This updates a Dec.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2024

It’s a regression of an 18-year-old flaw (CVE-2006-5051) that was reintroduced in October 2020. It supports unauthenticated remote code execution with root privileges. This bug impacts OpenSSH versions 8.5p1 through 9.7p1. The fix: OpenSSH issued updates to address CVE-2024-6387. Implement these changes immediately.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 29, 2021

In 2020, the global pandemic dramatically changed our social environment, and both Black Hat and Defcon went virtual with in-person networking and parties placed on hold. Tom Tervoort | Principal Security Specialist, Secura. James Coote | Senior Consultant, F-Secure Consulting. Tracks : Network Security, Defense.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 5, 2021

Named a Gartner Cool Vendor for Cyber and IT Risk Management in 2020, CyCognito identifies attacker-exposed assets to enhance visibility into the attack and protect surfaces. In 2020, Russia-aligned APT29 was responsible for a prolonged and devastating breach of the SolarWinds Orion management software. Picus Security.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. To explore the outsourcing option for security, consider reading more about managed security service providers (MSSPs). NetScout: Observed 13,142,840 DDoS attacks, including: 104,216 video gaming enterprise attacks. 20,551 gambling industry attacks.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It quietly makes its way past your security defenses into the heart of your data and keeps it hostage until you pay a ransom. This is what you, a potential ransomware victim, need to know to protect your data and your business in 2020. Ransomware is a sly, silent, and vicious criminal.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

According to Purplesec, ransomware attacks have increased by 350% since 2018, zero-day attacks were up by 55% in 2021, and out of the 30 million SMBs in the USA, over 66% have had at least 1 cyber incident between 2018-2020. Vulnerability management is a critical element of information security.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

As the demand for robust security defense grows by the day, the market for cybersecurity technology has exploded, as well as the number of available solutions. Further, weaknesses in RSA keys have called into question the security of its platform. Headquarters: Abingdon, United Kingdom. Founded: 1985.

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McAfee

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Today, enterprises tend to use multiple layers of security defenses, ranging from perimeter defense on network entry points to host based security solutions deployed at the end user’s machines to counter the ever-increasing threats. Executive Summary.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

One of the suspected FinFly Web servers was active for more than a year between October 2019 and December 2020. As it turned out, it was active for a very short time around September 2020 on a host that appears to have been impersonating the popular Mail.ru The activities peaked in November 2020, but are still ongoing.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2024

Colorado: Years ago, the Community College of Denver received a $250,000 federal grant and used it to create 1,600 IT and cybersecurity apprenticeships from March 2020 through March 2024. Next, read about protecting business networks and what that task involves, including network security controls and different network layers.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Over 500 healthcare providers suffered ransomware attacks in 2020 alone. While it might seem daunting to get started, it is useful to recognize that the cyber hygiene recommendations made above provide valuable cyber security defenses for a broad range of possible threats, beyond ransomware alone.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

EDRKillShifter dynamically disrupts security processes in real-time and adapts its methods as detection capabilities evolve. Researchers also identified the Zerologon vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) as a conduit for initial access. Its exceptional sophistication was exemplified in March 2020 when it compromised SolarWinds Orion software.

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Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 29, 2024

EDRKillShifter dynamically disrupts security processes in real-time and adapts its methods as detection capabilities evolve. Researchers also identified the Zerologon vulnerability (CVE-2020-1472) as a conduit for initial access. Its exceptional sophistication was exemplified in March 2020 when it compromised SolarWinds Orion software.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 6, 2025

However, subtle indicators reveal the deception: The email employs an outdated template, reminiscent of LinkedIns pre-2020 interface, to resonate with users familiar with the older design. Bypassing security protocols Despite these red flags, the email bypassed modern security defenses.

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