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On the Irish Health Services Executive Hack

Schneier on Security

It had no documented cyber incident response runbooks or IT recovery plans (apart from documented AD recovery plans) for recovering from a wide-scale ransomware event. Antivirus software triggered numerous alerts after detecting Cobalt Strike activity but these were not escalated.

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What is SIEM? Security information and event management explained

CSO Magazine

Security information and event management (SIEM) tools collect and aggregate log and event data to help identify and track breaches. A SIEM tool's goal is to correlate signals in all that data together to provide security teams with the information they need to identify and track breaches and other problems.

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Scam Information and Event Management

SecureList

There are also instructions on how to install the software, in which the attackers recommend disabling any installed antivirus and Windows Defender beforehand. Inside the archive is an MSI file and a TXT file with a password required for installation. As a result, the user will not be able to view the contents of the directory. com gamejump[.]site

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Adventures in Contacting the Russian FSB

Krebs on Security

In the process of doing so, I encountered a small snag: The FSB’s website said in order to communicate with them securely, I needed to download and install an encryption and virtual private networking (VPN) appliance that is flagged by at least 20 antivirus products as malware. The FSB headquarters at Lubyanka Square, Moscow.

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Hackers Are Now Exploiting Windows Event Logs

eSecurity Planet

Hackers have found a way to infect Windows Event Logs with fileless malware , security researchers have found. During a “very targeted” campaign, hackers used Windows Event Logs to inject shellcode payloads and operate stealthily. If it does not find one, the encrypted shell code is written in 8KB chunks in the event logs.

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Windows Defender is the first antivirus solution that can run in a sandbox

Security Affairs

Since antivirus and anti-malware tools run with the highest level of privileges to scan all parts of a computer for malicious code, it has become a desired target for attackers. This is probably the first case of a sandbox mechanism implemented for an antivirus solution that aims at protecting the Windows systems if it is compromised.

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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

Here are five notable historical events that influenced cybersecurity assessment and transformed it into what it is today: The Battle of Midway (1942). It’s clear that when technology develops, people find creative ways to cause mass disruption, increasing the need for antivirus protection and firewalls.