The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Towards this end it has begun sharing videos, whitepapers and reports designed to rally decision makers from all quarters to a common cause. This is why tracking down your personal medical records isn’t as easy as it should be – and why data thieves and ransomware purveyors are able to very profitably prey on healthcare organizations.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 3, 2018

One key bit of intelligence Bitdefender shares in a whitepaper is a breakdown of how EternalBlue has come into play, once again. You may recall EternalBlue was one of the cyber weapons stolen from the NSA and used in the milestone WannaCry ransomware attack in the spring of 2017.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 10, 2022

DarkSide Ransomware Campaign. The DarkSide ransomware group provided Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) to other threat actors. million USD after its operations were brought to a halt by this ransomware campaign in May 2021. Let's look at DarkSide ransomware attacks in the Picus Threat Library. Lessons Learned: 3.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 15, 2021

In our newest whitepaper, “Why Traditional Cybersecurity Tools Cannot Defend Against Zero-Day and No Signature Attacks,” we dive into how traditional cybersecurity tools work, why this fundamentally limits them from being able to detect zero-day or previously unknown attacks, why the industry standard for breach detection is around six to eight months (..)

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Ransomware was particularly successful, with estimates that attacks cost businesses $20 billion worldwide in 2020. Unfortunately, ransomware has become both lucrative and easy to deploy, with sophisticated kits readily available on the dark web that require only a small investment and minimal coding skills.

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Cisco Security

JANUARY 6, 2022

Below are 5 realities that may or may not surprise you when it comes to integrating perimeter and internal defenses: Time is the currency of the day —Ransomware, cryptomining, and supply chain attacks are top of mind until we get into the office; business needs drive the fires to be fought during the day. We’d love to hear what you think.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2023

One such variety, ransomware, is a “trend” that has provoked cybersecurity teams for years. And there are no signs of ransomware attacks decreasing. However, we’re currently seeing an uptick in strains of ransomware exploitation. Even bad actors abide by ROI Ransomware began purely from an encryption perspective.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2018

In early 2013, researchers at Rapid7 published an interesting whitepaper entitled “Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play” that evaluated the global exposure of UPnP-enabled network devices. “For home users, these attacks can lead to a number of complications, such as degraded service, malware infections, ransomware, and fraud.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A simple human error can lead to devastating attacks, from data exfiltration to ransomware,” Sasnauskas said. Invoices infected with malware could cause huge losses for the clients if they were attacked by ransomware gangs,” Vareikis explained. Media giant with $6.35 Why did it happen? Exposed in the past?

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2022

In early 2013, researchers at Rapid7 published an interesting whitepaper entitled “Security Flaws in Universal Plug and Play” that evaluated the global exposure of UPnP-enabled network devices. In December 2018, the company provided an update to its initial analysis revealing a disconcerting scenario, UPnProxy was still up and running.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2023

According to the new Uptycs whitepaper, Detecting the Silent Threat: 'Stealers are Organization Killers' (gated link), a variety of new info stealers have emerged this year, preying on Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. A new study from Uptycs has uncovered an increase in the distribution of information stealing malware.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 31, 2018

With high profile ransomware infections making headlines, many who have thought their data was secure had to rethink this conclusion. Often, attackers want to disrupt business continuity by causing downtime as the result of data loss or data that is unusable due to being encrypted in the case of a Ransomware infection.

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BH Consulting

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In a year of high-profile ransomware incidents and data breaches, security is near the top of the agenda as never before. Do you ever get tired of those statements from companies after a data breach telling us: “we take your security seriously”?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

Unfortunately, the increasing reliance on digital systems and capabilities has also attracted an ever-growing number of malicious actors seeking to defraud businesses through phishing , social engineering , or ransomware attacks. The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 16, 2022

This latest version replaces a whitepaper released in April 2020 that defined the SSDF. In February 2022, NIST added new information to flesh out its "Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities." It came about after workshops and public input.

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