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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO Business Intelligence

The report also highlighted that Chinese groups continue to share malware tools a long-standing hallmark of Chinese cyber espionage with the KEYPLUG backdoor serving as a prime example. Vault Panda has used many malware families shared by Chinese threat actors, including KEYPLUG, Winnti, Melofee, HelloBot, and ShadowPad.

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Are Your Firewalls and VPNs the Weakest Link in Your Security Stack?

Network World

A Zero Trust platform ensures applications and data are not visible to the public internet and users are only provided least privilege access, preventing lateral movement and protecting against ransomware attacks. With a Zero Trust architecture, the internet is the primary transport medium and effectively becomes the new corporate network.

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More than one-third of cloud environments are critically exposed, says Tenable

Network World

It cited the MGM Resorts data breach, the Microsoft email hack, and the FBot malware targeting web servers, cloud services, and software-as-a-service, which achieves persistency and propagates on AWS via AWS IAM (identity and access management) users as three examples of how the keys could be abused. “The

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How to protect your organization against the latest malware threats

Tech Republic Security

With the shift toward remote working, cybercriminals have been targeting exploits in VPN, Internet of Things, and authentication technology, says cybersecurity firm Nuspire.

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO Business Intelligence

The report also highlighted that Chinese groups continue to share malware tools a long-standing hallmark of Chinese cyber espionage with the KEYPLUG backdoor serving as a prime example. Vault Panda has used many malware families shared by Chinese threat actors, including KEYPLUG, Winnti, Melofee, HelloBot, and ShadowPad.

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Experts at RSA give their best cybersecurity advice

Network World

Joe Stewart, director of malware research at Dell SecureWorks He advises everyone to set up two-factor authentication to protect their internet accounts, especially email. It can be particularly useful when stopping hackers who are trying to steal login passwords from users, whether through malware or email phishing schemes.

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More connected, less secure: Addressing IoT and OT threats to the enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a permanent fixture for consumers and enterprises as the world becomes more and more interconnected. Weak authentication and authorization: One of the foremost vulnerabilities in IoT deployments stems from inadequate authentication and authorization practices. billion devices reported in 2023.