Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

A mid-year breach report from Risk Based Security and the OSF [4] cited that 59% of reported attacks were in the business sector, followed by 16.1% The resulting breaches occur primarily through malware, including Trojan horses, adware, worms, viruses and downloaders [6]. Most Active Malware Today. from the government.

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Network World

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Hence many of the reports of ransomware attacks targeting cloud storage during the reporting period aimed at public cloud resources with excessive access privileges and could have been prevented. In short, this report is a strong argument for a well-run Governance, Risk, and Compliance practice.”

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Visitors to the more than 15,000 websites are being redirected to low-quality bogus Q&A sites thanks to malware infecting the WordPress sites. The attackers’ spam sites are populated with various random questions and answers found to be scraped from other Q&A sites," Sucuri reported in a blog post. The key takeaway?

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This morning, the Qualys Threat Research Unit released its 2023 Threat Landscape Year in Review report. According to the report: "Of the 206 high-risk vulnerabilities we tracked, more than 50 percent of those were either leveraged by threat actors, ransomware, or malware to compromise systems. 20 exploited by ransomwares.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

billion devices reported in 2023. Weak authentication and authorization: One of the foremost vulnerabilities in IoT deployments stems from inadequate authentication and authorization practices. In fact, two notorious botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt, are major contributors to a recent surge in IoT malware attacks.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 27, 2023

A new study from Uptycs has uncovered an increase in the distribution of information stealing malware. The 17-page report has a wealth of information, including the impact of stealers, the lifecycle of a stealer, the workflow of a stealer, and statistics around the stealers trending in 2023.

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Network World

JULY 31, 2024

Cybercriminals looking to abuse the power of generative AI to build phishing campaigns and sophisticated malware can now purchase easy access to them from underground marketplaces as large numbers of threat actors are putting stolen GenAI credentials up for sale every day.

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Network World

JUNE 13, 2024

The life cycle of a cyberattack Regardless of the method that threat actors use to commit cyberattacks—phishing, malware, and, yes, ransomware—the stages of every attack are remarkably similar. In cyber terms, this translates into the user, device, or vulnerable asset being compromised by a phishing or malware attack. Stay up to date.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2023

I also emphasized that companies need to urgently review their employee access protocol, writing that companies must “ make it a point to do continuous employee training to help your teams avoid being duped by phishing and malware tactics.” According to reports, MGM and Caesars were both customers of identity management company Okta.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 4, 2020

CISA reports on Chinese malware strain. And it's a malware strain used specifically by the Chinese government. A recent CISA Malware Analysis Report (with contributions from the FBI and DoD), outlines this new malware variant. Check out the complete report here. It's called Taidoor.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

As the internet rapidly expanded, so did viruses, malware and a plethora of attacks targeting end users and even their networks. This called for a standard that not only maintained privacy through encryption but also prevented malware all while affording users the ability to connect to their sensitive data from anywhere in the world.

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Network World

DECEMBER 29, 2016

In November, researchers from cybersecurity firm Invincea reported a vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to infect Belkin WeMo smart plugs with malware. The flaw was located in a configuration protocol that worked over the local area network and didn't require any authentication.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In fact, CIO has reported that it takes only a few minutes for experienced hackers to set up a social engineering attack against enterprises (and their managed service providers) that consider themselves to be secure and protected. Deploy email authentication standards on enterprise email servers to check and verify inbound emails.

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CTOvision

MARCH 18, 2016

Thanks to the professional, virtuous work of security researchers Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller and some fantastic reporting on this research by Andy Greenberg of Wired Magazine , we have long known that theoretical hacks against cars are no longer theoretical. Bob Gourley. They are real. Ensure your vehicle software is up to date.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 29, 2024

When you add multi-factor authentication (MFA) resets to the picture, that number is likely even higher. Most authentication methods are actually quite easy to get around, and in many cases were never intended to be security factors. In 2022, Microsoft reported more than 382,000 MFA fatigue attacks.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2022

According to Experian’s 2021 Global Identity and Fraud Report, 55% of consumers say security is the most important aspect of their online experience. Authentication options: Internally, CISOs have a range of strong authentication options, including smartcards and tokens.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Spanning a wide range of malicious activities from destructive malware and denial of service attacks, to the theft of intellectual property and even espionage, cyber threats pose a significant risk to any business. In recent years, multiple high-profile, high-impact breaches have raised awareness of the cyber threat.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

government and the companies that are best prepared to provide safe-by-default solutions to uplift the whole ecosystem,” says a report published by the Homeland Security Department’s Cyber Safety Review Board. “Organizations must act now to protect themselves, and the Board identified tangible ways to do so, with the help of the U.S.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Summary: This data breach was unique in the sense that there was not a breach in the company's servers, but an authentication error, meaning no authentication was required to view documents. They then gained access to a customer service database and uploaded malware to capture sensitive information. Who attacked: no attacker.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

For instance, Cisco's Annual Cybersecurity Report revealed that organizations using advanced firewalls, alongside other security technologies, experienced a 99.7% Endpoint Security: Securing endpoints, such as laptops, desktops, and mobile devices, is crucial in preventing unauthorized access and malware infections.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Checkers and Rally's (2019): The fast-food chain reported a point-of-sale malware attack affecting more than 100 locations. Regular audits, the use of password managers, enforcement of password complexity policies, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) can significantly reduce the attack surface." Subway U.K.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Why securing cloud workloads is an urgent matter In recent years, major cloud service providers encountered 6,000 malware samples actively communicating with them, underlining the magnitude of cloud security challenges. 3 We have seen an increase of 15% in cloud security breaches as compared to last year. 8 Complexity.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

According to a report by the U.S. Two-factor authentication Implementing two-factor authentication (2FA) adds an extra layer of security by requiring users to provide a second form of verification, such as a temporary code sent to their mobile device.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 6, 2023

Malware and attackers can "break in" in various ways. These attacks can come from malicious instructions, social engineering, or authentication attacks, as well as heavy network traffic. If you detect a phishing email, make sure to avoid all links, and report them!

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Galido

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

As a matter of fact, it was reported that each cyber attack costs small business owners $200,000 on average, which is more than enough to put many out of business. 70% reported that these attacks were becoming more frequent. “ Install Anti Malware Software and Prevent Phishing Attacks. Said Nucleus Cyber CEO Kurt Mueffleman.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 25, 2024

In fact, in a recent Palo Alto Networks survey , a staggering 95% of respondents reported experiencing browser-based attacks in the past 12 months, including account takeovers and malicious extensions. Malicious browser extensions can introduce malware, exfiltrate data, or provide a backdoor for further attacks.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2022

CloudSEK asks in its report, "What all can go wrong with just a bunch of API keys and tokens?" The report explains in more detail: "Since the Twitter API provides direct access to a Twitter account, there must be some form of authentication involved. See the original report for more information.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 13, 2024

The chatbot works with the Department of Defense’s Common Access Card (CAC) authentication system and can answer questions and assist with tasks such as correspondence, preparing background papers, and programming. Technology is learned by doing,” said Chandra Donelson, DAF’s acting chief data and artificial intelligence officer.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Use of credentials likely obtained from an info-stealer malware campaign by a third-party actor to gain initial access to organizations.". Abuse of multi-factor authentication leveraging 'push' notifications on smartphones.". Use of accounts with Application Impersonation privileges to harvest sensitive mail data since Q1 2021.". "Use

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The news was first reported by cybersecurity and malware research group vx-underground, which posted screenshots of data purportedly stolen from the company. It reported that hackers gained access to Activision's network by successfully phishing a privileged user on the network on December 4, 2022.

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The Verge

JULY 16, 2020

According to an NCSC report , APT29 uses “a variety of tools and techniques” in its hacking operation. The group frequently uses publicly available exploits to conduct widespread scanning and exploitation against vulnerable systems, likely in an effort to obtain authentication credentials to allow further access,” the advisory reads. “The

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 21, 2020

This is malware you'll want to watch out for. According to the new CISA report , Blindingcan is a new malware strain used by malicious North Korean cyber actors. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication. New North Korea remote access trojan. Blindingcan.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 6, 2023

Real-life example of scammers using deepfake According to a Reuters report, a con artist in northern China employed highly advanced "deep fake" technology to deceive someone into transferring money to his account. The report states that the police in Baotou City revealed the fraudster's modus operandi.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The internet advisory group BITAG lays it on the line for the IoT industry in a new report: No, consumers aren’t going to update the software on their devices. “It That bit of human nature is just one of the harsh realities BITAG acknowledges in the report , which came out on Tuesday.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In one strategy, brand impersonation phishing, attackers send a phishing email designed to look like a favorite retailer, enticing their target to click a link for a discount, when in fact the link downloads malware to their device.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 2, 2021

Here are the best practices described: The sender's email domain (the web address that comes after the @ symbol): While the sender name may say "Robinhood", the email domain should be an authentic Robinhood domain: Authentic domain examples: @robinhood.com. These frequently contain malware that can infect your device.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2024

SecureWorld News reported last week on the Ticketmaster/Live Nation alleged breach affecting 560 million users. The access was possible because the demo account was not behind Okta or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), unlike Snowflake's corporate and production systems. It did not contain sensitive data.

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