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With Project Cypress, VMware brings generative AI to cyberdefense

Network World

At the VMware Explore conference going on this week in Las Vegas, VMware announced the addition of a generative AI weapon to its own cybersecurity platform, vDefend. Target customers are enterprises and telecom service providers looking to defend against malware and ransomware attacks, and to defend against nation-state actors.

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Federal Agencies Could Have Neutralized SolarWinds Breach, CISA Says

SecureWorld News

CISA mentions that firewalls could have been used to neutralize the malware, limiting the impact of the breach. And the subsequent response from CISA: "CISA agrees that a firewall blocking all outgoing connections to the internet would have neutralized the malware. Senator Wyden questions CISA on SolarWinds.

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Endpoint security renaissance in the era of hybrid work

CIO Business Intelligence

inch floppy disks to the attendees of a WHO conference? Back then, protecting endpoints involved anti-malware tools that sniff out suspicious files based on static signatures. Under this assumption, firewalls and secure web gateways took precedence, while endpoint security faded in the background. Security is a moving target.

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Federal Agencies Could Have Neutralized SolarWinds Breach, CISA Says

SecureWorld News

CISA mentions that firewalls could have been used to neutralize the malware, limiting the impact of the breach. And the subsequent response from CISA: "CISA agrees that a firewall blocking all outgoing connections to the internet would have neutralized the malware. Senator Wyden questions CISA on SolarWinds.

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Understanding the Essential Pillars of Phishing Mitigation

SecureWorld News

Malware and attackers can "break in" in various ways. Technical controls Installing technical controls can allow for a more secure system, and anti-malware, anti-spam, and content filtering controls are a good start. Also known as spamming, phishing is typically done through email, SMS, and phone attacks.

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5 Top Questions About Deception Technology in Cybersecurity

SecureWorld News

Meyer was presenting as part of the SecureWorld Virtual Conference series. But honeypots became ineffective because people weren't really breaking into firewalls anymore; sending malware based emails was a hell of a lot easier. "One The following is an excerpt of his fireside chat: 1. How do you define deception technology?

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What?No Angry Birds? - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

There’s nothing wrong with trying to protect your users from malicious apps, malware and spyware. Is the best way to handle that to cut off the streams at the firewall? Maybe the better way to handle it is to organize a viewing party in a conference room. The real issue here is that we don’t trust our workers.

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