Dataconomy

MARCH 21, 2025

Malware has become an omnipresent threat in todays digital landscape, affecting devices, networks, and even entire organizations. Understanding the nature of malware can equip individuals and enterprises with the knowledge needed to defend against its potentially devastating effects. What is malware?

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 28, 2024

What are the most prevalent types of threats to network security in recent years?

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 21, 2025

CISO takeaway: Cybersecurity teams rely on visibility into their networks to identify threats early. CISO takeaway: Cyber threats evolve constantly, with attackers using sophisticated tactics like ransomware-as-a-service or AI-driven malware. This visibility helps them identify problem areas and apply the treatment more effectively.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 7, 2025

CyTwist , a leader in advanced next-generation threat detection solutions, has launched its patented detection engine to combat the insidious rise of AI-generated malware. The rise of AI-generated malware and AI-enhanced cyberattacks has escalated the threat landscape, leaving traditional defenses struggling to keep up.

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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. How should you defend yourself or your organization about this new malware variant?

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Network World

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Here are the key factors driving the need for data protection platforms in hybrid environments: Ransomware: Unlike other forms of malware designed to bring down the network, ransomware attacks specifically target data. Do I conduct regularly scheduled tabletop disaster-recovery exercises ?

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 5, 2022

an earthquake) were to strike the region in which your data center is located and cause a network partition? A useful exercise for leaders to consider is a “pre-mortem.” An example of proactive planning is related to natural disasters. What is your organization’s plan if a disaster (e.g.,

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 2, 2023

According to various sources, the chatbot has been pushing malware ads under search queries, which is a huge cyber threat to people who trust and use the tool. They requested download links for Advanced IP Scanner, a well-known network management application, via Bing Chat.

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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. The FBI believes that variants like Blindingcan are being used alongside proxy servers, maintaining a presence on victim networks. New North Korea remote access trojan.

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CTOvision

MARCH 18, 2016

Instead, the recipients could be tricked into clicking links to malicious Web sites or opening attachments containing malicious software (malware). Maintain awareness and exercise discretion when connecting third-party devices to your vehicle.

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CTOvision

JUNE 5, 2015

In these centers, the enterprise’s information and other sensitive areas like websites, databases, servers, networks etc are monitored, assessed and defended. Some of the objectives could be to detect attacks from the Internet, maintain a vulnerability review, monitor the network, etc. There are various advantages of having a SOC.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 20, 2023

Indicators of compromise (IOCs) discovered on the agency's network showed that at least two threat actors, one of them being the Vietnamese XE Group, were responsible for the breach.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2023

These unsolicited messages often contain malware, phishing links, or other deceptive content, intending to deceive unsuspecting recipients. Spreading malware: Bots play a role in distributing malware, such as viruses, trojans, and ransomware. Verify the legitimacy of sources before clicking on any links.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

malware insertion or data exfiltration—victims should stay on guard to other possible compromises throughout a DDoS response. Although a DDoS attack is unlikely to impact the confidentiality or integrity of a system and associated data, it does affect availability by interfering with the legitimate use of that system.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 28, 2020

These include: Home personal networks, wired and wireless, including network reconnaissance and device inventorying. This is a question of whether you have permission to inventory, classify, and perform a risk analysis on the networks supporting a home user’s environment. It is the attack vector that matters.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 1, 2023

Hallmarks of a 'mental payload' that pulls the right strings Simply put, any phishing email aims to make a recipient slip up in one of the following two ways: clicking a malicious link or downloading a malware-riddled file. This kind of foul play is known as spear-phishing. However, crooks are increasingly proficient in bypassing them.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

You should also exercise caution when partnering with foreign suppliers or manufacturers—particularly in regions without access to modern tech infrastructure—as they may not have the same level of cyber awareness. Additionally, segment internal networks and use access control lists to restrict traffic between different subsystems.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 22, 2021

The attack included the use of malware delivery methods, anti-forensic behavior, and operational security (OPSEC). They used the malware strain Sundrop to put a backdoor, called Sunburst, into SolarWinds' Orion product. The firewall rules were also methodically removed after the network reconnaissance was completed.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

CIOs know that training employees is the key to keeping their network secure Image Credit: Merrill College of Journalism Press Releases. I think that we can all agree that keeping the company’s network secure is one of the person with the CIO position’s most important tasks because of the importance of information technology.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

While organizations can invest in sophisticated cybersecurity and threat detection solutions to detect anomalous network and system activity, a socially-engineered conversation between a malicious actor and an untrained employee can easily slip under the radar. Thus, accounts, networks, and data prove to be more easily compromised.

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Dataconomy

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As outlined in the extension’s manifest file, it operates across all websites and can access storage, cookies, and network requests. Hack Microsoft win $4 million with Zero Day Quest The use of legitimate platforms like Facebook and Google Drive obscures the malware’s true nature.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Looking back at the early days of malware where the goal of the attacker was simply to make life a little more difficult and be an annoyance, "but it's all led now to where we are today… at one point, somebody got the bright idea of let's weaponize and monetize," Maskill said. And that just adds to the networking and cooperation.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 14, 2023

The Good, the Bad, the Onion; Data Security on the Dark Market Caution must be exercised when dealing with these rogue enterprises, as the advertised payment methods often veil their true nature. One major issue is the presence of malware. Ensure that your network and devices are protected by up-to-date antivirus and firewall software.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

And so think about what a bad guy could do in your network for half a year plus, right, that's, that's not a good feeling and so we start up the research project to try to say okay well what can we do to defend against the adversary once right. So it's it's a fun time.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

And so think about what a bad guy could do in your network for half a year plus, right, that's, that's not a good feeling and so we start up the research project to try to say okay well what can we do to defend against the adversary once right. So it's it's a fun time.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Vamosi: Whenever there’s a data breach or an attack, I look at how long the bad actor was active on the compromised network. Stealth malware. OFten network systems are misconfigured and that often leads to breaches. So how does this happen? Hence we talk alot about Advanced Persistent Threats. Special coding tricks?

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2022

And so think about what a bad guy could do in your network for half a year plus, right, that's, that's not a good feeling and so we start up the research project to try to say okay well what can we do to defend against the adversary once right. So it's it's a fun time. What’s good is that you can focus.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Kaksonen: I don't know, I'm not sure how the first fuzzer came to be, but I think that in fact it was an academic exercise. I got my start writing about malware, this was back even before the term malware existed. Who’s going to test network scanners, port scanners, and software code? Everything is ID-based.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Kaksonen: I don't know, I'm not sure how the first fuzzer came to be, but I think that in fact it was an academic exercise. I got my start writing about malware, this was back even before the term malware existed. Who’s going to test network scanners, port scanners, and software code? Everything is ID-based.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Kaksonen: I don't know, I'm not sure how the first fuzzer came to be, but I think that in fact it was an academic exercise. I got my start writing about malware, this was back even before the term malware existed. Who’s going to test network scanners, port scanners, and software code? Request Demo Learn More.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 27, 2021

Critical Thinking exercise where you've got a couple other hoops or things to work through some other hoops to jump through. If you are considering giving players a network, to be able to interact and fight on the battlefield with. Hammond: As a security researcher, I am hierarchically in their Threat OPs department.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 27, 2021

Critical Thinking exercise where you've got a couple other hoops or things to work through some other hoops to jump through. If you are considering giving players a network, to be able to interact and fight on the battlefield with. Hammond: As a security researcher, I am hierarchically in their Threat OPs department.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 5, 2024

With nearly 16,000 employees, the Long Island-based healthcare system supports six acute care hospitals, three nursing homes, a home health service, a hospice, and a network of physician practices. Most incident response plans are created in the event there’s some type of malware incident.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Last time, we looked at how we do device-level forensics on a deception network. For these reasons, the deception network usually handles the device-level forensic chores. The tool largely is file-based which means that in many cases it is looking for malware. It will go out on the network and will discover all actual devices.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In this episode, though, I’m going to focus on the much more common digital pentesters side, you know, the people who are hired to break into the digital organization, the networks, the software -- and this they can do pretty much anywhere, often without much travel. This episode dives into vulnerabilities discovered in web servers.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In this episode, though, I’m going to focus on the much more common digital pentesters side, you know, the people who are hired to break into the digital organization, the networks, the software -- and this they can do pretty much anywhere, often without much travel. Which brings up a very basic question: What exactly is pentesting?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

I’m Robert Vamosi and in this episode I’m exploring a novel database operating system that promises to be disruptive to how we mitigate malware today. What if we could further evolve the basic operating system beyond just managing resources but also now mitigating any malware trying to make changes. The point of this?

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