SecureWorld News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Regularly updating and patching systems, including antivirus software, firewalls, and SCADA networks, can mitigate this risk. Lessons learned Segmentation of networks: IT and OT systems must be isolated to prevent malware from spreading. Companies must monitor these changes and ensure compliance to avoid legal penalties.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 12, 2022

Protecting data and monitoring user behavior used to be relatively simple when everyone was behind the corporate firewall. For example, data within software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications can’t be protected by the corporate virtual private network if users are outside the firewall, so access needs to be governed at the user account level.

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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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CTOvision

MAY 22, 2014

Firewall Policy. How firewalls are named, configured etc. Some encryption algorithms and their levels (128,192) will not be allowed by the government for a standard use. He has also carried out rule-based auditing for firewall forensics as well as PCI dss audits. . How access to the physical area is obtained.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

They achieve this via several means, but one of the most common is via phishing, which typically involves convincing someone to download a piece of malware from a legitimate-looking email that will then gather login data and other sensitive info that can give the criminals access to much more within the organisation.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Malware means a malicious or intrusive software application that is coded for executing on the targeted device without notifying its user or the owner. Affecting a mobile phone, a computer, a laptop, or a network server, malware interrupts computing operations, hijacks networks, or access systems. Update your browser.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 7, 2022

government has connected to the GRU. The DOJ discusses the operation in a recent statement: "The operation copied and removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices that Sandworm used for command and control (C2) of the underlying botnet. How was Cyclops Blink shutdown? Back in February, the U.K.'

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SecureWorld News

JULY 15, 2024

Kaspersky, a prominent cybersecurity company based in Moscow, Russia, has been at the center of controversy due to alleged ties with the Russian government. government's concerns about Kaspersky date back several years. government use of Kaspersky products. After that, no more updates to detect new malware.

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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. CISA refers to any malicious cyber activity from the North Korean government as Hidden Cobra. New North Korea remote access trojan. Blindingcan.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The software updates for your IT management tools arrive automatically and contain legitimate changes—but hidden inside the update is malware that gives hackers secret access to your network. Government and prominent security researchers, this type of attack is playing out right now on a global scale. And according to the U.S.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Intellectual property and data subject to government compliance regulations must have strictly regulated and monitored access settings. Segment networks A unitary network can be transparent and allow hackers to quickly spread malware and reach sensitive data after they breach through the external protection perimeter.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 7, 2024

Malware is malicious software that can damage computer systems. Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts data and demands payment for its release. The line between state-sponsored and non-state actors is blurring, as governments sometimes use non-state actors for their own purposes.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This new method doesn’t attempt to bar intruders from getting in, like firewalls do. The way to deal with this issue is to couple a deception system with more traditional defenses like firewalls, encryption, anti-malware solutions and authentication systems. CIOs have to realize that attackers are both agile and fast.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

If you are into technology and government and want to find ways to enhance your ability to serve big missions you need to be at this event, 25 Feb at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. Evaluating Commercial Cloud Services for Government – A Progress Report. Main Stage Government Panel. By Bob Gourley. Dr. Daniel Duffy.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 18, 2015

If you are into technology and government and want to find ways to enhance your ability to serve big missions you need to be at this event, 25 Feb at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner. Evaluating Commercial Cloud Services for Government – A Progress Report. Main Stage Government Panel. By Bob Gourley. Register here. Eddie Garcia.

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CTOvision

JUNE 5, 2015

To determine the nature of the attack, the SOC incident response team often must perform advanced forensic analysis on artifacts such as hard drive images or full-session packet capture (PCAP), or malware reverse engineering on malware samples collected in support of an incident. There are various advantages of having a SOC.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

Malvertising acts as a vessel for malware propagation. Scammers and malware operators are increasingly adept at mimicking popular brands in their ad snippets, which makes it problematic for the average user to tell the wheat from the chaff. One of the biggest pitfalls with malvertising is how difficult it can be to detect.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

United States government agencies recently released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing information on how North Korean state-sponsored threat actors are actively using Maui ransomware to attack healthcare organizations. Implementing HIPAA security measures can prevent the introduction of malware on the system.".

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Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

Even the US government hired groups of security experts whose job was to hack into the government’s own computer systems in order to identify weak points and improve security. An anti-virus and a firewall are simply not enough anymore. Without even being aware of it, you can pass on malware to friends and colleagues.

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Phil Windley

AUGUST 28, 2023

Past practices included techniques like virtual private networks (VPNs) that tried to emulate the idea of an intranet where trusted computers and people were protected from hackers by a firewall that "kept the bad stuff out." Often the bad actors are hard to tell apart from your employees, partners, and customers.

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Chief Seattle Greek Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2010

Cyberterrorists and Malware. This is only the tip of the iceberg of a new set of computer viruses and malware written by nation-states to attack each other. Then there was a rash of Trojan viruses and keystroke loggers which infiltrated some government and school sites. For 2010, they remain on my Tech Terror Watch List.).

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Dataconomy

MAY 5, 2023

The vulnerability of IoT devices to cyber-attacks and data breaches has made their security a top priority for individuals, organizations, and governments around the world. Malware: Malware can be introduced into IoT devices, which can then spread to other devices on the same network, causing widespread damage.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 14, 2023

Its impact resonates in the corridors of government revenue streams while placing you, the valued consumer, in a perilous position susceptible to financial losses. One major issue is the presence of malware. This malware can also spread within a home or corporate network, posing a potential threat to critical business operations.

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A Screw's Loose

DECEMBER 10, 2012

As Windows likes to remind you, you probably have anti-malware software installed as well as maybe some ad blocking software if you’re lucky. Then you have the personal firewall that is centrally managed by IT and let’s not forget that you are hooked up to a proxy server if you try to access the internet. Tags Applications. Innovation.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

A network monitoring company for the federal government and other large companies, Solar Winds, had been breached. And then the tools are used by government entities and accruals are used by big industries and it's one of the more popular and robust packages out there. Vamosi: This is bad. Put some shields up.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

A network monitoring company for the federal government and other large companies, Solar Winds, had been breached. And then the tools are used by government entities and accruals are used by big industries and it's one of the more popular and robust packages out there. Vamosi: This is bad. Put some shields up.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2022

government agencies such as the FAA, the IRS, the Department of the Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and NIST. Rather than -- I need a firewall -- maybe ATT&CK suggests a specific type of firewall. And maybe it’s not the firewall you currently have. Duff: Yeah.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 21, 2022

Keeping storage separate, as if in a silo, from your company’s comprehensive cybersecurity strategy is not only a lost opportunity, but, more importantly, it is also a trigger for increasing the risk of a cyber attack infiltrating, disrupting, costing, and making your company’s data a target for ransomware or malware. law for cybersecurity.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

So he invites me to go to a book that, you know, one of those first black hats and Doug Song was set doing his thing on checkpoint firewall bypass, and I'm sitting there, and a guy named Jeff Nathan. Let's analyze malware. I was living in Alameda off of the Navy base there. Come sit next to me. Let's analyze stuff. That was really fun.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

So I started thinking about other ways to hide messages or even how to get malware onto a system without it being detected. Vamosi: Living off the land or fireless malware is a threat actor leveraging the utilities readily available on a system. Kyle was doing this for the government, doing this for the good of a nation.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 22, 2024

water systems are at risk with various forms of governance and authority behind state, local, federal, and commercial entities responsible for management of facilities, where some have largely ignored security practices. Ken Dunham , Cyber Threat Director at Qualys Threat Research Unit: "U.S.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 5, 2025

This article explores how the latest tariffs could reshape cybersecurity for enterprises, cybersecurity vendors, and government agencies. While many cybersecurity companies operate on a SaaS model, a significant number still rely on on-premises hardware like firewalls, switches, routers, and SD-WAN devices. The new 25% U.S.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 20, 2022

However, in the case of the Ukrainian government, defaced websites were relayed by the press across the world which is exactly what the attackers intended to do. In the above case, about 70 Ukrainian government websites were defaced and temporarily down in what was claimed to be the most significant attack on Ukraine in four years.

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