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Fortinet extends AI support to network threat detection, cloud workflow

Network World

The company is adding new components to Fortinet Advisor (FortiAI), its natural language, AI-based security assistant that promises to help customers better handle security operations and network management. FortiAnalyzer, which is the vendor’s security analytics and log management platform, also recently gained AI-based enhancements.

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Eliminating Lateral Threat Movement INSIDE factory, branch, and campus networks

Network World

For network engineers and security leaders tasked with securing modern enterprise environments, the challenge of preventing lateral threat movement is critical. The emergence of IoT and OT devices, which are frequently deployed in factory and branch networks, has further complicated the issue.

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Androxgh0st Malware Botnet Steals AWS, Microsoft Credentials and More

Tech Republic Security

The Androxgh0st malware botnet is used for victim identification and exploitation in targeted networks, as well as credentials collection. Read the FBI/CISA's tips for protecting against this malware threat.

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Threats delivered over encrypted channels continue to rise

Network World

Attackers are using encrypted channels to bypass traditional defenses, concealing malware, phishing campaigns, cryptomining/cryptojacking, and data theft within encrypted traffic. Malware dominates the landscape: Malware remains the most prevalent encrypted threat, representing 86.5% Encrypted threats accounted for 87.2%

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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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Quick Glossary: Malware

Tech Republic Security

Malware is an insidious infection that will steal productivity from your enterprise and potentially wreak havoc on your network. To prevent and counteract malware, it’s important to know the terminology surrounding it.

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Cato Networks launches AI-powered tracker for malware command and control

Network World

Cato Networks’ new deep learning algorithms are designed to identify malware command and control domains and block them more quickly than traditional systems based on domain reputation, thanks to extensive training on the company’s own data sets. To read this article in full, please click here

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