SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Lurking behind your network's doors are some real digital monsters waiting for an opportunity to sneak in! Here's a look at five terrifying threats that could be haunting your systems—and how to keep them from becoming a nightmare. This Halloween, haunted houses and ghost stories aren't the only things giving us chills.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2023

Firewalls have come a long way from their humble beginnings of assessing network traffic based on appearance alone. The spread of convergence Convergence is important to reducing cybersecurity complexity because it brings together the network and its security infrastructure into a single layer.

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Network World

JANUARY 18, 2017

A Mac malware that’s been spying on biomedical research centers may have been circulating undetected for years, according to new research. Antivirus vendor Malwarebytes uncovered the malicious code, after an IT administrator spotted unusual network traffic coming from an infected Mac.

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Network World

JUNE 27, 2016

Attackers are packaging the newest and most sophisticated attack tools in long out-of-date malware wrappers, targeting medical devices running legacy operating systems, to breach hospital networks for advanced persistent attacks. They called it MEDJACK for medical device hijack.

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Network World

JUNE 6, 2024

In 2019, Gartner created the term SASE to describe a cloud-based service that combines networking and security to give remote workers safe access to internet-based resources. In response to these realities, Gartner coined a new term, secure service edge (SSE), which is essentially SASE minus SD-WAN , the network access part of the equation.

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Network World

MAY 17, 2019

CVE-2019-0708 is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction, meaning any future malware could self-propagate from one vulnerable machine to another. It does not impact Microsoft’s newest operating systems; Windows 8 through 10 and Windows Server 2012 through 2019 are not affected.

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CTOvision

APRIL 7, 2014

Major Market Demand for Advanced Threat Protection Driving Rapid Platform Adoption and Expansion of Technology Ecosystem; Company Announces Integration With Palo Alto Networks’ Wildfire Platform. To be comprehensive and present the strongest defense requires a proactive posture in addressing risks to our network. contract with the U.S.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Malware Defenses. href="[link] Control 5: Malware Defenses. Secure Configurations for Network Devices such as Firewalls, Routers, and Switches. href="[link] Control 10: Secure Configurations for Network Devices such as Firewalls, Routers, and Switches. Limitation and Control of Network Ports, Protocols, and Services.

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Network World

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Security researchers have discovered a new way that allows malware to inject malicious code into other processes without being detected by antivirus programs and other endpoint security systems. These special tables are provided by the operating system and can be used to share data between applications.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

According to the latest statistics on worldwide operating system use, 29 percent are still using the expiring operating system. Microsoft announced on its TechNet blog that it will extend its anti-malware updates a full year, but there is much more to keeping a system secure than current anti-malware.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 16, 2013

“In June of 2013, we began shipping a solution powered by Invincea — Dell Data Protection | Protected Workspace — to provide our customers with advanced malware protection out of the box. Invincea is the premier innovator in advanced malware threat detection, breach prevention, and forensic threat intelligence.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 8, 2024

With profiles that pretend to work at real companies or at pretend companies for which they have created a website, it can becomes more difficult to see through the scam — not least if they also make sure to build a network of contacts on LinkedIn. “If or Python projects.

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Network World

MAY 19, 2016

The Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) is a line of security devices that inspect Web traffic going in and out of an organization in order to detect malware, prevent data leaks, and enforce Internet access policies for users and applications. The devices run an operating system called Cisco AsyncOS.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Ghost ransomware actors, identified as operating from China, have been targeting unpatched systems and stolen credentials to infiltrate networks, encrypt data, and demand ransom payments. Patching and vulnerability management Apply timely security updates to operating systems, software, and firmware.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Organizations that follow the principle of least privilege can improve their security posture by significantly reducing their attack surface and risk of malware spread. PoLP is also a fundamental pillar of zero trust network access (ZTNA) 2.0. Within a ZTNA 2.0 Within a ZTNA 2.0 The principle of least privilege within ZTNA 2.0

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 20, 2023

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks Connected medical devices, also known as the Internet of Medical Things or IoMT, are revolutionizing healthcare, not only from an operational standpoint but related to patient care. Simplify operations. But ransomware isn’t the only risk.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing details on the top malware strains of 2021. The top malware strains in 2021 included remote access Trojans (RATs), banking Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 4, 2014

operating system platform support, 32-bit and 64-bit systems. Improved support for Windows user profile persistence and roaming/network-based user profiles. Serve client software updates from Windows File Shares (SMB), Unix file systems via SAMBA, Amazon S3, and any URL-based content delivery network.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Most ransomware programs, once they’ve infected one computer, will proliferate across the network, and lock down the entire organisation’s IT environment. Organisations can run virtual machines for security-based isolation with application compatibility, across different operating systems.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 17, 2023

Companies that have embraced the cloud need to understand the Shared Responsibility Model: a security and compliance framework that explains what shared infrastructure and systems the cloud provider is responsible for maintaining and how a customer is responsible for operating systems, data, and applications utilizing the cloud.

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Network World

JULY 27, 2016

Malware researchers for Kaspersky Lab took to Reddit’s IAmA chat today and pronounced an affection for the hacker-hero TV show “Mr. Most of the scenes are top class and the usage of tools, operating systems and other tiny details, from social engineering to opsec is very good. Robot” but not NSA hacker Edward Snowden.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 25, 2022

What’s different now is that the concept of what will comprise a network node is changing rapidly, along with the number of interconnected devices. After all, you wouldn’t want your haptic glove to misbehave in the metaverse or your autonomous vehicle sensors to be hijacked by malware. Operating Systems for the edge.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 13, 2023

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks Critical infrastructure forms the fabric of our society, providing power for our homes and businesses, fuel for our vehicles, and medical services that preserve human health.

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Network World

AUGUST 30, 2016

Security researchers have highlighted in recent months how the web proxy configuration in browsers and operating systems can be abused to steal sensitive user data. It seems that attackers are catching on.

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Network World

MARCH 20, 2017

Two teams of researchers managed to win the biggest bounties at this year's Pwn2Own hacking contest by escaping from the VMware Workstation virtual machine and executing code on the host operating system. That's why VM escape exploits are highly prized, more so than browser or OS exploits.

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Network World

AUGUST 17, 2016

That includes malware that can infect a device’s firmware and persist, even if the operating system is reinstalled. “It's terrifying because it demonstrates a serious level of expertise and technical ability,” said Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, an assistant professor at New York University’s school of engineering.

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Network World

JULY 22, 2016

Earlier this year, Cisco’s Talos division reported significant image-processing bugs to Apple , one of which could allow attackers to inject malware or remotely execute code via “iMessages, malicious webpages, MMS messages, or other malicious file attachments opened by any application.”

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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.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 28, 2015

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that grew the company’s portfolio in isolation, containerization and detection techniques for protecting operating systems from targeted attacks. 8,935,773 for “Malware Detector.”. Hundreds of malware forensic analysts are now using Invincea Research Edition.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 11, 2022

With data distributed across multiple locations on-premises and in the cloud, IT leaders need a solution to effectively protect their data against ransomware and malware threats. Traditional backup approaches are notorious for their complexity, requiring multiple backup tools to manage operations across hybrid cloud. Siloed data.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Malvertising is increasingly being deployed by threat actors to spread malware, including ransomware and scams, and redirect users from legitimate websites to phishing and exploit kit–hosting sites. The threat from malvertising is increasing, however, there are opportunities for organizations and individuals to mitigate their digital risk.

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 20, 2024

This malware poses a significant risk as it is pre-installed on devices during manufacturing. The BADBOX botnet primarily targets Android operating systems and has shown considerable resilience, with the latest telemetry revealing it has affected a wider variety of devices than previously reported.

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Venture Beat

AUGUST 28, 2021

We’ve already seen malware that breaches isolated networks. Even if placed behind a firewall, inadequately secured robots may not be safe. Read More.

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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

APRIL 15, 2015

1] Today, Invincea Advanced Endpoint Protection 5 becomes the first unified advanced threat protection solution to contain targeted attacks, identify existing compromises and re-establish control by eradicating malware – all with a single small-footprint integrated agent. The company is venture capital-backed and based in Fairfax, VA.

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CTOvision

MARCH 17, 2015

1 area of spending increase in 2015, with nearly half (46%) planning to invest more in access control, intrusion prevention, and virus and malware protection. Deepak was the lead architect of Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003, and prior to that was a program manager with the Windows NT Networking team.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 11, 2025

Tarlogic’s findings indicate that the ESP32’s hidden commands enable attackers to spoof trusted devices, access sensitive information, pivot through networks, and establish persistent malware infections, affecting a broad range of devices from smart locks to medical equipment.

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