ProtectWise

MAY 15, 2017

The purpose of this blog post is to regroup on many conflicting statements on the ransomware and to summarize coverage from our perspective at ProtectWise. The patches for Microsoft (currently supported) operating systems were released on March 14, 2017 following the Shadow Brokers leak. Who Created The Malware?

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AlienVault

MARCH 25, 2019

As 2018 drew to a close and 2019 took over, I began to see a different behavior from SMB malware authors. Some key functionality is below: Can download more malware. Malware Analysis. Stage1 - Typically the first contact or entry point for malware. This is the first part of the malware to arrive on a system.

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Tenable

OCTOBER 29, 2021

This blog post will explore tactics and vulnerabilities leveraged by attackers and how they compare to the treats of the season. Specifically, CISA has warned of the TrickBot malware and BlackMatter ransomware abusing SMB. Attackers have many treats from which to choose when targeting organizations.

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Tenable

MARCH 24, 2022

In this blog post, we’ll offer background into Conti – one of the more prolific ransomware groups in operation today – dig into the leaked information, and offer concrete advice on how to protect your organization against Conti’s attacks. These include phishing, malware and brute force attacks against Remote Desktop Protocol.

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The Parallax

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Chrome engineering manager Chris Bentzel wrote in a blog post that of the sites that had failed to meet the new standards as of June 2017 , when Google first announced its plans to implement the changes, 42 percent now pass muster. READ MORE ON BROWSER SECURITY. Slowly but surely, browsers are becoming more secure.

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Lacework

MAY 5, 2022

For instance, transferring sensitive data to the cloud will introduce various security risks such as: Malware attacks. Seeking to take administrative control of Kaseya’s services via their managed service providers, the attack resulted in pushing malware to thousands of the companies using Kaseya software worldwide. API security risks.

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Altexsoft

OCTOBER 6, 2021

David Balaban is a computer security researcher with over 17 years of experience in malware analysis and antivirus software evaluation. David has a strong malware troubleshooting background, with a recent focus on ransomware countermeasures. Want to write an article for our blog?

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CloudSphere

OCTOBER 24, 2019

They then use these discoveries to create malware and attack strategies to exploit them. If we look back to 2017. The infamous encryption malware strain shut down enterprises worldwide. Since 2017, another exploitive threat has come on the scene called Smominru.

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Lacework

OCTOBER 4, 2022

But if it’s not their facility, and they don’t have malware already on it, it’s not very likely. . For example, at the Black Hat conference in 2017, two security researchers explained how easy it was for them to hack a car wash and exploit it to physically attack anyone who enters it. The Fate of the Furious (2017).

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Tenable

JUNE 19, 2019

For example, Vasquez said, when the WannaCry ransomware attacks started in 2017, the malware was released several months before the incidents began in earnest. Read the blog: 16 Predictive Prioritization Questions Answered. “The more you scan frequently, the more you are going to know of the current potential,” Vasquez said.

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Kaseya

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This vulnerability was disclosed in 2017 and found to be one of the most exploited by nation-state hackers. In this blog, we’ll discuss patch management policy best practices and explain how they contribute to a better patching environment for large and small organizations alike.

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Ivanti

JUNE 29, 2020

New Mac Malware: Well, we have you covered! In this blog post, I’ll focus on the new enterprise features related to Apple device management and security. . The Secure Choice vs Jamf: Why MobileIron for Mac Security and Management. Handling remote code execution exploits - MobileIron's Guidance. View here for more information). .

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Tenable

JANUARY 21, 2021

Over the last few months, Tenable has published multiple blog posts analyzing recent FBI and CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) alerts regarding nation-state groups 3 and APT actors 4 chaining together vulnerabilities against a number of government agencies and U.S. CVE-2017-11774 , CVE-2017-0213.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Linux Study Group in May. Download the Mobile App today!

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Infinidat

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

This is a high-risk scenario for any business storing private data and it requires a lot of attention (see my previous blog on this topic). In 2017, ransomware attacks were the most common malware attacks, accounting for over 70 percent of the data losses in some industry sectors (e.g. So, what’s the difference? healthcare).

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2020

Indeed, discussions about website accessibility have increased and 2018 saw a 181% rise in Federal ADA lawsuits over 2017. Frequent site backups, malware scans, and vulnerability tests. So many small businesses, including SaaS startups, agency websites, blogs, and eCommerce stores fall prey to hackers every day.

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Tenable

AUGUST 1, 2019

Microsoft took the unusual step of publishing a blog post announcing security updates for out-of-support versions of Windows, including Windows XP and Windows 2003, and warning that BlueKeep could be as impactful as the WannaCry worm that took hold in May 2017. Microsoft's CVE-2019-0708 Advisory Page.

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Tenable

AUGUST 19, 2022

Vulnerabilities associated with 2021’s top malware. Right after the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) outlined the top malware of 2021, Tenable’s Security Response Team identified vulnerabilities associated with these malicious strains. CVE-2017-0144.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Linux Study Group in May.

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Saviynt

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Malware delivered via email and “file-less” attacks also played a major role in unlocking company networks. percent increase from 2017. Each year we see a new batch of significant data breaches; it’s the new normal for consumers and businesses. billion, a 37.2

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Saviynt

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Malware delivered via email and “file-less” attacks also played a major role in unlocking company networks. percent increase from 2017. Each year we see a new batch of significant data breaches; it’s the new normal for consumers and businesses. billion, a 37.2

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Tenable

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Data breaches, malware, new vulnerabilities and exploit techniques dominated the news, as attackers and defenders continue the perpetual cat and mouse game. Microsoft warned of BlueKeep’s potential impact, even suggesting the vulnerability could be wormable, gaining similar notoriety to the WannaCry ransomware attack from 2017.

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Palo Alto Networks

JULY 22, 2019

Alternatively, you may spend an hour tracking a piece of malware that snuck past your EPP only to find that it was blocked by your firewall. 1] Ryan Francis, “False positives still cause threat alert fatigue,” CSO Online, May 3, 2017, [link]. A security platform with integrated capabilities allows for much greater insight.

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Lacework

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The change stems from recent attacks that allow adversaries to pivot and target the Public sector through the use of activities like phishing or installing malware as a trusted partner. As of the publishing of this blog, there have not been many disclosed breaches from this vulnerability. Log4j ( CVE-2021-44228 ).

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

JULY 19, 2018

The investment in AI by both tech giants as well as start-ups has increased 3 folds to $40 Billion as of 2017. Deep Instinct , an institutional intelligence company, says that malware code varies between 2%-10% in every iteration and that its AI model is able to handle the variations and accurately predict which files are malware.

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Palo Alto Networks

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Since its release in 2012 (German) and 2017 (English), this book contributed significantly to the discussion about the vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure and the importance of cybersecurity in its journey to digitalization. Manzano discovers a relationship between all the power plants causing the problems. Please do so!

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Brainvire

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

I have included the above image to show you the ‘ Average cost of IT security breach consequences for SMBs across the globe as of April 2017 (in 1,000 U.S. In this blog, I will give you a list of 6 cybersecurity practices that will safeguard your valuable assets from any online scams, identity theft, and fraud. Setup A Firewall.

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Tenable

APRIL 25, 2023

For example, CVE-2017-11882 is a memory corruption vulnerability in the Equation Editor component of Microsoft Office that could lead to remote code execution (RCE) and received a CVSSv3 score of 7.8. It has been exploited in attacks by diverse threat actors and is incorporated into some of the top malware strains.

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Xicom

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Moreover, there are more than 4 million blogs published, and 5 billion Google searches done daily. trillion in 2017 to $4 trillion in 2023. But, with this technology emerging its wings, there comes a cyber threat following the footsteps like ransom-ware, malware and a lot more to the list.

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Openxcell

MARCH 22, 2023

This blog will examine why the digital healthcare industry is important, what benefits technology can bring to the industry and patients, the key trends of healthcare digitization, and what challenges it faces. annual growth rate between 2017 and 2025.

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Altexsoft

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Web, desktop, mobile, IoT products – all can be powered by Java, which pros and cons we’ve recently explored in a separate blog post. This presentation at Google I/O 2017 gives a good idea of the direction Android is taking with its new programming approach. The 2017 Android developer conference was rife with innovations.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JANUARY 25, 2024

Rachel Stephens provides two fascinating pieces of the puzzle in a recent article on the RedMonk blog , but those pieces don’t fit together exactly. And there was no generative AI, no ChatGPT, back in 2017 when the decline began. 2016 or 2017, when we were amazed by programs that could sort images into dogs and cats?

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Kaseya

AUGUST 20, 2019

With the evolution of technology came the evolution of malware, bringing massive breaches, destroying peace and keeping companies on their toes. billion in received in 2017 and 81 percent higher than in 2016. . Cybersecurity challenges have been on the rise for the past few years. cybersecurity market. cybersecurity market.

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In June, researchers at Kaspersky wrote a detailed blog post about phishing tactics involving calendar invite spam, wherein a spammer can automatically add events to your personal calendar, with no interaction on your part, simply by sending you an invitation. Kaspersky Research Blog. Krebs on Security Blog. Background.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 29, 2017

Blogging is one of the best marketing tools for businesses and influencers. Which is why it’s important to make your blog’s comment section an inviting space. As many bloggers and blog readers know, comment spam is just a part of life online. The bigger your blog grows, the more comment spam there is.

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Kaseya

APRIL 22, 2020

Since this vulnerability is being touted as ‘wormable’, it can be used by an attacker to quickly move from one victim to another, just like the EternalBlue exploit enabled the rapid spread of WannyCry back in 2017. Hackers could exploit one of these vulnerabilities to gain privileged root access to install spyware or malware.

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