article thumbnail

Cybersecurity Snapshot: Critical Infrastructure Orgs Cautioned About Chinese Drones, While Water Plants Advised To Boost Incident Response

Tenable

In addition, the latest on the Androxgh0st malware. To get more details, read the announcement “ CISA, FBI and EPA Release Incident Response Guide for Water and Wastewater Systems Sector ” and the “ Water and Wastewater Sector - Incident Response Guide.” Plus, the challenges stressing out CISOs are also opening new doors for them.

article thumbnail

A Look at the 5 Most Common Types of Cyberattacks

Tenable

Malware: This catch-all term encompasses a number of different cybersecurity threats, including everything from viruses and worms to banking trojans, adware, spyware and ransomware. Once these programs gain access to a targeted system, they can steal, destroy, encrypt or corrupt valuable databases, files and applications. .

Malware 101
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack: How to Reduce Risk in OT Environments

Tenable

It's time for Operational Technology (OT) environments to pursue a more proactive approach to cybersecurity by making cyber maintenance as much of a routine practice as the mechanical maintenance of systems and equipment. to temporarily shut down computer communications with their customers in April 2018.?. Source: Colonial Pipeline.

article thumbnail

Hiring Remote Developers Versus Relocation – What To Choose in 2022?

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Compared to pre-COVID statistics from 2018, that’s a whopping six-fold increase. India is dominating this ecosystem due to the high level of education and long-running track record of its IT professionals. Plus, diligence is part of their mentality. The numbers are similar in other regions around the world. Flexibility.

article thumbnail

Reduce Security Risk With Automated Third-Party Patching

Kaseya

This leaves companies to fend for themselves when it comes to updating these so-called third-party applications, web browsers and security solutions, like antivirus, anti-malware and more. This presents a major challenge for IT and security teams since now, there will be many patches to apply to their systems all at once.

article thumbnail

Android Q adds privacy, fragmentation

The Parallax

Google’s Android mobile operating system has long been criticized for fragmentation , as millions of older devices no longer receiving regular security and feature updates continue to connect to the Internet. Google Play is an ‘order of magnitude’ better at blocking malware. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google’s

article thumbnail

Internet of Termites

AlienVault

Note: As we were publishing this, Symantec released a report on attackers using Termite in the 2018 attack stealing the health data of a quarter of the Singapore population. Termite popped up on our radar when we were reviewing malicious binaries compiled to run on IoT architectures. Will Cross-Platform Malware Become a Thing?