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Fighting Ransomware: Using Ivanti’s Platform to Build a Resilient Zero Trust Security Defense

Ivanti

Ransomware is a strain of malware that blocks users (or a company) from accessing their personal data or apps on infected iOS, iPadOS, and Android mobile devices, macOS laptops, Windows personal computers and servers, and Linux servers. Communications : The malware scans the contents of the SD card.

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The Proverbial “Water Cooler” Discussions 2024: Key Topics that Drive Enterprise Storage Conversations (Part One)

Infinidat

According to University of California researchers, if all human speech ever spoken were digitized into 16-kilohertz 16-bit audio files, it would be over 42 zettabytes. It’s vital to have a clean copy because if you recover data that has hidden malware or ransomware in it, you are going down a self-defeating path. This is the reality.

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Fighting Ransomware: Using Ivanti’s Platform to Build a Resilient Zero Trust Security Defense – Part 2

Ivanti

The quickest method to check for the presence of malware on your iPhone, iPad or macOS devices is to look for the presence of an unknown configuration profile within the Settings > General > VPN & Device Management settings. Victims would then be coerced to pay money to remove the malware from their devices or laptops.

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Three Reasons Endpoint Security Can’t Stop With Just Patching

Ivanti

AI generated polymorphic exploits can bypass leading security tools Recently, AI-generated polymorphic malware has been developed to bypass EDR and antivirus, leaving security teams with blind spots into threats and vulnerabilities. One senior software developer used their personal Windows desktop to access the corporate development sandbox.

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How to Protect Your Business From Supply Chain Attacks

Kaseya

The latest information on this supply chain attack, as described in this ZDNet article , indicates that hackers used a total of four malware strains: Sunspot, Sunburst (Solorigate), Teardrop and Raindrop. These malware strains were used in a sophisticated sequence of escalated attacks. Effective Tips To Better Protect Your Business.

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When least privilege is the most important thing

CIO

Organizations that follow the principle of least privilege can improve their security posture by significantly reducing their attack surface and risk of malware spread. In the early days of Windows operating systems up through Windows XP, almost any program a user would launch would have administrator-level privileges.

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Xwo - A Python-based bot scanner

AlienVault

Overview: Recently, AT&T Alien Labs identified a new malware family that is actively scanning for exposed web services and default passwords. It is likely related to the previously reported malware families Xbash and MongoLock. This trend serves as supplemental links to the above mentioned reports to other malware families.

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