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Diagnosing the Ransomware Deployment Protocol (RDP)

Palo Alto Networks

Diagnosing the Ransomware Deployment Protocol (RDP). Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is the most popular initial ransomware attack vector and has been for years. The Unit 42 Cloud Threat Report, 1H 2021 found that from Q1 2020 (pre-COVID-19) to Q2 2020 (post-COVID-19) RDP exposures increased by 59% across all cloud providers.

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CVE-2020-1472: 'Zerologon' Vulnerability in Netlogon Could Allow Attackers to Hijack Windows Domain Controller

Tenable

The blog post contains a whitepaper explaining the full impact and execution of the vulnerability, identified as CVE-2020-1472 , which received a CVSSv3 score of 10.0, CVE-2020-1472 is a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the insecure usage of AES-CFB8 encryption for Netlogon sessions. Tenable's August 2020 Patch Tuesday Blog.

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9 Types of Phishing and Ransomware Attacks—And How to Identify Them

Ivanti

phishing and ransomware?continuing According to the Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report, phishing held the top spot as the data breach tactic used most often, jumping from 25% of all data breaches in 2020 to 36% in 2021. Ransomware, on the other hand, was responsible for most data breaches caused by malware.

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Thwarting Cybercrime with Infinidat

Infinidat

The 2021 attack on one of the largest energy companies in the United States, which provides bout 45% of the U.S. The damage could have been worse if the operational technology (OT) systems weren’t shut down to pre-empt attackers from gaining access to the industrial space. East Coast's fuel, disrupted gas supplies for days.

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How to Ensure Supply Chain Security for AI Applications

Cloudera

Worse, what if they purposely missed tightening a bolt in order to sabotage your flight? For some, the opportunity to go into space might outweigh the risks, despite the fact that, short of disassembling it, there’s really no way to verify that everything inside was built to spec.

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5 ways to attract top cybersecurity talent in a tight labor market

TechCrunch

In 2020, Roland was promoted to senior SOC manager. The cybersecurity skills crisis continues on a downward, multi-year trend of bad to worse and has impacted more than half (57%) of organizations,” said a recent report by the Information Systems Security Association and analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group. He got the job.

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Patch Management Policy Features, Benefits and Best Practices

Kaseya

In 2020, Ryuk Ransomware operators shut down Universal Health Services by exploiting the zerologon vulnerability to gain control of domain controllers. In mid-2021, cybercriminals exploited an old, unpatched memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office that allowed them to remotely execute code on vulnerable devices.

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