Tenable

APRIL 8, 2021

The biggest reason why patch management isn't a cure-all is simple: It cannot cover all of your network's entry points. Running a vulnerability assessment scan does not invalidate warranties or end-user license agreements (EULAs) related to the applications, hosts, operating systems or operational technology being scanned on your network.

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The Parallax

MAY 7, 2018

Malware and antivirus software usually go together like tacos and pickles. Pretty much any software can be targeted to be ripped off,” says Mark Lechtik, a security researcher on the Check Point Malware Research Team who led the investigation into SiliVaccine. Leave it to North Korea to combine them like peanut butter and jelly.

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Tenable

JANUARY 27, 2023

Background On January 27, ESET Research has published a thread on Twitter discussing its analysis of a new wiper malware used in a cyberattack in Ukraine. This new malware, dubbed "SwiftSlicer", was deployed in the target environment using Active Directory (AD) Group Policy. The #SwiftSlicer wiper is written in Go programing language.

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taos

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In the first case, significant new attack surface, we need to look no further than CVE-2016–2207 through CVE-2016–2211, where an anti-virus product had remote arbitrary code execution flaws. These products often have some of the most sensitive access across your network and thus need extra scrutiny and skepticism, not less.

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Kaseya

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

This particularly malicious type of malware affected and encrypted data across the globe with no way to reverse it. Law enforcement began warning about targeted attacks in 2016 when criminals were casing their victims and tailoring their attacks and ransoms accordingly. Attack Severity. Was the victim rich or poor?

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Plus, the QakBot botnet got torn down, but the malware threat remains – what CISA suggests you do. The disruption of QakBot infrastructure does not mitigate other previously installed malware or ransomware on victim computers. As OpenAI released ChatGPT Enterprise, the U.K.’s And much more!

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Palo Alto Networks

MARCH 17, 2021

That’s a staggering increase from 2016, when the majority of transactions were between $200 and $500. government warned hospitals, which were already struggling due to COVID, that they were being targeted by Ryuk , one of the pieces of malware covered in our report. How the Ransomware Threat Grew. What happened? In October, the U.S.

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Tenable

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The threat actors use virtual private networks/servers and IP addresses in countries outside of North Korea to further obfuscate their identities. The actors have also used trojan versions of X-Popup, a messenger application used in several smaller hospitals in South Korea and have spread malware using 2 malicious domains, xpopup.pe[.]kr

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The attack began with cyberattacks that targeted Ukrainian government departments with floods of internet traffic and data-wiping malware, followed by a ground, sea and air incursion. Uber, which has operated in Ukraine since 2016 and is present in nine cities, paused operations within the country.

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Altexsoft

JUNE 2, 2020

For instance, you can develop profiles of every application inside your organization’s network by analyzing data from endpoints. Network security. Conventional network security techniques focus on two main aspects, creating security policies and understanding the network environment. by 80% by 2050.

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Tenable

MARCH 12, 2020

Malware and phishing campaigns use global interest in the novel coronavirus to capitalize on fear and uncertainty around the pandemic. Coronavirus-themed malware campaigns. Emotet is part of a chain of three malware strains dubbed the Triple Threat by researchers at Cybereason. Background. Emotet campaign.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

This article increases awareness for organizations seeking to enhance their digital risk posture against the increasing threat of ransomware (a type of malware) deployed by threat actors to prevent or limit users from accessing their system until a ransom is paid. million in 2015 to 638 million in 2016. Crystal Lister.

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Palo Alto Networks

MAY 19, 2020

Standards development organisations have a key role to play to ensure networks, services and applications are secure. But as the 5G digital environment opens the door for diverse players beyond traditional cellular networks that are looking to revolutionise their ecosystem through 5G, security often falls short.

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Tenable

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Windows Network Address Translation (NAT). Despite the high CVSS score, the advisory does specifically point out that the vulnerability would only be exploitable from an adjacent network. According to the researchers, the vulnerability is a patch bypass for CVE-2016-3309 , a separate EoP vulnerability in the Windows Kernel.

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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. Notable Examples: In December 2016, ESET researchers identified the ‘ Stegano ’ campaign (which dates back to 2014). Key trends: .

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Palo Alto Networks

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Managed Services team delivered outstanding results in the face of MITRE Engenuity’s first-ever ATT&CK® Evaluations for managed services. The post Unit 42 Strikes Oil in MITRE Engenuity Managed Services Evaluation appeared first on Palo Alto Networks Blog.

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AlienVault

AUGUST 1, 2018

These spear phishing emails use a mix of different openly available malware and document exploits for delivery. Although the document is dated on December 2017, we’ve seen related malware dating back to June 2017. As we’ve seen previously , the usage of openly available malware makes attribution difficult.

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Kaseya

JUNE 24, 2019

In 2017, 50,000 cyber-attacks were targeted at IoT devices, an increase of 600 percent from 2016 and the number of IoT-driven malware attacks surpassed 121,000 in 2018. Common antivirus and anti-malware (AV/AM) tools usually won’t be effective against these threats. There is always a weakness in the landscape.

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Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The European Union (EU) adopted the revised Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) in November 2022. Palo Alto Networks looks forward to partnering with organisations in the Member States as they work to implement NIS2 and help to raise the EU's cyber resilience to drive its digital transformation. Expanded Scope.

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Tenable

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Attackers have a cornucopia of options from which to choose to gain that first step into target networks. At the 2021 Aspen Cyber Summit, Mandiant chief operating officer Kevin Mandia said it well : “Somewhere around 2016 or 2017[…] I noticed that whoever’s breaking in and whoever is doing the crime aren’t even the same people anymore [.]

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Kentik

MAY 10, 2018

Modern enterprise networks are becoming more dynamic and complex, which poses significant challenges for today’s information technology leaders. As more workloads move to the cloud and access networks become more open, ensuring security and stability becomes a more demanding task. The Anatomy of a Multi-Tenant Network.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Date : Thursday, February 25, 2016. It must be a hybrid platform; allowing on-premises security appliances to detect and mitigate attacks, locally, while automating alerts, and switchover, to cloud-based services should an attack threaten to swamp the business’ network connection. Beware of malware attack (grahamcluley.com).

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Tenable

MARCH 8, 2021

We urge organizations to patch Proxylogon (CVE-2021-26855) and related vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, CVE-2021-27065) in Microsoft Exchange Server and investigate for potential compromise within their networks. We encourage network owners to patch ASAP: [link]. Here's how Tenable products can help. Background.

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Kentik

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a massive threat to network infrastructure as already seen in widely publicized IoT-based DDoS attacks. The KrebsOnSecurity website came under a sustained DDoS attack in September 2016 from more than 175,000 IoT devices.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 19, 2020

Install Anti Malware. A 2016 data breach investigation identified that 30% of employees opened phishing emails. Phishing scams involve malware being placed on a computer when a link is clicked. installing anti-malware can help remove and/or block this before it gets any information or causes any damage.

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CTOvision

JUNE 28, 2016

Today people are revisiting Marvin Minksy’s work on neural networks, and the NSA is big on Bayesian networks, which are based on Bayes’ algorithm. Analysts believe that most malware goes undetected from 100-250+ days. What if machines could detect malware early in the kill chain? Malware is a big problem for analysts.

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Tenable

MARCH 24, 2022

Leaked internal chats between Conti ransomware group members offer a unique glimpse into its inner workings and provide valuable insights, including details on over 30 vulnerabilities used by the group and its affiliates, as well as specifics about its processes after infiltrating a network, like how it targets Active Directory. Description.

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CTOvision

JULY 30, 2016

28 July 2016--SAN FRANCISCO--( BUSINESS WIRE )--RiskIQ, the leader in external threat management, today announced general availability for its Security Intelligence Services, a ground-breaking new product that uses the Internet itself as a detection system to automatically defend a network from cyber attacks. Bob Gourley. Email abuse.

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PowerSchool

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Common security policies include: Network and data monitoring Incident detection and response Vulnerability scanning Password policies User access control Most of these policies can be established and enforced by the CIOs and the IT department. And with more devices in use, security policies need to be solid and consistent.

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ProtectWise

MAY 10, 2016

It has grown up to primarily serve as a downloader that delivers various types of separate malware. Some malware filenames have been following patterns of Microsoft Office-type [dot] exe. Once the malware was downloaded, it began reaching out to various destinations attempting to successfully check-in with its owner.

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Kaseya

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The critical bugs in this month’s Patch Tuesday release are: ID Affected Product(s) Impact Rating CVE-2021-31985 Microsoft Defender Malware Protection Engine Remote Code Execution Critical CVE-2021-31959 Windows RT 8.1, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 Remote Code Execution Critical.

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Lacework

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Jason Bourne (2016). Even if you’re an ex-employee, you probably can’t hack right into their network from your own computer. . This type of data would normally be in a sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) off network,” Greg said. We gave each a score from 1 to 5 ( ), with 5 being the highest. . Score: via GIPHY.

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.Net Network Research Internet 76

Tenable

OCTOBER 27, 2023

When respondents were asked about potential uses of AI in cybersecurity in the next two to three years, networking traffic monitoring / malware detection ranked first, followed by analysis of user behavior patterns, and automated responses to cyber incidents. government adopted back in 2016. We’re talking about the U.S.

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Tenable

JULY 14, 2020

Microsoft acknowledges that this vulnerability is “wormable,” or potentially spreadable via malware between affected hosts in a network without any user interaction. DNS is a core networking component and any compromise of a DNS server could have a severe impact within an organization.

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CloudSphere

OCTOBER 24, 2019

They then use these discoveries to create malware and attack strategies to exploit them. Why a un-supported OS is so dangerous to your network. The infamous encryption malware strain shut down enterprises worldwide. Upgrading operating systems is a time consuming task that is often, deferred to another day.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Networking and cybersecurity firm Versa today announced that it raised $120 million in a mix of equity and debt led by BlackRock, with participation from Silicon Valley Bank. They came from Juniper Networks, where Apurva Mehta was the CTO and chief architect of the mobility business unit and Kumar Mehta was the VP of engineering.

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Hu's Place - HitachiVantara

MAY 10, 2019

A 2016 CyberSource report claimed that over 90% of online fraud detection platforms use transaction rules to detect suspicious transactions which are then directed to a human for review. Criminal gangs use malware and phishing emails as a means to compromise customers’ security and personal details to commit fraud.

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