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Top 10 Cybersecurity Threats in 2020

Kaseya

Just like the coronavirus outbreak, cybersecurity attacks also take place on a global scale and happen every few seconds. Just like the coronavirus spreads from person to person, cybersecurity malware too can spread rapidly from computer to computer and network to network. Remote Worker Endpoint Security. Cloud Jacking.

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Why stopping stalkerware confounds cybersecurity experts

The Parallax

SAN FRANCISCO—The greatest trick stalkerware, one of the most dangerous forms of malware , ever played was convincing the world that it didn’t exist. Until recently, cybersecurity experts could overlook stalkerware because of the personal nature of how it spreads, its muddled legal status—and how it is detected.

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U.S. and Australian Agencies Publish Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on BianLian Ransomware Group

Tenable

and Australian Agencies Publish Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on BianLian Ransomware Group The FBI, ACSC and CISA have released a joint cybersecurity advisory discussing the BianLian ransomware group. The group claims to have stolen ~4,200 student records containing phone numbers, email addresses, and social security numbers.

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Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021

Tenable

Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021. International cybersecurity agencies issue a joint alert outlining the top malware strains of 2021. While malware is used for a variety of purposes, the government agencies point out that ransomware is a primary use case. CVE-2020-0787.

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Agentless Workload Scanning Gets Supercharged with Malware Scanning

Prisma Clud

Enterprises taking advantage of cloud-native architectures now have 53% of their cloud workloads hosted on public clouds, according to our recent State of Cloud-Native Security Report 2023. Using WildFire in 2021 to analyze malicious files, our threat research team discovered a 73% increase in Cobalt Strike malware samples compared to 2020.

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IoT Adoption in Healthcare Brings Security Opportunities

CIO

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks Connected medical devices, also known as the Internet of Medical Things or IoMT, are revolutionizing healthcare, not only from an operational standpoint but related to patient care. Many connected devices ship with inherent vulnerabilities.

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SenseOn nabs $20M for faster, more accurate cybersecurity detection and response via its ‘triangulation’ approach

TechCrunch

As cybersecurity becomes a bigger and more complex problem for organizations, a startup aiming to increase its accuracy in fighting breaches — by bringing in an ever-wider funnel of data and vantage points to identify issues — is expanding its business. Early-stage benchmarks for young cybersecurity companies.