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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-2021-34527.

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Agentless Workload Scanning Gets Supercharged with Malware Scanning

Prisma Clud

Using WildFire in 2021 to analyze malicious files, our threat research team discovered a 73% increase in Cobalt Strike malware samples compared to 2020. The speed, volume and sophistication of modern malware attacks has made them more difficult to detect.

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Microsoft’s October 2021 Patch Tuesday Addresses 74 CVEs (CVE-2021-40449)

Tenable

Microsoft patched 74 CVEs in the October 2021 Patch Tuesday release, including three rated as critical, 70 rated as important and one rated as low. This is the eighth month in 2021 that Microsoft patched fewer than 100 CVEs. Console Window Host. Microsoft Windows Codecs Library. Role: Windows Active Directory Server.

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Stop Zero-Day Malware With Zero Stress With PAN-OS 11.0 Nova

Palo Alto Networks

In 2021, there were more than 11,000 newly published vulnerabilities. With the sophistication of today’s threat landscape, malware is more evasive than ever. Nova – the next evolution of network security that allows you to stop zero-day malware with zero stress. The Evolution of Modern Malware.

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Endpoint security and the rise of Managed Device Services

CIO

billion in 2021 to $1.8 This includes CPU-enforced malware prevention; the ability to remotely locate, lock, and wipe a lost or stolen PC; and zero-trust device capabilities. Cybercriminals thrive when there’s a window of opportunity for an attack to take root. This model helps close this window of opportunity.

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December Patch Tuesday 2021

Ivanti

December 2021’s Patch Tuesday comes on the heels of the Apache Log4j zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2021-44228 ), so expect a lot of attention to be focused on vendors scrambling to resolve Log4j-related issues. Microsoft released updates for the Windows OS, Microsoft Office, Edge (Chromium), and a variety of developer tools this month.

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November Patch Tuesday 2021

Ivanti

The updates include the normal lineup of Windows OS, Office, Azure, and some dev tools like Visual Studio. Microsoft resolved a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange server ( CVE-2021-42321 ) that has been confirmed to be exploited in the wild. The Preview Pane is not an attack vector in this case.

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