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

Ivanti

End users are easily coaxed into divulging their precious personal information because of attention-grabbing headlines and authentic-looking, obfuscated or shortened hyperlinks. Pharming employs authentic-looking hyperlinks in phishing emails that redirect end users from a specific, legitimate site to a malicious one?by

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

Ivanti

Malicious third-party apps commonly sideloaded from non-sanctioned internet websites, or from an infected personal computer, or downloaded from package managers like Cydia or Sileo along with unofficial app stores like TweakDoor (formerly TweakBox) or TutuApp, will add their own configuration profile into the Device Management settings.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework Gets Major Update, as Advisories on APT29 and ALPHV Blackcat Get Rolled Out

Tenable

It again ranked in the top 10 in the fourth quarter.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Tips for cloud configs, MSP vetting, CISO board presentations

Tenable

Block legacy authentication protocols. Privilege account management, including role-based access and authentication management. For more information, you can read a blog about the guide or download the actual document. TeamSpy, spyware that uses remote access tool TeamViewer and malware to steal information.

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Radar Trends to Watch: August 2022

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

You can try it out, download it, and read its specifications. AWS is offering some customers a free multi factor authentication (MFA) security key. Lockdown mode provides an extreme degree of privacy; it is intended for people who believe they are being targeted by state-sponsored mercenary spyware.

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The Future of Security

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Every device user and network flow is authenticated and authorized. In this model, requests for access to protected resources are first made through the control plane, where both the device and user must be continuously authenticated and authorized. External and internal threats exist on the web at all times.

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Zero-Day: Vulnerabilities, Exploits, Attacks and How to Manage Them

Kaseya

Unsuspecting victims can suffer attacks from exploit kits through phishing scams by visiting malicious websites or downloading suspicious files that haven’t been scanned for viruses. The infection can take the form of a virus, Trojan horse, worm, spyware, adware, rootkit or other malware like ransomware.