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Don’t gamble with your identity verification practices

CIO

I also emphasized that companies need to urgently review their employee access protocol, writing that companies must “ make it a point to do continuous employee training to help your teams avoid being duped by phishing and malware tactics.” Caesars and MGM were held to cash ransom demands in exchange for not releasing the data into the wild.

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Why you must extend Zero Trust to public cloud workloads

CIO

Why securing cloud workloads is an urgent matter In recent years, major cloud service providers encountered 6,000 malware samples actively communicating with them, underlining the magnitude of cloud security challenges. Learn more To learn more about how Zscaler can secure your workloads, please register for our upcoming event.

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An expanded attack surface: The cybersecurity challenges of managing a hybrid workforce

CIO

At a recent CIO New Zealand roundtable event in Auckland, supported by Palo Alto Networks and Vodafone New Zealand, senior technology executives from organisations across Aotearoa discussed the challenge of keeping security front of mind when the workforce is dispersed. In addition, most home computers are used by various family members.

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Fixed wireless access (FWA) is a secure networking option

CIO

5G also includes secure identity management, enhanced authentication and a core network architecture that can support network slicing, continuous secure connectivity for mobile devices and lower latency.

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Protestware on the rise: Why developers are sabotaging their own code

TechCrunch

His areas of interest include open source software security, malware analysis, data breaches, and scam investigations. Needless to say, the sabotaged versions of node-ipc — now effectively malware — were taken down from the npm registry. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Ax Sharma is a security researcher and reporter.

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How to Protect Your Business From Supply Chain Attacks

Kaseya

The latest information on this supply chain attack, as described in this ZDNet article , indicates that hackers used a total of four malware strains: Sunspot, Sunburst (Solorigate), Teardrop and Raindrop. These malware strains were used in a sophisticated sequence of escalated attacks. Effective Tips To Better Protect Your Business.

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Nightmare Email Attacks (and Tips for Blocking Them)

Palo Alto Networks

financial services firm that relies on a widely used multi-factor authentication (MFA) mobile app to protect access to email, customer files and other sensitive data. We provide more detail about how to handle legacy authentication below.). Audit Logging and Event Monitoring: Ensure the logging of administrative events is enabled.