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More connected, less secure: Addressing IoT and OT threats to the enterprise

CIO

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a permanent fixture for consumers and enterprises as the world becomes more and more interconnected. By 2027, the global number of connected IoT devices is projected to exceed 29 billion, a significant increase from the 16.7 billion devices reported in 2023.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Says Midnight Blizzard Swiped U.S. Gov’t Emails During Microsoft Hack, Tells Fed Agencies To Take Immediate Action

Tenable

The attack against Microsoft began in November 2023, when Midnight Blizzard – also known as Nobelium, Cozy Bear and APT29 – compromised a legacy, non-production test account that lacked multi-factor authentication protection. That’s according to IoT Analytics’ “ State of Tech Employment Spring 2024 ” report, released this week.

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Ransomware Exponentially Increasing as IoT Provides Physical Targeting Opportunities

CTOvision

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.

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11 Key Enterprise IoT Security Recommendations

Altexsoft

As we know, the IoT will enable businesses to capture more data for deep analysis while obtaining more granular control over processes. Devices connected to the IoT have been recognized for a long time as a prime target for hackers and once you have read the article to follow, you will appreciate why. This is good news.

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Security Advisory: Critical vulnerabilities in VMware

Lacework

In early April VMware released patches for remote code execution and authentication bypass vulnerabilities against multiple VMWare products, including VMware Workspace ONE Access, VMWare identity Manager, vRealize Automation, Cloud Foundation, and vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. Known Affected Software.

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Three Reasons Endpoint Security Can’t Stop With Just Patching

Ivanti

AI generated polymorphic exploits can bypass leading security tools Recently, AI-generated polymorphic malware has been developed to bypass EDR and antivirus, leaving security teams with blind spots into threats and vulnerabilities. EAP-TLS authentication for our IoT network devices managed over the air.

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Top 5 Ways to Improve the Security of Your Business

Kaseya

The Internet of Things (IoT) and unsecured IoT devices are also proving to be a huge risk for SMBs. 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. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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