CTOvision

MARCH 17, 2015

Last year, Enterprise IT was dramatically shaped by the influx of security breaches, data leaks and a new wave of hackers. But optimism came in the form of Microsoft as word began to spread that the company had solved the problems they experienced with Windows 8/8.1 Security Spending. Windows 10.

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Lacework

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

No one likes the tedious, outdated cybersecurity training that companies often require you to complete—you know the ones that won’t let you move onto the next section until you’ve watched an entire video or stayed on the page for a few minutes. We’ve compiled a list of our favorite learning tools for anyone who wants to learn about security.

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Ivanti

AUGUST 3, 2021

Ransomware is a strain of malware that blocks users (or a company) from accessing their personal data or apps on infected iOS, iPadOS, and Android mobile devices, macOS laptops, Windows personal computers and servers, and Linux servers. Communications : The malware scans the contents of the SD card.

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Tenable

JULY 11, 2023

Microsoft also issued an advisory with guidance on the malicious use of Microsoft signed drivers as well as an advisory regarding a security feature bypass in Trend Micro EFI modules. 9 Critical 121 Important 0 Moderate 0 Low Microsoft patched 130 CVEs in its July Patch Tuesday release, with nine rated as critical and 121 rated as important.

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Ivanti

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The quickest method to check for the presence of malware on your iPhone, iPad or macOS devices is to look for the presence of an unknown configuration profile within the Settings > General > VPN & Device Management settings. Fortunately, security updates exist for these known and former zero-day vulnerabilities.

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Palo Alto Networks

JANUARY 23, 2023

It should come as no surprise that cybersecurity is, once again, priority #1 for state CIOs. Perhaps it’s because none of the other initiatives on the list (not even hybrid work, legacy modernization or cloud adoption) can succeed without a solid cybersecurity foundation. And, they’re innovating faster than ever before.

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Tenable

MARCH 8, 2022

Microsoft Windows ALPC. Microsoft Windows Codecs Library. Role: Windows Hyper-V. Tablet Windows User Interface. Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock. Windows CD-ROM Driver. Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver. Windows COM. Windows Common Log File System Driver. Windows Media.

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Lacework

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Securing the cloud is a race against time. As security researchers, we’re constantly analyzing and anticipating cyber threats. Workload: Mass scanning for vulnerabilities Workloads, which include computing resources like Linux and Windows hosts, are susceptible to compromise.

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Kaseya

JANUARY 25, 2021

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. How MSPs Can Protect Clients?

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Ivanti

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The updates include the normal lineup of Windows OS, Office, Azure, and some dev tools like Visual Studio. The vulnerability is rated as Important by Microsoft likely because the attacker must be authenticated to be able to exploit the vulnerability. The exploit does not require authentication but does require user interaction.

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Tenable

AUGUST 3, 2023

AA23-215A: 2022's Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities A joint Cybersecurity Advisory collaborated on by multiple international agencies highlights the top routinely exploited vulnerabilities of 2022 Background On August 3, a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) AA23-215A coauthored by multiple U.S.

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Authentication Data Center Software Review Windows 52

Tenable

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

On August 25, Atlassian published a security advisory for a critical vulnerability in its Confluence Server and Data Center software. Initial confusion surrounding authentication requirement. Join Tenable's Security Response Team on the Tenable Community. Organizations should apply patches immediately. Background. Description.

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Tenable

JULY 13, 2021

Microsoft Windows Codecs Library. Microsoft Windows DNS. Microsoft Windows Media Foundation. Windows Active Directory. Windows Address Book. Windows AF_UNIX Socket Provider. Windows AppContainer. Windows AppContainer. Windows AppX Deployment Extensions. Windows Authenticode.

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Windows Software Review Malware SMB 53

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

AI has infiltrated programming, security, and virtually every branch of technology. It supports iPhones, Windows, Linux, MacOS, and web browsers. Data OpenSafely is an open source platform that allows researchers to access electronic health records securely and transparently. But that’s hardly news. It’s not just Linux.

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Altexsoft

JULY 3, 2019

But for all that, a majority of IT professionals ( 58 percent ) are thinking mostly about security. It may be wise to invest in some external IT consulting to help with forming and implementing new security procedures. How could the IoT undermine the security of your business? This is good news. The Commoditization of IT.

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Tenable

MARCH 24, 2022

These include phishing, malware and brute force attacks against Remote Desktop Protocol. However, exploiting pre-and-post authentication vulnerabilities also play an important role in ransomware attacks. Windows SMBv3 Client/Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (“SMBGhost”). Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.

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Lacework

JUNE 14, 2022

In the last two years, we’ve seen a 600% increase in attacks which is not terribly surprising given ransomware, a form of malware that seeks to encrypt or withhold data unless a ransom is paid, is profitable for attackers. Move over Windows, Linux is next. Deploy effective storage security for backup and restoration.

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Cloud Linux Policies Windows 52

CIO

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Supporting enterprise security during a cloud migration can be rife with pitfalls that can derail the initiative and ruin the customer experience. She joined the company in the middle of a corporate cloud transformation initiative and inherited a new Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution as part of an enterprise cybersecurity overhaul.

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Kaseya

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On Tuesday, December 14, 2021, Microsoft released its monthly set of software security patches. Hence, they pose a greater security risk since your vulnerable systems are exposed until a patch becomes available. The December 2021 Security Update Release Notes can be found here. All About Patch Tuesday. What Is Patch Tuesday?

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Windows Azure Video Malware 52

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

JULY 5, 2023

This bottleneck is delaying features like custom fine-tuning the model, expanding the context window, and multimodality (i.e., This is an opportunity to rethink security from the ground up—or to create a much bigger attack surface. It’s an early example of a formal informal language for communicating with AI systems.

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Ivanti

JULY 12, 2022

Microsoft has their standard lineup of updates for the Windows OS, O365, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), and Skype for Business. Windows CSRSS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2022-22047 is a known exploit which puts the OS update this month as a priority. July 4 th saw fireworks across the U.S.

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Tenable

JULY 12, 2021

Here's how Tenable's data can allow security professionals to have a more realistic view of their exposure. Standardized taxonomies have dominated the way cybersecurity professionals describe and talk about systems' security. What is an Attack Surface?

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KitelyTech

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Security Comparison With AWS, customers can take advantage of Amazon’s security services such as Identity and Access Management (IAM), Virtual Private Clouds (VPC), and CloudTrail for audit logging. All three platforms provide robust security options that can help organizations ensure the safety of their data in the cloud environment.

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Lacework

APRIL 16, 2024

This powerful feature was created to correlate many individual weak signals in order to create a story of a security incident. To do this, we must combine security domain expertise with anomaly detection. Such weak signals would likely evade detection by many legacy or rules-based security tools.

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Lacework

JULY 12, 2022

Many of IABs’ target buyers already have ransomware or other malware, but need access to a place to deploy it. Cryptocurrency privacy coins allow criminals to perform semi-anonymous transactions at scale, which has enabled all of these cybercrime markets in a big way,” said Greg Foss, cloud security researcher at Lacework. .

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Tenable

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Tenable’s Security Response Team reviews the biggest cybersecurity threats of 2019. With 2019 coming to an end, the Tenable Security Response Team reflects on the vulnerabilities and threats that had a major impact over the last year. Between BlueKeep and DejaBlue, all supported versions of Windows were affected.

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Tenable

JUNE 17, 2021

Follow these best practices to harden your Active Directory security against cyberattacks and stop attack paths. Active Directory (AD) equips businesses using Windows devices to organize IT management at the enterprise level. Active Directory (in)security plays a vital role in cyberattacks . Evaluate current security settings.

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Tenable

AUGUST 1, 2019

Microsoft took the unusual step of publishing a blog post announcing security updates for out-of-support versions of Windows, including Windows XP and Windows 2003, and warning that BlueKeep could be as impactful as the WannaCry worm that took hold in May 2017. MIcrosoft Customer Guidance for CVE-2019-0708.

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Datavail

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Maggie is a malicious backdoor malware designed for SQL Server, recently discovered by DCSO CyTec. What is the SQL Server Malware Maggie? Maggie is malware that is an Extended Stored Procedure DLL, which is a special extension used by Microsoft SQL Servers that allow it to do work inside and outside of SQL.

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Malware Database Administration Policies Authentication 40

Tenable

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

After double-digit growth in the past two years, cybersecurity budgets expanded more modestly in 2023. 1 - Cybersecurity budgets grow, but less than in years past Cybersecurity teams on average saw an increase in their 2023 budgets, but the bump was much smaller than in previous years, as organizations across the board reined in IT spending.

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Kaseya

DECEMBER 27, 2023

This makes endpoint security management a non-negotiable IT function that all companies must undertake. Sometimes, the only challenge is the absence of a good endpoint security management tool — a gap that Kaseya VSA can fill effortlessly. This new year, let’s approach endpoint security with a renewed focus.

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Disaster Recovery Malware Policies Backup 52

Palo Alto Networks

MAY 19, 2021

An all-encompassing Zero Trust approach to network security is critical for safeguarding productivity in the new reality of remote, mobile and hybrid work. Treating every connection the same is the foundation of Zero Trust Network Security. While this benefits employees, security efforts reap the benefits as well.

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Network Firewall Authentication Data Center 89

Kaseya

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Once bad actors gain access to an organization’s computer network, they can damage the business by blocking access, encrypting systems and data to demand a ransom, or surreptitiously stealing crucial information that can fetch them a tidy sum on the dark web. Software vulnerabilities pose serious cybersecurity risks.

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Software Review Malware How To Weak Development Team 59

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

AUGUST 10, 2021

An attacker plants malware on your system that encrypts all the files, making your system useless, then offers to sell you the key you need to decrypt the files. We’ll have more to say about that, but the tl;dr is simple: pay attention to security basics. The concept behind ransomware is simple. How do you avoid joining them?

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Tenable

AUGUST 25, 2021

Earlier this year, the Tenable Security Response Team (SRT) published our Threat Landscape Retrospective (TLR) report examining major trends from 2020. One of those trends was the popularity of secure socket layer (SSL) virtual private network (VPN) vulnerabilities with threat actors. Pulse Connect Secure SSL VPN.

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Palo Alto Networks

AUGUST 5, 2019

For the third year in a row, Palo Alto Networks will collaborate with other top security vendors and experts who help run the Black Hat Network Operations Center (NOC). We help provide stability, visibility and security in the NOC. Ensure all authentication (email, web, etc.) is done using SSL or HTTPS.

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Network Firewall Conference Malware 8

Altexsoft

JUNE 25, 2022

What’s more, there may be malware within the app that can take over the device, resulting in compromising the security and account takeovers we’ll discuss here too. For this, merchants will need enough information to prove that a buyer is committing chargeback abuse. Also, implement the 3D Secure protocol if possible.

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