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

Ivanti

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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Ransomware hits the cloud

Lacework

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. The adoption of containers and Linux has increased the attack surface.

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Radar Trends to Watch: January 2023

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

It’s been known to impersonate Linux, help developers learn new programming languages, and even improve traditional college courses (where its ability to make mistakes can be turned into an asset). ChatGPT’s training set included a lot of information about Linux, so you can tell it to act like a Linux terminal. And ChatGPT?

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5 Steps to Effective Data Defense

Kaseya

Without this constant barrage of news about new, widespread malware, you may be tempted to relax in your approach, convinced that whatever security you have in place is enough. Among the latest victims: backup files. Securing Backups. Step 1 — Copy: When it comes to backup, redundancy is not a bad thing!

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May Intro | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

In the past few weeks, we’ve discussed patch management and using vulnerability scanning to see what vulnerabilities are in your infrastructure, and then we dove into the importance of data backups , as well as passwords and policies such as using MFA and proactively identifying compromised passwords to help secure your infrastructure.

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Radar trends to watch: August 2021

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Good practices for authentication, backups, and software updates are the best defense against ransomware and many other attacks. The Open Voice Network is an industry association organized by the Linux Foundation that is dedicated to ethics in voice-driven applications. That’s new and very dangerous territory. AI and Data.

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May Intro | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

In the past few weeks, we’ve discussed patch management and using vulnerability scanning to see what vulnerabilities are in your infrastructure, and then we dove into the importance of data backups , as well as passwords and policies such as using MFA and proactively identifying compromised passwords to help secure your infrastructure.