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Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs

CIO

Allow me to delve deeply into the risks associated with website spoofing, its manipulation of unsuspecting users, the far-reaching repercussions, and the strategies I believe are effective in tackling this ever-evolving menace. In the past year, over 48% of the mail sent globally was found to be spam.

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

CIO

Malware is the top threat to IoT/OT With so many vulnerabilities plaguing IoT devices, these devices are attractive and relatively easy entry points into corporate networks for attackers. In fact, two notorious botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt, are major contributors to a recent surge in IoT malware attacks.

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Backed by Sequoia Southeast Asia, SquareX protects web users with disposable browsers

TechCrunch

For example, someone in the process of receiving of an important Word document from a contact would have that file flagged as malware and would end up disabling security software in order to view it. Ramachandran said SquareX is intended as a alternative to VPN, anti-virus, anti-malware and other endpoint security solutions.

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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. At the time, the massively popular left-pad package had raked in more than 15 million downloads , and even today the library continues to be downloaded millions of times weekly. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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New Video: Automating Your Cyber Defenses Including Malware Removal

CTOvision

The video at this link and embedded below provides an overview of conclusions from CTOvision research into ways to automate the removal of cyber threats (including malware) from your enterprise. Additional context into this topic is available in our research report downloadable here: . This paper.

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

Tenable

And the most prevalent malware in Q4. s new “Govern” function addresses areas such as risk management strategy; organizational context; supply chain risk; and policies, processes and procedures. “The It’s been a meteoric rise for SocGholish, which first cracked the CIS list in the third quarter, with a 31% share of malware incidents.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Calls on Software Makers To Use Memory Safe Languages, as OpenSSF Issues Secure Software Principles

Tenable

Plus, malware used in fake browser-update attacks ballooned in Q3. Our new guidance explains how by going beyond a simple ‘lift and shift’ implementation, you can avoid the worst problems of the migration strategy,” reads the NCSC blog announcement. Meanwhile, the OpenSSF published 10 key principles for secure software development.