Tenable

JANUARY 19, 2024

Find out why Uncle Sam is warning critical infrastructure facilities about drones made in China, while urging water treatment plants to beef up incident response plans. In addition, the latest on the Androxgh0st malware. 1 - Critical infrastructure orgs warned about using Chinese drones Here’s a warning from the U.S.

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Tenable

AUGUST 4, 2022

Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021. International cybersecurity agencies issue a joint alert outlining the top malware strains of 2021. While malware is used for a variety of purposes, the government agencies point out that ransomware is a primary use case. Background. Description.

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Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The European Union (EU) adopted the revised Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) in November 2022. It is especially important in a time of growing geopolitical tensions and cyberattacks where European citizens and their economies depend on a stable and secure digital infrastructure. Reporting Requirements.

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Infinidat

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Is a Deep Cover “Cyber Spy” Lurking in Your Data Infrastructure? The answer is none, but most of the time enterprise organizations don’t even know that a cybercriminal has infiltrated their data center, network, storage, and servers, compromising their data infrastructure. Evan Doherty. Thu, 02/24/2022 - 11:57.

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Tenable

APRIL 25, 2024

The campaign involves a reported state-sponsored actor who has been targeting vulnerable network devices including Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA). Cisco says UAT4356 began the development and testing phase for this campaign back in July 2023, setting up the infrastructure for the campaign in November 2023.

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Tenable

APRIL 12, 2024

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in its Emergency Directive 24-02 , sent to federal civilian agencies last week and made public this week. The Associated Press reported then that the stolen information included “cryptographic secrets” such as passwords, certificates and authentication keys. So said the U.S.

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Kaseya

MAY 11, 2023

However, due to poor network management, most people encountered a “Server Not Found” message instead of free dips. Network performance management prevents situations like these from surfacing and leaving your employees or customers without access to your service. What is network performance management?

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Tenable

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Volt Typhoon hacking gang is stealthily breaching critical infrastructure IT environments so it can strike on behalf of the Chinese government, cyber agencies say. critical infrastructure IT and operational technology security teams, listen up. Critical Infrastructure. ” Plus, ransomware gangs netted $1 billion-plus in 2023.

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The Crazy Programmer

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

An intrusion detection system refers to a special kind of software specifically designed to keep an eye on the network traffic to discover system irregularities. These malicious network activities could mean the beginning of a data breach or the end of one. An intrusion detection system may be host-based or network-based.

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Tenable

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

critical infrastructure through exploitation of known vulnerabilities Background On February 8, Fortinet published an advisory (FG-IR-24-015) to address a critical flaw in FortiOS, its network operating system. CVE Description CVSSv3 Severity CVE-2024-21762 Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-bound Write Vulnerability in sslvpnd 9.6

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CIO

AUGUST 2, 2023

Studies have shown that over half of organizations struggle with the lack of visibility into their infrastructure security. These solutions should work together across our entire infrastructure, minimizing security risks and ensuring a comprehensive defense strategy. But it doesn’t stop there. Hybrid Cloud

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Lacework

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

One of the only major changes in cybercriminal operations is who their victims are—today, instead of targeting individuals, they’re targeting critical infrastructure. So, why did this shift occur, and which types of critical infrastructure are most at risk? Critical infrastructure is organized into 16 different sectors.

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Tenable

MAY 18, 2023

Background As part of the #StopRansomware campaign, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the U.S. Background As part of the #StopRansomware campaign, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the U.S.

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Tenable

MARCH 1, 2024

And the most prevalent malware in Q4. released in 2018, include an expanded scope beyond critical infrastructure; stronger emphasis on governance; and more guidance, tools and resources to facilitate its implementation. Initially, the CSF specifically focused on helping critical infrastructure organizations. And much more!

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Tenable

AUGUST 30, 2023

In these attacks, UNC4841 leveraged multiple backdoor malware families, dubbed SALTWATER , SEASPY , SEASIDE , SUBMARINE (DEPTHCHARGE), and WHIRLPOOL. These additional malware families are known as SKIPJACK and FOXTROT / FOXGLOVE. Mandiant refers to this group as UNC4841.

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Tenable

MARCH 3, 2023

Background As part of their #StopRansomware campaign, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have released a cybersecurity advisory (CSA) discussing the Royal ransomware group. Royal uses Cobalt Strike and malware such as Ursnif/Gozi to exfiltrate data.

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Tenable

JANUARY 12, 2023

A new report from Google outlines a set of evolving threats that cloud security teams should keep an eye on in the new year. In this blog, we take a look at several of the trends discussed in the report, whose insights are aimed at helping cloud security teams increase their knowledge of emerging threats and improve their defense strategies.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

In what could be a very virtuous trend, four of the cyber security industry’s leading tech vendors (Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, McAfee and Symantec) have established a consortium focused on the furtherance of the art and science of cyber threat intelligence. Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW ). By Bob Gourley.

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Kaseya

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Due to its ability to detect new-age threats, like zero-day and fileless malware, that are stealthy enough to bypass conventional AV and AM solutions, EDR is a must-have in today’s increasingly dangerous cybersecurity environment. Isolating the endpoint on the network to prevent lateral movement of the attack.

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Prisma Clud

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The traditional network security model has long relied on a simple yet increasingly outdated concept — the secure perimeter. The secure perimeter approach assumes everything inside a network is inherently trustworthy and focuses security efforts on keeping threats outside a defined boundary. million in 2023. million in 2023.

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Tenable

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Critical Infrastructure.” This alert focuses on observed behavior from Russian state-sponsored threat groups targeting critical infrastructure organizations in several countries. The advisory says that the attackers have “maintained persistent access to multiple CDC networks” with the longest being for “at least six months.”

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Tenable

MARCH 19, 2024

From cloud-managed services like Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) to on-premises and privately networked clusters, the variety of environments is vast. As a CNAPP solution, it analyzes all components of the cloud infrastructure for misconfigurations, vulnerabilities and permissions risk.

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Plus, the QakBot botnet got torn down, but the malware threat remains – what CISA suggests you do. In a joint advisory, CISA and the FBI detailed the FBI-led international operation to take down the botnet’s infrastructure, while offering guidance for cybersecurity teams about QakBot prevention, detection and remediation measures.

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Tenable

JANUARY 26, 2024

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in its new report “ The near-term impact of AI on the cyber threat, ” published this week. That’d be the consequences of suffering a cyber event, according to a report from insurer company Allianz Commercial. So says the U.K. Which cyber exposures concern your company most over the next year?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — part of the Department of Homeland Security — issued an unprecedented warning recommending that “all organizations — regardless of size — adopt a heightened posture when it comes to cybersecurity and protecting their most critical assets.”.

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Edgewise

JANUARY 31, 2019

What happens, then, when a cyber attack, namely malware, is used to uninstall security software designed specifically to prevent public cloud infrastructure compromise? This is precisely what happened with a new malware variant discovered by Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42.

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Prisma Clud

JANUARY 13, 2023

history, antagonists have leveraged vulnerabilities to initiate attacks against our critical infrastructure. As cloud infrastructure continues to grow in importance, securing it has become a central area of focus across government. In some ways, cloud infrastructure has replaced the “riverways of old” as nation-critical infrastructure.

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Lacework

JANUARY 25, 2023

Whether you’re facing a sophisticated phishing attack or a form of never-before-seen malware (also known as an “unknown threat” or “unknown unknown”), threat detection and response solutions can help you find, address, and remediate the security issues in your environment. If not detected, malware can cause downtime and security breaches.

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Palo Alto Networks

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 Managed Services team delivered outstanding results in the face of MITRE Engenuity’s first-ever ATT&CK® Evaluations for managed services. The focus of this go-round was on the quality of the post-breach threat report that the service provider would deliver. Who is attacking you? What is their objective?

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Infinidat

DECEMBER 5, 2023

One of those many projects that NIST creates is the Special Publication (SP) 800 Series, which presents information of interest to the computer security community - it developed NIST SP 800-209 (2020) Security Guidelines for Storage Infrastructure.

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CTOvision

JULY 29, 2013

House report tells federal, local law enforcement to work on sharing – “The House Homeland Security Committee on Friday issued a plea to further empower fusion centers, the regional agencies tasked with analyzing and sharing local crime data with local, state and federal officials.” Via FierceGovernmentIT, more here.

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Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 29, 2022

14, 2022, reports began emerging about a series of attacks targeting Ukrainian government websites. 23, a new variant of wiper malware, named HermeticWiper, was discovered in Ukraine. This aligns with the group’s historic targeting focus, dating back to malware campaigns against Chechnya and other former Soviet bloc countries in 2008.

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Tenable

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The simplest accurate description is "any weakness in your network that can be exploited." A vulnerability could also be a host on the network that lacks modern protections like next-generation firewalls or anti-malware features. computers, mobile devices or operational technology such as network switches and control systems).

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Infinidat

AUGUST 24, 2023

The Security of Enterprise Storage – A Call to Action for CISOs Adriana Andronescu Thu, 08/24/2023 - 04:51 Cyber criminals can infiltrate an enterprise infrastructure and stay there, undetected, for months at a time. Ransomware and malware have become such an issue from an enterprise storage perspective.

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Palo Alto Networks

DECEMBER 22, 2022

On December 22, 2022, Gartner named Palo Alto Networks a Leader for the eleventh consecutive time in its Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls for 2022. of savings by removing redundant infrastructure, 30% faster security optimization, and 50% reduction in management workload.

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Prisma Clud

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They consolidate infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scanning, cloud security posture management (CSPM), workload protection (CWPP), software composition analysis (SCA), and other capabilities, with the goal of identifying and prioritizing risk across cloud applications and infrastructure. Where does data security come in?

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Kaseya

MAY 2, 2022

That said, it is becoming increasingly important to always have eyes on your systems and networks to make sure you can identify and remediate any potential threats and vulnerabilities before they cause any significant damage to your business. And that’s why we have SOC. SIEM vs. SOC. MDR vs. SOC. What is the primary goal of a SOC?

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