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Analyzing the Vulnerabilities Associated with the Top Malware Strains of 2021

Tenable

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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Available Now: Ransomware Active Attack Response Best Common Practices Document

CableLabs

Research shows that more than a third of all businesses were victims of ransomware in 2021 , and now over a quarter of all malware has been reprovisioned for ransom. What should SMBs under attack do immediately, what decisions should they make and who should be part of the solution?

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Cowbell raises $100M to build out its AI-based cyber insurance platform for SMBs

TechCrunch

” That, he said, is because the heightened efforts to introduce more hacking and malware around that conflict essentially puts more malicious tools into the market, not to mention more active participants looking for opportunities. These sell the product alongside a channel network of 14,000 brokers.

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Quick Demo: Ivanti UEM for Clients

Ivanti

Both agents stop the propagation of malware and ransomware by first detecting the malicious attachment, blocking the script from executing, and then isolating the infected endpoint from the network. Once the threat has been remediated by the company IT administrator, the workstation or server can be restored to normal operation.

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Busting 5 Common Myths About Vulnerability Assessment

Tenable

Recent research has borne out that the odds of a small or medium-sized business (SMB) undergoing a cyberattack or data breach are more than 50-50: About 66% of SMBs experienced at least one cyberattack in 2019. Just under 50% of SMBs were specifically hit with a ransomware attack. This is one of many reasons why Christopher C.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Log4j Anniversary, CI/CD Risks, Infostealers, Email Attacks, OT Security

Tenable

Get the latest on the anniversary of the Log4j crisis; OWASP’s top CI/CD risks; a surge of infostealer malware; the fund transfer fraud — business email compromise connection; and more! . 3 - Attackers boost use of infostealer malware. Infostealers Malware Advertisements and Pricing from July to October 2022.

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WannaCry Ransomware Review and Global Impact.

ProtectWise

WannaCry's primary infection vector is through publicly accessible hosts running an unpatched version of Windows via the SMB protocol. WannaCry spreads primarily over SMB, but it can also use RDP. Once it infects a host, WannaCry scans the local network (VLAN IP Range) and public IP ranges. What Networks are Vulnerable?