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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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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. SMB, in particular, will then be used to send an exploit for the MS17-010 vulnerability. How Does WannaCry Infect a Host?

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MadoMiner Part 1 - Install

AlienVault

2018 seems to be a time for highly profitable cryptominers that spread over SMB file-shares. Following my analysis on ZombieBoy in July, I found a new malware sample that I’m calling MadoMiner. However, MadoMiner is much, much, larger, in terms of: The size of the malware; The amount of systems infected; and.

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IT Risk Assessment: Is Your Plan Up to Scratch?

Kaseya

Sometimes, small or medium-sized businesses (SMB) lack the resources or expertise to conduct an extensive risk analysis, so they hire external experts, such as MSPs or MSSPs , to assess IT risks and provide comprehensive cybersecurity tools to mitigate cyberthreats.

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Invincea Platform Enhances Large-Scale Enterprise Deployments With FreeSpace 4.0 and Invincea Management Service 2.1 Releases

CTOvision

operating system platform support, 32-bit and 64-bit systems. Serve client software updates from Windows File Shares (SMB), Unix file systems via SAMBA, Amazon S3, and any URL-based content delivery network. The FreeSpace 4.0 client software and Invincea Management Service 2.1 FreeSpace 4.0 Twitter: @Invincea.

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Healthcare Security: Ransomware Plays a Prominent Role in COVID-19 Era Breaches

Tenable

Some are known to exploit vulnerabilities while others will utilize phishing/email compromise to establish an initial foothold before dropping malware or leveraging a vulnerability to gain further access to the victim's systems to deploy the ransomware. 117% increase in IP reputation security alerts. 56% increase in endpoint security.