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Push Security launches to make SaaS sprawl and shadow IT safer

TechCrunch

In practice, this could mean that marketing teams test-driving third-party social media management tools could inadvertently jeopardise the company’s Twitter and Facebook accounts, or admins could dabble with mobile device management (MDM) software and create an easy inroad for hackers to deploy malware to mobile devices across the workforce.

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Busted by Cortex XDR: Network Traffic Analysis in Action

Palo Alto Networks

This article tells a customer story of a large pharmaceutical company who could easily have missed the signs of an incoming cyberattack after its endpoint agents failed. The story begins at a large pharmaceutical company that had Cortex XDR deployed using firewalls as sensors to analyze their network traffic. A Sign of Attack.

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The Hot Trend ? Security and Enterprise Storage Together

Infinidat

The impact may not always be so drastic, although it can be in mission-critical situations, which large enterprises usually have, whether a health system, a government body, a financial institution, a retailer, a utility, a large university, a pharmaceutical company or countless other types of organizations. Help is on the way!

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2017 in cybersecurity and privacy news

The Parallax

After spending much of his campaign blasting what he described (without proof) as a “rigged” election system, Trump spent much of his post-inauguration year denying reports of Russian election interference , which included alleged data breaches targeting his leading opponent , Hillary Clinton, social-media interference , and voting-machine hacking.

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Protect Your Business with Cyber Security Consulting Services

Mobilunity

Whether it is a tech company, a bank, a pharmaceutical manufacturer, or an eCommerce shop – no one is immune to attacks. This field concerns everything, from malware up to DDoS attacks and data breaches. Basically, phishing means transmitting malware by appearing like a reputable source. Main Types of Cybersecurity Threats.

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Triaging modern medicine’s cybersecurity issues

The Parallax

That’s because medical data can include financial information, home and work addresses, emails, Social Security or other national identification numbers, insurance information, medical diagnoses, and even personal images. A hard drive may contain cryptomining malware , which can slow down or cause other malfunctions on devices.

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Radar trends to watch: July 2021

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Using social media community guidelines as a political weapon : the Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights channel, which publishes testimonies from people imprisoned in China’s internment camps, has been taken down repeatedly as a result of coordinated campaigns. The malware somehow slipped through Microsoft’s signing process. Antivirals aren’t.

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