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FireEye has released an open source tool that checks Microsoft 365 tenants for the use of techniques associated with the SolarWinds hackers. [Read More]
Security researchers see 5,447 devices still connecting to a sinkholed VPNFilter C&C domain on a single day. [Read More]
Defender for Endpoint users who opted into public previews are no longer required to approve remediation for identified threats. [Read More]
The funds will help Rewind continue expanding its backup-as-a-service (BaaS) offering for more business-critical applications. [Read More]
Symantec researchers have uncovered another piece of malware used in the SolarWinds attack, namely Raindrop, which has been used for lateral movement and payload deployment. [Read More]
Swimlane, a provider of security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) solutions, announced today that it has raised $40 million in funding. [Read More]
The OpenWrt Project said someone breached its forum over the weekend and downloaded user information. [Read More]
In one attack, the cybercriminals found an employee via the company’s chatroom and then convinced them to log into a fake VPN page to reveal their credentials. [Read More]
An expired domain allowed a researcher to hijack the country code top-level domain (TLD) of Congo. [Read More]
Going after high profile victims appears to have allowed Ryuk ransomware operators to build a highly lucrative malware enterprise. [Read More]
SecurityWeek Experts
With law enforcement’s ability to adapt, showing consistent results despite cybercriminals’ adoption of new technologies, as well as the increase in awareness of cyber attacks, there’s still a room for optimism – not only for the next year, but also for the next decade.
Facts, data, and evidence are extremely important to properly detecting, preventing, and investigating both security incidents and fraud incidents.
Security teams need to able to identify and track threats that cross the IT/OT boundary, which means having access to IT/OT threat signatures for the ICS networks as well.
Many security teams will have to reduce budget against projects scheduled for 2021, with funds being re-allocated to pandemic-related business and workforce enablement
Curated threat intelligence is an essential capability of the SOC, enabling tools and teams to work more efficiently and effectively to optimize everything from incident response to threat hunting.
There is a dawning realization of the potential danger posed by algorithms, written by humans to steer other humans.
With the pandemic creating a massive remote work shift and consequent rises in cyber risk, finding individuals with cybersecurity skills is harder than ever.
Playing whack-a-mole with malicious code infections, phishing sites, and compromised credentials won’t help an enterprise reduce losses due to fraud.
Keeping a ‘six foot distance’ between our digital home life and digital work life can go a long way when it comes to safeguarding our most sensitive data, too.
Ultimately, organizations must assume that bad actors are already in their networks. And consumers must realize they’re constant targets.
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