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Security attacks and countermeasures

Cloud Musings

For example, the Target security breach in December, 2013 resulted in hackers accessing 40 million credit card records of customers from every store [2]. Cyber attacks are on the increase, with six of the top 10 largest incidents occurring in 2013 (402M) and 2014 (469M to date) [1]. Most Active Malware Today.

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Insider Threat: A perspective on how to address the increasing risk

CTOvision

Spanning a wide range of malicious activities from destructive malware and denial of service attacks, to the theft of intellectual property and even espionage, cyber threats pose a significant risk to any business. In recent years, multiple high-profile, high-impact breaches have raised awareness of the cyber threat. The Insider Threat.

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Developing Your Business Email Compromise (BEC) Incident Response Plan

SecureWorld News

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), losses due to BEC scams since 2013 total around $28 billion dollars and it is the most profitable cybercrime there is. Your escalation procedures for BEC may be slightly different than for malware or other incidents. BEC-IRP Section 4: Eradication.

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Top 10 Data Breaches of All Time

SecureWorld News

Yahoo data breach (2013). Summary: Yahoo believes that "state-sponsored actors" compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. Summary: This data breach was unique in the sense that there was not a breach in the company's servers, but an authentication error, meaning no authentication was required to view documents.

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Top 10 Data Breaches of All Time

SecureWorld News

Yahoo data breach (2013). Summary: Yahoo believes that 'state-sponsored actors' compromised all of their users accounts between 2013 and 2014. Summary: This data breach was unique in the sense that there was not a breach in the company's servers, but an authentication error, meaning no authentication was required to view documents.

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Triumfant Launches Memory Process Scanner Module to Detect and Stop In-Memory Attacks

CTOvision

Solution provides real-time detection, identification, and mitigation of advanced malware that operates in endpoint volatile memory . product suite, combines Triumfant’s unique, patented malware detection software with new tools that can accurately track malware functionality operating in the volatile memory of the endpoint machine.

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Cybersecurity for enterprise: 10 essential PAM considerations for modern hybrid enterprises

CIO Business Intelligence

Passwordless authentication A modern PAM cybersecurity solution must support several existing passwordless methods such as PKI, SSH keys and certs, and FIDO2 dongles. Building authentication services and MFA into the PAM platform (see above) enables rapid innovation and support for newer standards such as Passkeys.