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Government Agencies Discover New Chinese Malware Strain

SecureWorld News

And it's a malware strain used specifically by the Chinese government. Chinese government actors are using malware variants in conjunction with proxy servers to maintain a presence on victim networks and to further network exploitation. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. CISA reports on Chinese malware strain.

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Enhance Your Security Posture: Doing Four Things Can Reduce Unauthorized Penetrations by 85%

CTOvision

When you read of a government agency being penetrated or a corporation losing data I can almost always guarantee you that they have failed to implement and measure these controls. Application Software Security. href="[link] Control 6: Application Software Security. Continuous Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation.

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Advisory: Malicious North Korean Cyber Activity

SecureWorld News

Here's what Blindingcan has accomplished so far: "A threat group with a nexus to North Korea targeted government contractors early this year to gather intelligence surrounding key military and energy technologies. CISA refers to any malicious cyber activity from the North Korean government as Hidden Cobra.

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Why endpoint security will be a renewed priority for businesses of all sizes in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

While firewalls and other “perimeter” security defences remain critical for protecting and organisation and its assets, there has been a renewed focus placed on the importance of endpoint defences, because it is that individual’s vulnerability that is too often the easiest thing to exploit.

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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

CIO Business Intelligence

The CCA allows overarching enterprise functions and IT shared services to be assessed separately from the business unit’s products/applications that require PCI security compliance. The business teams would also be evaluated for PCI security compliance yearly, but only for the requirements applicable to their product and scope.

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Stop Malware Attacks and Online Identity Theft

Galido

Malware means a malicious or intrusive software application that is coded for executing on the targeted device without notifying its user or the owner. Affecting a mobile phone, a computer, a laptop, or a network server, malware interrupts computing operations, hijacks networks, or access systems. Update your browser.

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Top Ten Ways Not To Sink the Kubernetes Ship

Linux Academy

Vulnerabilities at the operating system level may be exploited by rogue container workloads if not hardened. Pod Security Policies are a fairly new capability within Kubernetes that allows roles and cluster roles to carry with them pod security contexts to govern deployments. Implement Pod Security Policy.