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Bad Actor Using New Method to Avert Detection, Google Discovers

SecureWorld News

Whether it is ransomware, other types of malware, or any number of cyberattacks, threat actors keep inventing new techniques to cause disruption. In a blog post, Neel Mehta, Information Security lead for Google, explains how a hacker has managed to break certificate code parsing to invade email inboxes and infect users with malware.

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Penetration Testing Remote Workers

SecureWorld News

is an electronic cyberattack that targets a user by email and falsely poses as an authentic entity to bait individuals into providing sensitive data, corporate passwords, clicks on a malicious web link, or execute malware. This may seem contradictory to everything previously presented, but the method of attack is what is important.

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Securing Critical Infrastructure with Zero Trust

CIO Business Intelligence

Even in environments where OT and IT have been traditionally segmented or even air-gapped, these environments have largely converged, presenting attackers with the ability to find an initial foothold and then escalate their activities to more serious pursuits, such as disrupting operations. Data and Information Security, IT Leadership.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Number two is that you don't really have people that are physically present in many cases. Vamosi: This is bad.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

I’m Robert Vamosi and this episode about best practices in information security, and how critical life services, in particular, remain at risk today -- in the middle of a global pandemic. Number two is that you don't really have people that are physically present in many cases. Vamosi: This is bad.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Gaining Persistence On Windows Boxes

ForAllSecure

She’ll also be presenting again at RSAC 2023 in April. Estimates vary greatly, with some security vendors claiming dwell time is as low as 11 days with ransomware while others claim dwell time can be as high as 200 days or more with more sophisticated attacks. Stealth malware. Special coding tricks?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Crimeware As A Service

ForAllSecure

At the time of this podcast, Lockbit accounts for 40% of the ransomware present today and it hits both Windows and Linux machines. Vamosi: Ransomware is the latest trend in malware. It’s a clever way for malware to be monetized. Baccio: So if you are a net defender, take this research and use that to inform your strategy.

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