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Security attacks and countermeasures

Cloud Musings

The resulting breaches occur primarily through malware, including Trojan horses, adware, worms, viruses and downloaders [6]. Malware is malicious software created for egregious objectives. Malware is intended to be quiet and hidden as it enters environments and is executed. Most Active Malware Today.

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China's 'Volt Typhoon' Targeting U.S. Infrastructure, Microsoft Warns

SecureWorld News

"The threat actor attempts to leverage any privileges afforded by the Fortinet device, extracts credentials to an Active Directory account used by the device, and then attempts to authenticate to other devices on the network with those credentials," the announcement said. Here is a CNBC report on the warning from Microsoft.

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Developing Your Business Email Compromise (BEC) Incident Response Plan

SecureWorld News

Additionally, adding a banner or warning to external emails can make it easier to detect spoofed phishing attempts and enabling Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) can help block some attempts. Your escalation procedures for BEC may be slightly different than for malware or other incidents.

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AT&T confirms huge data brach impacting 70M+ customers in total

Dataconomy

million existing customers and 65 million past customers (Image: Kerem Gülen/Midjourney ) The AT&T data breach incident compelled the telecommunications behemoth to update the passcodes of millions of customer accounts, as revealed exclusively by TechCrunch. This could be a text message code, an email, or an authentication app.

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The Sony Hack in Context

CTOvision

Meanwhile, we know that other countries have been extensively and systematically probing the sorts of infrastructure facilities traditionally targeted in strategic bombing campaigns – power generation; energy production; electrical grids; water distribution; and telecommunications networks.