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Ransomware Exponentially Increasing as IoT Provides Physical Targeting Opportunities

CTOvision

This article increases awareness for organizations seeking to enhance their digital risk posture against the increasing threat of ransomware (a type of malware) deployed by threat actors to prevent or limit users from accessing their system until a ransom is paid. Crystal Lister.

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Modernizing Your Security Operations in the Next Phase of Covid

CIO Business Intelligence

So, if cyber thieves place malware within a spreadsheet or a slide set at a remote site, the tunnel would protect and transport the malware without question. Instead of being a locked door, VPNs became an open backdoor for the attackers to sneak malware into the heart of the enterprise network.

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If You Drive A Car, Or Know Someone Who Does, You Must Read This…

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Now, almost a year after the research was initially published, the FBI, Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have issued a joint alert. Instead, the recipients could be tricked into clicking links to malicious Web sites or opening attachments containing malicious software (malware).

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Beyond the Office: Securing Home Devices and Networks Against Corporate Breaches

SecureWorld News

Try not to use free public hotspots or charge devices at public transport stops or other public places. Additionally, be cautious when adding new friends; verify their authenticity through known offline connections. Embrace a multi-layered software protection approach, including antivirus, anti-phishing, and other anti-malware tools.

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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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North Korean Threat Actors Targeting Healthcare Sector with Maui Ransomware

SecureWorld News

The figure below shows Maui command line usage details: The report continues: "Embedded usage instructions and the assessed use of a builder is common when there is an operational separation between developers and users of a malware family. Implementing HIPAA security measures can prevent the introduction of malware on the system.".

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Technology Short Take 155

Scott Lowe

Along those lines, one of their latest articles discusses how to achieve identity-based mutual authentication leveraging eBPF. Vaughan-Nichols writes about the first malware discovered running on AWS Lambda. now has a follow-up exploit that exposes Aruba and Avaya network switches to remote code execution.