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Advisory: Malicious North Korean Cyber Activity

SecureWorld News

The malicious documents employed in this campaign used job postings from leading defense contractors as lures and installed a data gathering implant on a victim's system. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests.

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Using Secure Configurations | Standardize Your Security

Linux Academy

This included installing operating system updates, NTP servers, DNS servers, static IPs, audit log options, anti-virus, etc. Ansible can help automate the backup, and you can learn more in this month’s how-to video that covers using Ansible to back up a Cisco ASA firewall. Standardized Templates and Images.

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The Cyber Resilience Blueprint: A Proactive GRC Framework

SecureWorld News

This might involve technological solutions, like firewalls or encryption, or policy-based solutions, such as enhanced training and stricter access controls. The use and exchange of documents, especially in PDF format, remain paramount for an array of essential business operations. That's right, even PDFs are an attack vector.

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How Can Educational Institutions Mitigate Cybersecurity Threats in Education?

Kitaboo

Therefore, educational institutions should invest in firewalls, intrusion detection, and virus and malware protection systems. Update Systems Regularly. You should always ensure that your browsers, applications, and operating systems are running the latest version. Create an Incidence Response Plan.

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The 7 Step to Develop and Deploy Data Loss Prevention Strategy

Galido

Hackercombat aims to guide the user with this guide to inform what’s new in data loss prevention systems, including cloud access security brokers. Earlier the focus was on the secure the physical documents, which can be easily stolen by the criminals during transit. For every company Data Loss Prevention (DLP) was a major concern.

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The good, the bad and the ugly of the cyber west

Dataconomy

Reporting and remediation The white hat hacker documents all findings, including any vulnerabilities discovered and exploited, and provides recommendations for remediation. She also reviews the application’s documentation, source code, and system configurations. How can cybersecurity analysts utilize AI technology?

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Browser Isolation: The Missing Piece in Your Security Puzzle

SecureWorld News

However, conventional solutions such as antivirus, firewalls, and other detection and blocking tools can only offer a limited level of security. In some modifications, such as Document Object Model (DOM) mirroring, this approach filters out harmful elements to ensure they are invisible to the end-user. First, compatibility is crucial.