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Rubrik

It's Time to Press Play on the AI Pause: Data Security Insights for a New Era

Sep 5, 2024 By Noam Perel In Rubrik
This past summer was the first time I watched the Olympics since moving to the U.S. Besides appreciating the sheer greatness of the American Olympic spirit, there was also another thing that could not go missed - AI! Filling up every commercial slot seemed to be AI. And mainly, the commercials focused on harnessing AI for business productivity and operations. No matter your take on the greatest Olympic moment or greatest AI commercial, one could not overlook this overwhelming trend.
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Rubrik

Achieving Complete Cyber Resilience in Healthcare

Sep 5, 2024 By Rick Bryant In Rubrik
Ahead of Rubrik’s inaugural Healthcare Summit on September 12th, I thought it was appropriate to set the stage for what’s coming. Threat actors aren’t going to wait for you to get ready before they launch their attack. They’re banking on you not being able to recover your data—or not being able to recover fast enough—to maximize the damage they leave in their wake.
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foresiet

Revival Hijack: How Abandoned PyPI Package Names Are Being Exploited to Deliver Malware

Sep 5, 2024 By Foresiet In Foresiet
Security researchers have uncovered a novel and concerning method for cybercriminals to distribute malware using public code repositories. Known as "Revival Hijack," this technique involves the re-registration of previously abandoned package names on the PyPI repository. By taking advantage of the fact that PyPI allows the reuse of names from removed packages, attackers are able to slip malicious code into unsuspecting organizations.
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Trustwave

Phishing and Ransomware: How Threat Actors Attack the Financial Services Sector

Sep 4, 2024 By Trustwave In Trustwave
Trustwave SpiderLabs is prepped to launch its newest threat intelligence research, the 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Financial Services Sector. The upcoming report, which is set to be released on September 10, promises to be an indispensable resource for cybersecurity professionals. This comprehensive report not only sheds light on the modus operandi of a dominant ransomware gang but also delves into the persistent use of phishing and brute-force attacks to compromise credentials.
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cyberint

A Deep-Dive Into Initial Access Brokers: Trends, Statistics, Tactics and more

Sep 3, 2024 By Adi Bleih In Cyberint
Initial Access Brokers (IABs) are threat actors who infiltrate networks, systems, or organizations and sell this unauthorized access to other malicious actors. Instead of executing the entire cyberattack, IABs focus on the initial breach and monetize it by selling access to compromised systems. They assist ransomware operations, particularly RaaS schemes, by streamlining attacks and reducing workload at the start.
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Trustwave

Your Money or Your Data: Ransomware Readiness Planning

Sep 2, 2024 By David Broggy In Trustwave
Today’s blog installment brings us to the end of our 30-week journey that covered 30 cybersecurity topics that I felt would be of interest to a wide variety of security practitioners, such as Security Architects, Security Admins, and Security Auditors. I hope everyone found it as helpful as I found it to write. So, let’s move on with our last topic.
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knowbe4

Nearly Half of Mid-Market and Enterprise Organizations Have Experienced Four or More Ransomware Attacks in the Last Year

Aug 30, 2024 By Stu Sjouwerman In KnowBe4
New data exposes the reality of ransomware attacks today, including their frequency, impact, ransom payment – and the involvement of human error. It’s readily evident that ransomware is only growing as a threat. But a new infographic from ERP Cybersecurity vendor Onapsis covering the state of ransomware provides some context on just how critical the threat is right now: The most shocking stat is that in 81% of attacks, human error was involved in the successful execution of the ransomware.
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netwrix

How to Prevent Malware Attacks from Impacting Your Business

Aug 30, 2024 By Dirk Schrader In Netwrix
A robust malware prevention and detection strategy is critical to cyber security and cyber resilience today. After all, a single malware infection can inflict serious financial damage — from business disruptions and remediation costs to lasting reputational damage and customer churn. To help, this blog explains the types of malware organizations need to defend against and the common vectors for deployment.
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