Monday 5/1
Why Ransomware and Business Email Compromise Remain Top Attack Types (Arctic Wolf)
The continued increase in cybercrime and breach attempts is not a new trend. For years now, the percentages have ticked upwards, and though cybersecurity has evolved, so have hackers seeking data, money, or infamy.
https://bit.ly/3VjwGpm
AI Powers the Branch of the Future, Today (Palo Alto Networks)
With the establishment of hybrid work as a long-term trend and the exponential increase in cloud usage, organizations are transforming their branches to be agile, digital and secure
https://bit.ly/3ALiiwR
Tuesday 5/2
Making a List and Checking it Twice
https://www.gothamtg.com/blog/making-a-list-and-checking-it-twice
Assess Insider Threats by Asking 6 Key Questions (CyberArk)
The people closest to your business can sometimes cause the most damage. Yet while top-secret data leaks are headline news today, most insider threats are well-intentioned people who just screw up.
https://bit.ly/3VrdZA4
Using Big Data to Defend Cloud Accounts Against Cyber Criminals (Proofpoint)
Cyber criminals are constantly trying to compromise cloud accounts using brute-force techniques such as guessing passwords or exploiting weak authentication mechanisms until they gain access. And from there, compromised cloud accounts open the door to internal phishing, data theft, and email fraud.
https://bit.ly/3LKumVq
Wednesday 5/3
Relentless Threat Activity Puts Identities in the Crosshairs (CrowdStrike)
One set of valid employee credentials can provide an adversary with all they need to log into a business, move laterally, escalate privileges and achieve their goals — whether that’s removing access to accounts, terminating services, destroying data or deleting resources.
https://bit.ly/42hfNho
Ransomware Roundup - UNIZA Ransomware (Fortinet)
FortiGuard Labs recently came across a new ransomware variant called UNIZA. Like other ransomware variants, it encrypts files on victims’ machines in an attempt to extort money. It uses the Command Prompt (cmd.exe) window to display its ransom message, and interestingly, it does not append the filename of the files it encrypts, making it more difficult to determine which files have been impacted.
https://bit.ly/3AM827A
Thursday 5/4
Lost ILO Administrator Password with Zero Downtime
https://www.gothamtg.com/blog/lost-ilo-administrator-password-with-zero-downtime
Modern Networking in the Digital World (F5)
In a modern, digital world, networking should, by default, include connectivity layers. The transport (layer 4) and application (layer 7) layers MUST—as in RFC MUST—be included when we talk about networking in a hybrid and multi-cloud environment.
https://bit.ly/413C0hR
What Automation Means For Cybersecurity—And Your Business (Varonis)
Automation can help turn the right information into action, helping to defend against cyberattacks, mitigate risk, shore up compliance and improve productivity.
https://bit.ly/3AZayqU
Friday 5/5
Protecting your password: Create an unbreakable one (Check Point)
Relentless technological advances are not only benefiting users, but also providing cybercriminals with new tools to carry out their attacks.
https://bit.ly/3M1bfGU
Level up your Citrix Workspace environments with a new UI! (Citrix)
https://bit.ly/3pbBX6u