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Month: August 2019

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Firewall best practices to protect against ransomware

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 19:51:56 +0000

Ransomware has recently vaulted to the top of the news again, as devastating attacks continue to impact government, education and business operations in many jurisdictions, particularly in the United States. These attacks start in a number of ways &#8211; some start with a phishing email, others begin with hackers leveraging vulnerabilities in networking stacks to [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/ZdXUIXt04Eo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Texas ransomware attacks: to pay or not to pay? | TECH(feed)


Nearly two dozen cities in Texas have been hit by a ransomware attack executed by a single threat actor. These attacks beg the question: Is it ever worth it to pay a cyber attacker’s ransom? In this episode of TECH(feed), Juliet discusses the pattern of ransomware attacks on local governments, how municipalities have responded and how to prevent a ransomware attack in the first place.

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How Viable is Your Data Center? Modernization Tips for an Agile Data Center Infrastructure

Credit to Author: Victor Avelar| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

For those who manage data centers, postponing technology upgrades and turning a blind eye to the need for modernization of aging hardware can be risky. Regardless if those data centers… Read more »

The post How Viable is Your Data Center? Modernization Tips for an Agile Data Center Infrastructure appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

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New Data Center Architecture at the Edge is Needed to Support Blockchain

Credit to Author: Steven Carlini| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 19:39:10 +0000

Blockchain is best known as the technology behind cryptocurrency and it is widely heralded as revolutionary and potentially disruptive to many industries including the data center market. It can also… Read more »

The post New Data Center Architecture at the Edge is Needed to Support Blockchain appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

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Blocking attacks against Windows “CTF” vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Mark Loman| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:53:35 +0000

Operating systems and run-time environments typically provide some form of isolation between applications. For example, Windows runs each application in a separate process. This isolation stops code running in one application from adversely affecting other, unrelated applications. This means a non-administrative user mode process can&#8217;t access or tamper with kernel code and data, and an [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/N06wKBdEugM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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The lucrative business of Bitcoin sextortion scams

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Sextortion scams are back on the radar, and many say they’re on the uptick. We investigate an email campaign to see how lucrative the business of sextortion can be.

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The post The lucrative business of Bitcoin sextortion scams appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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