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Credit to Author: Mark Kaloudis| Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:44:00 +0000

Here’s the thing about edge computing ― an edge site can be located just about anywhere, from a small, forgotten closet in an office building to a standalone structure in the nether regions of a vast distributed network supporting an oil and gas operation. Or, it…

The post Three ways to minimize UPS deployment costs at edge computing sites appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

Security Wired

October 16, 2023 admin

Deepfake Porn Is Out of Control

Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000

New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world’s biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.

Security Wired

October 16, 2023 admin

The US Congress Was Targeted With Predator Spyware

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Plus: Hamas raised millions in crypto, Exxon used hacked data, and more.

Microsoft Security

October 16, 2023 admin

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now stops human-operated attacks on its own

Credit to Author: Rob Lefferts| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Today, we’re pleased to announce that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint customers will now be able automatically to disrupt human-operated attacks like ransomware early in the kill chain without needing to deploy any other capabilities. Now, organizations only need to onboard their devices to Defender for Endpoint to start realizing the benefits of attack disruption.

The post Microsoft Defender for Endpoint now stops human-operated attacks on its own appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

MalwareBytes Security

October 16, 2023 admin

Explained: Quishing

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Tags: quishing

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We explain what quishing is and provide information about some current quishing campaigns.

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The post Explained: Quishing appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Microsoft Security

October 16, 2023 admin

Automatic disruption of human-operated attacks through containment of compromised user accounts

Credit to Author: Microsoft Threat Intelligence| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0000

User containment is a unique and innovative defense mechanism that stops human-operated attacks in their tracks. We’ve added user containment to the automatic attack disruption capability in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. User containment is automatically triggered by high-fidelity signals and limits attackers’ ability to move laterally within a network regardless of the compromised account’s Active Directory state or privilege level.

The post Automatic disruption of human-operated attacks through containment of compromised user accounts appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Security TrendMicro

October 16, 2023 admin

Beware: Lumma Stealer Distributed via Discord CDN

Credit to Author: Carl Malipot| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This blog discusses how threat actors abuse Discord’s content delivery network (CDN) to host and spread Lumma Stealer, and talks about added capabilities to the information stealing malware.

ComputerWorld Independent

October 13, 2023 admin

Microsoft addresses three zero-days for October’s Patch Tuesday

This month, Microsoft has released 103 updates to Windows, Edge, Microsoft Office, and Exchange Server. This update also includes minor updates to Visual Studio. Three zero-days (CVE-2023-44487, CVE-2023-36563 and CVE-2023-41763) require “Patch Now” updates for both Windows and the Edge browser for this October update cycle.

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