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Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:48:20 +0000

In years past, it was a challenge for organizations across every industry to ensure they were protected against the risks of – and ready to respond to – a cybersecurity incident. Decision-makers and IT administrators alike followed the advice of experts and worked to create strong safeguards and response and recovery plans. It wasn’t until…

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MalwareBytes Security

October 23, 2018 admin

Compromising vital infrastructure: how voting machines and elections are vulnerable

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:00:00 +0000

What are our options for secure and honest election results? Should we be using voting machines or are there better alternatives?

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Tags: compromising voting machines Denial of Service attacks elections infrastructure machines voting Voting machines

Security Sophos

October 22, 2018 admin

Chalubo botnet wants to DDoS from your server or IoT device

Credit to Author: Tim Easton| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:01:38 +0000

Attackers using brute-force SSH attacks have started to distribute a new bot that engages in coordinated denial-of-service attacks<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/gH8Nr4BLEcA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Kaspersky Security

October 22, 2018 admin

Mobile beasts and where to find them — part four

Credit to Author: Ilja Shatilin| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:26:57 +0000

We explain the types of malware that can take control of your device, and the dangers of multifunctional infection.

Independent Krebs

October 22, 2018 admin

Who Is Agent Tesla?

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:55:32 +0000

A powerful, easy-to-use password stealing program known as Agent Tesla has been infecting computers since 2014, but recently this malware strain has seen a surge in popularity — attracting more than 6,300 customers who pay monthly fees to license the software. Although Agent Tesla includes a multitude of features designed to help it remain undetected on host computers, the malware’s apparent creator seems to have done little to hide his real-life identity.

Microsoft Security

October 22, 2018 admin

Take steps to secure your business and users with our security business assessment

Credit to Author: Microsoft Secure Blog Staff| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 18:00:58 +0000

The Microsoft Security Assessment can help you discover where you are vulnerable and provide personalized recommendations to improve your security posture.

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ScadaICS Schneider

October 22, 2018 admin

TIPs to Effectively Maintain Industrial Control System Security

Credit to Author: Daniel Desruisseaux| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:57:27 +0000

Industrial Control System (ICS) operators recognize the need to improve cybersecurity, but many lack the understanding on how to operate a system in a secure manner. Schneider Electric has authored… Read more »

The post TIPs to Effectively Maintain Industrial Control System Security appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

MalwareBytes Security

October 22, 2018 admin

A week in security (October 15 – 21)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:23:14 +0000

A roundup of the security news from October 15–21, including how to build your own security camera, the FIDO standard, Twitter information operations, and our Q3 CTNT report.

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