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House Passes Bill to Enhance Industrial Cybersecurity

Issued by: Security Week

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill aimed at protecting industrial control systems (ICS), particularly ones used in critical infrastructure, against cyberattacks. The legislation, H.R. 5733, formally known as the “DHS Industrial Control Systems Capabilities Enhancement Act,” was introduced on May 9 by Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) and it was approved by…

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Could an Equifax-sized data breach happen again?

Issued by: Help Net Security

Many global financial services organizations are targeted by sophisticated cyberattackers in an attempt to steal critical data and personally-identifiable information (PII), according to Vectra. Vectra disclosed that cyberattackers build hidden tunnels to break into networks and steal information. These tunnels are used to remotely control an attack, known as command-and-control, and steal data, known as…

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Is Your Healthcare Organization Prepared to Withstand a Data Security Breach?

Issued by: Security Intelligence

The healthcare industry has long been a top target for cybercriminals. According to a 2016 study from the Ponemon Institute, 89 percent of healthcare organizations have experienced a data security breach resulting in the loss or theft of patient information. More importantly, the cost of a data breach for healthcare is more expensive than any…

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Has paying the ransom become business as usual?

Issued by: Help Net Security

Radware released its 2018 Executive Application and Network Security Report. For the first time in the survey’s five-year history, a majority of executives (53%) reported paying a hacker’s ransom following a cyber attack. According to the report, 69% of executives said that their company faced a ransom attack in the past year, compared with only…

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Protecting consumers from mobile and IoT threats

Issued by: Help Net Security

A new report by Allot Communications revealed a dynamic and automated threat landscape in which consumers lack the security expertise to effectively protect themselves. Mobile and Internet of Things continue to be primary attack vectors, contributing to a spike in cryptojacking, adware, and DDoS attacks. The Telco Security Trends Report is based on anonymous data…

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How Will You Face the High Price of DDoS Attacks?

Issued by: Security Intelligence

The largest ever distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack occurred in the spring of 2018. The attack lasted more than eight minutes and measured 1.3 Tbps, according to Threatpost. But it’s a record no one in the security industry expects to last long, as DDoS attacks continue to increase in length, strength and damage. This type of…

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Cryptomining malware digs into nearly 40% of organizations worldwide

Issued by: Help Net Security

Check Point published its latest Global Threat Index for May 2018, revealing that the Coinhive cryptominer impacted 22% of organizations globally – up from 16% in April, an increase of nearly 50%. May 2018 marked the fifth consecutive month where cryptomining malware dominated Check Point’s Top Ten Most Wanted Malware Index. Coinhive retained the top…

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Is Cryptojacking Replacing Ransomware as the Next Big Threat?

Issued by: Security Week

Monitoring cyberthreats over time reveals interesting insights into the strategies used by cybercriminals and the evolution of the attack vectors they target. While the threat landscape continues to be quite diversified, trends do seem to run in predictable cycles. For example, over the last year or so ransomware has risen to become one of the…

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Macs Infected With New Monero-Mining Malware

Issued by: Security Week

Many Mac users reported in the past few weeks that a process named “mshelper” had been eating up a lot of CPU power and draining their batteries. It turns out that the process is associated with a piece of malware designed to mine for Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency. Researchers at Malwarebytes have analyzed the mshelper malware and while…

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Where Are You Placing Your Endpoint Security Bets?

Issued by: CyberArk Blog

Defense-in-depth is a common security strategy that often includes a combination of endpoint security products, including next generation anti-virus (NGAV), traditional anti-virus (AV) and/or endpoint detection and response (EDR). But as attacks and breaches continue to surge, I can’t help but wonder: are these technologies missing the point? The CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager and products…