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Cyber Risk & Your Supply Chain: Managing the Growing Threat

NexusTek

Capitalizing on human error and a host of other vulnerabilities, threat actors increasingly exploit weak links in supply chains to gain access to bigger targets up the chain. The malicious code redirects users to a compromised website that hosts the threat actor’s malware. But how to accomplish this?

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Managing the Perils of Data Exfiltration

Pure Storage

Technical vulnerabilities, phishing campaigns, and social engineering are well-known methods of gaining access. A common technique is to hack into a worker’s email and use that access to impersonate that worker in sending an email to colleagues that’s loaded with malware links.

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The Critical Role of Safe and Secure Backup System Storage

Solutions Review

As attackers have grown more skilled and sophisticated, they are now leveraging hard-to-detect tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) that capitalize on backup system vulnerabilities to either steal data or disrupt recovery operations. Take the CVE-2022-36537 vulnerability that was publicized in early 2023 for example.

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5 Ways Your DR and Backup Solutions May Be Weakening Your Cyber Resilience

Zerto

Slow or No Capabilities for Detection of a Cyberattack Most data protection solutions have some kind of malware or anomaly detection mechanism to determine if you may be experiencing a cyberattack or if your recovery data has been compromised. Unless of course, you recover in an isolated (and preferably air-gapped) clean room environment.

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How to Counter AI-Driven Cybersecurity Threats to Physical Security Products

Security Industry Association

IoT malware : IoT malware is malicious software that is designed to target IoT devices. IoT malware can be used to take control of devices, steal data or disrupt operations. Zero-day attacks : Zero-day attacks are attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in software that the vendor is not aware of.

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3 Essential things every business owner should know about IT security in 2023

Online Computers

Malware Malware refers to any malicious software designed to damage or disable a computer system, including viruses , Trojans , and spyware. Once malware is installed on your computer, it can disable the system, disrupt operations, or even steal data.

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Four Attack Vectors for Web Applications Being Targeted by Ransomware

Solutions Review

Sometimes the rush to keep business services functioning meant that security was overlooked, and cybercriminals are ready to exploit these vulnerabilities. It’s important to understand that protecting applications and access is as critical as email security in defending against ransomware and other malware. Application access.