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Enterprise Ransomware Protection: Why It Matters A ransomware attack can be one of the most damaging types of cybercrime any business can face. And this is a threat that every company must be prepared to deal with sooner or later. Data from Statista shows that as of 2023, more than 72 percent of businesses worldwide…
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Cybersecurity teams must beware of RansomHub, a surging RaaS gang. Plus, North Korea has unleashed sophisticated social-engineering schemes against crypto employees. Meanwhile, a new SANS report stresses the importance of protecting ICS and OT systems. And a Tenable poll sheds light on cloud-native VM. And much more! Dive into six things that are top of…
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In the first half of 2024, we observed 396 undisclosed ransomware attacks on the manufacturing industry – amounting to 17% of all undisclosed attacks we recorded during this period. This trend underscores the growing targeting of this sector by ransomware groups. In this article, we will examine some of the largest attacks to date, explore…
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The 2024 State of the vCISO Report continues Cynomi’s tradition of examining the growing popularity of virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) services. According to the independent survey, the demand for these services is increasing, with both providers and clients reaping the rewards. The upward trend is set to continue, with even faster growth expected…
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Sep 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananWordPress / Webinar Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered yet another critical security flaw in the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress that could allow unauthenticated users to take control of arbitrary accounts. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44000 (CVSS score: 7.5), impacts versions before and including 6.4.1. It has been addressed in version 6.5.0.1.…
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Sep 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Data Security Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has broken his silence nearly two weeks after his arrest in France, stating the charges are misguided. “If a country is unhappy with an internet service, the established practice is to start a legal action against the service itself,” Durov said in a 600-word…
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Sep 06, 2024Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Vulnerability A new security flaw has been addressed in the Apache OFBiz open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that, if successfully exploited, could lead to unauthenticated remote code execution on Linux and Windows. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-45195 (CVSS score: 7.5), affects all versions of the software before 18.12.16.…
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‘The transformation of the business model of VMware continues to progress very well .. The success of this strategy was reflected in the performance in Q3. We booked more than 15 million CPU cores of VCF,’ Broadcom CEO Hock Tan told investors. Broadcom’s third quarter saw overall revenue leap 47 percent to $13.07 billion during…
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Own Co. CEO Sam Gutmann founded Intronis in 2003 and led the company for about seven years as CEO. Barracuda Networks bought Intronis in 2015. Salesforce plans to buy data protection and management vendor Own Co. for about $1.9 billion in cash amid the customer relationship management vendor’s big investments in the emerging artificial intelligence…
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Apache has fixed a critical security vulnerability in its open-source OFBiz (Open For Business) software, which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable Linux and Windows servers. OFBiz is a suite of customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) business applications that can also be used as a Java-based web framework…
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