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US Banks Will Be Required to Report Cyberattacks Within 36 Hours

November 21, 2021

There is currently no specific time frame during which banks must report to federal regulators that a security incident had occurred. A new notification rules changes that to 36 hours. Under a new cybersecurity incident notification rule, banks in the…

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3 Must-Know Technologies to Protect Your Hybrid Workforce

November 18, 2021

A recent Gartner survey found that 82% of companies plan on offering a remote work option at least some of the time. These businesses face the challenge of providing consistent, high-performance access, applying unified security policies across users and devices, and protecting…

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DDOS Attacks on VOIP Surge 35% in Q3

November 18, 2021

Security experts have warned of a surge in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the third quarter, with quantity, size and complexity all increasing in the period. The findings come from Lumen’s Q3 DDoS Report, which revealed that the firm mitigated…

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Threat Actors Discuss Leasing Zero-Day Exploits

November 18, 2021

Ransomware gangs can now afford to pay as much as $10m for zero-day exploits, but for those without the money, developers have discussed renting out malicious code, according to Digital Shadows. The threat intelligence firm’s new report ⁠–⁠ Vulnerability Intelligence, Do You Know Where Your…

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How to Prevent Ransomware Attacks

November 17, 2021

Before you toss out your legacy security solution, here are a few steps you can take to strengthen your digital defenses in-house. “How can we prevent ransomware attacks?” We’ve been hearing this question with new urgency after a string of…

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Long Term Security Attitude and Practices Study

November 13, 2021

What makes security practitioners tick? That’s a simple question with a lot of drivers underneath it. The Ask We’re launching a long term study of security practitioners to understand how they approach security, please sign up for our Long Term Security…

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Emotet Makes a Comeback

November 13, 2021

The popular Trojan has re-emerged on the scene several months after the botnet infrastructure behind it was disrupted by law enforcement. The once-pervasive malware tool Emotet has risen from the ashes months after international law enforcement agencies coordinated a takedown of…

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