EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Last week, Microsoft’s cyber security division announced that it is changing its taxonomy for naming hacking groups. Previously, Microsoft assigned cyber criminal organizations the names of chemical elements, as listed in the periodic table. In the new system, Microsoft will assign hacker groups two-word names, including a weather-based descriptor. The new names The […]

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By Joshua Parsons, Product Marketing Manager at Enzoic For decades, enterprise security measures and employee productivity were seemingly at odds. In fact, 37% of respondents in a recent Vanson Bourne […]

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Ease of Use, Ease of Integration Encourages Data Protection By Gregory Hoffer, CEO of Coviant Software In 1999 noted cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier wrote in his Schneier on Security blog […]

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By Mark Evans, VP Marketing and Packet Capture Evangelist at Endace Let’s assume your security team has completed all the “low-hanging fruit” security essentials. They’ve made sure all the basic […]

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Patrik Honegger has worked in the IT sector since the 1990’s and has specialized in the IT security field since 2000. He joined Check Point in 2001. Since joining Check Point, he has been involved with the full array of company solutions and customer sectors and maintains a deep technological understanding of products and customers’ […]

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On the 28th of April, acting on a tip received from an anonymous source, Heimdal®’s SOC team has come across an active phishing campaign that appears to specifically target Romanian telecom customers. The preliminary analysis of all of the evidence presented so far has indicated that the threat actor(s) involved in this operation exhibit the […]

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As the world becomes increasingly digital, cybersecurity threats continue to evolve and become more sophisticated. Traditional cybersecurity measures are no longer enough to protect organizations from malicious attacks. That’s where managed threat hunting comes in – a proactive approach that involves actively searching for potential threats before they can do any damage. But is it […]

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RTM Locker is now the most recent enterprise-targeting ransomware operation found to be using a Linux encryptor to target virtual machines on VMware ESXi systems. The RTM (Read The Manual) cybercrime group, which is well-known for disseminating a unique banking virus designed to steal money from victims, has been engaged in financial fraud since at […]

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: If you expected OpenAI to further develop ChatGPT’s ‘neural network’ in order to enhance the bot’s performance, allowing it to perform an even wider range of tasks with unprecedented accuracy and efficiency, you might find yourself disappointed. OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, warns that the research strategy used to create the bot has already […]

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