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UK scans entire country for cyber vulnerabilities 
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

The National Cyber ​​Security Center (NCSC), the UK's cyber security authority, is launching a vulnerability scan that will examine all of the country's internet systems for cyber vulnerabilities. If something is found, the authority informs the companies and operators. The authority in Great Britain informs that all systems in the country that can be reached via the Internet are subjected to a scan for cyber vulnerabilities. The rationale for this reads as follows: “As part of the NCSC mission to make the UK the safest place to live and do business online, we are producing a data-backed map of the UK's 'vulnerability'….

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Because of Russia: EU Commission wants new cyber center in no time at all
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

In a tender process, the EU Commission is looking for an additional cyber center for the evaluation of the cyber situation and analysis for 22 million. The deadline for submitting offers shows that it is urgent: only 3 weeks. The justification for the rush: Russia's military aggression. Of course, the EU Commission already has cyber centers for evaluating cyber attacks – including those from Russia. But they don't seem to be enough for the EU Commission. Therefore, the following publication can be found in the e-System Tendering (tenders from the European institutions) under the heading “Tailor-made service in support of the Cyber ​​Situation and Analysis Center…

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Universities, institutes, schools suffer hacker attacks  
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

While only companies were the targets of hacker attacks and ransomware, reports from affected institutes and schools are now piling up. A few days ago, the Heilbronn University was hit, before that the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and at the end of October the Munich-Land media center, which means that 75 district schools also suffered data loss. Heilbronn University – HHN for short – confirms the hacker attack on their systems. Initial analyzes and evaluations with the Baden-Württemberg Cyber ​​Security Agency and the State Criminal Police Office are ongoing. According to the university, internal and external experts are currently working flat out on the…

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Is Continental a victim of LockBit?
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While Continental already spoke in a statement on its website in August 2022 that the attack had been averted, the ransomware group LockBit announced on its leak page that data captured by Continental had been published. According to the chat log, apparently 40 terabytes of data. The APT group LockBit claims that it has successfully hacked and stolen data from the automotive supplier Continental. Now the data is to be published on the leak page, probably to increase the pressure on Continental. However, Continental has not published any information on a current attack. According to the chat log on the LockBit leak page,…

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Endpoint Detection and Response Expert Award
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The Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Expert solution has received Strategic Leaders status after extensive testing by AV-Comparatives. In particular, the automated blocking and correct reporting of all attacks as well as the consistent mapping of MITER's tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) were recognized. The testers also praised the product for its high return on investment (ROI) and low total cost of ownership (TCO). It was also ranked in the top 3 for best results in the Prevention\Response Capability category. Short time to detect and respond to malware incidents Ability to reduce time…

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Lockbit 3.0: data stolen from arms manufacturer Thales?
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According to various media, the French defense and technology group Thales announced that the hacker group LockBit 3.0 claims to have stolen some of their data and is now threatening to publish it on the dark web. Thales is reported to have said that the blackmail and ransomware group LockBit 3.0 has announced that it will publish the captured data on the dark web on November 7th. However, Thales added that no direct ransom demand has been received so far. The weapons manufacturer immediately launched an internal investigation and informed the French national cyber security authority ANSSI. An ad…

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Computer game: it's so easy for employees to fall into the social engineering trap
G Data News

The G DATA academy is expanding its portfolio with an interactive game on the topics of social engineering traps, ransomware and phishing. With this, G DATA is reacting to the increasing need for accompanying measures in security awareness training courses in order to increase the completion rates for e-learning courses. More and more companies are using security awareness training to arm their staff for phishing attempts or a social engineering trap. However, employees often lack the motivation to complete the courses. An interactive game from the G DATA academy provides the right incentive to learn. Computer game as awareness training The computer game is available…

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Post-quantum cryptography for websites and APIs
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Cloudflare has introduced support for post-quantum cryptography for all websites and APIs served over Cloudflare's network. With this, Cloudflare enables the support of post-quantum cryptography on almost 20% of the Internet. The use of quantum computers is steadily increasing. In the future, quantum computers will be able to decrypt encrypted communication. The problem: cryptography for every type of application (no matter how commonplace) has an expiration date: from email and online banking to medical records and government secrets. Thus, quantum computers potentially pose a major security challenge for companies, individuals and governments….

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Webinar November 10, 2022: Email Security in the Enterprise
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Email security is still a hot topic. In the free webinar on November 10, 2022 from 14:00 p.m., Trellix will use specific cases to demonstrate how risks can be minimized. Although 2022 was characterized more by advancements than fundamentally new threats in the cybersecurity world, techniques and frequency of ransomware attacks stabilized while cyber attacks intensified with the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Attackers stop at nothing: In the healthcare sector alone, the number of ransomware attacks increased by 650% in the past year. And 75% of ransomware attacks…

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DDoS threat landscape with millions of attacks
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The EMEA region as a DDoS threat landscape reported over 1,8 million attacks in the first half of 2022, a nine percent increase from the second half of 2021, according to the latest NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report. War, religion and politics continue to heat up the situation. While Russia and Ukraine were the main DDoS attack targets, several countries in the region experienced unusual attack spikes attributed to the aftermath of the war. Finland, for example, reported a 249 percent increase in attacks, most likely due to the country's upcoming NATO membership. Also in Ireland there was…

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