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IoT search engines: curse or blessing?
5. February 2021
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Eset_News

Are IoT search engines like Shodan or Censys a blessing or a curse? An ESET security expert takes a critical look at Shodan and Censys. Shodan and Censys are search engines for the Internet of Things (IoT). With these portals, devices and systems can be permanently connected to the Internet. These include, for example, surveillance cameras, webcams, servers, PCs, smart home systems, industrial controls or various network components. Both services see themselves as helpers to improve IT security. Security solutions for companies and private users, however, recognize these queries as potential attacks. In his current article "Shodan and Censys - Friend or ...

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Attacks on COVID-19 vaccine research
23 January 2021
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Kaspersky records cyberattacks on pharmaceutical companies and a department of a health ministry. The attacks on COVID-19 vaccine research point to the Lazarus group. Kaspersky researchers identified two targeted attacks on facilities linked to the COVID-19 research in the fall. A health ministry and a pharmaceutical company were affected. The Kaspersky experts assume that the infamous Lazarus group is behind these attacks. Attack pattern points to Lazarus The first attack took place on a facility of a health ministry, whereby two Windows servers were compromised with sophisticated malware on October 27, 2020. The analysis of the already known ...

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Cyber ​​Security Trends 2021
19 January 2021
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Cybersecurity trends

The current year has already shown that IT attacks are becoming more frequent, more violent and more persistent. Roman Borovits, Senior Systems Engineer at F5, explains the developments in cybersecurity companies should pay attention to. Cyber ​​criminals continue to arm and prepare even more targeted and dangerous attacks. In 2021, companies should keep an eye on the following cybersecurity trends in particular: Increasing attempts at fraud overwhelm existing protective measures. The scammers' tools have evolved over the past five years, while the current generation of defenses is getting old. Attackers can bypass hurdles such as multi-factor authentication and risk-based rate limitation, ...

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Radware's cloud forecast for 2021
16 January 2021
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Cloud multi-cloud

Radware's cloud forecast for 2021: more multi-cloud, more security and higher costs. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the transition to the cloud timetable for many companies. The failures at many of the largest cloud service providers and the recent hacking and ransomware attacks show the challenges in terms of availability, scalability and security of cloud environments, according to Radware. Radware predicts 2021 major trends for 5: Investments in cloud migration and security Companies will evaluate multi-vendor and multi-cloud options to protect themselves against failures at their primary cloud providers. Sales-relevant business applications are hosted by several providers ...

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2021: Patient data leaks expected
29 December 2020
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Forecast 2021 network

Kaspersky predictions for 2021: patient data leaks and more attacks on healthcare. Due to the corona pandemic, the subject of IT in the healthcare sector has become more explosive. The security experts at Kaspersky assume that there will be leaks of patient data in the cloud in the coming year and that health organizations as well as vaccine and drug manufacturers will be increasingly exposed to cyber attacks. Digital transformation of healthcare As Kaspersky predicted last year, attacks on medical devices have increased in countries where the digital transformation of healthcare has just begun - and with them ...

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Christmas business: Cybercrime is on the rise
16 December 2020
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Online shops and stores have prepared for the onslaught of the high-volume pre-Christmas business. But this business is not only extremely lucrative for companies, the cloud security specialist from Hanover Hornetsecurity warns of a drastic increase in cyber crime: Phishing, DDoS attacks and ransomware are causing immense damage right now. In the past few years, customers were often affected by phishing campaigns from November to mid-December. Hornetsecurity expects a significant increase again this year. Phishing emails are mainly sent on behalf of the online giant Amazon. Unbeatable offers entice unsuspecting recipients to reveal your data….

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7 million attacks on employees in the home office every day
13 November 2020
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Notebook home office attacks

According to the ESET Threat Report for the third quarter of 2020, there are around 7,1 million attacks on employees in the home office every day. Cyber ​​criminals specialize in their attacks on the home office. The remote desktop protocol (RDP) remains the main target in the third quarter. Around 7,1 million attacks take place on home workers in the DACH region every day. That's an increase of around 390 percent since March. Attacks with Android banking malware also increased rapidly in the third quarter. Criminals are also increasingly relying on crypto miners again. These are results from the ESET Threat Report for the third quarter of 2020, the ...

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Cyber ​​attacks increase by 154 percent
2 October 2020
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Cyber ​​attack access data

The current threat analysis by G DATA CyberDefense shows: Cyber ​​criminals also massively attacked private users and companies in the second quarter. The number of cyber attacks increased by 154 percent in the second quarter. In May alone, G Data registered more than twice as many attacks as in April. "Cyber ​​criminals continue to benefit from the Corona crisis and have made significantly more attempted attacks since the outbreak of the pandemic," says Tim Berghoff, Security Evangelist at G DATA CyberDefense. “Even though many employees have now returned from their home office to their office workstation, people spend a lot more time privately on ...

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Attacks on the oil and gas industry
2 October 2020
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Oil and gas industry complex

Attacks on critical infrastructures are increasing, especially in building automation and the oil and gas industry. There are still dangerous trends in the first half of the year: targeted attacks and ransomware. Worms in particular serve as attack vectors in the oil and gas industry. In the first six months of 2020, the percentage of attacked systems within the oil and gas industry and in building automation increased compared to the second half of 2019, as a current Kaspersky study shows. Even if attacks on industrial control systems (ICS, Industrial Control System) in other sectors are declining slightly, the Kaspersky experts ...

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Hackers target the US election campaign
September 22, 2020
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Microsoft warns of cyber attacks on people and organizations associated with the US election campaign. John Hultquist, Senior Director of Analysis at Mandiant Threat Intelligence, is particularly concerned about the aggressive campaigns of the Russian military intelligence service. “Political cyber espionage activities have in common that they target political organizations, because parties and campaigns are good sources of information about planned politics. The APT28 hacker group has a unique history that leads to fears that devastating activities and information campaigns may be launched upon us. Russian military intelligence service regularly violates international norms In addition to the hacking campaign ...

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