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Out of office notices as a cybersecurity threat
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Information from out-of-office messages is used by cyber criminals for targeted phishing attacks. Vacationers should therefore be particularly careful about what information they disclose in it. The national vaccination campaigns are advancing all over the world and the chance of a return to a halfway normal life is becoming more and more tangible. Vacation trips should be possible again in many countries as early as the summer. Many people will not miss this opportunity. For employees, this means that they only receive an out-of-office notice in response to many inquiries and e-mails or that they will set up one themselves. But be careful ...

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Untrained employees increase IT risk 
Untrained employees increase IT risk

Untrained employees repeatedly put IT security to the test in German medium-sized companies. A G DATA survey sheds light on the problems and shows how effective security awareness is. Every second company in German medium-sized companies knows the situation if a cyber attack was successful. Untrained employees often play an important role in this. E-mails are the number one attack route in IT systems because employees can quickly fall for fake invoices or applications. A current survey by G DATA CyberDefense shows the pitfalls in security awareness. Employees are not IT security specialists IT security is for most employees ...

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EDR for medium-sized companies
EDR for medium-sized companies

EDR for medium-sized companies: Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud now with extended functions. The Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud solution now includes endpoint detection and response (EDR) functions tailored to small and medium-sized businesses. IT administrators in companies of this size now have a comprehensive overview of affected endpoints and the chain of attacks. This enables them to analyze the parameters of the incident and the causes of the compromise in order to then take proactive measures that strengthen the protection of the entire company. Protection against cyber risks is essential for SMEs Reliable protection against cyber risks is essential for small and medium-sized companies in order to ...

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Customized MDR for SMEs 
Customized MDR for SMEs

Customized cybersecurity with Managed Detection and Response (MDR): Kaspersky presents modules for large and small companies. Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is now officially available not only for large companies, but also for medium-sized companies with different degrees of maturity and need for IT security. A selection of frameworks combines different sets of security solutions and services in order to offer comprehensive protection against all types of threats. This gives companies of all sizes tailor-made, comprehensive protection against cyberattacks, while it helps IT security teams to allocate resources to analyze, investigate and respond to ...

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SME investments in IT security 
SME investments in IT security

SMEs are currently investing in IT security. This is reported by a new ESET study. The willingness of companies to invest in IT security and digitization is picking up speed despite the pandemic in 2021. The digitization of the economy is in full swing, investments are being made more heavily than ever before. But what role does IT security play in this: Are companies sticking to the status quo or are they sustainably accepting the challenge of the changing market situation caused by Corona? The IT security manufacturer ESET pursued this question in a representative survey in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. And the results show that company leaders ...

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Why security appliances do not fully protect SMEs
Security Security Appliances

SMEs should review their security strategy. Avast highlights 6 reasons why security appliances don't fully protect SMBs. But there are alternatives as a solution. With a simple, uniform approach to threat management, Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions were particularly convincing when they were introduced to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In 2007, with a corresponding appliance, these received additional all-in-one security functions such as anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, intrusion detection and monitoring as well as content filters, which are provided at a single point in the network, in addition to a firewall. However, this simplification evolves in light of changes in the way we work and the methods of data protection that are now required ...

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Patch management for Ivanti Security Controls
ivanti news

Ivanti and Avast Business are integrating patch management technology into small business security platforms. OEM partnership: Automated patching of vulnerabilities supports SMEs and IT service providers in simplifying endpoint security. Ivanti and Avast Business, a leading global provider of products for digital security and data protection, are significantly expanding their OEM partnership from 2019: The integration of Ivanti Security Controls Advanced SDK for Ivanti OEM partners will provide patch management functions in the future Avast Business CloudCare offered. This enables the process of patch distribution to be automated and significantly simplified. This component of the multi-layered Avast CloudCare security platform allows small and ...

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New USG-FLEX firewalls

Zyxel supports overburdened and inadequately equipped SMEs with an expanded portfolio of powerful firewalls. It expands its portfolio of USG-FLEX firewalls to include entry-level and high-end solutions for SMEs. Zyxel Networks, a leading provider of secure, AI and cloud-based solutions, today announced the introduction of two new firewalls, USG FLEX 100W and USG FLEX 700, as well as firmware version ZLD 4.60, which offers relevant optimizations. Together, they offer SMBs the power and flexibility to protect themselves against sophisticated cyber threats and keep business operations going in the new reality. According to the recently published 2020 Threat Landscape ...

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Swiss SMEs in the crosshairs
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The Kaspersky experts register that the APT group DeathStalker spies on Swiss SMEs in particular. The APT Group has other medium-sized companies in its sights worldwide. Victims can often be found in the financial industry and among law firms. The APT group DeathStalker has been spying on small and medium-sized companies in the financial sector since at least 2012. The latest Kaspersky research shows that DeathStalker has targeted companies in Switzerland and around the world. DeathStalker specializes specifically in cyber espionage against law firms and organizations in the financial sector. The threat actor is highly adaptable and is characterized by the fact that ...

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Ransomware attacks on SMBs
Eset_News

ESET: ransomware attacks target small and medium-sized businesses. IT security has a lot of catching up to do, especially in the SME sector. German medium-sized companies are the engine of innovation in the economy. According to the Federal Association of SMEs, 99,5 percent of companies in Germany are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). They often fail to recognize their importance and neglect the topic of IT security. For this reason, many cyber criminals have adapted their arsenals to precisely these companies. Their attack methods range from Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, which lead to hours of downtime and high revenue losses, to malware attacks, especially with ransomware. Successful blackmail Trojan attacks can ...

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