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01/10/2022

It is a time when many are thinking of their families and loved ones, time off work, and gift-giving – the holidays. However, while many have their minds outside the realm of work during the holiday season, often, this is when attackers plan their most sinister attacks. So how can you take precautions to protect your organization during these times?

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There are five ways your business could be at risk of cyber attack during the holiday season - and how to take precautions to protect yourself.

01/03/2022

Digital transformation integrates computer-based technologies that stimulate a complete assessment of a company’s products, services, processes, and strategies on both a cultural and a business level. Digital transformations are undertaken to engage better and serve a company’s customers and employees to make them more competitive and productive.

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Digital transformation integrates computer-based technologies that stimulate a complete assessment of a company’s products, services, processes, and strategies on both…

12/27/2021

Link11 has released Q3 data from its network on the development of DDoS threats. The number of attacks remains at a very high level in Q3 2021. After Q2 2021 had already shown an increase of 19 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of attacks rose by another 17 percent in Q3. In addition to the worsening of the threat situation in terms of the number of attacks, the increase in attack bandwidths and the rising complexity in attack techniques are also noticeable.

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12/20/2021

Organizations must improve their cybersecurity protocols to detect fraudulent identities and make sure they're safeguarding their consumers’ personal information. The Federal Reserve defines synthetic identity fraud as a fraud attack in which cybercriminals combine real information with fabricated information, such as addresses, dates of birth, or names to build a fake identity that can be used to make purchases.

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12/13/2021

HP security experts and advisors have been reflecting on what the year ahead has in store. Here, Continuity Central presents insights from a range of HP security experts, highlighting four key emerging trends. The experts include: Michael Heywood, Supply Chain Security Lead; Joanna Burkey, CISO; Dr. Ian Pratt, Global Head of Security for Personal Systems; Patrick Schläpfer, Malware Analyst; Alex Holland, Senior Malware Analyst; Julia Voo, Global Lead Cybersecurity and Tech Policy; and Michael Howard, Head of Security and Analytics Practice; alongside HP Security Advisory Board member and Partner at Deloitte, Robert Masse.

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12/08/2021

The good news is there are precautions you can take to guard against privilege escalations. Some of these precautions include setting strong password policies, regularly scanning and updating systems and applications, removing unused user accounts and with it potential points of entry for attackers, and periodically change user credentials on all devices.

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12/01/2021

Post-incident discussions should highlight key learning opportunities and incorporate lessons learned, which can then be integrated into the incident response plan as part of its review.

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11/29/2021

A new report from KPMG ‘From enforcer to influencer: Shaping tomorrow’s security team’ is calling on business leaders to ensure cyber security specialists are part of the C-suite decision making process, with digitization at the heart of their future growth strategies. The report offers seven key recommendations to IT leaders and Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) to improve their cyber resilience leadership.

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11/24/2021

A malicious actor’s motive may go beyond simply accessing the organization’s system or enter the organization’s user system. What is of importance to consider is whether the privilege escalation that took place used a platform that can ultimately weaken an organization’s defences by, for example, running malicious codes in the organization’s system.

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11/22/2021

Attackers advertise access to computers within shipping and logistics companies as the global supply chain struggles to meet post-COVID demands. Threat intelligence firm Intel 471 reports that targeted organizations include a Japanese container shipping firm, trucking and transportation companies in the United States, and a logistics firm in the United Kingdom. The attackers purportedly used vulnerabilities in, or insecure configurations of, remote access infrastructure such as Citrix, Cisco, Fortinet, and PulseSecure virtual private network technology, as well as Microsoft's remote desktop protocol (RDP) software.

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Attackers advertise access to computers within shipping and logistics companies as the global supply chain struggles to meet post-COVID demands.

11/17/2021

To ensure that your cyber incident response plan is functioning optimally, the incident response process must be regularly tested quarterly. Testing can be carried out with mock incident training and exercises using realistic scenarios to provide a high-level outline and systematic walkthrough of the incident response process.

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11/15/2021

The complications resulting from payroll disruptions should encouraged organisations to consider the benefits of cloud-based technologies and business process automation. CFOs are thereforeencouraged to prioritise investments that support organisational health to help maintain business resilience and business continuity.

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CFOs encouraged to prioritise investments that support organisational health to help maintain business resilience