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5 minutes with Doug Matthews - Ransomware threats on political organizations

Maria Henriquez
November 5, 2020
While the first thing that may come to mind is attacks on voter booths and polling data, hackers were expected to hit more vulnerable targets first, such as community-based organizations and systems supporting political campaigns. These networks are rarely designed to withstand the ransomware threats much larger, established political bodies face, and hackers know it. Here, we talk to Doug Matthews, Vice President of Product Management for Veritas, about the conditions impacting data protection during the election period.
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email security

Email security best practices for a remote human perimeter

- DJ Sampath
DJ Sampath
November 5, 2020
Cybercriminals quickly weaved the pandemic into their email scams earlier this year, and more recently impersonated the IRS by pretending to share updates about COVID tax relief in an attempt to steal sensitive tax information. In mid-April, Google’s Threat Analysis Group reported that they detected 18 million COVID-19 themed malware and phishing emails per day. And that’s without including all the email impersonation, invoice fraud, and phishing attacks that have nothing to do with COVID, but are dangerous nonetheless. In this article, I will provide some tips to help individuals and organizations communicate more securely over email.
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Malware

Attackers targeting non-governmental organizations in Myanmar with new ‘KilllSomeOne’ backdoor

Operators used four different DLL side-loading scenarios to install and execute new malware after removing a resident PlugX Backdoor
November 4, 2020
Sophos uncovered attackers using DLL side-loading to execute malicious code and install backdoors in the networks of targeted organizations. A report published, “A New APT uses DLL Side-loads to Killl Someone,” outlines the discovery of four different DLL side-loading scenarios, which all share the same program database path and some of which carry a file named “KilllSomeOne.”
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University of Illinois

DHS awards $2M to University of Illinois-led consortium to create national network of cybersecurity institutes

November 4, 2020
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has awarded $2 million to the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI), a DHS Center of Excellence (COE) led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), to develop a plan that CISA can execute to build a national network of cybersecurity technical institutes.
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cyber professional

InfoSec teams fight dual battle: Limited visibility and board communication

Vinay Sridhara
Vinay Sridhara
November 4, 2020

Cybersecurity teams struggle with a lack of visibility into threats, endpoint devices, access privileges, and other essential security controls necessary for a robust cybersecurity posture. Without full visibility into their entire digital ecosystem, infosec teams cannot fully secure the assets on their networks or effectively prioritize the most serious threats. Below, I dive into how security professionals are still fighting the battle between effectively viewing serious threats and communicating cyber risk to company leadership.


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NCSAM

The future of connected devices

Reflecting on NCSAM: How businesses should be implementing lessons learned from the month in their ongoing cyber strategy
Will Bass
Will Bass
November 4, 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has taken work out of the office and into the home for most people. This means workers are using their home networks and personal devices to connect to the office more than ever before. This shift in work patterns brings with it new network connectivity and security challenges for IT teams to tackle.
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