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Healthcare Company Takes Proactive Measures to Improve Security Maturity
A CIO saw a cyber incident as an opportunity to measure and get a baseline of the company's cyber hygiene and devise a plan for hardening infrastructure and reaching a higher level of security maturity.
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The Hidden Costs of Cybercrime
This year, the global cost of cybercrime is expected to hit $6 trillion.[i] Up from $3 trillion in 2015, it’s nothing short of a big, flourishing business whose operators are relentless innovators.
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Demystifying Cyber Insurance
Marc Shein, co-chair of Marsh McLennan Agency’s Cyber Center of Excellence, joins this episode of the podcast to discuss how cyber insurance can strengthen your business, risk prevention, and cyber resilience.
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Codecov Bash Uploader Supply Chain Attack
By Arete Cyber Threat Intelligence Team EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On April 15, Codecov announced a compromise to its Bash Uploader (a software application used in some of its products), whereby a threat actor was able to send sensitive information from…
Read moreFundamentals of Ransomware: What to Do Before and After Ransomware Strikes
By Raj Sivaraju Amid the pandemic and as more people began working from home via unsecure networks, India saw a 31 percent rise in ransomware attacks.[i] What’s more, according to the Sophos “State of Ransomware 2020” study, of 300…
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The State of Cybersecurity
Security Superpowers is back! This season's first episode discusses cybersecurity, industry trends, and building a cybersecurity workforce to meet the industry's current demand.
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Q1 2021 Crimeware Report: Post-Mortem Analysis of a Dumpster Fire
Unique insight into the state of ransomware based on data from more than 1,500 incident response and forensics cases.
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Black Kingdom Returns to Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers
Black Kingdom ransomware recently resurfaced to target a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange servers.
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Microsoft Exchange Server Zero Day Hack Insight
On March 2, 2021, Microsoft disclosed and provided security updates for four [4] critical vulnerabilities — CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858, and CVE-2021-27065 — impacting on-premises Microsoft Exchange Servers.
Read moreRisky Business: Securing a Remote Workforce Comes with Its Challenges – but Also Solutions
In the past year, businesses around the world have had to fundamentally transform how they work and communicate. And not that work from home is new, but it’s certainly never been done at the current scale. To maintain productivity, organizations have…
Read moreDon’t Drink from That! Gootloader Watering Hole Leads to REvil Attack
REvil, more commonly referred to as Sodinokibi, is one of the most prolific ransomware threat groups currently active in the cyber extortion space. In the past year alone, Arete has responded to countless incidents where REvil has facilitated…
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Darkside Ransomware: Caviar Taste on Your Big-Game Budget
Explore Darkside ransomware, an operation utilizing sophisticated tactics to target high-revenue organizations. Arete's threat intelligence data reveals high ransom demands, extensive business downtime, and universal data exfiltration.
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