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Email phishing is a complex attack that should be countered with advanced surveillance, interdiction systems, and user training

According to the industry news source VentureBeat, 70% of the IT groups surveyed indicated an increase in phishing attacks in 2020:

“One of the reasons for the success of phishing is its ability to continuously evolve and diversify, tailoring attacks to topical issues or concerns such as the pandemic and playing on human emotions and trust.The temptation for organizations can be to see phishing attacks as a relatively low-level threat, but that underestimates their power. Phishing is often the first step in a complex, multi-stage attack.”

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Dropper

A dropper is a small helper program that facilitates the delivery and installation of malware.

Spammers and other bad actors use droppers to circumvent the signatures that anti-virus programs use to block or quarantine malicious code. It’s much easier to change the dropper, should its signature become recognized, than it would be to rewrite the malicious code-base.

Droppers, like many of their larger Trojan horse counterparts, can be persistent or non-persistent. Non-persistent droppers install malware and then automatically remove themselves. Persistent droppers copy themselves to a hidden file and stay there until they complete the task they were created for.

Droppers can be spread many ways, including by:

  • Opening an infected e-mail attachment.
  • Picking up a drive-by download on an infected website.
  • Clicking a malicious link on a website or in an email.
  • Using an infected flash drive.

Sometimes droppers are bundled with free utility programs (such as ad blockers) to avoid detection. When the free program executes, the dropper will first download and install malware before it unpacks and installs the legitimate utility.

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Covid 19 and Digital Technology

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OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO ADOPT DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND PERMANENTLY IMPROVE THEIR PRODUCTIVITY

Small businesses have shown very low levels of
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Protect your data from insider threats

When it comes to protecting your Data and Network assets, Organizations continue to spend an exceptional amount of time and money to secure from external attacks; however, insider threats are becoming a key cause of data exposure. Based on survey from Small Businesses security experts have found that insider incidents account for more than 60 percent of all data breaches; however, many organizations don’t report insider attacks out of fear of business loss and damage to their reputation.  

Insider threats come in two forms. An authorized insider threat is someone who misuse their rights and privileges, either accidentally, deliberately or his credentials were stolen. An unauthorized insider is someone who has connected to the network behind the perimeter defenses. This could be someone who plugged into a jack in the lobby or a conference room, or someone who is using an unprotected wireless network connected to the internal network. Insider attacks can lead to data loss or downtime, so it is as important to monitor activity in your network as activity at the perimeter.  To have effective Network Security strategy, first, identify the main threats that your company currently faces. 

Historically, the data breaches that make the news are typically carried out by outsiders. Outsider threats are generally the threats that have been addressed with traditional security measures. It’s the threats that originate from inside that are much more difficult to prevent and detect using one-size-fits-all security measures.

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How to Leverage Your Infrastructure During and After COVID-19

When supporting their employees in the shift to remote work, IT departments need to leverage their existing infrastructure to scale bandwidth and data usage. Investments toward augmenting IT infrastructure may also be necessary to prepare not only for the transition to remote work, but also to sustain their remote workforce in the coming years.

 

A cost-effective solution is to use a fully cloud-based environment. Microsoft offers an endpoint management system in which a single console can be used to make sure all apps and devices are secure, particularly in bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scenarios. Collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams and Office 365 provide access to data sharing and productivity apps across multiple devices.

However, as the number of remote workers increases dramatically, networks begin running into scaling issues as bandwidth and VPN access are finite resources. To meet these challenges, software-defined networking opens up new capabilities while reducing costs. But as we scale remote access, we must also scale authentication.

To ensure top-notch security with cloud solutions among a remote workforce, IAM with proven multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods should be used to manage identity and network access and to ensure all devices on the network are secure. Some companies may not have enough laptops to equip all remote employees, so some workers use their own personal computers, USB devices, web mail, or WiFi at coffee shops to access the company’s network—leading to increased security and legal risks.

Intelligent security needs to be designed with the concept of “zero trust.” Rather than perimeter-based security models with firewalls, “organizations need a new security model that more effectively adapts to the complexity of the modern environment, embraces the mobile workforce, and protects people, devices, applications, and data wherever they are located. 

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