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The Need for Robust Cybersecurity: Reflecting on the Biggest Breaches of 2023

The Need for Robust Cybersecurity: Reflecting on the Biggest Breaches of 2023 In today’s digital age, the importance of cybersecurity cannot be overstated. As businesses increasingly rely on technology to store and manage sensitive data, the risk of cyberattacks has grown exponentially. The year 2023 has been no exception, with several high-profile data breaches making […]

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US and Japan Warn of Chinese Router Attacks

BlackTech group blamed for cyber-espionage operation

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MMRat: A new banking trojan

The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author.  AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article.  Introduction: Many threat actors tend to gravitate towards using some type of remote access trojan (RAT) in their campaigns. RATs are a type […]

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  • September 28, 2023

China-Linked Budworm Targeting Middle Eastern Telco and Asian Government Agencies

Government and telecom entities have been subjected to a new wave of attacks by a China-linked threat actor tracked as Budworm using an updated malware toolset. The intrusions, targeting a Middle Eastern telecommunications organization and an Asian government, took place in August 2023, with the adversary deploying an improved version of its SysUpdate toolkit, the Symantec Threat […]

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  • September 28, 2023

The Dark Side of Browser Isolation – and the Next Generation Browser Security Technologies

The landscape of browser security has undergone significant changes over the past decade. While Browser Isolation was once considered the gold standard for protecting against browser exploits and malware downloads, it has become increasingly inadequate and insecure in today’s SaaS-centric world. The limitations of Browser Isolation, such as degraded browser performance and inability to tackle

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  • September 28, 2023

CAPTCHAs Easy for Humans, Hard for Bots

Proton is aiming for the sweet spot between security, privacy, and accessibility with its CAPTCHA.

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  • September 24, 2023

ASPM Is Good, But It’s Not a Cure-All for App Security

What application security posture management does, it does well. But you’ll still need to fill in some holes, especially concerning API security.

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  • September 24, 2023

LastPass: ‘Horse Gone Barn Bolted’ is Strong Password

The password manager service LastPass is now forcing some of its users to pick longer master passwords. LastPass says the changes are needed to ensure all customers are protected by their latest security improvements. But critics say the move is little more than a public relations stunt that will do nothing to help countless early […]

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Cisco to Acquire Splunk for $28 Billion, Accelerating AI-Enabled Security and Observability

On Thursday Cisco agreed to buy Splunk in a $28 billion deal intended to address AI-enabled security and observability issues.

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