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Data breaches have now become a common occurrence but with myriad legislations in place— including the likes of GDPR— stakes for the enterprises are at an all-time high. When it comes to handling a breach, companies depend on the...Information Technology, Network Security & Cybersecurity Updates
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A few months back, FBI released a report stating that Business Email Compromise or rather BEC scams usually cost businesses around $3.1 billion. In addition to that, FBI also warned organizations regarding “Man-in-the-Email” and “CEO Fraud”; some of the...
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Businesses facing a barrage of security risks daily rely heavily on detection technologies to assess and work alongside the existing threat landscape. However, keeping up with the same can still be a daunting task with the existence of false...
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.NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-8759) is a code injection vulnerability in the SOAP WSDL parser of .net framework. This vulnerability was a zero-day when it was spotted in the wild. Quick Heal Security Labs had released advisory in the month of...
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While security professionals keep developing better software programs, hackers simultaneously devise strategies for combating the upgraded defense. Therefore, in order to analyze the importance of cybersecurity while staying one step ahead of these hackers, the security professionals need to...
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Defending the organizational perimeter from data breaches forms the crux of an existing security strategy. Neutralizing potential damages emanating out of cybersecurity threats is possible only if the data sets are secured across both sides of the perimeter. When...
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The recent zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office vulnerability CVE-2017-11826 enables attackers to perform a Remote Code Execution on targeted machines. According to a recently published blog post, this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. Microsoft has released a security update on October 10, 2017,...
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Most SMEs and startups believe that cyber attackers wouldn’t be interested in them courtesy smaller frameworks and restricted financial reserves. However, based on a report released by the Verizon Data Breach Investigations, at least 61 percent of the hacked...![How a ransomware infects your computer [INFOGRAPHIC]](https://www.seqrite.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Ransomware-1-150x110.jpg)
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Education is a constant process – it never stops. While we have spoken about ransomware at great lengths in the past, there is no reason why we should not be doing that again. Ransomware is probably the most dreaded...
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The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) recently issued a guideline to all commercials banks across Kenya to fortify their cybersecurity and establish effective cybersecurity governance and risk management. The CBK acknowledged the growing risk of cyber threats and highlighted...