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Daily Crunch: After clinching $12.3B valuation, Brex hires Meta exec as chief product officer

TechCrunch

Today we have new venture funds, spyware news, Brex raising (again), and more. Cybersecurity matters to democracy : Spyware built by the infamous NSO Group was “used to spy on three critics of the Polish government,” according to Citizen Lab, TechCrunch reports. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for January 11, 2022!

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A Look at the 5 Most Common Types of Cyberattacks

Tenable

during 2019 — 1,115 out of 1,473 — stemmed from hacking, intrusion or unauthorized access, exposing more than 157 million sensitive records. Malware: This catch-all term encompasses a number of different cybersecurity threats, including everything from viruses and worms to banking trojans, adware, spyware and ransomware. May 2019 3.

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4 Major Signs You Need to Focus on Network Vulnerabilities

Tenable

private-sector organizations in 2019 (as of November 13), exposing more than 163 million confidential records. The majority of breaches (71%) are financially motivated, per Verizon's 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report. 2019 Data Breach Report , Identity Theft Resource Center 2. 2019 Report: Cost of a Data Breach , IBM 3.

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Hear From A Customer: Making the Everywhere Workplace a Reality

Ivanti

At the beginning of 2019, we set up a completely new infrastructure for our end-users. This prevents potentially dangerous executables containing viruses, spyware, and malware from contaminating the corporate network. New infrastructure. Hardening, security and a seamless user experience were key for this project to be successful.

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What the Cybersecurity Industry Needs to Discuss at the RSA Conference 2020

Palo Alto Networks

New forms of “stalkerware,” a type of spyware, tracks smartphone data from victims to build up a picture of their activities; this can be used to create faked videos, voice recordings or written communications. In 2019, a well-known British company was fined a record $241 million for a supply chain attack.

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Learn the Language of Vulnerability Assessment: Key Security Terms You Should Know

Tenable

Spyware: Programs that monitor activity of infected computers (e.g., CSO Online, "Malware Explained: How to Prevent, Detect and Recover From It," May 2019 3. Worms: Standalone malicious software that is also capable of self-propagation (without human intervention) to spread to other hosts. Try Nessus Free for 7 Days. February 2020 4.

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Congratulations to the Winners Who Escaped the Dreaded Haunted House of IT

Kaseya

Malware – short for malicious software, is a term used to represent computer viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, adware, spyware, etc. Nearly 60 percent of breaches in 2019 involved unpatched software vulnerabilities. It prevents hackers from gaining easy access to your systems through the use of weak or stolen login credentials.