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My New Year’s Resolution: Going Passwordless!

Ivanti

Another best practice that I started several years ago was to adopt a passwordless authentication initiative for all my internet connected personal devices. Fortunately for me, my company began enforcing zero sign-on authentication along with deploying a multi-layered anti-phishing protection system several years back.

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9 Types of Phishing and Ransomware Attacks—And How to Identify Them

Ivanti

According to the Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report, phishing held the top spot as the data breach tactic used most often, jumping from 25% of all data breaches in 2020 to 36% in 2021. 2021 was a record-setting year for data breaches and ransomware. phishing and ransomware?continuing continuing to?occupy?two?of?the

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Fighting Ransomware: Using Ivanti’s Platform to Build a Resilient Zero Trust Security Defense – Part 2

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The other good news is these suspicious or untrusted configuration profiles, malware, and other malicious exploits including the Pegasus spyware will be detected by Ivanti Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) and trigger compliance actions like block access to corporate resources or quarantine actions on the device. CalDAV calendar service settings.

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Radar Trends to Watch: August 2022

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AWS is offering some customers a free multi factor authentication (MFA) security key. Lockdown mode provides an extreme degree of privacy; it is intended for people who believe they are being targeted by state-sponsored mercenary spyware. In 2021, they announced a public database containing the structure of a million proteins.

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Attack Vectors: How They Can Harm Your Company

Kaseya

In 2021, a data breach cost an average of $4.24 Phishing ranks as the second most frequently used attack vector in 2021. Compromised credentials are the most used attack vector, responsible for 20% of breaches in 2021. About 80% of IT professionals say they are facing a significant increase in phishing attacks in 2021.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Schools Suffer Heavy Downtime Losses Due To Ransomware, as Banks Grapple with AI Challenges

Tenable

days, up from almost 9 days in 2021. The latest draft details NIST’s identity management requirements, including identity proofing and authentication. (Source: Comparitech, August 2024) Highlights from the research include: In 2023, the average downtime suffered by an educational institution due to ransomware was 12.6

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Zero-Day: Vulnerabilities, Exploits, Attacks and How to Manage Them

Kaseya

Since Google’s Project Zero was founded in July 2014, it has compiled data on “in the wild” zero-day exploits, with 2021 being the biggest year on record. The infection can take the form of a virus, Trojan horse, worm, spyware, adware, rootkit or other malware like ransomware. Why Is It Called Zero-Day?