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When least privilege is the most important thing

CIO

Organizations that follow the principle of least privilege can improve their security posture by significantly reducing their attack surface and risk of malware spread. In the early days of Windows operating systems up through Windows XP, almost any program a user would launch would have administrator-level privileges.

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Don’t Bet Your Data on a Thin Veneer of Protection

CIO

Now you find yourself saddled with rigid, siloed infrastructure based on an equally rigid backup strategy. You’re constantly stuck in maintenance mode, with disparate, multi-vendor backup and recovery systems that are complex and expensive to maintain. Backup as a service solves many challenges. Siloed data.

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Defending against ransomware is all about the basics

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

An attacker plants malware on your system that encrypts all the files, making your system useless, then offers to sell you the key you need to decrypt the files. Strong passwords, two-factor authentication, defense in depth, staying on top of software updates, good backups, and the ability to restore from backups go a long way.

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Stay Ahead of Cyberthreats: Prisma Cloud and the Essential Eight Framework

Prisma Clud

Patch Operating Systems : Regularly updating and patching operating systems to remediate vulnerabilities and security risks. Configure Microsoft Office Macrosettings : Disabling macros by default in Office, only enabling them when necessary, can significantly reduce this risk of embedded malware.

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Manage and Secure Your Endpoints Efficiently From a Single Console

Kaseya

They are responsible for: Managing endpoints to maintain system uptime Resolving IT incidents and closing service tickets Monitoring backups and restores Overseeing endpoint security via software patching and antivirus/anti-malware (AV/AM) deployments. Backup your endpoint data to appliances and/or the cloud.

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Incident Response by the Numbers

Palo Alto Networks

Evolving Malware Capabilities In 2023, malware was implicated in 56% of all documented security incidents, with ransomware accounting for 33% of these cases. About 42% of our investigations involved a backdoor, while 32% of malware-related matters had some kind of interactive C2 software.

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How to use your Android as a 2FA key

The Parallax

“It is much safer than one-time code systems, including SMS or authenticator code systems, as this is based on the FIDO 2.0 Google Play is an ‘order of magnitude’ better at blocking malware. So far, separate hardware authentication keys are not known to be affected by malware. READ MORE ON ANDROID SECURITY AND PRIVACY.

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