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IndependentKrebs

Tourists Give Themselves Away by Looking Up. So Do Most Network Intruders.

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:45:28 +0000

In large metropolitan areas, tourists are often easy to spot because they’re far more inclined than locals to gaze upward at the surrounding skyscrapers. Security experts say this same tourist dynamic is a dead giveaway in virtually all computer intrusions that lead to devastating attacks like ransomware, and that more organizations should set simple virtual tripwires that sound the alarm when authorized users and devices are spotted exhibiting this behavior.

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Several hospitals still counting the cost of widespread ransomware attack

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Tags: hospital

Tags: healthcare

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Tags: compromise

Tags: data

Tags: ambulance

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A widespread ransomware attack affecting 16 hospitals last week has led to ongoing cleanup efforts.

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The post Several hospitals still counting the cost of widespread ransomware attack appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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MicrosoftSecurity

Microsoft Purview data security mitigations for BazaCall and other human-operated data exfiltration attacks

Credit to Author: Steve Vandenberg| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Microsoft Defender is our toolset for prevention and mitigation of data exfiltration and ransomware attacks. Microsoft Purview data security offers important mitigations as well and should be used as part of a defense-in-depth strategy.

The post Microsoft Purview data security mitigations for BazaCall and other human-operated data exfiltration attacks appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

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