Gootkit delivery platform Gootloader used to deliver additional payloads

Gootkit delivery platform Gootloader used to deliver additional payloads

The Javascript-based infection framework for the Gootkit RAT was enhanced to deliver a wider variety of malware, including ransomware. Experts from Sophos documented the evolution of the “Gootloader,” the framework used for delivering the Gootkit RAT banking Trojan. The framework was improved to deploy a wider range of malware, including ransomware payloads. “In recent years, almost as much effort has gone into improvement of its delivery method as has gone into the NodeJS-based malware itself.” reads…

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Canadian Cyber-Agency Workers Threaten Strike

Canadian Cyber-Agency Workers Threaten Strike

A dispute over wages could see workers at Canada’s equivalent of the United States’ National Security Agency stage a strike.  The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), which represents 2,400 employees working in cryptography, applied mathematics, advanced language analysis, and cybersecurity at the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), voted last week to authorize a strike following a disagreement about changes to a wage supplement.  The supplement—known as the market allowance—was put in place to make employees’…

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US Cybersecurity Firm Opens New Belfast Office

US Cybersecurity Firm Opens New Belfast Office

American cybersecurity firm Rapid7 has opened a new office in the heart of Northern Ireland’s capital city. The company, which is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, serves over 9,100 customers through 14 different offices around the world.   Rapid7’s newest digs, located in Belfast’s Chichester House, can accommodate up to 400 employees. The company said the major expansion will create up to 150 new jobs and internships in customer support, engineering, and development. New employees will have access to…

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Enable Consistent Application Services for Containers – Cisco Blogs

Enable Consistent Application Services for Containers – Cisco Blogs

This Blog is a joint collaboration between Ravi Balakrishnan (Cisco) and Eric Ji  (F5) Kubernetes is all about abstracting away complexity. As Kubernetes continues to evolve, it becomes more intelligent and will become even more powerful when it comes to helping enterprises manage their data center, not just at the cloud. While enterprises have had to deal with the challenges associated with managing different types of modern applications (AI/ML, Big data, and analytics) to process that data, they…

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Three Steps to Enable a Secure Remote Workforce in Retail – Cisco Blogs

Three Steps to Enable a Secure Remote Workforce in Retail – Cisco Blogs

As we move into the third month of 2021, the pandemic continues to create new risks and force transformation in retail. Brick and mortars open and close. Where shopping online and remote workforce were once “nice-to-haves,” they are now mission critical. Retail locations of all shapes and sizes need remote solutions than can empower customer and associate interaction, provide flexible access, and enable it all with end-to-end security. So how can your organization keep your…

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Microsoft: SolarWinds Attack Highlights Growing Sophistication of Nation-State Actors

Microsoft: SolarWinds Attack Highlights Growing Sophistication of Nation-State Actors

Microsoft has highlighted the increasingly sophisticated cyber-threat landscape, particularly as a result of the rise in nation state attacks. During a session at the Microsoft Ignite event, the company outlined some of the trends it is seeing and actions it is taking to help mitigate them. There has been marked rise in cyber-attacks detected by Microsoft over recent years, both from cyber-criminals and nation state actors, with the latter becoming a particular cause for concern. Tom…

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Arista Advances Zero Trust Security Strategy with Enhancements to AI-driven Awake Security Platform

Arista Advances Zero Trust Security Strategy with Enhancements to AI-driven Awake Security Platform

Network detection and response combined with pervasive observability strengthens cybersecurity across cloud, hybrid and IoT environments SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Awake Security, the network detection and response (NDR) security division of Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET), today unveiled platform enhancements that strengthen its ability to detect advanced threats, protect the unmanaged attack surface and autonomously perform threat hunting and forensic investigations. Enhancements also include new features that make the platform even more intuitive for security analysts at…

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Advanced networking paving the way for advanced retail – Cisco Blogs

Advanced networking paving the way for advanced retail – Cisco Blogs

From specialty retailers to big-box retailers, the world of retail has experienced a massive shift in the last couple of decades due to the arrival of e-commerce. Because of the virtual nature of the market today, companies like Amazon and Alibaba continue to chip away at the revenue of traditional brick-and-mortar stores. Recent events have only accelerated the need for digital transformation. To not only survive but thrive, retailers are investing to reimagine the customer…

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Avoiding Shut-Down Disaster: How Woodforest National Bank Navigated COVID-19 with Cisco SD-WAN – Cisco Blogs

Avoiding Shut-Down Disaster: How Woodforest National Bank Navigated COVID-19 with Cisco SD-WAN – Cisco Blogs

When the call came from management to shut down operations and transition all employees to remote work, IT staff at Woodforest National Bank® had a plan. “Our existing architecture wasn’t designed to support the massive increase in remote office workers.” Said James Heck, AVP of Network Services. “Suddenly, everyone in the main offices was told to go home. The need for remote connectivity exploded—quadrupling overnight.” It wasn’t easy. Woodforest National Bank is celebrating 40 years…

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US Telemarketing Biz Exposes 114,000 in Cloud Config Error

US Telemarketing Biz Exposes 114,000 in Cloud Config Error

A US telemarketing company has leaked the personal details of potentially tens of thousands of consumers after misconfiguring a cloud storage bucket, Infosecurity can reveal. A team at vpnMentor led by Noam Rotem found the unsecured AWS S3 bucket on December 24 last year. It was traced to Californian business CallX, whose analytics services are apparently used by clients to improve their media buying and inbound marketing. According to its website, the firm counts lending…

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