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ICYMI: Chet Wisniewski of Sophos on Latest Research Findings As the dwell time between when hackers compromise a system and when they trigger a ransomware attack has grown, victims have a little more precious time to detect and stop these attacks “before the worst happens,” says Chet Wisniewski, principal research scientist at Sophos.http://dlvr.it/SRvMm2

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ICYMI: Peter Gankin of Takeda Shares His Company’s Journey What are some challenges of shifting on-premises PAM to the cloud, and how should one go about it? Peter Gankin, head of identity and access management at Takeda, a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company, shares his views.http://dlvr.it/SRtbfy

ICYMI: The name Kevin Beaumont may not be familiar to you, but if you’re a Linux or Solaris user, he may have just saved you a whole lot of grief. Recently, Mr. Beaumont …http://dlvr.it/SRrjBK

Phishing campaigns get more effective the more closely they can imitate a trusted source.  Recently, security researchers at Fortinet discovered evidence of a phishing campaign that specifically targets Microsoft Windows users and …http://dlvr.it/SRrHbZ

Chet Wisniewski of Sophos on Latest Research Findings As the dwell time between when hackers compromise a system and when they trigger a ransomware attack has grown, victims have a little more precious time to detect and stop these attacks “before the worst happens,” says Chet Wisniewski, principal research scientist at Sophos.http://dlvr.it/SRr2YX

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Peter Gankin of Takeda Shares His Company’s Journey What are some challenges of shifting on-premises PAM to the cloud, and how should one go about it? Peter Gankin, head of identity and access management at Takeda, a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company, shares his views.http://dlvr.it/SRqFzt

Security researchers employed by Microsoft have recently spotted a variant of the Sysrv botnet.  They have dubbed the new variant Sysrv-K. This new variant works in two ways.  First, it exploits a …http://dlvr.it/SRnL21

ICYMI: Hacker Demands Ransom; Ministry Says Personal Data of Users Secure The website of the Russian Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities was reportedly hacked and defaced on Sunday. The attacker demands a 1-million-ruble ransom be paid by Tuesday to ensure the security of stolen data. A ministry spokesperson told a state news agency that…
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