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Next Generation Ransomware Attacks

Elteni — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 10:09:49 +0000

Ransomware, the word alone evokes fear into many companies. How did this form of crime actually start? In 1989, Dr. Joseph L. Popp created the first ransomware called the "AIDS Trojan." This trojan virus encrypted files on a computer after rebooting a number of times. Fast forward to 2006, Archiveus, a computer virus that affected

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What is Ethical Hacking? Everything You Need to Know About Ethical Hacking—With Examples

Elteni — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:33:35 +0000

Our founder Anand Mohabir was interviewed by Kindra Cooper, from Springboard, on the topic of Ethical hacking. “There’s a lot that comes into play when you’re trying to become an ethical hacker. You have to know how a network is designed and operated, how servers interact, how virtual machines, storage and firewalls work,” said Mohabir.

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2021 SEC OCIE Cybersecurity Exam Priorities

Elteni — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 05:36:42 +0000

Yesterday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released its 2021 exam priorities. In the letter the SEC highlighted that their focus remains the same from prior years with a slight shift in priorities and adjustment of focus. The SEC stated that they will review whether firms have

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Solarwinds ORION delivers backdoor Trojan to worldwide networks

Elteni LLC — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:03:35 +0000

Fireye detected that Solarwinds Orion is being used by attackers to steal sensitive company data. Fireye’s threat research division found that a highly sophisticated and evasive attacker compromised the Solarwind’s Orion IT monitoring and management platform to deliver a backdoor trojan. It is suspected that the campaign has started as early as April 2020 and

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OCIE issues a new Cybersecurity: Ransomware Alert

Elteni LLC — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 22:36:20 +0000

Today the OCIE issued a Ransomware Alert, highlighting an uptick in sophisticated social engineering and other cyber campaigns, designed to infiltrate the networks of financial institutions to access sensitive information and/or to deploy ransomware. As a reminder, ransomware actors typically demand monetary payment for the return of data. We can spend time regurgitating what was

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Have you considered the work from home risks?

Elteni LLC — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:38:06 +0000

Have you made the decision to allow employees to work from home or are you still contemplating the idea? If work from home is or will be the preferred method for the unforeseeable future, there are some things you should do to maintain your compliance and security posture. Here are some risks you should be

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Phishing attack evades detection

Elteni LLC — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:36:37 +0000

Inform your HR departments, internal recruiting teams, and hiring managers to be on the lookout for emails that come from someone submitting a resume for an open position in your firm. Why? There has been a significant increase in the use of this type of email attack to deliver malware. What makes these emails different?

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