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Flash Notice | Feb 15, 2024

Flash Notice: Microsoft Addresses Two Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited by Attackers - Patch Now

As part of patch Tuesday, Microsoft has responded to security concerns by providing fixes for a total of 72 vulnerabilities, including two zero-days.

This week, Microsoft patched two zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-36884 and CVE-2023-38180).

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Flash Notice | Mar 27, 2023

Flash Notice: Emergency Security Update Released for Windows 10 and 11 Snipping Tool

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Blog | Mar 2, 2023

Securing the Customer Channel: 2 Critical Things for Retailers to Know

Explore the challenges retailers face and take a look at 2 critical factors retailers must know to protect the customer channel and build trust with them.

A critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2022-42475) was found in multiple versions of Fortinet’s FortiOS SSL-VPN.

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Threat Report | Dec 13, 2022

Everything You Need to Know About Royal Ransomware

After emerging in January 2022, Royal ransomware is a ransomware strain that is being distributed by ransomware threat actors from previous operations.

CISA and the FBI recently warned that Iranian threat actors APT42 and HomeLand Justice have been consistently improving their offensive cyber capabilities.

Google released a patch for their 5th zero-day vulnerability in 2022. CVE-2022-2856 is a high-severity bad input validation vulnerability impacting Chrome.

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News | Aug 16, 2022

Avertium Ranks No. 781 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 Annual List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Today, Inc. revealed that Avertium is #781 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

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Threat Report | Aug 9, 2022

An In-Depth Look at the APT, Evilnum

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Threat Report | Jul 27, 2022

Healthcare Ransomware Threats - MedusaLocker & Maui

FBI, CISA, + more recently issued joint warnings for Maui and MedusaLocker ransomware. Both are currently responsible for many cyber attacks in healthcare.

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Flash Notice | Jul 14, 2022

Flash Notice: [CVE-2022-22047] Microsoft Zero-Day Actively Exploited, Impacting Server & Client Windows Platforms

A zero-day, local privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the latest Widows 11 & Windows Server 2022 releases. It's being tracked as CVE-2022-22047

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Flash Notice | Jul 13, 2022

Flash Notice: New Ransomware Family, HavanaCrypt, Disguises Itself as Fake Google Update

Researchers at Trend Micro discovered a new ransomware family that’s being delivered as a fake Google software update - HavanaCrypt.

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Threat Report | Jul 12, 2022

An In-Depth Look at Ransomware Gang, LockBit 3.0

As of 3/2022, the ransomware gang, LockBit, has re-branded itself as LockBit 3.0. LockBit 3.0, also known as LockBit Black, is active and in the wild.

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News | Jul 11, 2022

Facing Ransomware, Healthcare Systems Can't Use 'Hope as a Strategy'

Chief Healthcare Executive -- Cyberattacks have become an increasingly dangerous threat to hospitals. Healthcare systems must take action.

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Threat Report | Jul 6, 2022

An In-Depth Look at Chinese APT ToddyCat

ToddyCat is a new APT, has been active since December 2020, and has attacked several high-profile organizations within the government and military sectors.

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Blog | Jul 6, 2022

Google Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploit [CVE-2022-2294]

Over the 4th of July weekend, Google released a patch for a high-severity zero-day Chrome vulnerability. Learn everything you need to know in our blog.

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Threat Report | Jun 28, 2022

How the Tables Have Turned - Russia vs. Ukraine Part Three

Over the past 5 months, things have changed. It appears that Russia and Ukraine are now on equal footing regarding the Russia vs. Ukraine cyber war.

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Flash Notice | Jun 27, 2022

Flash Notice: [CVE-2022-29499] Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability Found in Mitel VoIP Appliance

A ransomware attack was deployed against an unnamed mark using Mitel’s VoIP appliance as an entry point. CVE-2022-29499 is actively being used in the wild

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Threat Report | Jun 21, 2022

An In-Depth Look at Chinese APT, Aoqin Dragon

Active since 2013, the APT Aoqin Dragon flew under the radar for ten years before researchers at Sentinel Labs identified their activity.

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Threat Report | Jun 14, 2022

An In-Depth Look at the Data Extortion Group, Karakurt

This month, CISA issued a warning about a data extortion group called Karakurt. Let's take a detailed look at the group and their tactics.

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Whitepaper | Mar 23, 2022

United States organizations within the financial sector are currently being attacked by a recently discovered ransomware operation named, Yanluowang.

News | Sep 30, 2021

Avertium’s Paul Caiazzo Named “CISO of the Year” in 2021 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards Program

Chief Information Security Officer, Paul Caiazzo, has been named “CISO of the Year” in the fifth annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program.

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News | Sep 29, 2021

Avertium and Black Kite Announce Strategic Partnership in New Approach to Attack Surface Monitoring

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Whitepaper | Sep 15, 2021

Strengthening Cybersecurity with Consensus: How to Build Positive Board Relationships

For CISOs looking to strengthen their cybersecurity posture, board buy-in is a helpful ally. This free guide details tangible action steps that CISOs can take.

Guide | Sep 15, 2021

8 Steps to Take if You've Been Breached

When it comes to a security breach, fast detection, mitigation and response are vital for reducing impact. This guide gives a formal, methodical approach.

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Infographic | Sep 15, 2021

5 Ways to Prevent Ransomware [Infographic]

Avertium offers five ways for your security team to prevent ransomware.

9 essential steps to managing third-party vendor risk that every information security professional can adopt for their organization.

Webinar providing tips on how to secure your company network, endpoints and remote workers in a remote working model.

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Webinar | Sep 15, 2021

5 Essential Steps to Creating a Relevant Incident Response Plan

Incident response templates are readily available online but how well do they work for your company's specific policies, procedures, and workflows?

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Checklist | Sep 15, 2021

The Ultimate Incident Response Plan Checklist

A cybersecurity incident response plan for a data breach takes thoughtful planning. Learn what's needed with this incident response (IR) planning checklist.

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Ebook | Sep 14, 2021

Leveraging Zero Trust Architecture to Contain & Combat Ransomware

Gain visibility on who's on your network by signing up to download our free eBook discussing how you can contain ransomware utilizing Zero Trust.

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Threat Report | Sep 14, 2021

TIR-20210913 TEAMTNT – “CHIMAERA” CRYPTOMINING MALWARE CAMPAIGN TARGETS SERVERS

TeamTNT released a new campaign known as "Chimaera" meant to cryptomine malware and is actively targeting several operating systems and applications.

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Blog | Sep 9, 2021

Lockbit 2.0 Ransomware: An In-Depth Look At Lockfile & LockBit

Emerging in July 2021, LockFile has compromised over 300 servers in an ongoing ransomware campaign. Learn more!

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Blog | Aug 24, 2021

Threat Actor Profile – “BlackMatter” Ransomware

BlackMatter began making its presence known as a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gang in 2021. Read more for indicators of compromise and our recommendations.

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Blog | Aug 18, 2021

Email Phishing Campaigns (Beware Of These Scams)

We discuss the similarities between Photo Copyright email phishing campaigns and SharePoint phishing campaigns. Learn more!

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Blog | Aug 10, 2021

XDR: Tech Stack, Service, Process, or All Three?

What is eXtended Detection Response (XDR)? Is it a process, a tech stack, or a service? How does it differ from MDR and EDR?

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Blog | Aug 3, 2021

Microsoft Exchange Server Breach is Formally Attributed to China by the U.S

The extensive breach of Microsoft Exchange Server early this year has been formally attributed to China by the United States & several allies.

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Blog | Aug 3, 2021

President Biden’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity: What it does & What it doesn’t do

The growing need for cybersecurity has brought onto a new executive order. Read more to learn about what this means and where it falls short.

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Blog | Jul 28, 2021

A Zero Trust Network Architecture (ZTNA) POV with Appgate

As Zero Trust becomes more relevant, Appgate x Avertium leads the way in accelerating the customer's Zero Trust journey.

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Blog | Jul 22, 2021

July 4th Post Mortem on PrintNightmare and REvil

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Threat Report | Mar 30, 2021

This article covers online collaboration tools security and explains the associated risks and best practices for protecting your workers.

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Blog | Apr 6, 2020

Zoom virtual meeting Vulnerabilities

This threat report covers Zoom virtual meeting vulnerabilities with potential for immense concerns, their potential impact and Avertium's recommendations.

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Blog | Mar 31, 2020

Cybersecurity tips for your remote workers

We've put together a list of cybersecurity tips for users who are working from home for the near to mid-term future as the world responds and takes measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.

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Blog | Mar 24, 2020

COVID-19 Phishing Scams to Watch For

Covid-19 phishing scams and other social engineering tactics exploiting this confusing time are surfacing. Watch for these to protect your organization.

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Blog | Mar 23, 2020

Latest Pawn Storm attack methods

An analysis of Pawn Storm aka APT28 aka Fancy Bear. It contains recommendations on how to prevent an attack in 2020.

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Blog | Mar 16, 2020

Remote Workforce Security: 4 Best Practices

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Blog | Feb 10, 2020

CDPwn: Five Cisco Vulnerabilities

This threat report is about CDPwn, the collective name for five major Cisco vulnerabilities affecting a multitude of the company's products.

Learn how to use deception against pass-the-hash attacks to subtly guide even experienced attackers away from data and where you want them to go.

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Blog | Jan 9, 2020

Deception in Cyber Defense in Layman's Terms

This is an introduction to the use of deception as a defensive mechanism in cybersecurity. It includes the use of honey pots in cyber defense.

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Blog | Jan 8, 2020

Dealing with a Discovered Vulnerability

The active threat landscape means that dealing with a discovered vulnerability may move to the top of your to-do list this year. Learn what to do.

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Blog | Jan 6, 2020

Enterprise Grade Malware JsOutProx

An overview of the enterprise-grade malware dubbed JsOutProx which targets Windows.

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Threat Report | Dec 5, 2019

Dexphot Polymorphic Malware

Report on Dexphot polymorphic malware whose campaign is to crytomine but deploys a sophisticated approach that makes detection and deploying countermeasures difficult.

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Threat Report | Nov 26, 2019

Firefox Vulnerability and Fake Tech support page scammers

A report in the Firefox vulnerability and the fake technical support page scam that attempts to steal credentials with our recommended countermeasures.

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