CINS ARMY BRIEF
Linus's Timeless Advice
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“There are three things I’ve learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.”
-Linus, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”, October 1967
-Linus, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”, October 1967
Even in these crazy, crazy times, some things never change. Something else that doesn’t change? Cybersecurity’s focus on the end user and ransomware. Here are some of the spooky tales in Cyber Security that you may have missed this month.
- 9 data security trends IT departments should expect in 2021
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/9-data-security-trends-it-departments-should-expect-in-2021/ - Top Cyber Attacks of 2020 and How to Build Cyber Resiliency
https://cmmiinstitute.com/getattachment/2a2b2455-eb3e-469a-96f5-22a4a60a5ae9/attachment.aspx - Forrester: Insider threats, online sellers and non-U.S. cyber investment likely to rise
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/forrester-insider-threats-online-sellers-and-non-u-s-cyber-investment-likely-to-rise/ - Organizations struggle to obtain quality threat data to guide key security decisions
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/10/27/relevant-security-threat-data/ - Data on the Edge: A Common Blind Spot in Industrial Security
https://www.eetimes.com/data-on-the-edge-a-common-blind-spot-in-industrial-security/# - Beware Of These Top Five Social Engineering Scams
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2020/10/26/beware-of-these-top-five-social-engineering-scams/#2f9ed925f396 - Hospitals brace for more cyberattacks as coronavirus cases rise
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/522690-hospitals-brace-for-more-cyberattacks-as-coronavirus-cases-rise - NSA publishes list of top vulnerabilities currently targeted by Chinese hackers
https://www.zdnet.com/article/nsa-publishes-list-of-top-25-vulnerabilities-currently-targeted-by-chinese-hackers - FBI, CISA: Russian hackers breached US government networks, exfiltrated data
https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-cisa-russian-hackers-breached-us-government-networks-exfiltrated-data/ - Supply Chain Cybersecurity: What You Need to Consider
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/blogs/supply-chain-cybersecurity/ - Building the Human Firewall
https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/building-the-human-firewall/a/d-id/1339045 - How Security Analytics Changes the Game
https://www.enterprisesecuritymag.com/news/how-security-analytics-changes-the-game-nid-2026-cid-23.html - Healthcare organizations’ cybersecurity becoming more fragile amid pandemic: 7 key stats
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/healthcare-organizations-cybersecurity-becoming-more-fragile-amid-pandemic-7-key-stats.html - Infographic: Ransomware attacks by industry, continent, and more
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/infographic-ransomware-attacks-by-industry-continent-and-more/ - Should ransomware payments be banned? Experts weigh in
https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/252490335/Should-ransomware-payments-be-banned-Experts-weigh-in - How SMBs can better protect their data from cyberattacks
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-smbs-can-better-protect-their-data-from-cyberattacks/ - CISA warns of resurgence of Emotet cyberattacks
https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/93567-cisa-warns-of-resurgence-of-emotet-cyberattacks - Vishing At The Ritz: There’s A New Type Of Cybercrime In Town
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilsayegh/2020/09/30/vishing-at-the-ritz-theres-a-new-type-of-cybercrime-in-town/#3d42f8d8700d
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