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Why Organizations Are Reluctant to Disclose Breaches

Mar 22, 2023 By Arctic Wolf In Arctic Wolf
Whether it’s ransomware, business email compromise (BEC), or phishing attempts, the number of cyber attacks keeps rising year after year. While there’s solid data on the volume, there’s a caveat, which is that organizations don’t want to disclose that they’ve suffered a data breach. According to Arctic Wolf’s “The State of Cybersecurity: 2023 Trends” report, 50% of organizations experienced a breach in the past year — the same odds as flipping a coin.
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How to Prevent SVB-Related Social Engineering Attacks

Mar 16, 2023 By Nathan Caldwell In Arctic Wolf
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) experienced a rapid implosion last week after a historic bank run. While many are discussing the immediate financial impacts to the bank accounts — which were largely held by venture capitalists, investors, and technology business owners — and the larger impact on banking in general, it’s important to note that there will be a secondary impact. Hackers and scammers are going to take advantage of the confusion to launch a barrage of social engineering attacks.
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Silicon Valley Bank Fallout - Arctic Wolf News Break

Mar 14, 2023 By Arctic Wolf In Arctic Wolf
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) experienced a rapid implosion last week. While many are discussing the immediate financial impacts to bank accounts and the larger impact on banking in general, it’s important to note that there will likely be a secondary impact. Learn what individuals and customers of SVB should be expecting from a cybersecurity perspective. Learn how Arctic Wolf can help prepares your employees to recognize and neutralize social engineering attacks and human error—helping to end cyber risk at your organization.
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5 Steps to Improve Your Cyber Attack Response

Mar 13, 2023 By Arctic Wolf In Arctic Wolf
When cybersecurity experts speak about a cyber attack, they often refer to actions taken “left of boom” and “right of boom.” In this analogy, the boom is the breach, and the actions organizations take in the aftermath, such as utilizing their incident response plan or working with their cyber insurance company on a claim, are what happens “right of boom.” But it’s the things that happen “left of boom” that can make the difference between proactive and
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Potential BEC & Phishing Activity due to Recent Banking Events in the United States

Mar 13, 2023 By James Liolios In Arctic Wolf
On Friday, March 10, 2023, California state regulators took possession of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and appointed The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receivers. SVB was a 40-year-old commercial bank that was an important lender for the tech and venture capital sector. It’s estimated that half of US venture-backed start-ups were customers of the bank.
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Critical RCE Vulnerability in FortiOS & FortiProxy (CVE-2023-25610)

Mar 10, 2023 By Adrian Korn In Arctic Wolf
On Tuesday, March 7, 2023, Fortinet published a security advisory detailing an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability affecting FortiOS and FortiProxy (CVE-2023-25610). The vulnerability was internally discovered by Fortinet, and exploitation has not been observed in the wild at this time. A proof of concept (PoC) exploit has not been published publicly for this vulnerability at this time.
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3 Ways to Improve Your Security Operations

Mar 10, 2023 By Arctic Wolf In Arctic Wolf
As cybercrime continues to grow and organizations digitize, understanding cybersecurity and how to improve one’s security posture becomes paramount. Unfortunately, the firewall has dissolved and tools alone, though helpful, can’t protect environments when public sector organizations are understaffed, underfunded, and struggling to maintain compliance.
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Proof-of-Concept Exploit Released for Critical Vulnerability in Microsoft Word (CVE-2023-21716)

Mar 8, 2023 By Adrian Korn In Arctic Wolf
On February 14, 2023, Microsoft released a security advisory for CVE-2023-21716, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Word. While CVE-2023-21716 was deemed to be of critical severity, Microsoft assessed at the time of publication that the vulnerability was “less likely” to be exploited, and no proof-of-concept exploit was available. Microsoft also noted that the vulnerability may be exploited through the Preview Pane in Microsoft Outlook.
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