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Stay up-to-date with the latest news and events in the cybersecurity industry. Here, you'll find a wide range of articles, updates, and event listings covering topics such as data breaches, emerging threats, and new security technologies.

16 June 2023

Positive Technologies: ransomware operators lash out at educational institutions

Positive Technologies analyzed the Q1 2023 cybersecurity threatscape. The study shows an increase in the number of unique incidents and a surge in ransomware activities, especially against scientific and educational institutions. Experts note a huge number of employment-related phishing campaigns, the emergence of QR phishing, and an increase in the number of malicious ads.

24 May 2023

Positive Hack Days 12: it's impossible to trust technology without having guaranteed security, which can be ensured through bringing together the expert community

The 12th edition of Positive Hack Days, which was organized in Gorky Park by Positive Technologies, leaders in results-oriented cybersecurity, has come to an end. This year, the event reached a new level, transforming into a large urban cyberfestival. The main aims were to increase trust in technologies and promote awareness of their use through cyberawareness. The fact that a wide range of users, business representatives, government officials, and the media showed interest in the event emphasizes once again how information security is a matter of pressing concern for everyone today.

23 May 2023

Positive Technologies released an expertise package to detect cyberattacks on Yokogawa systems and helped to fix a dangerous vulnerability

The vendor was notified of the threat as part of the responsible disclosure policy and offered users an alternative authentication method.

19 April 2023

Research by Positive Technologies helps to fix vulnerabilities in Nokia NetAct network management system

The exploitation of these vulnerabilities may have affected the security and stable operation of the system

10 April 2023

Positive Technologies presents a list of preventive measures for 10 popular attack techniques

Positive Technologies has published research on detecting and preventing attacks that involve the most popular MITRE ATT&CK^® techniques. The company’s experts successfullyused these techniques in the course of penetration tests conducted on Russian companies in 2022. The preventive measures proposed by Positive Technologies cover 29% of the information protection requirements set forth in the Order of the FSTEC of Russia of 11 February 2013 No. 17 on Approval of Requirements for the Protection of Information Not Constituting a Public Secret Contained in the State Information Systems.

7 April 2023

PHDays 12: trusting the tech thanks to cybersecurity

Digital technology has made our lives brighter, more convenient, and more efficient. However, the rise of sophisticated cyberattacks is undermining people’s confidence in this brave new cyberworld. The Positive Hack Days 12 international festival on practical security, which will be held on May 19 and 20 in Moscow’s Gorky Park, will reinstall this confidence by opening its doors to people from outside the cybersecurity community for the first time. The new cyberfestival format will be of interest not only to cybersecurity specialists, government, and businesses, but also to ordinary people who will get to see how the digital world truly works and take a step towards trusting new technology.

29 March 2023

Positive Technologies on key cyberthreats of 2022: mass leaks, the surge of wipers, and cross-industry consequences

Positive Technologies specialists have analyzed the 2022 cybersecurity threatscape. The number of incidents increased by 21% compared to 2021. One of the main trends was the increase in the number of incidents targeting web resources, the emergence of wipers, and the increased cross-industry impact of attacks against IT companies.

7 March 2023

Positive Technologies helps eliminate vulnerabilities in the B&R APROL industrial process control system

The vulnerabilities exposed the system’s database to attacks

The Austrian company B&R , part of the ABB group, thanked Natalya Tlyapova, Senior Security Researcher at Application Analysis at Positive Technologies, for discovering five database vulnerabilities in the APROL industrial process control system. The solution is used in various industries, including energy, oil and gas, engineering, and food. The vendor was notified of the threat as part of the responsible disclosure policy and fixed the vulnerabilities in new versions of the sotware.

1 March 2023

Standoff 365 will pay bug hunters 1 million rubles for finding vulnerabilities in the platform

On March 1, 2023, Standoff 365, the largest Russian bug bounty platform, launched a public program to look for vulnerabilities in its own systems. It’s a way to openly verify that its services are properly protected and show concern for the security of its clients. The Standoff 365 bug bounty is an open program with the reward of 1 million rubles for finding the most dangerous vulnerabilities.

17 February 2023

Positive Technologies: cyberattacks via social networks and messengers are increasing

Positive Technologies has analyzed the Q4 2022 cybersecurity threatscape. The analysis showed an increase in the number of spyware attacks against organizations and individuals. Experts noted an 18% increase in the share of attacks against IT companies and the growth of attacks against individuals via social networks and messengers.

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