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Can You Spot the Similarities?

In 2020, Marriot Hotels is hacked, and attackers steal the data of 5.2 million guests.

In 2021, after compromising IT management contractor Solar Wind, Russian attackers compromised at least nine federal agencies.

In 2022, a T-Mobile store owner is convicted of making $25 million through illegally unlocking and unblocking hundreds of thousands of cell phones.

The first is a group of small-time hackers infiltrating a hotel chain to steal guest data. The second is a powerful nation state using Advanced Persistent Threats to infiltrate a government. The third is a single store owner making millions providing an illegal service. All seem very different. Yet, all have one thing in common.

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Can You Spot the Similarities? - Liberty Cyber Solutions Marriot Hotels was hacked when the credentials of two Marriot employees were compromised. The Solar Winds attackers compromised federal agencies and hid their presence on the network because of poor identity management. Finally, the T-Mobile store owner was able to illegally access the T-Mobile syst...

Many small and medium business owners still believe that as long as they have network firewall, anti-virus and some employee trainings then they're protected. Well, Microsoft, Samsung, NVIDIA and many other tech giants have those too, but they have been recently hacked:

Microsoft
https://thehackernews.com/2022/03/microsoft-and-okta-confirm-breach-by.html

Samsung
https://threatpost.com/samsung-lapsus-ransomware-source-code/178791/

Nvidia
https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/01/nvidia-hackers-leak-ransomware/

The modern threat landscape is ever evolving, and hackers are getting smarter and smarter every day. Fileless malware and zero-day attacks are just a few that makes traditional firewall and anti-virus become ineffective.

The most effective forms of protection for this kind of cyberattacks are Artificial Intelligence based Endpoint Security and Advanced Threat Prevention with 24/7 continuous monitoring, rapid detection, and effective remediation by a Security Operations Center (SOC) team.

The issue is, how small and medium businesses could do continuous cyber threat monitoring, rapid detection, and effective remediation in a way that is both practical and affordable?

Liberty Cyber Solutions is an IT and Cybersecurity as a Service company that is dedicated to help startups, small and medium businesses in Greater Houston. Please visit us at www.liberty-cyber.com to learn more about cybersecurity and data protection services that until now is only available to large enterprises. We believe that every company — large and small — needs cybersecurity protection. You don't have to go it alone. Let us protect your organization from advanced threats so that you can focus on growing your business.

Microsoft and Okta Confirm Breach by LAPSUS$ Extortion Group Microsoft and Okta confirm the breach after LAPSUS$ hackers posted stolen source code and screenshots showing access to its internal systems.