Security News > 2021 > May > Week in review: Top security threats for power plants, defending against Windows RDP attacks

90% of security leaders view bot management as a top priorityHUMAN published a research into security leaders' perceptions of and responses to sophisticated bot attacks.
May 2021 Patch Tuesday: Adobe fixes exploited Reader 0-day, Microsoft patches 55 holesAdobe has fixed a Reader flaw exploited in attacks in the wild, as well as delivered security updates for eleven other products, including Magento, Adobe InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop Application, and others.
Sophos XDR: Threat hunting through the entire security ecosystemSophos XDR gathers relevant sensory information from the organization's entire IT environment and security ecosystem and allows threat hunters to view the complete picture and detect and inspect clues that may otherwise go unnoticed.
Top security threats for power plants and how to proactively avoid themPower plants are one of the most vitally important components of modern civilization's infrastructure.
Defending against Windows RDP attacksSome DDoS attacks are leveraging RDP servers to amplify their effect, and malware like Trickbot is employing scanners to identify vulnerable open RDP ports.
Security awareness training doesn't solve human riskTraditional employee risk mitigation efforts such as security awareness training and phishing simulations have a limited impact on improving employees' real-world cybersecurity practices, according to Elevate Security and Cyentia Institute.
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