The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2020

Of course the flip side is that all of this speed and agility has opened up endless fresh attack vectors – particularly at the web application layer of digital commerce. The heart of any business is its applications,” says Venky Sundar, founder and chief marketing officer of Indusface. if not outright project failure.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Patch management is a critical aspect of IT security. Effective patch management mitigates risk by eliminating domain-specific activities and applying standard processes across all enterprise systems,” said Gartner analyst Terrence Cosgrove. Steps to Effective Patch Management. It all starts with asset discovery.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 5, 2023

A pentest framework, or penetration testing framework, is a standardized set of guidelines and suggested tools for structuring and conducting effective pentests across different networks and security environments. It’s also important to return the environment to its pre-pentest settings.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Pentesters work closely with the organization whose security posture they are hired to improve. Limited tests can focus on narrower targets such as networks, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, physical security, cloud security, web applications, or other system components. However, they are also the most realistic tests.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Category News, Vulnerabilities Risk Level. Log4j is an open source, Apache maintained Java-logging library that is used across the globe in popular applications and services. There are three steps you need to take immediately: 1. What is Log4j?” But how does the exploit work?” Ok, but how do I protect myself and my organization?”

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2023

Vulnerability management improves the security posture of all IT systems by locating vulnerabilities, implementing security controls to fix or protect those vulnerabilities, and then testing the fixes to verify vulnerability resolution. What Is Vulnerability Management? Should Vulnerability and Patch Management Be Used Together?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A pentest report should also outline the vulnerability scans and simulated cybersecurity attacks the pentester used to probe for weaknesses in an organization’s overall security stack or specific systems, such as websites, applications, networks, and cloud infrastructure.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 7, 2023

Vulnerability scanning is critically important for identifying security flaws in hardware and software, but vulnerability scanning types are as varied as the IT environments they’re designed to protect. Standalone: Standalone scanners are self-contained applications that run on the system being scanned.

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SecureList

MARCH 30, 2023

Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) have become an increasingly popular choice for organizations nowadays following the trend to outsource security services. MSSP Services First, let’s start with what services we can expect. MSSP Services First, let’s start with what services we can expect.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

Kali Linux turns 10 this year, and to celebrate, the Linux penetration testing distribution has added defensive security tools to its arsenal of open-source security tools. For now, Kali is primarily known for its roughly 600 open source pentesting tools, allowing pentesters to easily install a full range of offensive security tools.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Penetration tests find security vulnerabilities before hackers do and are critical for keeping organizations safe from cyber threats. You can either create your own pentesting program or hire an outside firm to do it for you. Penetration test services have become common, with many security companies offering them.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 20, 2023

Vulnerability scans play a vital role in identifying weaknesses within systems and networks, reducing risks, and bolstering an organization’s security defenses. Step 1: Define the Scope and Objectives It is critical to specify the scope and objectives before beginning a vulnerability screening procedure.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Okumu lived through the ransomware attack on the City of Baltimore in 2018, which affected 90% of the municipality’s applications. On Tuesday afternoon, he shared those lessons with (ISC)² Security Congress 2021 attendees during a virtual session. It had started sometime between 4 a.m. Still, it cost U.S. $18 The Attack.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Organizations use penetration testing to strengthen their security. But before hiring penetration testers or starting a pentesting program, any organization should be aware of the phases and steps involved in the process. What are the 7 Penetration Testing Phases? See the Best Penetration Testing Tools. Pre-engagement.

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SecureList

MARCH 13, 2024

Since stalkerware works in the background unseen, most victims are completely unaware that their every step and action is being monitored. Stalkerware capabilities vary depending on the application, and whether they have been paid for or downloaded for free.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The dynamic security landscape presents significant challenges for organizations, especially in multi-cloud environments. The key to combating these growing threats is network security automation. Myth 4: Automation Guarantees Bulletproof Security. (or Myth 7: Security Orchestration and Security Automation Are Twins (Not Quite.)

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Take cybersecurity assessments to find and address weaknesses. Take cybersecurity assessments to find and address weaknesses. And a key part of building out any cybersecurity policy for your local government is to develop an organizational understanding of risk to systems, people, data, and so on. said daily. said daily.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 27, 2020

With each passing year, cybersecurity threats grow more prevalent, advanced, and ominous for your business. IBM’s “ 2019 Cost of a Data Breach Report ” details the costs that come from a data breach as a result of various cybersecurity risks. What is a cybersecurity risk assessment? Why is it important?

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Zigrin Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Before starting, there is one thing to clarify. For example, if an AI language model like ChatGPT has security features like “prevent malicious payload creation” or “do not answer threat actors” and an attacker could bypass these security features, that means there is a vulnerability and the AI instance is hacked.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 17, 2022

But that spending surge has brought with it a corresponding rise in payment security challenges. eSecurity Planet sat down with Dustin White, chief risk data officer at Visa, to discuss some of the steps the credit card and online payment giant has taken to combat fraud and improve cybersecurity. Balancing Speed and Security.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 14, 2022

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) has released its first report , providing detailed information on the Log4j vulnerability. The Board was created to " review and assess significant cybersecurity events" so that both the public and private sector can improve their security posture.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2023

Compared to other operating systems, Linux patch management is unique because of its open-source nature, which enables a sizable community of developers and security professionals to find vulnerabilities, examine the code, and submit patches. Microsoft releases patches on Patch Tuesday, a scheduled monthly update release.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Threat hunting starts with a pretty paranoid premise: That your network may have already been breached and threat actors may be inside waiting for an opportunity to strike. Threat hunting teams are often composed of analysts from SOC teams or similarly qualified security pros. Sadly, that turns out to be true in many cases.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In order to develop stable and secure applications, you need to inspect and verify that your software performs as expected. In black box testing , the internal working structure of the application is unknown. With gray box testing, the tester partially understands the application’s internal working structure.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. You know you’re the victim of ransomware if your desktop has a message that reads something like: “!!! All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.”

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Cisco Security

JUNE 8, 2021

In Part One of the Cisco TrustSec Policy Analytics blog series, Samuel Brown addressed some of the challenges related to designing group-based security policies and introduced one of the new feature sets of Cisco Secure Network Analytics – TrustSec Analytics reports. I’d like to do segmentation, but I don’t want to get fired.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 23, 2019

No wonder this threat keeps our client’s CISO and security teams up at night. We’ve spent years creating data protection software and here is what we’ve discovered along the way: to protect your company systems and data from ransomware, you need to use multiple strategies and tools at the same time.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2023

A vulnerability assessment is one of the most important pieces of an enterprise’s vulnerability management lifecycle because you can’t fix security vulnerabilities you know nothing about. But vulnerability assessments are only as successful as the plans behind them.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

BreachLock offers a wide range of services covering cloud , network , application , API , mobile, social engineering and third-party partner tests, and can help with SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 regulatory requirements too.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

It may be hard to imagine these days, but just five years ago to get your computer infected with a Trojan was as easy as visiting a news website. Lastly, we analyze the targets that cybercriminals select these days as opposed to a few years back, the reasoning behind them and criminal-to-criminal services offered on the dark web. Key trends.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2023

Cloud security posture management (CSPM) tools continuously monitor, identify, score, and remediate security and compliance concerns across cloud infrastructures as soon as problems arise. Lacework Yes Yes Limited Yes Dependent upon selected partner and other factors; starting at $1,500 per month plus $0.01

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NopSec

JUNE 28, 2017

So, where do you start? Freelance pentesters offer their services starting as low as $15 per hour, while others pay obscene amounts for “corporate rates.” And really, where do you start? How much will it cost your company to recover from a breach due, in part, to a bad pentest (hint: average is $7 Million )?

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Centraleyes

APRIL 15, 2024

Maryland Takes the Lead in Privacy Legislation with Comprehensive MODPA The Maryland legislature enacted two comprehensive privacy bills to limit how big tech platforms can acquire and utilize customers’ and children’s data. Scope of MODPA: To Whom Does It Apply?

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Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

If you haven’t been, please cherry pick your way through the steps and assets. #1 1 : Don’t panic – take a deep breath and assess the situation When you suddenly lose your job and are having to endure a forced transition, it can be an overwhelming and disheartening experience. It’s a sad affair.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Every so often, a technology comes along that seems to perfectly capture the zeitgeist : representing all that is both promising and troubling about the future. In the 1960s, you think of plastic, which was a pillar of a massively expanding consumer culture in the United States that put “convenience” above all else. That same L.A.

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Jane Frankland

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

If you haven’t been, please cherry pick your way through the steps and assets. #1 1 : Don’t panic – take a deep breath and assess the situation When you suddenly lose your job and are having to endure a forced transition, it can be an overwhelming and disheartening experience. It’s a sad affair.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Log monitoring is the process of analyzing log file data produced by applications, systems and devices to look for anomalous events that could signal cybersecurity, performance or other problems. While logs are also used by developers and IT teams to address performance and operations issues, our focus is on the security uses of log data.

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