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Top 12 Firewall Best Practices to Optimize Network Security

eSecurity Planet

The consistent implementation of firewall best practices establish a strong defense against cyber attacks to secure sensitive data, protect the integrity and continuity of business activities, and ensure network security measures function optimally. Preview the results before making modifications to the firewall rules.

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34 Most Common Types of Network Security Protections

eSecurity Planet

Whether you’re operating a global enterprise network or a small family business, your network’s security needs to be optimized with tools, teams, and processes to protect customer data and valuable business assets. Many of these tools protect resources connected to networks, thus shutting down threats as early as possible.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday Includes Word, Streaming Service Zero-Days

eSecurity Planet

Natalie Silva, lead cyber security engineer at Immersive Labs, told eSecurity Planet that the Word vulnerability in particular poses a high risk, noting that the Preview Pane is a potential attack vector. ” Exploiting the vulnerability could lead to the disclosure of Net-NTLMv2 hashes, she added.

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New AI Threats Emerge as FraudGPT Creator Unleashes DarkBERT and DarkBART

eSecurity Planet

In his blog post , Kelley shared a video from CanadianKingpin12 that suggests DarkBERT will go well beyond the social engineering capabilities of the earlier tools with new “concerning capabilities.” Email Address By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

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Menlo Security Finds Cloud Migration and Remote Work Gives Rise to New Era of Malware, Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT)

CyberSecurity Insiders

.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Menlo Security , a leader in cloud security, today announced it has identified a surge in cyberthreats, termed Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT), that bypass traditional security defenses. The top three brands impersonated in phishing attacks are Microsoft, PayPal, and Amazon.

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Volt Typhoon Disrupts US Organizations, CISA Issues Alerts

eSecurity Planet

They use advanced tools and techniques to scan the internet for vulnerable devices within their target networks, leveraging resources such as Shodan, a search engine specifically designed for locating and accessing Internet-connected devices and services, to identify potential entry points.

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October 2023 Patch Tuesday Includes Three Zero-Days Flaws

eSecurity Planet

Immersive Labs principal security engineer Rob Reeves told eSecurity Planet that the attack doesn’t require credentials or authentication in order to execute code on the system. Immersive Labs lead cyber security engineer Natalie Silva told eSecurity Planet that the HTTP/2 attack exploits a weakness in the protocol.

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