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Avast One Firewall | Avast

Security Boulevard

This is one of the ways that large-scale malware attacks of the past, like Blaster in 2002, were able to spread themselves quickly and widely across networks. The post Avast One Firewall | Avast appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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FBI’s investigation accidentally revealed the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine

Security Affairs

The FBI believes HelloKitty exploited a vulnerability in our third-party firewall, enabling the hackers to gain entry to the network.” CVE-2021-20016 , CVE-2021-20021 , CVE-2021-20022 , CVE-2021-2002 ) or using compromised credentials. ” The HelloKitty gang has been active since January 2021 and it is still active.

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Security Yearbook’ preserves cybersecurity history — highlights tectonic shift

The Last Watchdog

Related: The role of PKI is securing digital transformation That was in 2002. Cybersecurity, which started with antivirus suites, spam filters and firewalls, has mushroomed into a $103 billion industry. Cybersecurity, which started with antivirus suites, spam filters and firewalls, has mushroomed into a $103 billion industry.

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Pop Culture In Malware

SiteLock

Bloodninja’s origins go all the way back to 2002 when the lewd-turned-absurd cybersex chat logs were posted to Bash.org, the famous line being “I put on my robe and wizard hat.” While a machine could be confused by human-looking text, trying to stop human analysis can involve taking absurd measures.

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20 Years of SIEM: Celebrating My Dubious Anniversary

Anton on Security

On Jan 20, 2002 , exactly 20 years ago, I joined a “SIM” vendor that shall remain nameless, but is easy to figure out. I remember how our engineers struggled in 2002 with some API-based collection from a known firewall vendor. Thinking back to 2002, SOX just came out, HIPAA was new and cool, while PCI DSS … was not born yet.

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Implementing Password Security

SiteLock

For example, the phrase could be something like “I graduated from Notre Dame University on June 1st 2002.”. In addition to utilizing strong passwords, it is important to utilize a website scanner and web application firewall (WAF) to further protect against cybercrime. That would give you the following password: “IgfNDUoJ1st2002”.

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How customers can improve product security (just ask)

SC Magazine

When the general public thinks of cybersecurity, they often focus on firewalls, encryption and ransomware. In 2002, Bill Gates announced Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing (TwC) initiative after hearing concerns from major customers such as government agencies and financial corporations about the inherent threats lurking in software.