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Security firm accidentally exposed an unprotected database with 5 Billion previously leaked records

Security Affairs

The expert Bob Diachenko has discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch install belonging to a UK security firm that contained 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents that took place between 2012 and 2019. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko.

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Keepnet Labs accidentally exposed an unprotected database with 5 Billion previously leaked records

Security Affairs

The expert Bob Diachenko has discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch install belonging to the security firm Keepnet Labs that contained 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents that took place between 2012 and 2019. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko.

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Threat Trends: Firewall

Cisco Security

In any perimeter defense a key component is firewalls—the proverbial guard towers in your fortifications. In this Threat Trends release, we’ll be looking at Cisco Secure Firewall. The goal is to highlight the common threats that organizations encounter and block with Secure Firewall. Secure Firewall version 7.0

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PurpleFox botnet variant uses WebSockets for more secure C2 communication

Security Affairs

The package also sets two registry values under the key “HKLMSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlSession Manager” and runs a.vbs script that creates a Windows firewall rule to block incoming connections on ports 135, 139, and 445. . The final backdoor is a DLL file protected by the VMProtect.

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How to Prevent SQL Injection Attacks

eSecurity Planet

The least common of SQL injection attacks, the out-of-band method relies on the database server to make DNS or HTTP requests delivering data to an attacker. . . . Raise Virtual or Physical Firewalls. We strongly recommend using a software or appliance-based web application firewall (WAF) to help filter out malicious data. .

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10 Best CASB Security Vendors of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Palo Alto Networks has brought its considerable security expertise to bear on the CASB and SaaS protection market with an offering that includes SaaS monitoring, compliance, DLP and threat protection, plus strong integration with Palo Alto firewalls and access solutions. Palo Alto Networks Features. Also Read: Cloud-based security: SECaaS.

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Versa Unified SASE Review & Features 2023

eSecurity Planet

Founded in 2012, Versa Networks seeks to deploy a single software operating system, called VOS, to converge and integrate cloud and on-premises security, networking, and analytics. Who is Versa Networks? Using VOS, Versa enables customers and service providers to deploy SASE and software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solutions.