SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

We were lucky enough to be a Gold Level partner at the 3-day event in the “Windy City,” which kicked off Wednesday, March 15th, and wrapped up Saturday, March 20th, 2017. Examples of these steps include pushing toward the use of a SSL to encrypt data, and potentially implementing a web application firewall to protect websites against attack.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

EdgeConnect Enterprise critically comes with firewall , segmentation , and application control capabilities. The first traditional cybersecurity vendor featured is Barracuda Networks, with consistent recognition for its email security , next-generation firewalls ( NGFW ), web application security , and backups. Features: Cisco SD-WAN.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 11, 2024

Zendesk 2017 The scenario: The helpdesk ticketing platform Zendesk was exposed to attackers thanks to a SQL injection vulnerability in a GraphQL endpoint. The simple “one-and-done” methods of the 2017 Zendesk SQL attack are giving way to more long-term, “low-and-slow” exploits. Here they are.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Windows XL or older; OS no longer supported) Firewalls to monitor and block malicious traffic Anti-virus programs and endpoint security Requiring t wo-factor authentication to gain access to certain files and systems Evaluating the governance structure to ensure checks and balances Limiting administrative privileges. Advanced Encryption.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

Enacted in 2017, this regulation is all about minimizing risk in the financial services sector, which, lets face it, is prime real estate for cybercriminals. Encryption Sensitive data must be encrypted, whether in transit or at rest. Over 60% of data breaches involve insiderssome malicious, others accidental.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2020

The Windows version of MATA is composed of a loader used to load an encrypted next-stage payload and the orchestrator module (“lsass.exe”). MATA is also able to target Linux-based diskless network devices, including such as routers, firewalls, or IoT devices.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 16, 2021

Backups can be damaged, untested, prohibitively difficult to deploy, encrypted by attackers, or restore to the same breached state they backed up. ” Restoring encrypted files might seem like the most important thing to do when faced with a ransomware attack. Indeed, recovering from ransomware can be tough.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

A survey of local media reports by Recorded Future tallied 38 ransomware attacks against cities in 2017, rising to 53 attacks in 2018. It’s imperative to keep legacy anti-malware , firewall and intrusion prevention systems updated. 2017: WannaCry – Attackers leverage hacking tools stolen from the NSA. mayors attending the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

To protect the protocol, best practices will add additional protocols to the process that encrypt the DNS communication and authenticate the results. DNS Encryption DNS encryption can be achieved through the DNSCrypt protocol, DNS over TLS (DoT), or DNS over HTTPS (DoH). Firewalls should be hardened to close unneeded ports.

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Cisco Security

APRIL 29, 2021

Basically, it took months of planning and execution which included ordering circuits, getting connectivity up and spending hours, and sometimes days, deploying complex configurations to secure the connectivity by establishing encrypted tunnels and steering the right traffic across them. Obviously, all this work was manual. Why Cisco Viptela?

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

The usernames and (sometimes encrypted) passwords of all administration accounts on the system. Various system and firewall logs. In 2017 for example, experts discovered easily exploitable flaws in Arris modems distributed by AT&T. The SSID and plaintext password of the 2G and 5G Wi-Fi networks broadcast by the device.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest? A defense-in-depth strategy that includes firewalls, anti-malware, intrusion detection, and access control has long been the standard for endpoint security. Encrypt data in motion and at rest. Encryption is a key part of any cloud security strategy.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Information Technology research and advisory company, Gartner, presented its top predictions for the cybersecurity industry for 2017 earlier this year. Adoption of Adaptive Security Architecture It’s no longer sufficient to install a firewall and the latest antivirus software and hope for the best.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2022

WannaCry malware was first discovered in May 2017 and a patch was released roughly two months prior to its public release. Many of these outbound connections were blocked at the firewall; however, at this point, we were able to pivot from the external IP’s to look for more affected assets. Executive summary.

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

Enforcing security requirements such as OS updates and disk encryption help organizations set a baseline for healthy and compliant devices. Unknown devices offer the lowest level of trust because they’re beyond the control of the IT department. For critical applications and environments with sensitive data (e.g.,

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Cisco Security

APRIL 29, 2021

Basically, it took months of planning and execution which included ordering circuits, getting connectivity up and spending hours, and sometimes days, deploying complex configurations to secure the connectivity by establishing encrypted tunnels and steering the right traffic across them. Obviously, all this work was manual. Why Cisco Viptela?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

The DazzleSpy backdoor software had interesting features to foil detection, including end-to-end encryption to avoid firewall inspection as well as a feature that cut off communication if a TLS-inspection proxy was detected. Use web application firewalls to protect exposed web apps. Deploy data encryption at rest and in transit.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Satori DataSecOps 2021 Private BluBracket Software supply chain 2021 Private Cape Privacy Data security 2021 Private ZecOps Digital forensics 2019 Private SecurityScorecard Risk ratings 2017 Private Carbon Black Security software 2015 Acquired: VMware AVG Antivirus software 2015 Acquired: Avast. ForgePoint Capital.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

Since the 1970s, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) has offered encryption , authentication, bootstrapping, and digital signatures to secure digital communications. As encryption methods go, AES-128 and RSA-2048 are vulnerable to quantum attacks. For every digital asset – configuration, firewall rules, VM images, etc. Block Armour.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 19, 2021

Our own research report, the State of Encrypted Attacks Report 2020 , found that there had been a 500 per cent rise in ransomware compared to 2019. It’s clear then that ransomware didn’t reach its zenith with WannaCry back in 2017 but remains a disruptive and profitable threat to business operations. Consider Zero Trust.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 21, 2020

The challenge – it’s been all too easy to do just that, with route tables in a VPC that can only be associated with subnets, and no simple way to specify routing rules to direct traffic to subnets through a firewall when entering VPCs. It’s the same thing as buying a firewall and only adding any-to-any rules.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 14, 2023

While the infotainment system is supposedly firewalled from steering, throttling, and braking, attached devices may not be fully secured against communication via Wi-Fi. The vulnerability is nearly six years old, and Zyxel previously issued a security advisory about the Gafgyt malware in 2019 that exploited CVE-2017-18368.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 23, 2018

billion in 2017. While cybersecurity professionals previously had to worry about perimeter defenses, firewalls and intrusion detection, the massive increase in cloud adoption has shifted the focus to placing protections closer to data in multi-tenant environments. billion, up from $246.8

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

You’ve likely read about high-profile cyberattacks in the headlines after a major data breach, such as the Equifax breach in 2017. Defacements made up 16% of incidents in Q4 2017 alone. In fact, a report from June 2017 shows 22% of small businesses experienced a ransomware attack in the past year. Ransomware. Malvertising.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Encryption: This protects sensitive data by converting it into a coded form that can only be accessed or decrypted with the appropriate key. Encryption ensures that data remains confidential and secure, even if intercepted or accessed by unauthorized parties.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Encryption, firewalls, and secure access controls are just a few of the measures that banks implement to ensure customer data remains protected. Real-world example: In 2017, a notorious ransomware attack known as WannaCry infected thousands of computers worldwide, including those in financial institutions.

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Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Introduction In May 2017, a worldwide ransomware attack infamously known as WannaCry was set in motion. This ransomware made use of the EternalBlue , an exploit of Microsoft’s implementation of their SMB protocol, released by The Shadow Brokers hacker group in April 2017, to gain access to remote Windows machines in most cases.

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Cisco Security

MAY 10, 2021

You have endpoint protection in place, firewalls defending the perimeter, and phishing filters on incoming email. In 2017, the wiper malware NotPetya is believed to have begun its spread by leveraging the update system of the Ukrainian tax software, M.E.Doc. Let’s say that you’re confident in your security posture.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!!

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Since then Portnox continued to add capabilities, launched the first cloud-native NAC in 2017, and now offers a NAC SaaS solution, Portnox Cloud. For example, encryption keys, administrator passwords, and other critical information are stored in the Azure Key Vault in FIPS 140-2 Level 2-validated hardware security modules (HSMs).

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2022

Read more : Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Solutions. Once a standalone unit, Fortify was a part of HPE before spinning off under the Micro Focus umbrella in 2017. Read more : Best Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors. Invicti Security. Best Open Source or Free DevSecOps Tools. Kibana Features.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 15, 2021

Kacey Sensenich, chief technology officer at Rockingham County Schools (25 schools, 11,691 students in the 2019-2020 school year), ran up against an Emotet trojan infection in December 2017. 11 of 2017, Sensenich began observing signs of abnormal network behavior. 19 the network was taken offline for a full-fledged remediation.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Instead of making itself known by encrypting files and displaying a ransom note, ransomware quietly stays in your system and scans the network for other vulnerabilities. By using lateral movement, ransomware can silently spread across the public cloud and encrypt files of the whole organization.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As you can see in the chart below from Statista, data breaches rose more than tenfold between 2005 and 2017. Taking a look at the Equifax breach discovered in July of 2017, initial reports showed that Social Security Numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver’s license numbers were accessed. SSL Certificates.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

The usernames and (sometimes encrypted) passwords of all administration accounts on the system. Various system and firewall logs. In 2017 for example, experts discovered easily exploitable flaws in Arris modems distributed by AT&T. The SSID and plaintext password of the 2G and 5G Wi-Fi networks broadcast by the device.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Perhaps this low cost is why DDoS accounted for 35% of all cyberattacks in 2017 and continues to be a favorite tactic among cybercriminals. Once these critical files are encrypted, you’ll get an alert notifying you that decryption will occur once you pay a ransom. Implement a web application firewall.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Javali trojan is active since November 2017 and targets users of financial and banking organizations geolocated in Brazil and Mexico. exe Dbghelp.dll G DATA Personal Firewall GDFwAdmin.exe GDFwAdmin.dll G DATA Security Software AVK.exe Avk.dll COMODO Internet Security CisTray.exe Cmdres.dll NVIDIA 3D Vision Test Application Nvsttest.exe D3d8.dll

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