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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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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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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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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Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2022

There are people moving to “next-gen” firewalls (a great innovation of 2005) in 2022. A firewall management vendor claimed to “simplify zero trust.” Data security : it has happened for a few years, but somehow data security (whether encryption or DLP or some new space) has been less noisy lately, nobody seems to be disrupting it.

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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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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

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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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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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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Fox IT

JANUARY 12, 2021

The earliest and longest lasting intrusion by this threat we observed, was at a company in the semiconductors industry in Europe and started early Q4 2017. observed Q2 2017 Cobalt Strike v3.12, observed Q3 2018 Cobalt Strike v3.14, observed Q2 2019. The adversary compresses and encrypts the data by using WinRAR from the command-line.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The 2017 Cisco Cyber Security Report states 20 percent of organizations lose customers due to an attack , 30 percent lose revenue and 25 percent lose business opportunities. These solutions include website scanners, web application firewalls, professional security services, data encryption and more. Cost of Protection.

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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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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers, Censornet was a Niche Player in 2017 and 2018. For the Forrester Wave for Cloud Security Gateways, Imperva was a Contender in 2016 and 2017, and Forcepoint was a Strong Performer in 2021. Recognition for Censornet. Lookout Features. Office 365 is a particular strength.

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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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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This means that sensitive information, like login credentials or credit card numbers, is encrypted as it passes between the website and its server. Additionally, as of January 2017, Google is now taking a more heavy-handed approach. Working hard on your site’s SEO?

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Web application firewall (WAF) – Due to its ability to differentiate legitimate traffic from malicious traffic, a WAF is one of the best ways to protect your web applications – like live chat features and shopping carts — from harmful threats. Companies often enforce employees who work remotely to use a VPN.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

Real-life examples of depth of defense Network Perimeter: Organizations often deploy firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and network monitoring tools at the network perimeter to prevent unauthorized access. Data Level: Encrypting sensitive data at rest and in transit is crucial to securing information.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Always keep your eyes open to control-rights of the senior IT managers or systems administrators with the authority to configure servers, firewalls, cloud storage, and file-sharing (or another network privilege). Protect your business from cyber assaults and never assume that cyber risk management occurs on its own!

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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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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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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

The IRS canceled its “taxpayer identity” contract with Equifax in October 2017, after the credit bureau disclosed that a failure to patch a four-month-old zero-day security flaw led to the theft of Social Security numbers and personal and financial information on 148 million Americans.

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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

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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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Cryptographic splitting has to do with encrypting data, splitting this encrypted data into smaller, random chunks, and then distributing those smaller chunks to several storage locations. At each storage location, yet another layer of encryption is added. And we keep the data encrypted all time.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Experts say the best defense is a multi-pronged network security strategy that includes a firewall, anti-malware software, network monitoring, intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS), and data protection. You should also use a network firewall and an anti-malware solution. How to Defend Against a Backdoor. Bots and Botnets.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Also Read: Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors. Other features include applying secure socket layer (SSL) or transport layer security (TLS) and AES-256 encryption. Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

ICYMI, Equifax forced to pull offline a huge database of consumer data guarded only by credentials "admin/admin" [link] — briankrebs (@briankrebs) September 13, 2017. If you're new to ARM, this tutorial is for you: [link] pic.twitter.com/nmilxbBYpK — Azeria (@Fox0x01) May 27, 2017. Katie Moussouris | @k8em0.

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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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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Ransomware programs gain access to a computer’s file system and execute a payload to encrypt all data. WannaCry 2017 is well-known for the stir and panic it caused in May 2017 by affecting thousands of NHS hospitals, delaying critical medical procedures, and rerouting ambulances. NotPetya shook the entire world in June 2017.

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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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Fox IT

JUNE 23, 2020

Evil Corp were previously associated to the Dridex malware and BitPaymer ransomware, the latter came to prominence in the first half of 2017. Hence, TA505 activity is sometimes still reported as Evil Corp activity, even though these groups have not worked together since the second half of 2017. WastedLocker Ransomware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Ransomware programs gain access to a computer’s file system and execute a payload to encrypt all data. WannaCry 2017 is well-known for the stir and panic it caused in May 2017 by affecting thousands of NHS hospitals, delaying critical medical procedures, and rerouting ambulances. NotPetya shook the entire world in June 2017.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

According to security firm Gemini Advisory, the Fin7 hacker group stole data on more than five million credit and debit cards that had been used at HBC credit card terminals beginning in May 2017. Point-to-point encryption: P2PE and tokenization, Miles said, are the one-two punch of an approach to card data security called data devaluation.

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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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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 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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