Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) says the GRU’s hackers built Cyclops Blink by exploiting previously undocumented security weaknesses in firewalls and routers made by both ASUS and WatchGuard Technologies. A statement from the U.S. energy facilities. and international companies and entities, including U.S. ” HYDRA. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 6, 2021

Black Lotus Labs, a subsidiary of Lumen Technologies, has warned all website owners about an increase in ‘watering hole’ cyber threats. To those uninitiated, SMB acted as a primary attack vector for launching cyber attacks on Sony Pictures in 2014 and WannaCry Ransomware Attack in 2017.

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SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Signage with logo at the Silicon Valley headquarters of computer security and firewall company Palo Alto Networks, Santa Clara, California, August 17, 2017. Palo Alto Networks asked a Virginia judge to dismiss a patent lawsuit filed against them by Centripetal Networks. Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Sandworm (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Graham went on to say “the point is not to add ‘security features’ but to remove ‘insecure features’… arbitrary features like firewall and anti-virus add to these products [that] just increase the attack surface making things worse.”. in a released last week. The law has also been criticized for being too vague.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 3, 2019

Network filters applied by solutions like Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) aim to solve symptoms, not the root cause. That’s true today because we do not have the right technology. We began our research in a university lab, where a brand new technology was born. Evolving Deep Technology: From Research to Application.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

According to WatchGuard , Cyclops Blink may have affected roughly 1% of all active WatchGuard firewall appliances. Sandworm (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). India, Italy, Canada, and Russia.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The list of tools and features included with InsightIDR include: User and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) Endpoint detection and response (EDR) Network traffic analysis (NDR) Centralized log management Automated policy capabilities Visual investigation timeline Deception technology File integrity monitoring (FIM). Rapid7 Competitors.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Rather than doors, locks and vaults, IT departments rely on a combination of strategies, technologies, and user awareness training to protect an enterprise against cybersecurity attacks that can compromise systems, steal data and other valuable company information, and damage an enterprise’s reputation. What is Cybersecurity Risk Management?

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Make no mistake, CMMC 2.0 , which has been under development since 2017 , represents a sea change. The DoD is going to require contractors up and down its supply chain to meet the cybersecurity best practices called out in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s SP 800-171 framework.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Within these government labs and agencies, taking place is a groundswell of innovation in deep technology cyber disciplines to the tune of billions of dollars annually over the past three decades. In Silicon Valley, the initial technology seeds were planted in World War II, when the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2022

The CVE-2021-20038 vulnerability impacts SMA 100 series appliances (including SMA 200, 210, 400, 410, and 500v) even when the web application firewall (WAF) is enabled. ” reads the announcement published by CISA. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Anton on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

As I was looking at the security vendors and their technologies, I realized that security vendors that apparently peaked in relevance, say, in the mid-2000s had huge booths and did brisk business, selling whatever they sold before. There are people moving to “next-gen” firewalls (a great innovation of 2005) in 2022.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 3, 2019

Network filters applied by solutions like Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) aim to solve symptoms, not the root cause. That’s true today because we do not have the right technology. We began our research in a university lab, where a brand new technology was born. Evolving Deep Technology: From Research to Application.

Technology 40

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 3, 2019

Network filters applied by solutions like Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) aim to solve symptoms, not the root cause. That’s true today because we do not have the right technology. We began our research in a university lab, where a brand new technology was born. Evolving Deep Technology: From Research to Application.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Even as the number of attacks rose, only 60,000 sites in our sample were actually compromised — which is comparable to our 2017 findings. The combination of smarter technologies and better security training is making life a lot harder for hackers. Block malicious incoming traffic using a website application firewall.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

Unified under the Ivanti brand, the component technologies provide solutions for unified endpoint management, service management, asset management, supply chain operations, patching solutions, and zero trust solutions. And more: Nozomi Guardian (industrial IOT and operational technology tracking), Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator, etc.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Here are my key takeaways: Formula for poor practices Launched in 2017, Baffin Bay has attracted VC funding of $6.4 Baffin Bay, which supplies its technology to partner MSSPs, is part of this shift. We met at Black Hat USA 2019 , where Baffin Bay touted its cloud-first, full-stack suite of threat protection services.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 18, 2020

It doesn’t seem like we’ve moved the needle on security at all,” says Tim Woods, vice president of technology alliances at FireMon, the leading provider of automated network security policy management systems. Meanwhile, UEBA and SOAR technologies, which have come along to boost the horsepower of SIEMs, are advancing. Meanwhile, 73.5

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2019

While an investigation is still ongoing, the Agency announced to have installed additional monitoring agents on its firewalls. The Technology Security Database (ITSDB) is a web-based application used to track and manage physical assets and applications on its network. The investigation into this incident is ongoing.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

“The operation copied and removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices that Sandworm used for command and control (C2) of the underlying botnet.” The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 19, 2021

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. Better operational practices, rather than technology, is really the key issue for a lot of businesses affected by ransomware. Security hygiene is the best defence.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. Virsec is a leading innovator of memory protection technologies. Fast forward to 2017. Whoever was behind NotPetya, notably, leveraged the stolen NSA tools, to completely destroy global shipping company Maersk’s computer network in 2017.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This increase shows that cybercriminals are not only deploying attacks more often, but also using automation technology to do so. Start by mapping out your defenses with the appropriate security solutions, such as a web application firewall or malware scanning and remediation solutions. The good news?

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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. Founded in 2007, Por t nox began selling a software-based NAC solution to be used in local networks.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Established web application firewall (WAF) suppliers like Imperva, F5 and Akamai are hustling to strengthen their respective platforms. billion data records were compromised worldwide in the first half of 2018 – a 72 percent rise in the number of lost, stolen or compromised records reported in the first six months of 2017.

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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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Herjavec Group

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Now, looking back, there isn’t a person on planet earth who would say that the cell phone is not an ‘obvious’ piece of technology. Check out how China teleported a photon into space in 2017. Teleportation is a building block for a wide range of technologies. Welcome to the information technology storm. Sounds absurd?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2022

As I was looking at the security vendors and their technologies, I realized that security vendors that apparently peaked in relevance, say, in the mid-2000s had huge booths and did brisk business, selling whatever they sold before. There are people moving to “next-gen” firewalls (a great innovation of 2005) in 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 17, 2023

The latest version of MetaAccess solution extends network access control to cover software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud resources, and a wide variety of “headless devices” such as internet of things (IoT), operations technology (OT), industrial control systems (ICS), medical devices, and industrial IoT (IIoT).

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A good example is the infamous WannaCry ransomware attack in May 2017 that hit corporate networks running Microsoft Windows throughout the world as part of a larger global cyberattack. Such technologies can protect your most critical assets even if bad guys breach the perimeter. Prepare for Zero Day Attacks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

“A former Seattle technology company software engineer was arrested today on a criminal complaint charging computer fraud and abuse for an intrusion on the stored data of Capital One Financial Corporation, announced U.S. .” Thompson (33) is suspected to be responsible for the data breach.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Password security for IoT devices is all too important, as demonstrated by the CloudPets breach in 2017. With how often technology goes out of style, this may happen more quickly than you realize! Use restriction options in your router/firewall to grant the device minimal access. Connect the device to its own wifi network.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 16, 2021

Ransomware operators have been using leaks as a motivator for years, most famously when the Dark Overlord group leaked Orange is the New Black episodes in 2017 after a post-production studio involved law enforcement after paying a ransom. It is now a pervasive component of ransomware, with operators hosting dedicated leak sites.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Cloud security consists of all the technologies and processes that ensure an organization’s cloud infrastructure is protected against internal and external cybersecurity threats. They also need to lay out the specific security technologies that employees must use to protect data and applications in the cloud.

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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 technology continues to evolve, so does the security around it. 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. Website Security.

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