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BotenaGo strikes again – malware source code uploaded to GitHub

CyberSecurity Insiders

As of the publishing of this article, antivirus (AV) vendor detection for BotenaGo and its variants remains behind with very low detection coverage from most of AV vendors. The Mirai botnet targets mostly routers and IoT devices, and it supports different architectures including Linux x64, different ARM versions, MIPS, PowerPC, and more.

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AT&T Alien Labs finds new Golang malware (BotenaGo) targeting millions of routers and IoT devices with more than 30 exploits

CyberSecurity Insiders

As of the publishing of this article, BotenaGo currently has low antivirus (AV) detection rate with only 6/62 known AVs seen in VirusTotal: (Figure 1). However, there is a difference between the Mirai malware and the new malware variants using Go, including differences in the language in which it is written and the malware architectures.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

The next three actions: prioritize assets and evaluate traffic, microsegmentation, and adaptive monitoring are central steps of the zero trust architecture and greatly reduce your risks of an attack. This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. Offline Backups.

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MY TAKE: How SASE has begun disrupting IT — by shifting cybersecurity to the ‘services edge’

The Last Watchdog

Coined by Gartner in late 2018, SASE is gaining momentum as a generational disruptive force. Security got bolted on by installing firewalls at web gateways. Defense-in-depth meant adding on layers of intrusion detection and data loss prevention systems, while also keeping antivirus software updated and vulnerabilities patched.

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FortiNAC: Network Access Control (NAC) Product Review

eSecurity Planet

Although best known for their industry-leading firewall technology, Fortinet harnesses their knowledge of network protection to create a powerful network access control (NAC) solution. Founded in 2000 , Sunnyvale, California headquartered Fortinet’s flagship FortiGate provides enterprise-grade firewall solutions. Who is Fortinet?

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Weak Cybersecurity? Here’s Something You Can Do About It

Adam Levin

A 2018 study regarding VPN use worldwide is worth considering. Usage increased 185% from 2016 to 2017 and 165% from 2017 to 2018. If, for example, a user resides in a country with major Internet restrictions (think: the Great Firewall of China ), he or she may connect to a VPN outside of that country and bypass local laws.

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What Is Encryption? Definition, How it Works, & Examples

eSecurity Planet

Encryption can also be found incorporated into a variety of network security and cloud security solutions, such as cloud access security brokers (CASB), next-generation firewalls (NGFW), password managers , virtual private networks (VPN), and web application firewalls (WAF). that can perform encryption using less power and memory.