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French Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?

Krebs on Security

HYAS found that despite its notifications to the French authorities, some of the apparently infected systems were still attempting to contact the sinkholed control networks up until late 2019. “It is possible that an infected computer is beaconing, but is unable to egress to the command and control due to outbound firewall restrictions.”

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NSA urges Windows Users and admins to Patch BlueKeep flaw

Security Affairs

The National Security Agency (NSA) is urging Windows users and administrators to install security updates to address BlueKeep flaw (aka CVE-2019-0708). Now the National Security Agency (NSA) is also urging Windows users and administrators to install security updates to address BlueKeep flaw (aka CVE-2019-0708).

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A Cobalt Strike flaw exposed attackers’ infrastructure

Security Affairs

According to security experts at Fox-IT, a recently addressed flaw in the Cobalt Strike penetration testing platform could be exploited to identify attacker servers. “The decline since the start of 2019 is most likely due to the “extraneous space” fix, thus not showing up in the scan data when applying the fingerprint.”

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Design Your Penetration Testing Setup

Pen Test

Introduction As we navigate through the complexities of modern cybersecurity penetration testing (pentesting) remains a crucial practice for organisations and individuals alike. Networking Equipment: Basic networking gear like a router, switch, and possibly a firewall are essential for creating a networked environment.

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Critical Actions Post Data Breach

SecureWorld News

ISO 22301:2019 is a leading framework here. Web application vulnerabilities To prevent attackers from interfering with the operation of web applications, experts recommend using a Web Application Firewall (WAF). Are there internal employees with the necessary expertise, or will external specialists need to be engaged?

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Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe

Security Affairs

In fact, in this case, the attackers were able to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities in the company’s FortiGate firewall. Threat Actor Brief LockBit is a well-known ransomware affiliation program started back in September 2019, where the developers use third parties to spread the ransomware by hiring unethical penetration testing teams.

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Do Not Confuse Next Generation Firewall And Web Application Firewall

SiteLock

Let us start with the abbreviations that define the categories of information security products: WAF stands for Web Application Firewall , NGFW stands for Next Generation Firewall. NGFW (or Next Generation Firewall) is an evolution of traditional firewalls and serves to delimit access between network segments.