Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Microsoft first noticed that to conceal malicious traffic, the threat actor routes it through compromised small office and home office (SOHO) network devices, including routers, firewalls, and VPN hardware. The botnet is comprised of two complementary activity clusters, the experts believe it has been active since at least February 2022.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

“They allegedly used the Phobos malware to encrypt information on the networks, blocking the companies from accessing the data unless a ransom was paid and a decryption key was provided by the gang. Generation of target list of extensions and folders to encrypt. ” reported the website Nation Thailand.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The elephant in the (server) room We've all seen the headlines: AI is taking over, deepfakes are fooling the masses, quantum computing will break encryption! Because no firewall, no AI-powered SOC, no quantum-proof encryption will save you if your employees keep clicking phishing emails, because let's face it. The solution?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 23, 2022

FortiGate Network Firewall. Fortinet delivers FortiGate Network Firewalls that are right sized for small businesses to deliver easy-to-use enterprise-level security, good price-to-performance, and offer centralized cloud management that integrates into the larger Fortinet Security Fabric as the business grows. Key Differentiators.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Security functionality for DLP, discovery, encryption, and digital rights management. McAfee’s MVISION Cloud claims the “largest and most accurate registry of cloud services,” AI and machine learning functionality, DLP, encryption and more. Encryption and tokenization. Lookout Features. McAfee Features.

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Cisco Security

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

NetWitness and Cisco released the third annual Findings Report from the RSA Conference® 2022 Security Operations Center (SOC). The findings report addresses several security topics, including: Encrypted vs. Unencrypted network traffic. Firepower Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE). Cleartext Usernames and Passwords. Voice over IP.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

This article looks at 15 of the best network monitoring tools and what to consider when evaluating monitoring solutions in 2022. Best Networking Monitoring Tools for 2022. AES-256 encryption for data at rest and TLS v1.2 Read more : Best SIEM Tools of 2022. Also read: Top Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

” Also read: Cybersecurity Employment in 2022: Solving the Skills Gap. As of mid-2022, the cost is $381 USD. As of mid-2022, the cost is $249. . As of mid-2022, the cost is $749 USD. As of mid-2022, the cost of the exam is $575 for ISACA members and $760 for non-members. . CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

A new ransomware strain named Rorschach ransomware supports the fastest file-encrypting routine observed to date. The researchers conducted five separate encryption speed tests in a controlled environment (with 6 CPUs, 8192MB RAM, SSD, and 220000 files to be encrypted), limited to local drive encryption only.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2022

We’ve narrowed this list down to four categories of software that are essential to modern cybersecurity: Extended detection and response (XDR) , next-generation firewalls (NGFW) , cloud access security brokers (CASB) , and security information and event management (SIEM). . NGFWs are the third generation of firewalls. Best NGFWs.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2025

Details in our flash alert on CATALYST: [link] pic.twitter.com/oRHQzzIph8 — PRODAFT (@PRODAFT) June 6, 2025 The Qilin ransomware group has been active since at least August 2022 but gained attention in June 2024 for attacking Synnovis , a UK governmental service provider for healthcare. reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Phobos variants are usually distributed by the SmokeLoader , but in 8Base campaigns, it has the ransomware component embedded in its encrypted payloads. The group has been active since March 2022, it focused on small and medium-size businesses in multiple industries, including finance, manufacturing, business services, and IT.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2022

SOAR builds on SIEM (security information and event management) systems’ ability to ingest logs from hardware and software to look for threats and to provide a centralized management and response interface for security tools like EDR and firewalls. Hundreds of third-party plugins to firewalls, antivirus, and ticketing systems.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Also read: Best Antivirus Software of 2022. The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. AllegisCyber Investments. Kleiner Perkins. NightDragon.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Update firewalls and SSL VPN gateways in good time. And for some companies, the consequences of a security compromise in 2021 will catch up with them only in 2022. So the damage in some cases may not be limited to encryption of IT systems and data theft in the office network. Threats to OT. P stands for perseverance.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The state-sponsored hackers exploited the CVE-2022-47966 RCE vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine. The CVE-2022-47966 flaw is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that impacts multiple Zoho products with SAML SSO enabled in the ManageEngine setup. The vulnerability was addressed by the company on October 27th, 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2022

Also read: Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2022. Implement multiple layers of next-generation firewalls throughout the network to restrict inbound traffic, restrict outbound traffic, and examine all internal activity between disparate network regions. Limit and encrypt VPNs. Group similar network systems. The post U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2025

IBM: Best for Advanced Encryption 13 $233.91 Check Point: Best for Firewalls 11 $25.34 Its security product tests have been consistently excellent, including in the latest MITRE endpoint security tests and CyberRatings firewall tests. Fortinet: Best for Network Security Perimeter Protection 15 $74.33 Visit Palo Alto Networks 2.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 6, 2021

Its website security plans offer SSL Certification that arrives with Web Application Firewall(WAF) protection. So, all the data that is moving to & from the website to the servers is encrypted, making it tough for the hackers get is a sniff of what is going on.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

More than one-half of organizations expect a surge in cyber incidents in 2022. Until now, organizations have relied on firewalls, intrusion detection and similar techniques to protect their data. The solution is data encryption, which uses mathematical algorithms to scramble data, replacing plaintext with ciphertext.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Following a successful debut in November 2022, Matter is picking up steam, Nelson told me. Matter works much the way website authentication and website traffic encryption gets executed. S/MIME provides a means to encrypt sensitive emails while also verifying the authenticity of the sender.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 9, 2022

BlackBasta, an alleged subdivision of the ransomware group Conti , just began supporting the encryption of VMware’s ESXi virtual machines (VM) installed on enterprise Linux servers. BlackBasta first appeared in April 2022 after the group ramped up their attacks against dozens of organizations. On Linux: BlackBasta 101.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

In a perfect world, the firewalls of our servers would only allow web traffic in from trusted ports. With the Cloud Snooper malware, however, untrusted web traffic sneaks past firewalls and enters right into Linux servers — a big no-no. encrypt extension being appended to affected files. 024BTC (~$720 USD as of June 2022).

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Many of these vendors also rank on our top next-gen firewall (NGFW) page. Other features ensure that organizations adapt to emerging requirements like social-network regulation, remote filtering, and visibility into SSL-encrypted traffic. Further reading: Top Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors. Top Secure Web Gateways.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

The agency says that by the summer of 2022, the only way to log in to irs.gov will be through ID.me , an online identity verification service that requires applicants to submit copies of bills and identity documents, as well as a live video feed of their faces via a mobile device. “We

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Read more : Best Third-Party Risk Management Tools of 2022. Also read : Top Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Tools for 2022. Read more : Top Database Security Solutions for 2022. Advanced Encryption. Though data encryption is helpful against outside breaches, it does little to protect against internal data theft.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2022

I had the chance to discuss these findings last week at Black Hat USA 2022, with John Shier, senior security advisor at Sophos, a next-generation cybersecurity leader with a broad portfolio of managed services, software and hardware offerings. Thus, some of the victim company’s assets got triple encrypted.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The group uses multiple attack vectors to gain access to victim networks, including RDP exploitation, SonicWall firewall vulnerabilities exploitation, and phishing attacks. To each encrypted file, it appends a randomized nine-digit hexadecimal number as an extension. “The reads the joint advisory.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 7, 2022

Reports are in that the servers of Flood Monitoring System were hit by the file-encrypting malware on June 21st,2022 and the hackers are demanding BTC in double-digit figures to free data from encryption.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

billion by 2022. 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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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

“The security assessment was provided in September 2022 to the Brocade support through Dell but it was rejected by Brocade because it didn’t address the latest version of SANnav.” The following vulnerabilities, discovered by the security researcher Pierre Barre , impact all versions up to 2.3.0 ” wrote Barre.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

released June 1, 2022). Derek Abdine found several vulnerabilities, one of which is: CVE-2022-31793 : Path traversal from the filesystem root. The usernames and (sometimes encrypted) passwords of all administration accounts on the system. Various system and firewall logs. The muhttpd server 1.1.5 Vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Sophos Firewalls are good candidates for mid-sized and distributed enterprises and those already using Sophos’ endpoint protection solution. See our complete list of the Best Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors. Founded in 1985, Sophos addresses endpoint, network, encryption, web, email, and mobile security. Bottom Line.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” Since September 2022, Moobot botnet was spotted targeting vulnerable D-Link routers. ” reads the joint report. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

UPnP is an insecure protocol, it uses network UDP multicasts, and doesn’t support encryption and authentication. “It is recommended that your QNAP NAS stay behind your router and firewall without a public IP address. Only use encrypted HTTPS or other types of secure connections (SSH, etc.).

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