eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2023

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for August 2023 addresses 74 vulnerabilities, six of them critical. The six critical vulnerabilities discussed in the release note are as follows: CVE-2023-29328 and CVE-2023-29330 , a pair of remote code execution flaws in Microsoft Teams with a CVSS score of 8.8 exe and hvciscan_arm64.exe),

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2024

Most Compromises Exploit Unmanaged Devices Microsoft’s fourth annual Digital Defense Report for 2023 reveals that 80% of all ransomware compromises come from unmanaged devices and that 60% of those attacks use remote encryption. Sophos X-Ops illustrates how remote encryption operates beyond security tool detection.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2024

However, Avast disclosed that their researchers discovered and reported the vulnerability in August 2023 after reverse-engineering a rootkit deployed by the infamous North Korean hacking group dubbed Lazarus. Patched in June 2023 , the vulnerability wasn’t noteworthy at the time, although attacks can gain SYSTEM level access.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

The 2023 vendor surveys arriving this quarter paint a picture of a cybersecurity landscape under attack, with priority issues affecting deployment, alert response, and exposed vulnerabilities. Sophos: Noted that 43% of all 2023 malware signature updates are for stealers, spyware, and keyloggers often used to steal credentials from devices.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In November 2021, the FBI disclosed a FatPipe VPN exploit that enabled backdoor access via web shells. sectors in 2023, which raised concerns about its main goal: a widespread disruption. He also points out that the ease and frequency with which Volt Typhoon hackers infiltrate and exit networks should raise alarms.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Remote users can access the SASE environment using the VMware SD-WAN Client agent which creates virtual private network (VPN) connections to the VMware SASE solution instead of backhauled connections through corporate IT infrastructure.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2023

SASE provides an edge security solution that addresses these challenges without the bottlenecks of traditional virtual private network (VPN) solutions. The single management console provides centralized control and monitoring for the organization and ensures consistent security policies applied throughout the organization.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The algorithm allows for variable key sizes and variable rounds to increase randomness and security. AES encryption can be commonly found in communication protocols, virtual private network (VPN) encryption, full-disk encryption, and Wi-Fi transmission protocols. It was updated by Chad Kime on December 7, 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Implementing these best practices will not only protect DNS but also network security in general because properly protected DNS can also protect email, endpoints, and other network systems from attack. It was updated by Chad Kime on December 8, 2023.

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