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Experts spotted Syslogk, a Linux rootkit under development

Security Affairs

Researchers from antivirus firm Avast spotted a new Linux rootkit, dubbed ‘Syslogk,’ that uses specially crafted “magic packets” to activate a dormant backdoor on the device. Experts spotted a new Linux rootkit, dubbed ‘Syslogk,’ that uses specially crafted “magic packets” to activate a dormant backdoor on the device.

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How to Improve SD-WAN Security

eSecurity Planet

SD-WAN is a virtual architecture for managing a wide-area network covering distributed, hybrid IT environments typical for today’s enterprise organizations. This cloud-centric model offers administrators granular network management opportunities while leveraging the bandwidth and reducing the cost of service delivery.

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Vulnerability Management as a Service: Top VMaaS Providers

eSecurity Planet

Here, organizations should work toward achieving an effective system-wide process between security operations, IT operations, and system administration teams to ensure everyone is on the same page. CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight is a single lightweight agent architecture.

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Is Cloud Storage Safe From Ransomware?

Spinone

These are words that no system administrator or business leader wants to hear from anyone using a computer on their network. Traditional antivirus solutions typically leverage this type of detection mechanism. My screen shows a large red skull and says all of my files are locked! The detection rate of 99% File Loss Rate?