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Automated Patch Management: Definition, Tools & How It Works

eSecurity Planet

Automated patch management can help prevent security breaches by automatically identifying, downloading, testing, and delivering software and firmware updates to devices and applications through the use of specialized software tools. Software updates are critical for keeping a system’s integrity and security intact.

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Defending Against Misconfigured MFA & PrintNightmare Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

Mitigations that would consist of restricting permissions for driver installations could be challenging because you have to modify Windows registry entries, so if it’s not executed correctly, you might damage the system. Also read: Best Patch Management Software. Protecting Against PrintNightmare, MFA Exploits. Vigilance is Required.

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Feds Warn About Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks, Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

Implement network segmentation , “such that all machines on your network are not accessible from every other machine” Update antivirus software on all hosts and enable real-time detection. Update and patch operating systems, software, and firmware as soon as updates and patches are released.

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Machine Identities are Essential for Securing Smart Manufacturing

Security Boulevard

Clearly, traditional firewalls and antivirus systems will not be sufficient; the complex IIoT infrastructure demands something more advanced. With this unique identity in place, IT system administrators can track each device throughout its lifecycle, communicate securely with it, and prevent it from executing harmful processes.

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Vulnerability Management as a Service: Top VMaaS Providers

eSecurity Planet

There are 20,000 or more new software and hardware vulnerabilities every year, yet only a few hundred might be actively exploited. VMaaS is a way to deliver these services via the cloud rather than downloading and running on-premises software. That process can be overwhelming. What is Vulnerability Management as a Service?

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How to Improve SD-WAN Security

eSecurity Planet

As the modern workforce becomes increasingly mobile and enterprises branch out and grow, software-defined wide area networks ( SD-WAN ) have become a popular choice in the evolution of networking. Traditional Networks vs Software-Define Networks (SDN). Also read : Best Business Continuity Software. Jump to: What is SD-WAN?

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Advanced threat predictions for 2023

SecureList

Last June, Google’s TAG team released a blog post documenting attacks on Italian and Kazakh users that they attribute to RCS Lab, an Italian offensive software vendor. Although 2022 did not feature any mobile intrusion story on the scale of the Pegasus scandal, a number of 0-days have still been exploited in the wild by threat actors.

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