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Critical vulnerabilities in Philips Vue PACS devices could allow remote takeover

SC Magazine

Philips released software updates to address some of the flaws, but multiple vulnerabilities require system administrators to apply workarounds in the interim as the patches are currently in development and won’t be released for some time. Also recognize that VPN is only as secure as the connected devices,” the alert reads.

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Defending Against Misconfigured MFA & PrintNightmare Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

They then authenticated to the victim’s VPN to initiate a remote desktop protocol (RDP) connection to the domain controllers. Deploy Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS), enforce Server Message Block (SMB) Signing, restrict Administrative privileges (local admin users, groups, etc.), Network Best Practices.

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How to Improve SD-WAN Security

eSecurity Planet

This cloud-centric model offers administrators granular network management opportunities while leveraging the bandwidth and reducing the cost of service delivery. Many software-defined networking solutions (SDN) have built-in 128- and 256-bit AES encryption and IPsec-based VPN capabilities. Encrypting Data in Transit.

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Advanced threat predictions for 2023

SecureList

Okta was breached through one of its service providers, Sitel, itself compromised via the insecure VPN gateway of a recently acquired company. We encourage system administrators to immediately set up monitoring for these machines, due to the unlikelihood that patching (even in a timely fashion) will be sufficient to protect them.

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