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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – September 4, 2023 – Attackers Hit Network Devices and More

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Consider adopting network security measures like intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS) to identify and prevent harmful traffic from reaching your RocketMQ server. It is suspected that the Akira ransomware organization used an undisclosed weakness in Cisco VPN software to evade authentication.

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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

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Moreover, understanding basic best practices and the varied variety of software contributing to good IaaS cloud security improves your capacity to construct a strong defense against prospective attacks. What Is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Security?

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6 Takeaways From the Changes in OWASP’s Top 10 Vulnerability Ranking

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In September this year, the update happened as the nonprofit Open Web Application Security Project refreshed the content of the OWASP Top 10 2021 website. Presented below is a rundown of the most important points and inferences from the update made in the OWASP Top 10. As the name suggests, it is seventh on the list.

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How to Perform a Vulnerability Scan in 10 Steps

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Vulnerability scans play a vital role in identifying weaknesses within systems and networks, reducing risks, and bolstering an organization’s security defenses. Performing a complete scan with authentication, which entails giving valid login credentials, may increase the number of CVE findings identified.

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What Is API Security? Definition, Fundamentals, & Tips

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Apps are protected from unauthorized access, data breaches, and other unwanted actions thanks to proactive defenses that prevent and mitigate vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and other security weaknesses. A secure API architecture serves as a strong foundation for all that, designed with security in mind.

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IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS Security: Which Is Most Secure?

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Organizations must customize their security measures to the unique characteristics and shared responsibility models of the cloud service model they have selected. Authentication Users are responsible for implementing robust authentication mechanisms for access to the infrastructure. What Is IaaS Security?

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5 Major Cybersecurity Trends to Know for 2024

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Various forms of AI, such as machine learning (ML) and large language models (LLM), already dominated headlines throughout 2023 and will continue to present both overhyped possibilities and realized potential in 2024. Joe Payne, President & CEO at Code42 expects biometrics to trigger a shift to insider threats. “As