Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2024

A new malware named Cuttlefish targets enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to harvest public cloud authentication data. The malware creates a proxy or VPN tunnel on the compromised router to exfiltrate data, and then uses stolen credentials to access targeted resources.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 10, 2023

Public key infrastructure (PKI)  offers a globally accepted standard for implementing various security protocols and authentication mechanisms.  e-commerce and online banking), and authenticate the identity of an entity in an online environment. require PKI to ensure data security through authentication and non-repudiation mechanisms.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

The cybersecurity researchers observed threat actors obtaining initial access to organizations through a virtual private network (VPN) service without multifactor authentication (MFA) configured. The attackers mostly used Cisco vulnerabilities CVE-2020-3259 and CVE-2023-20269.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Unpatched devices can give attackers privileged access to networks, particularly those set up as VPN virtual servers, ICA proxies, RDP proxies, or AAA servers. It is suspected that the Akira ransomware organization used an undisclosed weakness in Cisco VPN software to evade authentication.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Most organizations, 72 percent, plan to ditch VPNs , according to Zscaler’s 2021 VPN Risk Report , which found that 67 percent of organizations are considering remote access alternatives.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

authentication to gather endpoint information for reporting and enforcement. Portnox publishes their Security Architecture and Principles for customer review and Portnox Cloud (formerly known as Clear) holds System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II certification for the NAC-as-a-Service platform.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 25, 2022

Problem: The Traditional VPN Is No Longer Enough Since the 1990s, virtual private networks (VPNs) have been well-suited for the purpose they were built for – to grant employees temporary access to corporate networks and resources when they weren't logging in from an office.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

Over the past year, the firm noted a substantial increase in the number of initial access listings for sale on the dark web in 2020, particularly those for VPN access which “flourished off the back of increased remote working trends.” . VPNs are also relatively cheap compared to other popular forms of access.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Network security architecture is a strategy that provides formal processes to design robust and secure networks. This article explores network security architecture components, goals, best practices, frameworks, implementation, and benefits as well as where you can learn more about network security architecture.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

The technologies for secure remote access can range from VPNs and multi-factor authentication to more advanced access and zero trust controls. Strong passwords, two-factor authentication, firewalls, encryption, and monitoring systems are just a few of the tools and procedures used to maintain security.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Strong multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a fantastic step forward with features like device posture assessments and access control. End users do not have to launch a VPN client as the traditional extra step when gating access to RDP hosts. Identity Provider and then MFA is performed with Duo.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2022

While security teams layer essential preventative measures, resilience measures also need to be implemented in an architecture to reduce the impact of ransomware attacks on your backups. It’s important to note that disaster recovery (DR) sites are usually not air-gapped due to live VPN between production and the DR site.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 23, 2024

When reading the title of this blog, you might be wondering to yourself why RADIUS is being highlighted as a subject — especially amidst all of the advancements of modern authentication we see taking place recently. It is commonly used for network access into VPNs, wireless access points, and other devices (more on this later).

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 18, 2021

After a recent ransomware attack, the White House released an Executive Order (EO) stating, “The Federal Government must adopt security best practices; advance toward Zero Trust Architecture and accelerate movement to secure cloud services.

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SC Magazine

JULY 1, 2021

The Kubernetes cluster used to carry out the attacks used the TOR onion router to hide their true location and metadata, while also leveraging commercial VPN services like CactusVPN, IPVanish, NordVPN, ProtonVPN, Surfshark and WorldVPN. Adding multi-factor authentication will go a long way in remediating the threat.”.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 15, 2021

” For some environments, this can unfold as easily as a compromised username and password being used to infiltrate a virtual private network (VPN) to access network resources. Design and align to consistent, secure core reference architectures easily managed and scaled to meet business requirements.

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

A few specific reasons to move to the Duo Universal Prompt The Universal Prompt is Duo's latest authentication interface that enables easier, and more secure authentication for users. Improved User Experience – The Universal Prompt is a major redesign with new styling and a workflow-based authentication experience.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

With higher speeds and expanded network capacity of 5G, there will be more data in motion than ever, this is undeniable and network architectures are being designed to meet the demand. While 5G creates extraordinary opportunities for people and businesses, it also introduces unique technical and security challenges. layer 2, layer 3 or 4).

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2021

Impluse SafeConnect offers automatic device discovery and can support anywhere from 250 to 25,000 endpoints and up with its scalable appliance architecture. It offers a rule-based architecture to automate access based on use cases. CyberGatekeeper also offers a VPN and intrusion detection system. Top NAC solutions.

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SC Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

Zero Trust requires that all users are authenticated, authorized, and continuously assessed for risk to access corporate applications and data. Legacy VPN, and related technologies, aren’t just slow, they’re characteristic of technologies that rely on implicit trust. Cerillium CreativeCommons CC BY 2.0.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

A major leading research and teaching institution, the University was looking for a multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution that could integrate with existing IT architecture and be rolled out easily across campus. The University of Queensland turned to Duo to protect 50,000 students and over 7,500 staff.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

Over the past year, the firm noted a substantial increase in the number of initial access listings for sale on the dark web in 2020, particularly those for VPN access which “flourished off the back of increased remote working trends.”. Access to VPNs is also relatively cheap compared to other popular forms of access.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Introduction Ivanti, an IT management and security company, has issued a warning about multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in its VPN products exploited by Chinese state-backed hackers since December 2023. to gain access to ICS VPN appliances. to gain access to ICS VPN appliances.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2021

Early SD-WAN solutions “were built only to replace an MPLS-VPN with an Internet-based VPN,” Ahuja says. All of these tools became extremely necessary to ensure that you could authenticate the user before allowing them access to the right resources in the network,” Ahuja says.

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NopSec

APRIL 3, 2024

The application behavior varies depending on the authentication status of the attacker. An unauthenticated user can only read the first three (3) lines of a file, however authenticated users can read the entire file system. Fortinet FortiGate SSL VPN RCE CVE-2024-21762 I think SSL VPN RCE may be my favorite combination of acronyms.

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SC Magazine

MAY 18, 2021

Such efforts involved encryption, two-factor authentication, secure network access and cloud-based networking. And while the court system’s VPN could ostensibly accommodate a safe of 2,500 staffers, McCarthy said its true capacity may actually have been as little as 500. Click here for more coverage of the 2021 RSA Conference.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Specifically, the agency added: Recommendations for preventing common initial infection vectors Updated recommendations to address cloud backups and zero trust architecture (ZTA). Threat actors also often gain access by exploiting virtual private networks (VPNs) or using compromised credentials.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2020

US government networks are under attack, threat actors chained VPN and Windows Zerologon flaws to gain unauthorized access to elections support systems. An attacker could also exploit the flaw to disable security features in the Netlogon authentication process and change a computer’s password on the domain controller’s Active Directory.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Technology: Technology is the foundation for an IAM program delivery within a layered security architecture. Gartner has projected that by 2025, more than 60% of organizations will move away from VPN and rely on ZTNA. Nation-state attackers have exploited high-severity vulnerabilities in legacy VPN platforms to breach networks.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 16, 2022

Risk-based authentication (RBA) is quickly growing in popularity amongst identity and access management solutions. The reason is simple: it allows for improved customer experience by reducing friction in authentication journeys while maintaining appropriate security levels. The classic outcomes of risk in authentication.

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NopSec

JULY 2, 2013

Furthermore, from the security architecture standpoint, if the wireless network is located logically within the internal enterprise network, a security breach of the wireless network could represent a disastrous incident with profound consequences for the enterprise going-concern. A wireless client with improper authentication configured.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 11, 2021

Targeting gateway and perimeter-based technologies like VPNs and firewalls has become big business for ransomware groups and criminal brokers who specialize in the gaining and selling of initial access to victim networks. The post Threat actors bypassing shoddy patching, targeting network gateways appeared first on SC Media.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 6, 2023

There are, at minimum, two schemes that need to be reviewed, but consider if you have more from this potential, and probably incomplete, list: Cloud service master account management AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud Architecture (OCA), Name Service Registrars (E.g.,

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Those wonderful words of ‘Denied Access’ appear in your browser; you need to connect to the corporate VPN to access your pay stub. If you are like me, you sigh, and put your machine to sleep because the workflow for your VPN requires far too much effort for something that should be a simple and quick process.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

News that Virtual Private Network ( VPN ) provider NordVPN was breached spread quickly. While the breach of a major VPN service is newsworthy, this one wasn’t particularly. But one of the watchwords of good cyber hygiene, a VPN, was breached. Who Is Using VPNs? The incident put NordVPN in the hot seat.

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Cytelligence

JULY 30, 2020

In almost all cases , some form of RDP/RDG or VPN was utilized to allow access to corporate resources. However, Cytelligence found that in many cases security best practices were either only partially implemented or entirely overlooked , resulting in failures. . Implement MFA on VPN solutions. . Next steps ? .

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Example of Azure gateway’s authentication information upon combining app proxy and app gateway 4. Enhanced Security ALGs boost network security by implementing strong user authentication and authorization processes. The proxy server then routes the requests to the correct destination, such as a backend server.

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