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How to Prevent DNS Attacks: DNS Security Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Domain name service (DNS) attacks threaten every internet connection because they can deny, intercept, and hijack connections. With the internet playing an increasing role in business, securing DNS plays a critical role in both operations and security. TLS and HTTPS inherently create secured and encrypted sessions for communication.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

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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Best Practices to Make Sure VPN Access Remains Seamless

eSecurity Planet

As a result, companies are relying on virtual private networks (VPNs) , which establish encrypted connections to enterprise applications over the public internet, to connect their workforce. VPNs are intrinsically designed to be encrypted tunnels that protect traffic, making them a secure choice for enabling remote work.

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5 Ransomware Trends in 2021 All Businesses Need to Prep For

CyberSecurity Insiders

3: Not Just Encrypting Data, but Stealing Data to Extort. The common ransomware attack used to be focused on encrypting the victim’s data, then demanding a ransom to decrypt. The Data Backup and Recovery System that Protects Against Ransomware. Quorum’s data backup and recovery system (onQ) is free from all those problems.

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In-depth analysis of the new Team9 malware family

Fox IT

Before proceeding to the technical analysis part, it is worth mentioning that the strings are not encrypted. When the loader starts its execution, it checks if another instance of itself has infected the host already by attempting to read the value ‘BackUp Mgr’ in the ‘Run’ registry key ‘SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun’ (Figure 1).

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How to Stop DDoS Attacks: Prevention & Response

eSecurity Planet

For example, the 2016 DDoS attack on the Dyn managed domain name service (DNS) caused the DNS service to fail to respond to legitimate DNS inquiries and effectively shut down major sites such as PayPal, Spotify, Twitter, Yelp, and many others. Also read: How to Secure DNS. Types of DDoS Attacks. Harden infrastructure.

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

Similarly, spoofed domain name system (DNS) and IP addresses can redirect users from legitimate connections to dangerous and malicious websites. Additional protection may be deployed using browser security, DNS security, or secure browsers to protect endpoints from malicious websites. Critical resources need additional protection.

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