SecureWorld News

MARCH 10, 2022

Many threats that have until now been theoretical—like creation of a "Ru-net" as an alternative to the Internet—are becoming a reality. Cutting off Internet access to a country the size of Texas is not as simple as cutting a few cables or bombing a few cell towers. There are many tech angles to the war in Ukraine.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Several factors contribute to API sprawl including: Adoption of cloud-native design patterns and microservices architectures. REST still dominates much of the API landscape but GraphQL is also gaining adoption, as is gRPC within microservice architectures. Use of API-enabled cloud infrastructure. How did we get here?

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Recent statistics suggest that more than 80% of all internet traffic belongs to API-based services. Internet of Things – More than 30.9 In most cases, attacks targeting APIs go undetected as they are generally considered as trusted paths and lack the same level of governance and security controls. billion by 2026.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

In 2020, the SolarWinds supply chain attack opened backdoors into thousands of organizations (including government agencies) that used its services, while late last year, the far-reaching Log4J exploit exploded onto the scene. New major exploits are being revealed with almost clockwork regularity. So where do we go from here?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2023

The software has been heavily used in the healthcare industry as well as thousands of IT departments in financial services and government sectors. As of 7 June 2023, there were roughly 2,500 instances of MOVEit Transfer exposed to the public internet. aspx or _human2.aspx

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

This type of attack has been popularized by numerous hacker groups, and has been used in state-sponsored attacks conducted by governments. It also plans to continue working with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to communicate with hospitals about government assistance and third-party services.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 13, 2021

Government Accountability Office (GAO) report notes that the energy industry faces “significant cybersecurity risks” because “threat actors are becoming increasingly capable of carrying out attacks.”. There is a common misconception that a robust firewall is enough to prevent unauthorized access to corporate networks. A recent U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 22, 2019

On one hand, threat actors have already begun exploiting fresh attack vectors, borne of this rising complexity, and, on the other, government authorities and industry standards bodies are insisting on compliance with increasingly cumbersome data-handling security rules. But we’re at the start of a long journey. Talk more soon.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

Many businesses or government entities will never call or email you. Network design and architecture. Architecting a robust network with multiple layers of firewall protection, redundant pathways for both external and internal and isolating critical data is paramount in limiting the damage done by a threat actor.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

This article will explore the nature of MSSPs and how they can help businesses, nonprofits, governments, and other organizations have better security with less effort. Managed firewall services setup, configure, and maintain physical or virtual firewall appliances and then monitor alerts to respond to threats detected by the firewall.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. This bill demonstrates that governments can, and will, be involved in regulating IoT devices. Attacks that infect a high volume of devices with a direct internet interface (i.e.,

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SecureList

JULY 19, 2023

While the threat actor infrastructure might request Net-NTLMv2 authentication, Windows will honor the defined internet security zones and will not send (leak) Net-NTLMv2 hashes. In other words, the vulnerability only affects the SMB protocol. on 2022-05-17 14:21:25 UTC Target: Energy transportation critical infrastructure – PO Information!

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

An example of industrial network architecture including safety systems is shown in figure 3. FireEye even attributed the attack to a research institute managed by the Russian government, the CNIIHM. Example of industrial network architecture. The dropper used was script_test.py, compiled in trilog.exe via the program Py2Exe.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 7, 2023

Agent-Server: The scanner installs agent software on the target host in an agent-server architecture. It also examines network infrastructure, including routers, switches, firewalls , and other devices. These scans target internet-accessible services, apps, portals, and websites to detect any flaws that external attackers may exploit.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2021

Adding to the complexity are bring your own device (BYOD) policies, the prevalence of smartphones and tablets, and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT). Impluse SafeConnect offers automatic device discovery and can support anywhere from 250 to 25,000 endpoints and up with its scalable appliance architecture.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Rotate certificates, keys, and passwords for all connected or exposed systems and applications Attribution UTA0178, China’s government-backed hacking group motivated by espionage, is believed to be responsible for exploiting vulnerabilities in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) VPN.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. The next three actions: prioritize assets and evaluate traffic, microsegmentation, and adaptive monitoring are central steps of the zero trust architecture and greatly reduce your risks of an attack.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

ECC is used for email encryption, cryptocurrency digital signatures, and internet communication protocols. Encryption Tools and IT Security Fundamental protocols incorporate encryption to automatically protect data and include internet protocol security (IPSec), Kerberos, Secure Shell (SSH), and the transmission control protocol (TCP).

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

These events can occur accidentally and even within a corporate network; however, intentional attacks on internet-facing resources are far more common. Firewalls may allow these packets through and cause server CPUs to become overwhelmed due to resources wasted analyzing and discarding these packets. In 2020 the U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Firewalls and web application firewalls ( WAFs ) filter network traffic. Firewalls and Web Application Firewalls (WAF): Firewalls regulate network traffic and defend against external threats, whereas WAFs protect web applications by monitoring and filtering HTTP/HTTPS requests from potential threats.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 22, 2021

When millions of people around the world were sent home to work at the onset of the global COVD-19 pandemic, they left behind not only empty offices but also a host of Internet of Things (IoT) devices – from smartwatches to networked printers – that were still connected to corporate networks and cranking away.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Secure web gateway (SWG) solutions help keep enterprise networks from falling victim to ransomware , malware , and other threats carried by internet traffic and malicious websites. Secure web gateways, then, provide fast, secure access to the Internet and SaaS, making digital business a safe and productive experience. SSL inspection.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Exposing the Internet of Things (IoT) Universe. To be successful, an attacker must gain access to the 5G Service Based Architecture. Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is a virtualized network infrastructure where typical network functions – like firewalls , routing, and SD-WAN – can be installed as software through abstraction.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are the smart consumer and business systems powering the homes, factories, and enterprise processes of tomorrow. The resultant synergy has been optimal visibility into ICS networks through an adaptive edge monitoring architecture alongside Cisco’s existing security stack.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Compliance Requirements Stringent regulations governing data handling and privacy exist in various industries and jurisdictions. Firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and virtual private networks (VPNs) help prevent unauthorized access and protect against external threats. Also read: What Is Container Security?

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Public Cloud Environments A public cloud architecture is a shared infrastructure hosted by a cloud service provider. Public clouds enable multiple businesses to share resources from a shared pool over the internet. Prevention: Keep up with compliance needs by utilizing Governance, Risk and Compliance ( GRC ) tools.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 8, 2021

Here’s what they had to say, edited for clarity and length: Vikram Asnani, senior director – solution architecture, CyberGRX. This magnifies the risk of similar attacks targeting any industry, all sizes and even individuals, such as celebrities, CEOs, government officials, etc. Gary Phipps, VP of solution architecture, CyberGRX.

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Cisco Security

MARCH 17, 2021

Today’s application architectures support fast, continuous innovation. Back end architectures use small, independent code modules called microservices. Clearly today’s application architectures use a lot of components, making them more complex, but the benefits run deep. They were simpler, sure, but so are horse-drawn carriages.

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Veracode Security

JULY 23, 2021

Did you ever think you’d see a day where you can search the Internet from your refrigerator or turn on your television with a simple voice command? Think of the number of people with smartphones checking their emails or shopping online without a firewall. The first trend is ubiquitous connectivity. billion by 2030.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

As networks evolved and organizations adopted internet communications for critical business processes, these cryptographic systems became essential for protecting data. The need for a government-wide standard to encrypt sensitive information was evident in 1973, when the U.S. The Data Encryption Standard (DES). Uses of Encryption.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 18, 2022

Hundreds of millions of devices use the Log4j component for various online services, among them government organizations, critical infrastructure, companies and individuals. They tried to use the most realistic processes and cloud architectures to demonstrate the severity of the threat.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 23, 2021

Did you ever think you’d see a day where you can search the Internet from your refrigerator or turn on your television with a simple voice command? Think of the number of people with smartphones checking their emails or shopping online without a firewall. The first trend is ubiquitous connectivity. billion by 2030.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2022

This new integration supports Umbrella proxy, cloud firewall, IP, and DNS logs. This integration expands on Elastic’s on-going expansion of Cisco integrations including ASA, Nexus, Meraki, Duo and Secure Firewall Threat Defense. New Cisco Firepower Next-Gen Firewall Integrations. Read more here. Read more here.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Also Read: Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors. Benefits of SDX include stronger metadata context, full encryption with auto-TLS, and advanced governance features like data profiling , lineage, and modelling.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2022

Read more : Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Solutions. The Veracode Application Analysis Platform includes a dual focus on developer enablement and AppSec governance to help clients secure software through each stage of the software development lifecycle. Read more : Best Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

of organizations are running workloads on vulnerable virtual machine compute instances exposed to the internet that could lead to critical data leaks. may seem like a small percentage of exposure, it is highly likely that all of these vulnerable instances can, and will, be discovered by hackers running automated scans across the internet.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2023

Corporations, nonprofit organizations, utilities, and all manners of government agencies use managed service providers. 7 Key Benefits of Using an MSP 7 Challenges When Working with MSPs Bottom Line: Use MSPs for Comprehensive IT Security What Are the Types of MSPs?

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