eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In a year where ransomware has raised the alert levels everywhere, the go-to answer from many is redundancy through offline, remote backups – but are they enough? As ransomware threats loom, we look at where backups fall short, and what to keep in mind to optimize network and data security. Where Backups Fall Short Against Ransomware.

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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. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Jump to: What is ransomware? How ransomware works. Preventing ransomware. Ransomware attacks and costs.

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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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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

The directive applies to any networking devices — such as firewalls, routers and load balancers — that allow remote authentication or administration. On February 2, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that attackers were exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the GoAnywhere FTP appliance by Fortra.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This requires data-level protections, a robust identity architecture, and strategic micro-segmentation to create granular trust zones around an Organization’s digital resources. Everyone can agree that implementing a Zero Trust Architecture can stop data breaches. The Zero Trust journey. Implementing Zero Trust.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The conference’s focus on cyber resilience doesn’t mean that organizations should abandon core security defenses like EDR , access control and firewalls , but they should be prepared for the advanced threats that will, at some point, get past them. Also read : Is the Answer to Vulnerabilities Patch Management as a Service?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

Ransomware and stolen customer data can put an enterprise out of business for months. 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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SC Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

A PDNS service uses existing DNS protocols and architecture to analyze DNS queries and mitigate threats. A PDNS can log and save suspicious queries and provide a blocked response, delaying or preventing malicious actions – such as ransomware locking victim files – while letting organizations investigate using those logged DNS queries.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage. According to WatchGuard , Cyclops Blink may have affected roughly 1% of all active WatchGuard firewall appliances. ” Cyclops Blink is sophisticated malware with a modular structure.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

ViperSoftX uses more sophisticated encryption and anti-analysis techniques Atomic macOS Stealer is advertised on Telegram for $1,000 per month CISA warns of a critical flaw affecting Illumina medical devices OpenAI reinstates ChatGPT service in Italy after meeting Garante Privacy’s demands Cisco discloses a bug in the Prime Collaboration Deployment (..)

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 14, 2021

Whether caused by market conditions, legacy technology, or external threats such as ransomware, built-in resilience to meet these challenges has risen to the top as a digital transformation key performance indicator (KPI). . Replatform complex, multigenerational systems to modern architectures, such as private and public cloud. .

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

And yet it remains all too easy for malicious hackers to get deep access, steal data, spread ransomware, disrupt infrastructure and attain long run unauthorized access. Companies are obsessed with leveraging cloud-hosted IT infrastructure and the speedy software development and deployment that goes along with that. Is that fair?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

According to WatchGuard , Cyclops Blink may have affected roughly 1% of all active WatchGuard firewall appliances. The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage. ” reads the advisory published by TrendMicro.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2021

The firewall emerged as the cornerstone around which companies were encouraged to pursue a so-called defense-in-depth strategy. Intrusion detection, intrusion prevention and sandboxing technologies got bolted onto the firewall. A paradigm shift in fundamental network architecture is sorely needed. SASE fundamentals.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Ransomware groups continue to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities. Now ransomware attackers, possibly affiliated with FIN8, are exploiting unpatched Citrix products to launch attacks. It is suspected that the Akira ransomware organization used an undisclosed weakness in Cisco VPN software to evade authentication.

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McAfee

JUNE 2, 2020

Keeping remote workers productive, data secured, and endpoints protected from ransomware —may seem a bit overwhelming at times. Yet, these changes mark a progression toward a very flexible architecture. Looking ahead, what are the performance and architectural paradigm shift being considered that we will prize several years from now?

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 18, 2022

The problem with following the fast-and-risky mantra is that many failures turn out to be architectural in nature, are not easy to fix and can all too easily escape notice or, worse, be ignored. Legacy defenses at the gateway, firewall, endpoint and application levels must be rearchitected and scaled-up. Embracing complexity.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Mitigation Although it can be difficult to mitigate DDoS risks, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) is encouraging healthcare organizations to enable firewalls to mitigate application-level DDoS attacks and use content delivery networks (CDN).

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McAfee

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Potential misuse of the APIs to launch attacks on enterprise data, such as ransomware on cloud storage services like OneDrive, etc. Exploitation of public-facing applications (MITRE T1190) is a technique often used by APT and Ransomware groups.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 25, 2023

According to the Microsoft Threat Intelligence announcement , Volt Typhoon gains initial access to targeted organizations through internet-facing security devices, specifically Fortinet FortiGuard firewalls. Fast payouts are almost surely going to come from ransomware in these scenarios."

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Kaspersky researchers revealed that hackers now use security devices such as firewalls , load balancers, or network address translators (NAT) to interfere with TCP connections, spoof IPs, and perform amplification attacks. They claimed to be members of REvil , a notorious ransomware group (there’s no clear evidence, though).

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2023

In recent years, File transfer solutions have been a popular target for ransomware groups. Extend command-and-control protection to all ports and protocols with the Advanced Cloud Firewall (Cloud IPS module), including emerging C2 destinations. aspx or _human2.aspx

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

These developments have made the perimeter so porous that the old approach of simply hiding behind a firewall and keeping the rest of the world at bay is no longer feasible. So where do we go from here? Once this communication is blocked, the malicious software essentially becomes inert.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Sure, there were plenty of sources of threats and lots of risks, such as ransomware, data breaches, and other cyber events. Back then, much of the cybersecurity discussion might have been around strengthening passwords, updating anti-virus software, and maybe deploying the latest firewalls to protect the enterprise perimeter.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 11, 2021

It also examined dozens of critical or high-impact vulnerabilities discovered throughout the past year, some of which have been turned into well-known exploits and others that are sitting quietly in the background, waiting to be weaponized for widespread use by the right hacking group or ransomware operator.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Provider Services & Software: Cloud providers may offer a range of services such as databases, firewalls , artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and application programming interface (API) connections. Network, firewall, and web application firewall (WAF) hardening. Network, API, firewall, and WAF hardening.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 8, 2021

It was bound to happen: a supply-chain compromise, ala SolarWinds, has been combined with a ransomware assault, akin to Colonial Pipeline, with devasting implications. Here’s what they had to say, edited for clarity and length: Vikram Asnani, senior director – solution architecture, CyberGRX. Bryson Bort , CEO, SCYTHE.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

These safeguards, when combined with adherence to security best practices and standards, establish a strong security architecture for public cloud environments. Firewalls and Network Security Firewalls serve as a barrier between cloud resources and external networks in a public cloud environment.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

RELATED: Ransomware Incident Response: What Is It Like? ] "Reduced spending on cybersecurity doesn't have to equate to the inability to implement a certain control," said Krista Arndt, CISO at United Musculoskeletal Partners. Does this tool integrate with our existing architecture (e.g., SIEM, SOAR)? million from victims in 2022."

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

See translation Will buy 0day/1day RCE in IoT Escrow See translation Hi, I want to buy IoT exploits with devices located in Korea Any architecture There are also offers to purchase and sell IoT malware on dark web forums, often packaged with infrastructure and supporting utilities.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

These vary from individual misconfigurations like leaving a dangerous port open or not patching a server to significant architectural problems that are easier for security teams to overlook. This eliminates a fixed IT architecture requirement in a centralized data center. Lesson Learned From Real Cloud Breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

First, we prepare a plan for the possibility, then when a ransomware attack occurs we execute the plan. To help, we break down the process into the following steps: How to Prepare for Ransomware. Ransomware Response. Simple Ransomware Recovery. How to Prepare for Ransomware. Ransomware Security.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

To impose access controls, it connects with security groups, firewalls, and network solutions. Malware and Ransomware Malware infections and ransomware attacks can cripple cloud workloads, propagate to associated workloads, causing the damage to escalate. APIs are used to directly apply security rules.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

When the internet arrived, the network added a firewall to protect networks and users as they connected to the world wide web. Technical controls may be implemented by: Hardware appliances : switches, routers, firewalls, etc. In a complex, modern network, this assumption falls apart.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 25, 2023

If your company uses a traditional network architecture, then all devices are connected to one network where everything connected to the network can communicate freely with one another. It is beyond perimeter security and firewalls. The problem with this approach is that the network and all devices are vulnerable to attack.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

The tools also depend upon physical controls that should also be implemented against malicious physical access to destroy or compromise networking equipment such as routers, cables, switches, firewalls, and other networking appliances. These physical controls do not rely upon IT technology and will be assumed to be in place.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 6, 2022

More often, organizations struggle to apply security patches due to some of these unique characteristics: complex system architecture, customized functionality, high number of integrations, or lack of knowledge and processes for ERP security. For example, the sheer size and complexity of the task of securing ERP systems can be overwhelming.

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