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DDoS attacks leverages Plex media server

SC Magazine

Netscout is reporting a spate of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks leveraging a problematic engineering decision in the popular Plex media server. For companies that count many employees working from home, this can introduce risk to corporate networks. They should check for SSDP as part of a security audit.”

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Next-Generation Firewalls: A comprehensive guide for network security modernization

CyberSecurity Insiders

This not only helps protect against malicious content but also aligns seamlessly with contemporary networking topologies like Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN) and zero-trust architectures. For example, social media or SaaS applications can be selectively enabled or disabled based on job function.

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How not to overshare when crafting social media posts, out-of-office messages

SC Magazine

Employees and executives are often oversharing personal details on social media and even in automated out-of-office (OOO) email messages. And under the wrong circumstances, an attacker could use some of these shared details to gain access into company networks. said that they post on social media every week. Social media.

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Azure Functions vulnerability proves cloud users not always in control

SC Magazine

As enterprises adopt new approaches like serverless and micro-services architecture, said Jigar Shah, vice president at Valtix, they are asking for trouble by relying just on the underlying security of these services or those from the cloud provider. Network Security 101 does not disappear because we moved to public clouds.”.

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Spotlight on Cybersecurity Leaders: Evgeniy Kharam

SecureWorld News

Evgeniy Kharam is a cybersecurity architect and evangelist, founder of EK Cyber and Media Consulting, and founder and host of two podcasts. This role offered me a profound understanding of internet protocols and the complexities of network security. This model, initially known as R57, was later launched as the R60 NGFW.

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

Networks connect devices to each other so that users can access assets such as applications, data, or even other networks such as the internet. Network security protects and monitors the links and the communications within the network using a combination of hardware, software, and enforced policies.

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Most businesses plan to move away from VPNs, adopt a zero-trust access model

SC Magazine

It’s encouraging to see that enterprises understand that zero-trust architectures present one of the most effective ways of providing secure access to business resources,” said Chris Hines, director, zero-trust solutions, at Zscaler.

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