The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2024

Investing in top-notch firewalls is also essential, as they serve as the first line of defense against external threats. Strengthen authentication. Next, implement multi-factor authentication to make gaining access even more difficult for hackers. Train staff regularly. A robust security plan is only as good as its weakest link.

Social Engineering 214

Social Engineering Risk Cybersecurity Authentication 214

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 16, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Nobody, including clients inside the firewall, should be trusted, per Zero Trust. Organizations mandate users to be authentic and validated with the appropriate privacy configuration before accessing apps and information. Zero Trust is a security paradigm.

Architecture 138

Architecture Network Security Firewall Data breaches 138

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Fortinet has confirmed that the recently disclosed critical authentication bypass issue (CVE-2022-40684) is being exploited in the wild. Last week, Fortinet addressed a critical authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-40684 , that impacted FortiGate firewalls and FortiProxy web proxies.

Authentication 107

Authentication Firewall Hacking Risk 107

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 26, 2023

This is the fourth blog in the series focused on PCI DSS, written by an AT&T Cybersecurity consultant. See the first blog relating to IAM and PCI DSS here. See the second blog on PCI DSS reporting details to ensure when contracting quarterly CDE tests here.

Firewall 96

Firewall Accountability Cybersecurity Authentication 96

The Last Watchdog

MAY 31, 2024

Digital signatures ensure the integrity and authenticity of models, confirming they have not been altered. Implementing robust network security protocols, including firewalls and intrusion detection systems, is necessary to block unauthorized access. Monitoring user activity helps detect and respond to potential security incidents.

Artificial Intelligence 100

Artificial Intelligence Risk Encryption Authentication 100

The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2023

Experts must monitor firewalls, test business continuity plans and identify vulnerabilities with seemingly little payoff. Enforce strict authentication and verification measures for server access requests. An increasingly digitized world means analysts can’t rest. These feelings are a side effect of cybersecurity burnout.

Cybersecurity 202

Cybersecurity Firewall Risk Cyber Risk 202

Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

Improper Authentication Validation CWE-287 ( CVE-2023–1752 , CVSS3.0: To mitigate the risk of the exploitation of the above flaws, it is recommended to disable internet connectivity for vulnerable Nexx devices or protect them with a firewall. Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE-639 ( CVE-2023–1749 , CVSS3.0:

Manufacturing 94

Manufacturing Media Firewall Education 94

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

. “An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could access a user’s Net-NTLMv2 hash which could be used as a basis of an NTLM Relay attack against another service to authenticate as the user,” the company wrote. This will prevent the sending of NTLM authentication messages to remote file shares.

Energy and Utilities 98

Energy and Utilities Authentication Firewall Engineering 98

NopSec

APRIL 6, 2015

Enterprise organizations need vulnerability risk management solutions that integrate with the existing authentication and asset management infrastructure. Unified VRM was already compatible with MS Active Directory authentication. On top of authentication, Unified VRM has an additional integration with MS Active Directory.

Authentication 40

Authentication Firewall Risk 40

Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2022

Umbrella integrates secure web gateway, firewall, DNS-layer security, and cloud access security broker (CASB) functionality to protect systems against threats. The CVE-2022-20773 flaw resides in the key-based SSH authentication mechanism of Cisco Umbrella Virtual Appliance and is due to the presence of a static SSH host key.

DNS 114

DNS Firewall Internet Internet 114

Security Affairs

MAY 8, 2024

TunnelVision exploits the vulnerability CVE-2024-3661, which is a DHCP design flaw where messages such as the classless static route (option 121) are not authenticated and for this reason can be manipulated by the attackers. We have achieved this in lab environments and are working on a follow-up blog post.

VPN 113

VPN Firewall Marketing Encryption 113

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

APIs have unique threat implications that aren’t fully solved by web application firewalls or identity and access management solutions. Broken Object Level Authentication (BOLA). APIs with broken object level authentication allow attackers to easily exploit API endpoints by manipulating the ID of an object sent within an API request.

Authentication 119

Authentication B2B Accountability Digital transformation 119

Duo's Security Blog

JULY 27, 2023

In this blog, we’ll shed light on exactly how Cisco Duo helps counter and defend against common attack techniques chronicled in MITRE ATT&CK. Even if an attacker successfully captures a user's username and password through these methods, they would be unable to proceed without the second factor of authentication provided by Duo.

Authentication 67

Authentication Passwords Accountability Firewall 67

Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

UPnP is an insecure protocol, it uses network UDP multicasts, and doesn’t support encryption and authentication. “It is recommended that your QNAP NAS stay behind your router and firewall without a public IP address. ” reads the advisory published by QNAP. Do not let your QNAP NAS obtain a public IP address.

VPN 104

VPN Internet Internet Firewall 104

Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Nominate here: [link] Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter ) The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 417 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition appeared first on Security Affairs.

Cybercrime 92

Cybercrime Malware Hacking Accountability 92

Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Then it verifies user identity with advanced multi-factor authentication (MFA). Untrusted remote users need a secure way to navigate the internet and corporate firewalls to establish trust and gain access. No more firewall, no more AAA or whatsoever complicated thing. Why do I need DNG? How does DNG for SMB work?

VPN 94

VPN Firewall Authentication Internet 94

Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2022

Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity OpenSSL infinite loop vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0778 , that affects some of its firewall, VPN, and XDR products. For PAN-OS software, this includes both hardware and virtual firewalls and Panorama appliances as well as Prisma Access customers,” the company said.

Firewall 96

Firewall VPN Cybercrime Software 96

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

China has enclosed its national internet servers within what is colloquially called ‘the Great Firewall.’ ’ This firewall even goes as far as to block the latest versions of the encryption service TLS (v1.3) These are the foremost reasons China is ranked fourth worst globally regarding press freedoms.

Hacking 244

Hacking Passwords Firewall Internet 244

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 19, 2023

This is the third blog in the series focused on PCI DSS, written by an AT&T Cybersecurity consultant. See the first blog relating to IAM and PCI DSS here. See the second blog on PCI DSS reporting details to ensure when contracting quarterly CDE tests here. encryption, since it is based on your web-site’s certificate.

Firewall 52

Firewall Encryption Architecture Backups 52

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

February 5, 2024 JetBrains TeamCity Saga Continues with Another Server Vulnerability Type of vulnerability: Authentication bypass by an unauthenticated attacker. Orca Security published a blog post about the vulnerabilities — its researchers discovered and reported the issues in Fall 2023, and Microsoft quickly patched them.

VPN 109

VPN Authentication Software Firewall 109

The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

Wikipedia uses a CMS for textual entries, blog posts, images, photographs, videos, charts, graphics, and “ talk pages ” that help its many contributors collaborate. Nearly all CMS platforms, whether traditional or headless, offer some level of built-in security to authenticate users who are allowed to view, add, remove, or change content.

Data breaches 262

Data breaches Encryption Mobile Technology 262

Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Fortinet has identified a critical vulnerability within its FortiGate firewalls and FortiProxy web proxies. Fortinet has released patches for a critical authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-40684. Read on to learn if you’re affected and what you need to do to mitigate the threat. What’s going on?

Firewall 52

Firewall Authentication 52

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In a blog post published today to coincide with a Black Hat Dubai talk on their discoveries, James and co-author Joel Lathrop said they were motivated to crack Zeppelin after the ransomware gang started attacking nonprofit and charity organizations.

Ransomware 320

Ransomware Encryption Backups Manufacturing 320

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

All the encryption , firewalls , cryptography, SCADA systems , and other IT security measures would be useless if that were to occur. Some of the countermeasures that can be considered are CCTV, alarms, firewalls, exterior lighting, fences, and locks. One such measure is to authenticate the users who can access the server.

Cyber Risk 173

Cyber Risk Risk Firewall Surveillance 173

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2022

Seeing the flaws continue year after year, the industry began linking authentication of valid software components to the underlying hardware, or the “root of trust”. This approach allows for compromised software to be identified during the authentication process.

Artificial Intelligence 230

Artificial Intelligence Threat Detection Engineering Software 230

Duo's Security Blog

JULY 21, 2023

Many organizations struggle with authentication processes that frustrate and burden users to the point that they see security as nothing but a point of friction. Here, we explore how Cisco Duo’s risk-based authentication can decrease false positives, accelerate frictionless trusted access, and help you assess risk at the point of login.

Authentication 61

Authentication Risk Engineering Phishing 61

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 19, 2024

Frequent Ransomware Target QNAP Discloses 3 Vulnerabilities Type of vulnerability: Improper authentication, injection vulnerability, SQL injection (SQLi). The other two vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-21900 and CVE-2024-21901, only merit medium ratings because they require authentication. The fix: Upgrade to Kubernetes versions 1.28.4

Authentication 119

Authentication VPN Software DDOS 119

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The operation reversibly modified the routers’ firewall rules to block remote management access to the devices. Attackers replaced binaries on compromised EdgeRouters with trojanized OpenSSH server binaries allowing remote attackers to bypass authentication. ” continues the report. Upgrade to the latest firmware version.

Energy and Utilities 99

Energy and Utilities Government Firewall Malware 99

Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

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Spyware 73

Spyware DNS Surveillance Ransomware 73

Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Build a Human Firewall. Securing your work environment requires you to create what is referred to among security professionals as a human firewall. A human firewall is made up of the defenses the target presents to the attacker during a request for information. Use company-approved/vetted devices and applications.

Cybersecurity 137

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Firewall Engineering 137

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 5, 2022

SSH authenticates the parties involved and allows them to exchange commands and output via multiple data manipulation techniques. Once the parties have played an equal role in generating the shared secret key, they must authenticate themselves. The most common means of authentication is via SSH asymmetric key pairs. 17965 views.

Encryption 59

Encryption Authentication System Administration Firewall 59

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 2, 2019

According to a source with direct knowledge of the breach investigation, the problem stemmed in part from a misconfigured open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) that Capital One was using as part of its operations hosted in the cloud with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Hacking 241

Hacking Firewall Data breaches Software 241

SecureWorld News

JUNE 2, 2023

Use a combination of security measures, such as IP address blocking and user authentication. In addition to the tips mentioned above, website owners can also consider using the following security measures: Web application firewalls (WAFs). Use a combination of security measures, such as IP address blocking and user authentication.

DDOS 83

DDOS Authentication Malware Cybersecurity 83

SecureWorld News

JUNE 20, 2023

In a Friday blog post, Microsoft blamed a battery of service outages of its Azure, Outlook, and OneDrive platforms in early June on "access to multiple virtual private servers (VPS) in conjunction with rented cloud infrastructure, open proxies, and DDoS tools." The group's targets are all Ukraine-friendly states or organizations.

DDOS 79

DDOS Firewall Engineering Authentication 79

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This past Wednesday, Yoast, makers of one of the most popular WordPress plugins, WordPress SEO by Yoast, disclosed a blind SQL injection vulnerability against authenticated users given a successful cross site request forgery (CSRF) attack. Here’s where the authenticated part comes in. Then Comes CSRF. Tricky indeed.

Penetration Testing 52

Penetration Testing Authentication Firewall Malware 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Ethernet and MAC), the session (WEB sockets), transport (SSL, TCP, and UDP), perimeter (firewalls), and physical layers (securing endpoint devices). It ensures integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation. Online transactions are essential for every modern business.

Encryption 134

Encryption Identity Theft Authentication Data breaches 134

Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2023

In order to conceal malicious traffic, the threat actor routes it through compromised small office and home office (SOHO) network devices, including routers, firewalls, and VPN hardware. The APT group is using almost exclusively living-off-the-land techniques and hands-on-keyboard activity to evade detection. ” continues the report.

Accountability 80

Accountability VPN Manufacturing Firewall 80