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Ransomware – Stop’em Before They Wreak Havoc

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cybercriminals use it as a launching pad to block access to business-critical systems by encrypting data in files, databases, or entire computer systems, until the victim pays a ransom. Cybercriminals hold your data hostage by encrypting it, and threaten to destroy it or publish it, unless a large ransom is paid.

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How Secure Shell (SSH) Keys Work

Security Boulevard

SSH authenticates the parties involved and allows them to exchange commands and output via multiple data manipulation techniques. As Justin Elingwood of DigitalOcean explains , SSH encrypts data exchanged between two parties using a client-server model. The most common means of authentication is via SSH asymmetric key pairs.

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US CISA and NSA publish guidance to secure Kubernetes deployments

Security Affairs

It guides system administrators and developers of National Security Systems on how to deploy Kubernetes with example configurations for the recommended hardening measures and mitigations. Use firewalls to limit unneeded network connectivity and encryption to protect confidentiality.

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Managed or Unmanaged Device? Duo’s Device Trust Has You Covered

Duo's Security Blog

The lightweight application collects device health information such as Operating System (OS) version , firewall status, disk encryption status, presence of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) agents and password status. Administrators can set access policies based on device health.

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Top 10 web application vulnerabilities in 2021–2023

SecureList

Broken Authentication 5. Broken Authentication 5. Mitigation: implement authentication and authorization controls according to the role-based access model. Set firewall filters to prevent access to unauthorized domains. Broken Access Control 2. Broken Access Control 2. SQL Injection 3. Cross-Site Scripting 3.

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Top 12 Cloud Security Best Practices for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest? What authentication methods does the provider support? Additionally, multi-factor authentication (MFA) can further reduce the risk of malicious actors gaining access to sensitive information, even if they manage to steal usernames and passwords.

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SANS Critical Controls 14 and 15: Network Audit Logging and Controlled Access

NopSec

Audit Logs for firewall, network devices, servers and hosts are most of the time the only way to determine whether or not the host has been compromised and the only way to control the activity of the system administrator. Sensitive information needs to be segregated in separate VLANs with appropriate firewall controls.