Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

In the process, however, they embraced a large number of connected devices and IoT platforms, which means that additional data and processes are now moving outside of the firewall and into the cloud. One issue is that cloud native encryption and key management services provide just basic data security.

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Jane Frankland

MAY 18, 2025

What was once a contest of firewalls and intrusion detection, is now a high-stakes game driven by AI. In this blog, Ill be examining how AI is reshaping the fight on both sides, shedding light on the unprecedented collaboration among hackers, and why the old cybersecurity playbook is no match for todays challenges.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Even before COVID, enterprises saw huge increases in people working outside the traditional corporate firewall. Pervasive encryption: Most application and Internet traffic is now encrypted by default, making it much harder to secure the network from malicious traffic. Trends like: • More distributed users and applications.

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McAfee

JULY 29, 2021

Architected for the cloud-first and remote-first deployments, MVISION Cloud Firewall secures access to applications and resources on the internet, accessed from every remote site and location, through a cloud-native service model. Wherever networks went, firewalls followed.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

When Patching Goes Wrong Now that I've finished talking about how patching should be autonomous, let's talk about the problems with that starting with an issue I raised in this tweet from yesterday: In the first of my IoT blog series yesterday, I lamented how one of my smart plugs was unexplainably inaccessible. So, what's the right approach?

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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.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Mitigating Ransomware Attacks – Decoupling Encryption Keys From Encrypted Data. Once the hackers gain an inside entry in an organisation’s IT systems, they deploy a file-encrypting malware known as ransomware. While front line defense mechanisms like firewalls, anti-theft, anti-spyware, etc. Wed, 11/25/2020 - 05:55.

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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.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2023

Encryption in transit provides eavesdropping protection and payload authenticity. We want encryption in transit so no one can read sensitive data from our network traffic. A service mesh, like open source Istio, is a well-known way to accomplish encryption in transit and service authentication at the same time.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 12, 2021

The overall purpose of this rollout is to increase the privacy of all Firefox users by encrypting DNS requests. This includes websites you visit over an encrypted connection, prefixed with [link]. “We do this by performing DNS lookups in an encrypted HTTPS connection. . ” The downside of encrypting DNS.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Each of these elements must be validated across multiple security controls, like next-generation firewall (NGFW) and data loss protection (DLP) tools. Once again, there is no standard set of ZT test cases to guide this validation. And since malware and vulnerabilities constantly change, threat models must continually evolve too.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

Until now, organizations have relied on firewalls, intrusion detection and similar techniques to protect their data. The solution is data encryption, which uses mathematical algorithms to scramble data, replacing plaintext with ciphertext. The trouble is that most encryption methods aren’t universal. Outmoded cyber solutions.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 11, 2021

We looked at REvil, also known as Sodinokibi or Sodin, earlier in the year in a Threat Trends blog on DNS Security. For information on the methodology behind this chart, please see the end of the Threat Trends blog.). Figure 2-A desktop that has been encrypted by REvil/Sodinokibi. Changing firewall rules.

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Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

At first glance, BlackLocks advertisements on ransomware forums may seem similar to other big players, boasting multi-platform support and advanced encryption. Key techniques we monitor include ESXi account compromise, shadow copy deletion, and pass-the-hash (PtH) attackscore methods BlackLock uses to infiltrate systems and encrypt data.

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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. Only use encrypted HTTPS or other types of secure connections (SSH, etc.). Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a standard security protocol that encrypts the connection between a web browser and a server. This only takes a few clicks, because an SSL certificate is a text file with encrypted data. Use data encryption. Use a Secure Sockets Layer.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The Diffie-Helman Exchange (DHE) allows two parties – a browser and server in our case – to exchange prime numbers in a secure manner which are then used to create a shared secret used to encrypt a session. Could HTTPS Encryption Be Compromised? Stay tuned to the SiteLock Blog for the latest security developments.

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Hacker's King

MAY 24, 2025

In this blog, we'll delve into the attack vectors and their intricate workings alongside evolving tactics used to safeguard data. Stronger protection of systems can be achieved with the use of firewalls, antivirus programs, intrusion detection systems, and endpoint protection. Dont place reliance on a single defense.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2024

These devices exist outside of direct corporate management and provide a ransomware gang with unchecked platforms for encrypting data. How does remote encryption work? How Does Remote Encryption Work? Remote encryption performs ransomware encryption on a device beyond the security solutions monitoring for malicious activity.

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Responsible Cyber

JULY 14, 2024

Protecting sensitive information and maintaining seamless connectivity across distributed environments necessitates robust cybersecurity measures, with firewalls playing a crucial role. A firewall for remote work serves as a formidable barrier against these threats, monitoring incoming and outgoing traffic to block malicious activities.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

and DoH, which is a method that uses the HTTPS protocol to encrypt DNS requests, shielding their contents from malicious actors and others who might misuse such information. Correctly managing encrypted DNS can be very challenging. But in practice, questions of privacy online are a bit more complex. What does the NSA caution against?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

Trigona is written in Delphi language, it encrypts files without distinguishing their extensions and appends the “._locked” _locked” extension to the filename of encrypted files. The svchost.bat also deletes volume shadow copies and disables the system recovery feature to prevent victims from recovering the encrypted files.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

When building a business website or blog, it is essential to make your website security a top priority. Today’s post will cover useful tips for building a secure website or blog in thirty minutes or less. Today’s post will cover useful tips for building a secure website or blog in thirty minutes or less. Secure Your Passwords.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The huge trove of data was discovered by Bob Diachenko from cybersecurity firm Hacken, most of the records were encrypted, but 689,272 records were stored in plaintext. ” states the blog post published by Diachenko. The archive included 2,332,115 records containing encrypted data (i.e. Found with @binaryedgeio engine.

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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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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Cybercriminals are constantly crawling the web for targets, and they’ll often go after websites you might not expect, such as a vegan cooking blog. An SSL Certificate is used to establish a secure encrypted connection between a web browser and a web server. Joe’s Vegan Blog Cooks Up Comment Spam.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2022

sections “The Underdogs – Best Personal (non-commercial) Security Blog” and “The Tech Whizz – Best Technical Blog”). If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Please vote for Security Affairs and Pierluigi Paganini in every category that includes them (e.g. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 20, 2018

Related: Why identities are the new firewall. Encrypt your data. Finally, it is good practice to encrypt your data. In fact, a recent study of nearly 200 businesses and entrepreneurs found that 76% are looking to cloud solutions in order to increase the efficiency of their business.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

For decades, the cornerstone of IT security has been Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI , a system that allows you to encrypt and sign data, issuing digital certificates that authenticate the identity of users. Fortanix is supplying the advanced encryption technology underpinning Google’s new service.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Stored inside the edge server is a cached version of the website that contains the most recent content updates, such as the latest blog post or newest photos. Unlike firewalls, CDNs by themselves cannot block bad bots from infecting a website. Use a Web Application Firewall. CDN Security Concerns.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 7, 2025

Firewalls, Routers, and Switches): Threat Resilience: Devices must demonstrate resistance against known attack vectors, including DDoS attacks, buffer overflows, and man-in-the-middle attempts. Encryption Protocols: Compliance with robust encryption standards like TLS 1.3 authentication, encryption) that products can implement.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Defending against DDoS attacks has long depended on traditional measures like firewalls and rate limiting. Adversary-in-the-Middle (AitM) attacks use a phishing proxy to intercept and relay communications between the user and the legitimate website, capturing credentials and session tokens," wrote Madere in a blog post.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

In a blog post, Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) researchers said while they have not observed memory leaks or crashes because of CVE-2020-27223 , a server may take minutes to process a single request. “A Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas).

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Security Boulevard

MAY 2, 2025

The scope of the BOD 25-01 includes all production or operational cloud tenants (operating in or as a federal information system) utilizing Microsoft 365, Tenable Staff Research Engineer Mark Beblow explained in a recent blog about this directive.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It foreshadowed how encryption would come to be used as a foundation for Internet commerce – by companies and criminals. Today companies face a challenge of identifying and deflecting encrypted traffic leveraged by malicious actors. This was considered a significant win for the U.S. The Creeper Virus (1971).

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

A platform that started as a blogging tool has evolved into a globally renowned solution that makes website design and development more accessible and easier than ever. Be sure to verify that they are using approved Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) and secure FTP capabilities.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The operation reversibly modified the routers’ firewall rules to block remote management access to the devices. Communication to and from the EdgeRouters involved encryption using a randomly generated 16-character AES key. The US government operation blocked access to the routers by Russian cyberspies. ” continues the report.

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