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4 strategies to help reduce the risk of DNS tunneling

CSO Magazine

Domain name system (DNS) tunneling is a pervasive threat that enables hackers to get any data in and out of a company's internal network while bypassing most firewalls. But DNS tunneling essentially smuggles hostile traffic through DNS ports, which makes these attacks difficult to detect and mitigate.

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Global 2000 companies failing to adopt key domain security measures

CSO Magazine

Forbes Global 2000 companies are failing to adopt key domain security measures, exposing them to significant security risks, according to CSC’s Domain Security Report 2022. The data follows Akamai research from August , which discovered increased malicious domain activity and phishing toolkit reuse based on DNS data.

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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

eSecurity Planet

My advice for anybody that asks me which certifications they should get is this: find a certification in a subject that you wish to learn about,” Palo Alto Networks CSO Rick Howard said. “If If you are going to study the subject anyway, you might as well get a certification out of it.”. Also read: How to Get Started in a Cybersecurity Career.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Haddix continues to provide his insights while serving as the Head of Security and Risk Management for Ubisoft. DNS over HTTPS is a sensitive info grab by whomever Web browsers partner with, yet it's sold as a "privacy enhancement." The book will focus on cutting edge web red team, pentester, and bug bounty topics.