The Last Watchdog

MAY 16, 2023

Attack surface expansion translates into innumerable wide-open vectors of potential unauthorized access into company networks. Related: The role of legacy security tools Yet the heaviest volume of routine, daily cyber attacks continue to target a very familiar vector: web and mobile apps. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Someone on the Internet successfully accessed the computer controlling the chemicals used to treat drinking water for the city and changed the level of sodium hydroxide to 11,100 parts per million (ppm), a significant increase from the normal amount of 100 ppm. How did this industrial workstation become accessible from the Internet?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 16, 2021

SonicWall that offers next generation firewalls and various Cybersecurity solutions has announced that its customers using certain products are at a risk of being cyber attacked with ransomware. x firmware is going to reach its EOL aka End of Life. x firmware is going to reach its EOL aka End of Life.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

A VPN encrypts all internet traffic so that it is unreadable to anyone who intercepts it. This keeps your information away from prying eyes, such as internet service providers and hackers. Set up firewalls. Firewalls act as a defense line in preventing the possibility of threats entering your system. Secure home router.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Isolating OT operations from public networks like the internet had once been considered best practice. Convergence of the two in the industrial internet of things (IIoT) makes for better communication and access to online data and processes, but it also flings the door wide open for nefarious activity by cyber criminals.

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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) If your staff can log on to the internet to access their emails, so can an attacker.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

sPower , a US-based renewable energy provider, was the victim of a cyber attack that disconnected the US power grid operator from its power generation station. sPower , a Utah-based renewable energy provider was hit by a cyber attack, the incident took place in March. ” reported the E&E News website.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The security provider needs to get involved immediately because the longer the problem persists, the worse the damage becomes; and the financial impact of these cyber attacks worsen. After your site is back online, it’s your responsibility to explore how the attack happened so it doesn’t happen again. Block Bad Bots.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 12, 2024

Employ Firewalls Firewalls act as a barrier between your website and potential attackers, especially if you work in industries that carry a lot of sensitive data including large corporations, insurance firms, medical practices and companies that offer bad credit loans. Test the backup and restore process periodically.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2022

And if an enterprise is under an active ransomware attack, or a series of attacks, that’s a pretty good indication several other gangs of hacking specialists came through earlier and paved the way. In short, overlapping cyber attacks have become the norm. This grim outlook is shared in a new white paper from Sophos.

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The Security Ledger

MAY 2, 2024

Jim’s journey to cyber started back in the 80s as the son of a Radio Shack franchise owner in the southern U.S. He went on to work for an early CheckPoint reseller at a time when “network firewall” was term that would get you cocked heads and strange looks from business owners.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2023

Experts found multiple vulnerabilities in Teltonika industrial cellular routers that could expose OT networks to cyber attacks. A joint analysis conducted by industrial cybersecurity firms Claroty and O torio discovered multiple flaws in Teltonika Networks’ IIoT products that can expose OT networks to remote attacks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2018

US-CERT warns of cyber attacks on ERP applications, including Oracle and SAP, and refers an interesting report published by Digital Shadows and Onapsis. The attackers aimed at sabotaging of the applications and compromising business-critical applications. ” states the report. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 11, 2021

Security analysts are warning us against such practices as they help hackers in gaining access to a device that might help them steal not only the info but also make them as botnets that help them in launching future cyber attack campaigns. Then, how to protect a smart phone against such mobile ransomware attacks?

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

After extracting some of the samples and investigating the situation, China believes that the " overview, technical characteristics, attack weapons, attack paths and attack sources of the relevant attack events" originated from the NSA's Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO). stealing over 140GB of high-value data.

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The Security Ledger

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

If you believe the headlines, the first known disruptive cyber attack against the U.S. grid happened on March 5, 2019 when an unidentified actor attacked firewalls at an undisclosed utility that was part of the power grid in California, Utah and Wyoming. Joe Weiss, Applied Control Solutions.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Keeping track of badness on the Internet has become a thriving cottage industry unto itself. This activity results in a rich matrix of overlapping threat feeds that, if all of the slices could somehow be combined, would present a heat map of an Internet throbbing with malicious traffic that unceasingly changes and steadily intensifies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 6, 2021

Technically, a watering hole attack is nothing but a kind of malware attack where hackers inject malicious functions into website codes, that target victims visiting the website for execution. It was also known as Common Internet File System until 2004.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 12, 2022

In the early 1990s, the Internet industry needed to move packets as fast as possible because some marketing genius came up with the idea that everyone could have “Unlimited Internet Access” for $9.95 Those people belong in the Internet Hall of Fame. Phishing attacks? Consecutive attacks occurring every second of the day?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2022

Senate has also been active, passing the “ Strengthening America Cybersecurity Act ,” which requires critical infrastructure owners to report cyber attacks within 72 hours and ransomware payments within 24. The legislation must still be approved by the House. The Linux Kernel and Apache Tomcat.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Antivirus programs and firewalls are pretty good at catching malware before it can infect devices, but occasionally malware can slip through defenses, endangering personal and financial information. Disconnect from the Internet Malware often relies on the internet to spread or communicate with its control server.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

As coronavirus-themed cyber attacks ramp up, consumers and companies must practice digital distancing to keep themselves protected. Social engineering invariably is the first step in cyber attacks ranging from phishing and ransomware to business email compromise ( BEC ) scams and advanced persistent threat ( APT ) hacks.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 17, 2023

It’s surprising, to see just how many businesses have plans in place for all sorts of things such as fire, flood and COVID-related issues, yet don’t have any action plans in place should a cyber attack occur. What happens in the minutes, hours and days after an attack is crucial.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 7, 2023

Popular DDoS Web Analytics Tools Some popular DDoS web analytics tools include: CloudFlare Web Application Firewall Sucuri Website Firewall Azure Web Application Firewall AWS WAF Imperva Early Warning Signs of a DDoS Attack Having tools like web application firewalls and monitoring services in place are your best defense against a DDoS attack.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Expanding attack surfaces require additional skills to secure, maintain, and monitor an ever-expanding environment of assets such as mobile, cloud, and the internet of things (IoT). As cyber attacks continue to increase in number and sophistication, the need for MSSPs grows.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Iranian nation-state actors are attempting to buy info available for sale in the cybercrime underground to launch attacks against US organizations. US organizations whose data was stolen and leaked online in the past are at risk of cyber attacks that are orchestrated by an unnamed Iran-linked threat actor.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A host-based firewall is installed directly on individual networked devices to filter network traffic on a single device by inspecting both incoming and outgoing data. How Host-Based Firewalls Work Organizations often adopt host-based firewalls for device-specific security control.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

These virtual SOCs are providing greater visibility into these low noise attacks on smaller and medium sized organizations. And, as my guest will say later in this podcast, these virtual SOCs are like pen testing the internet. We do the same thing for firewalls. GRAY: The Internet is a penetration test.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

With this modernized banking, banks and financial institutions are under constant threat from a wide range of cyber attacks. These attacks can lead to catastrophic consequences for the financial institution and its customers, resulting in financial loss, reputational damage, and loss of trust.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The Latest Security Law Illustrates The Chinese Government’s Love-Hate Relationship with The Internet. Other sections reflects the government’s focus on tightening policies for China’s internet companies. Boston is now developing a next-generation firewall to protect the Hub from cyberattacks, which is a part of an effort to spend $3.5

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

This week a controversial law entered into effect in Russia, it would allow the government to cut internet traffic from the global Internet. This week a controversial law entered into effect in Russia, it would allow the Russian government to disconnect the country from the global Internet.

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 3, 2021

According to Weber, he only identified a few affected gadgets as being vulnerable across the internet. In theory, the Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) limitations can come in handy to facilitate direct attacks from the internet. Enforcing security best practices. Restricting device access.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 14, 2022

a cybersecurity tool that helps security analysts identify and respond to opportunistic “scan-and-exploit” attacks in real time. . GreyNoise Investigate helps security analysts identify and respond to opportunistic “scan-and-exploit” attacks, providing context about the behavior and intent of IP addresses scanning the internet.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2021

Over the course of 14 days they installed an array of malware deep inside the firewall. True enough, cyber attacks are steadily becoming more sophisticated across the board and the attack surface continues to expand as digital transformation accelerates. From there the hackers moved laterally.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

With 5G networks, billions of devices and IoT (the internet of things) are interconnectible — leading to use cases like smart cities, AR/VR on mobile networks, remote medicine and much more. Increased attack surface : With millions and even billions more connected devices, 5G makes it possible for larger and more dangerous attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2021

Advanced technologies and fresh security frameworks are being implemented to deter cyber attacks out at the services edge, where all the action is. Organizations today must withstand a constant barrage of cyber attacks. Network security is in the throes of a metamorphosis. Related: Automating security-by-design in SecOps.

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