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NEW TECH: A couple of tools that deserve wide use — to preserve the integrity of U.S. elections

The Last Watchdog

First, there’s a tool called the Rapid Cyber Risk Scorecard. NormShield, the Vienna, VA-based, cybersecurity firm that supplies this service, recently ran scores for all of the 26 declared presidential candidates — and found the average cyber risk score to be B+.

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Dell new vulnerability puts over 30 million users at risk

CyberSecurity Insiders

Researchers belonging to the Oregon-based Enterprise device security offering company say that the 4 discovered bugs could lead to web traffic redirection, machine in the middle attacks, and DNS cache poisoning allowing exploitation of Virtual private networks in corporate networks.

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Cybersecurity Is Not A One-Stop-Shop

Security Boulevard

This includes a layered combination of DNS networking, secure endpoint connections, and an educated and empowered human workforce. The need for DNS security cannot be ignored, especially with the rise of remote workforces, in order to monitor and manage internet access policies, as well as reduce malware. DNS is frequently targeted by.

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Microsoft mitigated a 3.47 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest one to date

Security Affairs

. “Attack vectors were UDP reflection on port 80 using Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP), Connection-less Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (CLDAP), Domain Name System (DNS), and Network Time Protocol (NTP) comprising one single peak, and the overall attack lasted approximately 15 minutes.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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CISA, SolarWinds up interest in security scoring

SC Magazine

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently included security ratings or scoring as part of its cyber risk reduction initiative. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently included security ratings or scoring as part of its cyber risk reduction initiative.

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AT&T teams with Cisco to create new managed SASE offering

CyberSecurity Insiders

Each component offers up crucial functions to enable users to connect to resources while controlling cyber risk along the way: AT&T SD-WAN with Cisco. Restricts access to websites, cloud applications, and data sharing based on risk policies. Improves network visibility, performance and resilience.

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Ransomware – To Pay, or Not to Pay?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Paul offered some examples of definitive defensive steps that are being undertaken in the UK, including “takedown” services that target the servers of ransomware operations, and a protective DNS service that is available to the entire public sector, which can stop many precursor and targeted attacks.