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Black Hat AI Tools Fuel Rise in Business Email Compromise (BEC) Attacks

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Such a never-ending hunt for exploits could leave system administrators with little to no time to fix vulnerabilities and keep their systems secure, leaving a wide range of systems vulnerable to exploitation, causing widespread and significant damage.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – August 28, 2023 – Windows, Ivanti, Adobe Hit By Flaws

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Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. The security bulletin was last updated August 25. Threat actors can use WFP to escalate their privileges on Windows.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – August 28, 2023 – Windows, Ivanti, Adobe Hit By Flaws

eSecurity Planet

Some of these attacks are challenging to detect because they look like they could be the behavior of legitimate system administrators. The security bulletin was last updated August 25. Threat actors can use WFP to escalate their privileges on Windows.

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How to Perform a Vulnerability Scan in 10 Steps

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Vulnerability scans play a vital role in identifying weaknesses within systems and networks, reducing risks, and bolstering an organization’s security defenses. Applying software updates, changing settings, adopting security best practices, or deploying extra security measures may all be part of this process.

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What Are Firewall Rules? Ultimate Guide & Best Practices

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Management permit rules: For example, send a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap to a network management server. Deny and alert: Notify systems administrator of potentially malicious traffic. Is your business ramping up its network protection?

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – Sept. 11, 2023 – Android Update Fixes 33 Vulnerabilities

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Android, Apple, Apache, Cisco, and Microsoft are among the names reporting significant security vulnerabilities and fixes in the last week, and some of those are already under assault by hackers. The fix: Cisco has provided interim measures to mitigate the vulnerability.

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What Is VLAN Tagging? Definition & Best Practices

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For an example of VLANs used for network security segmentation purposes, see Building a Ransomware Resilient Architecture. As your network activity continues to grow, consider creating new sub-VLANs in order to reduce broadcast traffic and make it easier to manage network security and performance in granular segments.