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What Is Secure Remote Access?

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To protect your team’s remote communications, your security team must understand the weaknesses of remote access protocols and why securing them is so important. How Secure Remote Access Works Remote access technology uses protocols to make one computer’s content available to another one.

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16 Remote Access Security Best Practices to Implement

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Remote access security acts as something of a virtual barrier, preventing unauthorized access to data and assets beyond the traditional network perimeter. The technologies for secure remote access can range from VPNs and multi-factor authentication to more advanced access and zero trust controls.

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Volt Typhoon Disrupts US Organizations, CISA Issues Alerts

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government and defense institutions for intelligence gathering. In November 2021, the FBI disclosed a FatPipe VPN exploit that enabled backdoor access via web shells. With increased network access and control , they have the capacity to alter operational technology (OT) assets and disrupt critical services.

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VulnRecap 3/11/24 – JetBrains & Atlassian Issues Persist

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According to the National Instutite of Standards and Technology, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox in ESXi, but in Workstation and Fusion, the vulnerability could lead to code execution on machines where the products are installed. This issue affects VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. LTS) 8.5.5 (LTS)

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VulnRecap 1/16/24 – Major Firewall Issues Persist

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The problem: Ivanti announced two vulnerabilities that affect Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and Ivanti Policy Secure products. The problem: Technology company Bosch has a thermostat, the BCC100, that’s vulnerable to firmware replacement from a threat actor. versions earlier than 21.2R3-S7 Junos OS 21.3 Versions 9.x

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What is a Managed Security Service Provider? MSSPs Explained

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Cybersecurity can be difficult to implement, and to make matters worse, the security professionals needed to do it right are in short supply. Managed IT security service providers (MSSPs) make life easier for organizations by providing outsourced expertise and tools at a fraction of the cost, time, and trouble of doing it yourself.

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Ransomware Groups Look for Inside Help

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Historically, ransomware has been delivered via email attachments or, more recently, using direct network access obtained through things like unsecure VPN accounts for software vulnerabilities,” Crane Hassold, director of threat intelligence at Abnormal Security, wrote in a blog post. There were 304.7