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2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

Vendor reports note huge volume of attacks on local and public infrastructure, such as: CrowdStrike: Monitored hacktivist and nation-state distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks related to the Israli-Palestinian conflict, including against a US airport. 50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers.

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How Hackers Use Payloads to Take Over Your Machine

eSecurity Planet

This penetration testing can generate a payload and, above all, emulate incoming connections with the infected machine once the hacker is in. It can even attack the chip’s firmware and provide root access on the device, which gives more privileges and capabilities than the user. How to Protect against Payloads.

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"In our modern world, countless applications rely on radio frequency elements" - an Interview with Larbi Ouiyzme

Pen Test

How effective are attackers with regard to RF in eavesdropping, DoS & DDoS, MitM, spoofing and malware propagation? DoS & DDoS: Attackers can flood RF channels, causing disruption. What are the common firmware and software vulnerabilities in RF devices that can be exploited? Are there any interesting case studies?

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning should be used to test proper implementation and configuration. Minimum Resilience, Maintenance and Testing Controls SOHO organizations generally avoid spending money, but should invest some time to make changes to network systems.

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10 Network Security Threats Everyone Should Know

eSecurity Planet

DoS and DDoS attacks DDoS attacks can make your public-facing applications and websites inaccessible, causing massive revenue loss. A distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack also overwhelms a system, but its requests come from multiple IP addresses, not just one location. Segmentation.

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What is a Managed Security Service Provider? MSSPs Explained

eSecurity Planet

Even the largest organizations with the most robust internal security teams will engage with MSSPs for specialty projects, penetration tests, and other specific needs. Penetration tests use tools and experts to probe cybersecurity defenses to locate weaknesses that should be fixed.