eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks occur when attackers use a large number of devices to attempt to overwhelm a resource and deny access to that resource for legitimate use. The very first DDoS attacks occurred when network engineers misconfigured networks and overwhelmed components by accident. Volumetric DDoS Attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 15, 2024

These issues affect over 91,000 exposed machines, putting them at risk of DDoS assaults, account theft, and malware infestations. The problem: Bitdefender researchers discovered four vulnerabilities in LG WebOS smart TVs that allowed unauthorized access and control. CVE-2023-6318 permits privilege escalation to get root access.

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Firewall VPN Software Risk 100

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

They filter incoming and outgoing network traffic, permitting or prohibiting it depending on established security criteria. Firewalls are used to safeguard cloud resources from unauthorized access and possible dangers like Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) assaults. Create data retention policies that govern how long data is stored.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 19, 2024

The problem: Wordfence disclosed two vulnerabilities discovered in their bug bounty program within discontinued WordPress plug-ins for the miniOrgange Malware Scanner and Web Application Firewall. Discontinued WordPress Plug-ins Expose Over 10,000 Sites Type of vulnerability: Privilege escalation.

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Authentication VPN Software DDOS 103

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Successful implementation of a circuit-level gateway defends against unrestricted communication, which can enable network probing, malware delivery, and other attacks. CLGs can be combined with threat feeds to inform security policies that block known-malicious URLs and IP addresses.

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Firewall DDOS Architecture Cybersecurity 93

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Downtime limits incident response, increases the risk of data breaches, and can be used as leverage for DDoS attacks. Collaborate with external cloud security specialists or managed service providers to enhance internal capabilities. Implement DDoS protection: Deploy dedicated protection mechanisms to prevent DDoS attacks.

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Risk DDOS Data breaches Encryption 117

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Design robust server architecture to improve redundancy and capacity for resilience against failure or DDoS attacks. Implement rate limiting to harden against DDoS and DNS tunneling attacks. Anti-DDoS configurations can enhance server architecture DDoS to protect DNS. Firewalls should be hardened to close unneeded ports.

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DNS DDOS Firewall Architecture 104

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Triple extortion: adding a threat to expose the victim’s internal infrastructure to DDoS attacks. The model became widespread after the LockBit gang got DDoS’ed , possibly by a victim. DDoS attacks in that case are not necessary. The malware will try calling home if the initial ping goes through.

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Ransomware Encryption Malware DDOS 132

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2023

CWPP (Cloud Workload Protection Platforms) Cloud Workload Protection Platforms are a great option for companies looking to secure specific workloads and applications in the cloud. CWPP provides strong defenses against a wide range of risks such as malware , ransomware , DDoS attacks , configuration errors , insider threats, and data breaches.

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Architecture Risk Data breaches Threat Detection 91

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This shared certificate is then abused to bypass Cloudflare DDoS security and launch DDoS attacks against known server IP addresses. These flaws require local access, which will most commonly be obtained when a victim downloads other malware to their phone.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

These software solutions enforce specified security policies for users each time they access a cloud-based resource. Examples of threatening traffic that IDPS solutions can combat include network intrusions, DDoS attacks, malware, and socially engineered attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 12, 2023

Malware at Scale: Using these platforms to create a backdoor on data center equipment gives threat actors “a foothold to compromise systems at a massive scale – in the data center itself and for the business networks that access these servers. With a simple “flip of a switch,” threat actors could shut down data centers.

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Authentication Spyware DDOS Cybersecurity 91

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Remote browser isolation hosts all work activities in a virtual environment isolated from the endpoint for more stringent data control and anti-malware protection. Cloudflare also stands out with ZTNA by default, IoT Isolation, and automated traffic controls and anti-DDoS capabilities.

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DNS DDOS IoT Firewall 81

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In turn, this has left organizations and individuals far behind in the race to secure defenses appropriately. If an organization is already susceptible to a range of cyberattacks like data breaches, DDoS (distributed denial-of-service), and malware, then AI will likely provide more headaches for businesses.

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Social Engineering Engineering Cyber Attacks Artificial Intelligence 85

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This deep packet inspection provides the basis for the various NGFW features that improve malware blocking. Older distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks used malformed TCP requests to overwhelm servers and session filtering drops requests not associated with new or established sessions.

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Firewall Encryption Malware Artificial Intelligence 106

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Perimeter security tools include: Firewalls: Filter traffic and monitor access based upon firewall rules and policies for the network, network segment, or assets protected by different types of firewalls. Virtualized Security Virtualized security tools protect virtual environments or create virtualized environments to protect physical assets.

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Architecture Network Security Firewall Risk 83

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The “Shift Left Security” strategy promotes early security integration into your Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) process. You may examine container images for misconfigurations, malware , IAM risks, lateral movement concerns, and sensitive data exposure.

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DDOS Encryption Risk Technology 100

McAfee

APRIL 21, 2021

Most of us don’t have responsibility for airports, but thinking about airport security can teach us lessons about how we consider, design and execute IT security in our enterprise. Scan attachments for malware. Security gates and handbaggage check. Facial recognition comparing security gate and plane gate with ticket.

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Retail Technology Risk DDOS 96

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Monitored user activity allows for operations and security to detect anomalous behavior and either enable or block access to resources as needed. Inspected and decrypted traffic blocks malware and malicious URLs through centralized control and filtering based on Barracuda’s cloud-based next generation firewall (NGWF) technology.

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Firewall Marketing Firmware Technology 81

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

Standalone security products are not enough to maintain the security posture of an entire organization. Between malware , phishing attacks , zero-day threats, advanced persistent threats , reconnaissance and brute force attacks, hackers are looking for any and every avenue into a network. EDR benefits.

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Cybersecurity Antivirus Artificial Intelligence Firewall 103

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2023

Get the Free Cybersecurity Newsletter Strengthen your organization's IT security defenses by keeping up to date on the latest cybersecurity news, solutions, and best practices. Overcoming Edge Computing Risks This article was originally written by Paul Shread on November 24, 2020 and revised by Chad Kime on August 11, 2023.

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Firewall IoT Technology Internet 99

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2022

Standalone cybersecurity tools are not enough to maintain the security posture of an entire organization. Between malware , phishing attacks , zero-day threats , advanced persistent threats , reconnaissance, and brute force attacks, hackers are looking for any and every avenue into a network. CASB Benefits. SIEM Benefits.

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Software Cybersecurity Firewall Antivirus 116

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

As the demand for robust security defense grows by the day, the market for cybersecurity technology has exploded, as well as the number of available solutions. Cisco’s roots are in networking but by necessity it has expanded into security and storage. But it has expanded from ITSM into security and operations management.

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Cybersecurity Firewall Marketing Encryption 145

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Have hope that through the hard work and brilliant minds behind these security defenses that 2022 will not be a repeat of such high level attacks. Learn more about what security leaders have to say about the upcoming year below: Neil Jones, cybersecurity evangelist, Egnyte. Paul Farrington, chief product officer at Glasswall.

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Data breaches Ransomware Government Cybersecurity 142