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Vulnerability Recap 4/15/24 – Palo Alto, Microsoft, Ivanti Exploits

eSecurity Planet

Threats range from severe weaknesses in Ivanti’s VPN appliances to zero-day exploits in popular software such as Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS and Telegram’s Windows client. You can strengthen your cybersecurity defenses by using reliable antivirus software, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and virtual private networks (VPNs).

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Ukraine Nabs Suspect in 773M Password ?Megabreach?

Krebs on Security

The SBU said they found on Sanix’s computer records showing he sold databases with “logins and passwords to e-mail boxes, PIN codes for bank cards, e-wallets of cryptocurrencies, PayPal accounts, and information about computers hacked for further use in botnets and for organizing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.”

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Spyware in the IoT – the Biggest Privacy Threat This Year

SiteLock

This is exactly what happened on October 12, 2016, when the Mirai botnet used an army of IoT devices — like security cameras, digital video recorders (DVRs) and routers — to execute a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack which left much of the internet inaccessible. Keep a Divide Between Home and Office.

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RSA 2022 Musings: The Past and The Future of Security

Anton on Security

To further illustrate this point, one of the innovations sandbox participants showed the slide that mentioned that the VPN market alone today is larger than the entirety of all cloud security markets, defined broadly and loosely, and then rounded upwards. A firewall management vendor claimed to “simplify zero trust.”

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5 Signs a Cyberattack Is Under Way and 5 Things You Need to Do Before It Happens

Adam Levin

Distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) are a very likely mode of attack. There is little you can do in the event we experience widespread DDoS attacks, but one tip is to buy a good book series or a few board games since it might take a while to get the internet working again. Consider using a password manager.

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RSA 2022 Musings: The Past and The Future of Security

Security Boulevard

To further illustrate this point, one of the innovations sandbox participants showed the slide that mentioned that the VPN market alone today is larger than the entirety of all cloud security markets, defined broadly and loosely, and then rounded upwards. A firewall management vendor claimed to “simplify zero trust.”

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Best Internet Security Suites & Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Antivirus Software WiFi 6 Routers Virtual Private Networks Password Managers Email Security Software Web Application Firewall Bot Management Software. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). A virtual private network (VPN) takes a public internet connection (i.e. Key Features of a VPN. Best VPNs for Business.

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