SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Yet, metaverse company breach that led to malicious email sent out to its users hinted at ongoing risks. There are two main reasons for that: political pressure and DDoS attacks. In the other case, organizations use geofencing to protect their resources from DDoS attacks.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2021

Source: The Daily Swig) tsuNAME, a vulnerability that can be used to DDoS DNS. Other cybersecurity news: Cisco HyperFlex web interface has a critical flaw. Source: PenTestPartners) Apple fixes 2 iOS zero-day vulnerabilities actively used in the wild. Source: BleepingComputer) Google and Mozilla will bake HTML sanitization into their browsers.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

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. Think your table lamps can’t expose you to danger?

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Going global or even expanding your operations further afield in your geography introduces a host of new digital risks. These risks require proactive and methodical strategizing to overcome if you are to protect your assets, data, and reputation.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

We left the COVID-19 crisis behind hoping for a long-awaited return to normality and were immediately plunged into the chaos and uncertainty of a twentieth-century-style military conflict that posed serious risks of spreading over the continent. Taking sides: professional ransomware groups, hacktivists, and DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2023

DepositFiles’ clients are at risk of their personally identifiable information, files, and passwords being stolen. According to the team, there’s more than enough data for attackers to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, deploy ransomware, or cause financial losses. researchers said.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Virtual private networks (VPNs): Secure remote user or branch office access to network resources through encrypted connections to firewalls or server applications. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI): Replaces VPN or remote desktop access with virtual desktops in fully controlled environments with additional protections.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

In some cases, the gang also threatened and conducted distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks during negotiations. In some cases, AvosLocker negotiators also threaten and launche distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks during negotiations, likely when the victims are not cooperating, to convince them to comply with their demands.

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SiteLock

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

There’s no shortage of valuable website security products on the market, each of which is designed to address common cybersecurity risks that threaten your customers and their online presence. Meanwhile, Cisco estimates that the number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks will nearly double from 7.8 million in 2018 to 15.4

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

To combat this, businesses who are agile in adopting digital transformation strategies reaped the benefits: from better security hygiene to reduce the risk of a data breach to improved productivity that ultimately yields higher revenue. Here are a few important trends that you should consider for 2022: Single vendor SASE play.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

From there, these tools send alerts to security teams if and when risks are identified. Examples of threatening traffic that IDPS solutions can combat include network intrusions, DDoS attacks, malware, and socially engineered attacks.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In cybersecurity, Cisco invested early in IPS, Firewall, VPN, and endpoint security; they produced exceptional results. AI-enabled security protection layers are needed to handle the expected growth of AI-enabled email phishing attacks, DDoS attacks, and identity theft. The result, Cisco dominated these markets for several years.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Insider Threats: Insider threats pose a significant risk to organizations, with 64% of cyber security incidents involving insiders, either through malicious intent or inadvertent actions. DirtyMoe Malware in Ukraine: Over 2,000 computers in Ukraine were infected by the DirtyMoe malware, capable of cryptojacking and launching DDoS attacks.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 23, 2022

Microsoft does not rely on the secrecy of code as a security measure and viewing source code does not lead to elevation of risk.” Our investigation has found a single account had been compromised, granting limited access. However, Telegram lumps all aliases for an account into the same Telegram ID number.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2019

“The vulnerability can be potentially exploited by sending a malicious request to either the Web Admin or SSL VPN consoles, which would enable an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.” Cyberoam Firewall protects organizations from DoS , DDoS and IP Spoofing attacks. said the spokesperson.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

across all network devices to streamline audits and reporting Integrates via RESTful API with security information and event management (SIEM) solutions Customizable risk policy based on the mode of access (wired, VPN), location, requested network device, etc.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 26, 2023

Poorly configured Linux and Internet of Things (IoT) devices are at risk of compromise from a cryptojacking campaign , according to researchers at Microsoft. A portion of the install makes use of an open-source IRC bot with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) features. That’s not all, however. There’s botnet activity too.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Bad News: AI and 5G Are Expected to Worsen Cybersecurity Risks. Experts warn of spike in TCP DDoS reflection attacks targeting Amazon, SoftLayer and telco infrastructure. Tracking Iran-linked APT33 group via its own VPN networks. DDoS-for-Hire Services operator sentenced to 13 months in prison.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2023

This trend spreads out data center risk over the internet and increases the potential vectors for attack. SASE provides an edge security solution that addresses these challenges without the bottlenecks of traditional virtual private network (VPN) solutions. What Is SASE? For additional reading: Top SASE Solutions What Is Edge Security?

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

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. Update Everything.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2021

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Phishing , general malware , and Distributed Denial of Service ( DDoS ) attacks are more common. DDoS Protection. AT&T DDoS Defense addresses vicious attacks that can take down entire networks, websites, and even countries in extreme cases. Also read: Top 8 DDoS Protection Service Providers. CrowdStrike dashboard.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of fake warnings of cyberattacks sent from a hacked FBI email server GravityRAT returns disguised as an end-to-end encrypted chat app Intel and AMD address high severity vulnerabilities in products and drivers New evolving Abcbot DDoS botnet targets Linux systems Retail giant Costco discloses data breach, payment card data exposed (..)

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BH Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2021

At a time of year when many security professionals are putting the finishing touches to budget proposals, the latest Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) has outlined the key risks facing organisations in Europe. The report listed ransomware affiliate programmes as a major risk. Links we liked.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Penetration tests include the use of vulnerability scanning tools and will generally be applied against external security devices and applications including, but not limited to, firewalls , web servers, web applications, gateways , and VPN servers. Vulnerabilities force organizations to perform a critical task: risk assessment.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Also, many groups relied on vulnerabilities in VPN servers. An incident investigation conducted by Kaspersky ICS CERT at one of the attacked enterprises revealed that they exploited a vulnerability in FortiGate VPN servers (CVE-2018-13379). If not ransomware, then DDoS or possibly both. We also saw attackers relying on 0-days.

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BH Consulting

JUNE 20, 2023

One may know what the term VPN means, but what about when a VPN should be used and more importantly – not used, and what are the risks of using a VPN versus the benefits. However, I wonder how many are really clear on the key technical controls and models in cybersecurity and how and when to apply them?

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 5, 2021

Gartner calls it zero trust network access (ZTNA) and sees ZTNA as something of a fine-grained approach to network access control (NAC) , identity access management (IAM) and privilege access management (PAM) – and at least an adjunct to, if not a replacement for, VPNs and DMZ architectures.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

Virtual Private Network (VPN) : For remote access, remote desktop protocol (RDP) no longer can be considered safe. Instead, organizations should use a virtual private network (VPN) solution. Better network security access controls can improve security and decrease cost and risk.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2023

A companion to Europol’s IOCTA 2023 report , it digs deeper into malware – ransomware in particular – and DDoS attacks. It found the most common intrusion tactics are phishing emails containing malware, Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) brute forcing, and exploiting Virtual Private Network (VPN) vulnerabilities.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Our collective priority must be people’s physical safety, but Russia’s assault could also produce a range of cybersecurity-related risks that organizations and people will need to protect themselves against, starting today. The risk of increased stakes. The risk of collateral damage. The risk of escalation.

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McAfee

AUGUST 3, 2021

Enabling Zero Trust Access with End-to-end Data Security and Continuous Risk Assessment. To date Virtual Private Networks (VPN) have been a quick and easy fix for providing remote users access to sensitive internal applications and data. Enter Zero Trust Network Access, or ZTNA! Is securing the access enough? How about data protection?

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IT Security Guru

JULY 19, 2021

According to the World Economic Forum 2020 Global Risk Report , ransomware was the third most common, and second most damaging type of malware attack recorded last year, with payouts averaging a hefty $1.45M per incident. Even security defences themselves can provide unintended insights. Consider Zero Trust.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

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. Stateful Inspection Stateful inspection firewalls track the behavior of active network connections to detect and block potential data and traffic risks.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Instead, multiple types of controls will need to be implemented that reinforce each other so that risks will be mitigated even if a single control fails. Some anti-DDoS software and other resilience capabilities will also be built into routers, firewalls, etc. some attacks seek to disrupt operations instead. for unauthorized access.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

With Aruba, clients can also bundle SD-WAN coverage with the company’s security solutions for virtual private network ( VPN ), network access control ( NAC ), and unified threat management ( UTM ). EdgeConnect Enterprise critically comes with firewall , segmentation , and application control capabilities. Barracuda Networks.

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