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What Is Stateful Inspection in Network Security? Ultimate Guide

eSecurity Planet

The state and context information saved by the firewall or other device performing stateful inspection provides the context used to block DNS spoofing and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Network Security Stateful inspection improves general network and cloud security for all assets screened by the feature.

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How Secure Is Cloud Storage? Features, Risks, & Protection

eSecurity Planet

Adoption of NVMe Over Fabrics The use of NVMe over fabrics improves the security of cloud storage by boosting data retrieval procedures. NVMe over fabrics starts to become an important technology in cloud storage. DDoS Attacks DDoS attacks flood cloud services with traffic, overwhelming capacity and causing service outages.

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5 Linux malware families SMBs should protect themselves against

Malwarebytes

There’s no shortage of reasons why an SMB might use Linux to run their business: There are plenty of distros to choose from, it’s (generally) free, and perhaps above all — it’s secure. But unfortunately, there’s more to Linux security than just leaning back in your chair and sipping piña coladas. Cloud Snooper. How it works.

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Public Cloud Security Explained: Everything You Need to Know

eSecurity Planet

Cloud services often provide strong encryption technologies to protect stored data. They filter incoming and outgoing network traffic, permitting or prohibiting it depending on established security criteria. Set up security incident notifications and automate responses where possible.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – October 16, 2023 – DDoS, Microsoft, Apple & Linux Lead a Busy Week

eSecurity Planet

The past week has been an eventful one for cybersecurity vulnerabilities, from record DDoS attacks and three Microsoft zero-days to vulnerabilities in Linux, Apple, Citrix, and other widely used technologies. The botnet compromises these devices and enlists them in its DDoS swarm by exploiting several vulnerabilities in them.

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Cybersecurity Mergers Flatline. Here’s Why That Won’t Last.

eSecurity Planet

Much like the rest of technology, merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for cybersecurity companies has been in a slump this year. Enterprise security customers are trying to align their security stacks and consolidate their ‘tool ecosystems’ so they can focus on more strategic risk across their people, process, and technology spectrum.

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What Is a Circuit-Level Gateway? Definitive Guide

eSecurity Planet

Dropped packets also defend against many different types of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) that attempt to consume server resources with TCP packets unrelated to established connections such as ACK-floods and SYN-floods. This effectively blocks many techniques used to explore networks and open ports for potential attacks.

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