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7 Best Attack Surface Management Software for 2024

eSecurity Planet

Attack surface management (ASM) is a relatively new cybersecurity technology that combines elements of vulnerability management and asset discovery with the automation capabilities of breach and attack simulation (BAS) and applies them to an organization’s entire IT environment, from networks to the cloud.

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What is a Managed Security Service Provider? MSSPs Explained

eSecurity Planet

Secure remote connection services can be provided by MSSPs through implementation and management of older technology such as a virtual private network (VPN) or through solutions such as virtual desktop interfaces (VDIs), desktop-as-a-service (DaaS), and browser isolation. assets (endpoints, servers, IoT, routers, etc.),

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Spear Phishing Prevention: 10 Ways to Protect Your Organization

eSecurity Planet

In order to verify the signature, the recipient’s email server will then use the sender’s publicly available key that is provided in DNS records for this domain. Use known vulnerabilities in software, tools, or systems by becoming familiar with the organization’s technological environment.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Server: Provides powerful computing and storage in local, cloud, and data center networks to run services (Active Directory, DNS, email, databases, apps). Endpoint: Enables access for human users and computer services and commonly includes PCs, laptops, Internet of Things (IoT), and operational technology (OT).

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What Is an Application Level Gateway? How ALGs Work

eSecurity Planet

ALG supports client requests by resolving its domain name via DNS and delivering the frontend IP address to the client. Educating users on ALG usage might be difficult, perhaps outweighing the benefits of deployment. It often involves requests for files, web pages, or other internet services.

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

eSecurity Planet

50,000 DDoS attacks on public domain name service (DNS) resolvers. 553% increase in DNS Flood attacks from 1H 2020 to 2H 2023. DDoS attacks on single networks or websites render them unavailable, but DDoS attacks on DNS resolvers bring down all networks and websites using that DNS resource.

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APT trends report Q1 2021

SecureList

On February 24, the National Security Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) publicly warned that a threat actor had exploited a national documents circulation system (SEI EB) to distribute malicious documents to Ukrainian public authorities.

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