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Who’s Hacking You?

Webroot

DNS (Domain Name System) is especially vulnerable. One of the most common methods of infiltration includes internet-based attacks, such as Denial of Service (DoS), Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and DNS poisoning. However, cybercriminals can also use legal DNS traffic surveillance to their advantage.

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Palo Alto Networks latest security giant accused of patent infringement

SC Magazine

billion in damages, ruling the company copied at least four of Centripetal’s patented software and network security designs in their switches, routers and firewalls. Many of the innovations deal with specific methods for filtering network traffic data and rule-based network threat detection.

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Threat Protection: The REvil Ransomware

Cisco Security

We looked at REvil, also known as Sodinokibi or Sodin, earlier in the year in a Threat Trends blog on DNS Security. In it we talked about how REvil/Sodinokibi compromised far more endpoints than Ryuk, but had far less DNS communication. Figure 1-DNS activity surrounding REvil/Sodinokibi. Changing firewall rules.

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IP or just generic tech? Palo Alto argues Centripetal patent claims are overly broad

SC Magazine

Signage with logo at the Silicon Valley headquarters of computer security and firewall company Palo Alto Networks, Santa Clara, California, August 17, 2017. Many of the patents described by Centripetal deal with specific methods for filtering network traffic data and rule-based network threat detection.

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Rapidly executing on SASE vision with new cloud security enhancements

Cisco Security

Ultimately organizations want the full value of the SD-WAN fabric (software defined routing, multiple tunnels, performance-based traffic direction and more) and the scalable protection of a multi-function cloud security service. Additionally, new Snort 3 IPS with Threat Defense 7.0

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How to Implement Microsegmentation

eSecurity Planet

Gartner calls fabric-based infrastructure (FBI) the vertical integration of hardware and software, providing “real-time” management access to your infrastructure. For traditional data centers (DC) and software-defined data centers (SDDC), using the network fabric can be an essential enforcement point.

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What is a Managed Security Service Provider? MSSPs Explained

eSecurity Planet

History of MSSPs As internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunications companies (telecoms) began offering commercial access to the internet in the late 1990s, they began to also offer firewall appliances and associated managed services. and then monitors the endpoint alerts to respond to detected threats.