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Protecting Oil and Gas Industry Infrastructure: Strategies for Resilience

SecureWorld News

To ensure energy security and economic stability, protecting the infrastructure is essential. A report from 2023 revealed that 67% of energy and utility companies faced ransomware attacks, with many incidents exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities. Incident response plans: Organizations should have tested recovery plans in place.

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Russia-linked APT28 compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to facilitate cyber operations

Security Affairs

. “As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” The operation reversibly modified the routers’ firewall rules to block remote management access to the devices. ” reads the joint report.

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CSTA Turns 400 – Proof That Technology Integrations Is Exactly What You Are Looking For

Cisco Security

With the addition of Kenna Security into our program we now have over 250 technology partners and over 400 integrations for our mutual customers to utilize. Cisco Secure Firewall integrations. Cisco Secure Firewall has several new partner integrations. The Secure Firewall app for Splunk has been updated. Read more here.

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China-linked APT Volt Typhoon exploited a zero-day in Versa Director

Security Affairs

Although details are limited, Versa Networks confirmed one case where the vulnerability was exploited due to a customer’s failure to implement recommended firewall guidelines. It intercepts credentials by hooking into Versa’s “setUserPassword” method, encrypting and storing them on disk.

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Head Mare and Twelve join forces to attack Russian entities

SecureList

Additionally, Head Mare attacks utilized command-and-control (C2) servers exclusively linked to Twelve prior to these incidents. Anti-detection techniques Head Mare continued to use the Masquerading technique (T1655), naming utility executables like standard operating system files. doc" --include "*.docx" pdf" --include "*.xls"

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Duo Desktop: Packed with Features to Ease MFA and Boost Security

Duo's Security Blog

Utilizing Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), this feature ensures your devices are nearby when logging in and automatically responds to the push verification without requiring user input. It checks critical elements such as your OS version and patch level, password protection, disk encryption, firewall status, and security agents.

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The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

For advantages, private blockchains are more scalable and energy-efficient with suggested use cases of banking and supply chain management. Since the 1970s, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) has offered encryption , authentication, bootstrapping, and digital signatures to secure digital communications. DDoS: Overwhelming the Network.