SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The elephant in the (server) room We've all seen the headlines: AI is taking over, deepfakes are fooling the masses, quantum computing will break encryption! Because no firewall, no AI-powered SOC, no quantum-proof encryption will save you if your employees keep clicking phishing emails, because let's face it. So what do we do?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2021

percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. Malware in Encrypted Traffic. A surprising 91.5

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Installing up-to-date firewalls , secure access controls, and intrusion detection systems is a must. Implement Data Encryption & Backup Protocols Encrypting sensitive data adds a layer of protection by ensuring that even if data is accessed, it remains unreadable without proper decryption keys.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A web application firewall — also known as a WAF — is basically a website’s gatekeeper. Of course, not all bots are dangerous; some serve a positive purpose, such as search engine crawling. And a web application firewall is your first line of defense to ward off attackers. What Do Web Application Firewalls Protect Against?

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

Today, there are two major types of common CMS platforms: •The older “traditional” or “monolithic” CMS platforms include a content repository (usually a multimedia database), the administrative console (where content is added and categorized), the presentation system (which makes nice-looking pages), and the search engine. Gierlinger.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

On the other hand, securing the network is always desirable as it helps secure access, encrypt traffic, and ease management. Being a leader in both security and networking, Cisco continues to bring security closer to networking, providing the network with built-in security, and enabling the network to act both as sensor and as an enforcer.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The Mexican Drug Cartels Want You Casio: Notice of Partial Service Outage and Information Leak Caused by Ransomware Attack He founded a “startup” to access sanctioned Russian websites: the cyber police of Khmelnytskyi region exposed the hacker Hacked ‘AI Girlfriend’ Data Shows Prompts Describing Child Sexual Abuse Malware Over 300,000!

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Cisco Security

MAY 17, 2021

Among the most consequential is Secure Firewall Threat Defense 7.0, We’ve increased throughput by up to 30%—across enabled AVC, IPS, and VPN services—for the majority of Cisco Secure Firewalls. With the new integration, Secure Workload dynamically informs Secure Firewall of recommended changes. Bringing Back Visibility .

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

All the encryption , firewalls , cryptography, SCADA systems , and other IT security measures would be useless if that were to occur. Some of the countermeasures that can be considered are CCTV, alarms, firewalls, exterior lighting, fences, and locks.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

For instance, included in the Pastebin files from Orvis were plaintext usernames and passwords for just about every kind of online service or security product the company has used, including: -Antivirus engines. Multiple firewall products. Encryption certificates. Data backup services. Linux servers. Cisco routers. Netflow data.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2023

Attendees will include cybersecurity professionals, policy makers, entrepreneurs and infrastructure engineers. Encryption in transit provides eavesdropping protection and payload authenticity. We want encryption in transit so no one can read sensitive data from our network traffic. Registration is free and open to the public.

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McAfee

JULY 29, 2021

Architected for the cloud-first and remote-first deployments, MVISION Cloud Firewall secures access to applications and resources on the internet, accessed from every remote site and location, through a cloud-native service model. Wherever networks went, firewalls followed.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

from Bybit, it is the largest cryptocurrency heist ever Apple removes iCloud encryption in UK following backdoor demand B1acks Stash released 1 Million credit cards U.S. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Lazarus APT stole $1.5B

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 16, 2025

Whether it's summarizing emails, recommending code, or interpreting natural language queries, AI has become the quiet engine under many digital hoods. Can you trust them to keep it encrypted, secure, and properly audited? Threat modeling isn't just for firewalls anymore. AI-specific risks: Is the model biased?

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

In a perfect world, the firewalls of our servers would only allow web traffic in from trusted ports. With the Cloud Snooper malware, however, untrusted web traffic sneaks past firewalls and enters right into Linux servers — a big no-no. encrypt extension being appended to affected files. How it works. Cheers extension.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Research network security mechanisms, such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and virtual private networks (VPNs). Learn about secure coding practices, web application firewalls (WAFs), and vulnerability scanning tools.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

” According to ID.me, a major driver of phony jobless claims comes from social engineering, where people have given away personal data in response to romance or sweepstakes scams, or after applying for what they thought was a legitimate work-from-home job. The amount of fraud we are fighting is truly staggering.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 7, 2022

Reports are in that the servers of Flood Monitoring System were hit by the file-encrypting malware on June 21st,2022 and the hackers are demanding BTC in double-digit figures to free data from encryption.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Locking down web gateways and erecting a robust firewall were considered the be-all and end-all. Kramer and Shatz envisioned providing a service that would function as a “global, single-pass networking and security engine in the cloud,” Greenfield added. “A Incapsula was acquired by web application firewall vendor Imperva.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

CISA adds Microsoft Outlook, Sophos XG Firewall, and other flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Cisco addressed two critical flaws in its Identity Services Engine (ISE) Notorious hacker behind 40+ cyberattacks on strategic organizations arrested Lazarus APT targets crypto wallets using cross-platform JavaScript stealer U.S.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

One way of dealing with that is to simply block the devices from receiving any updates: Troy, Firewall Rule number 1 for HA and Home IoT subnets (although breaks Wiz Bulb connectivity even though they have a “local” access API) pic.twitter.com/RGOhsGaq7F — GerryD ©? The vulnerability is the result of weak encryption used by TP-Link.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Secure coding, encryption, enhanced authentication, and other practices fall into this category. An employee aware of cyber threats, protection measures, and the main tactics of malicious actors is less prone to social engineering attempts or phishing attacks. A firewall can be among your first product security tools here.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The huge trove of data was discovered by Bob Diachenko from cybersecurity firm Hacken, most of the records were encrypted, but 689,272 records were stored in plaintext. The expert located the database by using IoT search engines such as Shodan and BinaryEdge.io. The archive included 2,332,115 records containing encrypted data (i.e.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2022

Privilege and other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Exchange Server, Excel, Office, PowerPoint, Malware Protection Engine, Internet Explorer and more (27 in all). Limit and encrypt VPNs. For remote admin and network services, disable clear text administration services, use adequate encryption and secure protocols (TLS 1.2

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

Cisco Secure Firewall integrations. Cisco Secure Firewall has several new partner integrations. CyberArk reduces VPN risk with MFA enforcement on any VPN client that supports RADIUS; including Cisco Secure Firewall. HashiCorp (Terraform) provides infrastructure automation and now supports Secure Firewall ASA.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Also Read: Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors. Other features include applying secure socket layer (SSL) or transport layer security (TLS) and AES-256 encryption. Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 14, 2025

Traditional protections like firewalls, encryption, MFA, and IDS/IPS continue to be crucial, but these are reactive methods to an extent, and their effectiveness heavily depends on how well they are configured. If they remain static in a dynamic environment, they'll become irrelevant very quickly.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

File properties analysis Entropy analysis We inspected the file as a ZIP and found that the sample abused the Everything library, a legitimate filename search engine that provides fast searching and real-time updates by indexing files in Windows systems. dll file, including its password. It is triggered by the sample once unpacked.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

Next-generation firewalls NGFW Fortinet Palo Alto Networks. Web application firewall WAF Akamai Imperva. With comprehensive visibility across endpoints, automatic defensive mechanisms, and built-in firewalls, the Kaspersky EDR is a global leader in making endpoint protection seamless. Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2021

With a multi-layered approach to endpoint protection, the ESET PROTECT Advanced solution fits small to medium-sized businesses and offers advanced EPP capabilities, full disk encryption , and an automated sandbox for dynamic threat analysis. Full Disk Encryption. Read more: 19 Best Encryption Software & Tools of 2021.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2022

This new integration supports Umbrella proxy, cloud firewall, IP, and DNS logs. This integration expands on Elastic’s on-going expansion of Cisco integrations including ASA, Nexus, Meraki, Duo and Secure Firewall Threat Defense. New Cisco Firepower Next-Gen Firewall Integrations. Read more here. Read more here.

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 7, 2024

When it comes to data security, you might think of firewalls, encryption, or vulnerability scanning. Enhancing your physical security can prevent hackers and social engineers from obtaining the information they need to access and steal card data. In addition, always encrypted card data storage.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

The tools also depend upon physical controls that should also be implemented against malicious physical access to destroy or compromise networking equipment such as routers, cables, switches, firewalls, and other networking appliances. These physical controls do not rely upon IT technology and will be assumed to be in place.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Managed Detection and Response Product Guide Top MDR Services and Solutions Encryption Full disk encryption, sometimes called whole disk encryption, is a data encryption approach for both hardware and software that involves encrypting all disk data, including system files and programs.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 11, 2024

By using CIS Benchmarks, network and security engineers can identify and harden configurations, and establish a more secure posture as suggested by the guidance. It breaks these guidelines into two sets of tasks: one for network engineers and another one for network defenders.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 13, 2023

Real-life examples of depth of defense Network Perimeter: Organizations often deploy firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and network monitoring tools at the network perimeter to prevent unauthorized access. Data Level: Encrypting sensitive data at rest and in transit is crucial to securing information.

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