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What Are Firewall Rules? Ultimate Guide & Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Management permit rules: For example, send a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap to a network management server. Deny and alert: Notify systems administrator of potentially malicious traffic. They also determine whether traffic from an internal source is permitted to leave the network (outbound).

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New York: Cyberattack Is Twitter's Fault, Let's Increase Regulation

SecureWorld News

The teens also took over Twitter accounts of several cryptocurrency companies regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). In its new report, the New York State Department of Financial Services says the cyberattack and resulting bitcoin scam netted the teen hackers at least $118,000.

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FBI: Credential Stuffing Leads to Millions in Fraudulent Transfers

SecureWorld News

Although neither entity reported any fraud, one of the attacks resulted in an extended system outage that prevented the collection of nearly $2 million in revenue. The cyber criminals then used bill payment services to submit fraudulent payments—about $40,000 in total—to themselves, which they then wired to foreign banking accounts.

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

Always keep your eyes open to control-rights of the senior IT managers or systems administrators with the authority to configure servers, firewalls, cloud storage, and file-sharing (or another network privilege).