SecureWorld News

JULY 1, 2025

UnitedHealth now estimates that the February 2024 breach of its Change Healthcare subsidiary compromised data for 190 million Americans , delaying prescriptions and disrupting insurance billing nationwide. People remain the firewall of last resort. Even near misses erode institutional legitimacy and public trust.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Penetration Testing Product Guides 9 Best Penetration Testing Tools 10 Top Open Source Penetration Testing Tools Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) move beyond the traditional perimeter of a network to provide protections at the application layer of the TCP/IP stack.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As the name suggests, Bitdefender Premium Security is a premium endpoint antivirus solution that offers malware protection, unlimited virtual private network (VPN) traffic, and priority support for Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS endpoints. The software includes Premium Antivirus, Secure VPN, and Safe Browsing. Key Differentiators.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The Daixin Team group gains initial access to victims through virtual private network (VPN) servers. In one successful attack, the attackers likely exploited an unpatched vulnerability in the organization’s VPN server. In another compromise, the group leveraged on compromised credentials to access a legacy VPN server.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Basic cybersecurity defenses still apply: next generation firewalls (NGFW) , endpoint detection and response (EDR) platforms, employee cybersecurity training , patching. Digital forensics for insurance, medical, legal, and Fortune 500 companies. Incident report for law enforcement and insurance. Proven Data’s key services.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

Perimeter security tools include: Firewalls: Filter traffic and monitor access based upon firewall rules and policies for the network, network segment, or assets protected by different types of firewalls. These techniques can use built-in software features (for firewalls, operating systems, etc.)

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2022

I will buy accounts for access to corporate VPNs or firewalls (FortiGate, SonicWall, PulseSecure, etc.) Request for access to corporate VPN. I sell VPN accounts of USA companies, revenue is 1kkk$. Access type: VPN. Access type: VPN. Sale] VPN-RDP accounts for network access. Access type: VPN-RDP.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 17, 2023

The first security measure businesses adopted during the pandemic was using VPNs that allowed employees to work remotely while still enjoying connectivity and security. Installing a firewall on every workplace computer and tablet can protect the core of each hard drive from malware that may have been accidentally installed.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2023

Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager Aruba ClearPass provides role- and device-based network access control for employees, students, contractors and guests across any multi-vendor wired, wireless and VPN infrastructure. Users report a 25,000 concurrent user appliance can “ easily handle between 250 and 300 authentications per second.”

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 14, 2025

To gain access to internal networks, Akira targeted local accounts with disabled multifactor authentication (MFA) and SonicOS firmware versions vulnerable to exploitation, often exposed to the internet for virtual private network (VPN) access.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 21, 2024

The costs of recovering from such incidents, especially for smaller organizations without cyber insurance, can be devastating. For instance, hardware- or software-based firewalls can monitor incoming and outgoing network traffic and block suspicious activity.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

AES encryption can be commonly found in communication protocols, virtual private network (VPN) encryption, full-disk encryption, and Wi-Fi transmission protocols. For example, The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires security features such as encryption to protect patients’ health information.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyber insurance. To enhance security, organizations should block direct internet access to RDP services using firewalls and restrict access to internal networks and VPNs.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Deny-lists (aka: blacklist) : Blocks specific websites or IP addresses by adding them to a list for firewalls to ignore; very difficult to manage at scale. Next generation (NGFW) or web and application firewalls (WAF) : Include DDoS protection within the large number of features and capabilities to protect network traffic.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

If that's a no-go for whatever reason, a Wi-Fi VPN can do the heavy lifting in terms of traffic encryption. This mechanism was seen in a series of highly-targeted attacks against businesses representing different industries, including finance, insurance, automotive, and investment management.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Some of CISAs mitigation recommendations for cybersecurity teams are: Adopt the principle of least privilege , segment the perimeter network, and adopt firewalls, access control lists and intrusion prevention systems. The organization used software that is known to be insecure and outdated.

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Identity IQ

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This includes the use of encryption, firewalls, secure networks, and other tools that make it harder for hackers to access sensitive data. Encryption, for example, scrambles your data so that even if someone intercepts it, they can’t read it without the decryption key.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Some can’t afford not to pay, and some are covered by cyber insurance. In general, the fewer assets you have exposed to the internet the better, so if it doesn’t need to be out there, remove it, and bring it inside your virtual private network (VPN). Should I get a ransomware cyber insurance policy?

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BH Consulting

JUNE 20, 2023

One may know what the term VPN means, but what about when a VPN should be used and more importantly – not used, and what are the risks of using a VPN versus the benefits. Similarly, a firewall, network access control, privileged identity management, SSL, TLS etc. incorrect names or addresses on an insurance policy.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 22, 2025

This represents a 34% increase over last years report and is driven in part by the zero-day exploitation of VPN and edge device vulnerabilities asset classes that traditional endpoint detection and response (EDR) vendors struggle to assess effectively. CVE-2024-47575 FortiManager Missing Authentication in fgfmsd Vulnerability (FortiJump) 9.8

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Perimeter81 VPN and zero trust 2020 Private Wiz Cloud security 2020 Private OneTrust Privacy management 2019 Private Darktrace AI network security 2017 Private Recorded Future Threat intelligence 2017 Acquired: Insight Thycotic Access management 2015 Private Checkmarx Application security 2015 Acquired: P.E.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

His name is Omar Masri and he's a software engineer and also the founder and CEO of Mamari.io, which helps businesses overcome the cost and complexities of cybersecurity, preventing attacks while meeting compliance and cyber insurance requirements. You got hacked, you’re sort of just paid, your insurance covered it. How Mamori.io

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyber insurance. To enhance security, organizations should block direct internet access to RDP services using firewalls and restrict access to internal networks and VPNs.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2022

. “Install EDR on every computer (for example, Sentinel, Cylance, CrowdStrike); set up more complex storage system; protect LSAS dump on all computers; have only 1 active accounts; install latest security updates; install firewall on all network.” “They are insured for cyber risks, so what are we waiting for?

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