Daniel Miessler

MAY 8, 2020

Next come your social media accounts, and then any accounts that control IoT systems in your house. Do you have internet-connected lights, appliances, gaming systems, media systems, etc? This is where you take your higher-risk systems, like your IoT devices, your entertainment systems, gaming systems, etc.,

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Digital Shadows

MARCH 12, 2025

The gambling subsector was hit hardest, followed by the music, media, and tourism industries. Proactively patching vulnerabilities and securing web applications with firewalls and secure coding practices are also crucial steps.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 6, 2023

Worse, Sabetan reports that Nexx has “ consistently ignored communication attempts from myself, the Department of Homeland Security, and the media ” One has to wonder if the company is unwilling or unable to fix the issue. Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls and isolate them from business networks.

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Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Watch what you post on social media; cybercriminals often use them to gather Personal Identifying Information (PII) and corporate information. Build a Human Firewall. Securing your work environment requires you to create what is referred to among security professionals as a human firewall. Don’t make passwords easy to guess.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Exposing the Internet of Things (IoT) Universe. Consumer electronics, business, network appliances, and industrial IoT (IIoT) devices are all driving the exponential growth of IoT systems. Consumer electronics, business, network appliances, and industrial IoT (IIoT) devices are all driving the exponential growth of IoT systems.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

To help address this cybersecurity and privacy problem, the UK government will soon roll out the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Bill that bans the use of default passwords for all internet-connected devices for the home, which we all call the Internet of Things (IoT).

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 19, 2019

Launched in 2013 by Nir Polak, a former top exec at web application firewall vendor Imperva, Exabeam in just half a decade has raised an eye-popping $115 million in venture capital, grown to almost 350 employees and reaped over 100 percent revenue growth in each of the last three years.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Media sources reported that explosives had been concealed within the devices. Fortinet firewall vulnerabilities What happened? Kernel exploitation in Windows and Linux The two major operating systems power many of the world’s critical assets, including servers, manufacturing equipment, logistics systems and IoT devices.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 14, 2022

“Since the barrier-to-entry for threat actors is now lower than ever with easily accessible DDoS-for-hire services and IP stressers, compromised IoT devices can and will drive this growth,” said Charles Choe, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Akamai. Quality and accuracy of mitigation. Fast and simple on-boarding. Cloudflare.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

Schrader said especially on embedded devices in industrial control systems – which are often not patchable – this can have severe consequences as availability has become paramount in IoT environments. “A The post DoS vulnerability found in Eclipse Jetty appeared first on SC Media.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

ransomware builder used by multiple threat actors Cisco fixes 3 high-severity DoS flaws in NX-OS and FXOS software Cybercrime Unpacking the MOVEit Breach: Statistics and Analysis Cl0p Ups The Ante With Massive MOVEit Transfer Supply-Chain Exploit FBI, Partners Dismantle Qakbot Infrastructure in Multinational Cyber Takedown U.S.

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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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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Introduction Social media platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook are now essential for communication and business, making them prime targets for cybercriminals. You may like to read more about Social Media Botnets – Hackers leveraging bots for large-scale attacks What Are Zero-Day Exploits? million users.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

million and grown to 42 employees, winning customers in leading media firms, financial services companies and government agencies in the Nordics. Given we’re just at the start of IoT systems taking over our lives, it seems inevitable that SMBs, in particular, will have to pay closer attention to daily attacks at the application layer.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Will Enable Mass Spying Reddit Says Leaked U.S.-U.K. billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Staying safe on social networks Prioritize safe communication habits on social media platforms. Periodically, at least once a quarter, review the security settings of your social media accounts and the apps linked to them. Consider segmenting your Wi-Fi networks: one for main use, one for guests, and another for IoT devices.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2025

Exploits can spread without user interaction, leading to outcomes from playing media to serious intrusions like eavesdropping via device microphones in sensitive environments. CVE-2025-24132 is a stack-based buffer overflow flaw in the AirPlay SDK, enabling zero-click, wormable RCE on all supported speakers and receivers.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2023

“Nexx has not replied to any correspondence from myself, DHS (CISA and US-CERT) or VICE Media Group.” To mitigate the risk of the exploitation of the above flaws, it is recommended to disable internet connectivity for vulnerable Nexx devices or protect them with a firewall. ” reads a post published by Sabetan.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Further, all computers shared the same password for remote access and appeared to be connected directly to the Internet without any type of firewall protection installed,” the report continued. Ideally, such courses will take into consideration critical infrastructure’s unique blend of IT, OT and IoT.

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SC Magazine

MAY 18, 2021

It changed what was considered normal within that network, introducing more users overall, more mobile devices popping up on the network, and new cloud applications and IoT devices. The manufacturing company will continue to rely heavily on connected devices, and are also developing security models to manage IoT device security.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

As enterprise IT environments have expanded to include mobile and IoT devices and cloud and edge technology, new types of tests have emerged to address new risks, but the same general principles and techniques apply. See the Top Web Application Firewalls 4. Complete Guide & Steps.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Now we’re starting to see a convergence of these two into IoT, [although] traditionally the two groups never really worked a whole lot with each other,” said Sanders. The post Water utility CISO offers tips to stay secure as IT and OT converge appeared first on SC Media. So far, “it’s been going really well,” she said.

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Most of these training programs are computer-based, and focus on various topics, including cloud, social media safety, safeguarding privacy, best practices for mobile and remote computing, and other important topics that are essential to reduce cyber threats. Reduce human risk. We can shape the cybersecurity future.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption can also be found incorporated into a variety of network security and cloud security solutions, such as cloud access security brokers (CASB), next-generation firewalls (NGFW), password managers , virtual private networks (VPN), and web application firewalls (WAF). that can perform encryption using less power and memory.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 17, 2023

The latest version of MetaAccess solution extends network access control to cover software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud resources, and a wide variety of “headless devices” such as internet of things (IoT), operations technology (OT), industrial control systems (ICS), medical devices, and industrial IoT (IIoT).

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

For modern networks, the introduction of new endpoints – be it remote laptops for personnel or client IoT devices – is a roadblock being actively addressed. For every digital asset – configuration, firewall rules, VM images, etc. Types of Endpoints Matter. Guardtime matches it with a cryptographic container. Block Armour.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an area that is gradually coming under the UEM banner, according to Apu Pavithran, CEO and founder of Hexnode. IoT has entered almost every enterprise, and just as with every mobile device and PC, the need to manage IoT will soon be predominant,” Pavithran said. VMware Workspace One.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Another example seen this year was KV-Botnet , which was deployed on vulnerable firewalls, routers and IP cameras and used to conceal the malicious activities of Volt Typhoon, the actor behind it. Additionally, IoT devices frequently run on embedded systems with firmware that can be easily analyzed for vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The list below shows some other methods cybersecurity experts use to discover new zero day threats: Monitoring the news on social media and the internet, watching for sudden changes in cyber activities. Zero day threats are discovered by many people and organizations. Tracking recent trends in malware code and technique updates. Trust no one.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

DX is the wider context, here, in the sense that DX is made possible because of the rise of “datafication” — the processes by which we’ve come to rapaciously collect and store mind-boggling amounts of data from web forms, social media, mobile apps, surveillance cameras, IoT sensors and the like.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Penetration tests include the use of vulnerability scanning tools and will generally be applied against external security devices and applications including, but not limited to, firewalls , web servers, web applications, gateways , and VPN servers. Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to the network, such as security cameras, TVs, etc.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2019

. “Many devices such as cameras, printers, and routers use UPnP to make it easy for them to automatically discover and vet other devices on a local network and communicate with each other for data sharing or media streaming. UPnP works with network protocols to configure communications in the network.”

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 23, 2023

Web domains, social media profiles, business collaboration software platforms, or email accounts are all a part of your organization’s external attack surface because they all potentially serve as a point of access that threat actors can exploit to cause a breach or gain access to sensitive data.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

CISA also issued several recommendations and stressed that administrators should take defensive measures to reduce the risk posed by device vulnerabilities , such as minimizing network exposure, ensuring devices aren’t accessible from the internet, and keeping remote devices behind firewalls.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It may be hard to believe, but there are still Windows Vista and even XP boxes in use out there (although they are unsupported and riddled with security holes) as well as obsolete systems like Adobe Media Player. A good patch management service picks up such instances and either patches them or has them removed. Patch Management Features.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Managers need to secure their organization’s remote access by adding endpoint protection, using good password hygiene, installing network firewalls, and most important, continuously monitoring their remote activity. Industrial networks contain thousands of OT and IoT devices from a variety of vendors.

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SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Managers need to secure their organization’s remote access by adding endpoint protection, using good password hygiene, installing network firewalls, and most important, continuously monitoring their remote activity. Industrial networks contain thousands of OT and IoT devices from a variety of vendors.

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