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Who’s Hacking You?

Webroot

By default, DNS traffic is unencrypted, allowing internet service providers and other third parties to monitor website requests, surveil browsing habits, and even duplicate web servers to redirect traffic. However, cybercriminals can also use legal DNS traffic surveillance to their advantage.

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IaaS Security: Top 8 Issues & Prevention Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Security Misconfigurations Inadequately designed security settings, such as open ports, lax access restrictions, or misconfigured firewall rules, might expose infrastructure vulnerabilities. Automated Security Updates & Patching The underlying hardware and software infrastructure is managed and maintained by IaaS providers.

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Weakness at the Network Edge: Mandiant Examines 2022’s Zero-Day Exploits

eSecurity Planet

Targeting Firewalls and IPS/IDS Appliances In the case of CVE-2022-42475, a flaw in Fortinet’s FortiOS SSL-VPN, Mandiant observed a Chinese state-sponsored group exploiting the vulnerability in late 2022. firewalls, IPS/IDS appliances, etc.),” the researchers wrote.

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What Is Integrated Risk Management? Definition & Implementation

eSecurity Planet

The design company will install surveillance cameras and data loss prevention (DLP) technology to monitor physical and digital theft attempts. The 911 call center will use weather forecasts to predict power outages and network monitoring software to watch for both operations and security issues to computer and phone systems.

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What Is a Vulnerability Assessment? Types, Steps & Benefits

eSecurity Planet

Vulnerabilities that could potentially be used by attackers to obtain unauthorized network access, steal data, or harm a system or network are identified and analyzed using a variety of tools and technologies.

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MY TAKE: Can Project Furnace solve DX dilemma by combining serverless computing and GitOps?

The Last Watchdog

They walked me through how Project Furnace began as a quest to improve the output of SIEM (security information and event management) systems. Waite kept hitting brick walls — until inspiration hit him to try blending the core attributes of two leading-edge trends: serverless computing and GitOps.

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Cloud Security Fundamentals: Understanding the Basics

eSecurity Planet

Implement Security Controls Following NIST’s cloud security model, develop policies, methods, and technology for protecting cloud assets, such as access control, encryption, and network security. Evaluate cloud providers’ security features.