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Malware Evolves to Present New Threats to Developers

Security Boulevard

Network control measures like firewalls, secure socket layer (SSL), and data loss prevention (DLP) tools sought to outmaneuver malicious code rather than directly combat it. Threat actors quickly realized the shared-responsibility model used by cloud services presented ample opportunities for exploitation. a trusted vendor.

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MY TAKE: Log4j’s big lesson – legacy tools, new tech are both needed to secure modern networks

The Last Watchdog

Its rather mundane function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon, later. Left unpatched Log4Shell vulnerabilities present easy paths for a threat actor to take full control of the underlying system. Firewalls predate SIEMs.

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Managed or Unmanaged Device? Duo’s Device Trust Has You Covered

Duo's Security Blog

The lightweight application collects device health information such as Operating System (OS) version , firewall status, disk encryption status, presence of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) agents and password status. Administrators can set access policies based on device health.

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A Russian cyber vigilante is patching outdated MikroTik routers exposed online

Security Affairs

Alexey is a Russian-speaking cyber vigilante that decided to fix the MikroTik routers and he claims to be e system administrator. “I added firewall rules that blocked access to the router from outside the local network,” Alexey wrote. The experts at Tenable Research presented the technique on October 7 at DerbyCon 8.0

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Top 10 web application vulnerabilities in 2021–2023

SecureList

Compared to Broken Access Control, Sensitive Data Exposure contained a greater number of low-risk vulnerabilities, but high-risk ones were present as well. Set firewall filters to prevent access to unauthorized domains. Sensitive Data Exposure This type of vulnerabilities is another one frequently found in web applications.

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What Are the Best Cybersecurity Certifications in 2023?

SecureWorld News

As well as knowledge sharing, this network can present new opportunities in terms of career advancement, collaborations, and partnerships. Focusing on TCP/IP protocol suites, this certification centers around the methods used when creating and configuring firewall solutions.

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Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security

eSecurity Planet

Recent years presented a torrent of research showing how vulnerable RDP systems are for organizations not taking additional cybersecurity precautions. A few days later, IT systems started malfunctioning with ransom messages following. Check Point.

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