eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A firewall audit is a procedure for reviewing and reconfiguring firewalls as needed so they still suit your organization’s security goals. Auditing your firewall is one of the most important steps to ensuring it’s still equipped to protect the perimeter of your business’ network.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 29, 2023

Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) offers firewall capabilities as a cloud-based service. Traditional firewalls protect the network perimeter, enforcing security standards by regulating incoming and outgoing traffic according to rules and traffic analysis. Why Is There a Need for FWaaS?

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Firewall Architecture Data privacy Internet 98

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

What’s more, it will likely take a blend of legacy security technologies – in advanced iterations – combined with a new class of smart security tools to cut through the complexities of defending contemporary business networks. That said, a couple of prominent legacy technologies seem sure to endure as security cornerstones, moving forward.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 4, 2019

Really interesting paper calculating the worldwide cost of cybercrime: Abstract: In 2012 we presented the first systematic study of the costs of cybercrime. Our conclusions remain broadly the same as in 2012:it would be economically rational to spend less in anticipation of cybercrime (on antivirus, firewalls, etc.)

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2022

Security Information Event Management (SIEM) systems are an outdated technology. It’s no longer enough to just manage information – today’s organizations need technology that can proactively detect and respond to dynamic threats as well. Security teams who are relying on SIEMs are using technology that is rapidly becoming obsolete.

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Technology Threat Detection Artificial Intelligence Architecture 105

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2020

The Blacklist Alliance provides technologies and services to marketing firms concerned about lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a 1991 law that restricts the making of telemarketing calls through the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial or prerecorded voice messages.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

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.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Originally designed to enable remote development, this technology provides full endpoint access, including command execution and filesystem manipulation.” This tactic also allowed them to bypass firewall restrictions and evade closer scrutiny. ” concludes the report.

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Firewall Malware Accountability Technology 74

Cisco Security

JANUARY 6, 2022

IDC recently had the opportunity to talk to CISOs regarding the integration of Cisco Secure Workload and Secure Firewall. The ever-present need to move quickly to stay ahead of cybercriminals require tools to “just work. As analysts, we can articulate the technical benefits. Our conversations were quite illuminating.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

CISA adds Array Networks AG and vxAG ArrayOS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Thai police arrested Chinese hackers involved in SMS blaster attacks Zyxel firewalls targeted in recent ransomware attacks Malware campaign abused flawed Avast Anti-Rootkit driver Russia-linked APT TAG-110 uses targets Europe and Asia Russia-linked threat (..)

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Cybercrime Firewall Ransomware Social Engineering 71

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Related: ‘Cyber Pearl Harbor’ is upon us There are dozens technology giants, cybersecurity vendors, government agencies and industry consortiums that identify and blacklist IP addresses and web page URLs that are obviously being used maliciously; and hundreds more independent white hat hackers are doing much the same.

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Firewall Cybersecurity Internet Internet 193

Anton on Security

OCTOBER 18, 2024

If you look at LinkedIn, many consultants present themselves as trusted advisors to CISOs or their teams. In what way is this new technology actually even more risky? Perhaps we will eventually invent a semantic firewall for it? I plan to do X with Y and this affects security, is this a good idea?

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Kaspersky presented detailed technical analysis of this case in three parts. Fortinet firewall vulnerabilities What happened? Consider OpenAI, with technologies that are used in a wide range of assistants, from Apple and GitHub Copilot to Morgan Stanley ‘s proprietary tools. Why does it matter?

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Internet Internet Risk Social Engineering 114

The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2021

Criminal hackers recognized the golden opportunity presented by hundreds of millions employees suddenly using a company VPN to work from home and remotely connect to an array of business apps. VPNs and RDP both enable remote access that can put an intruder deep inside the firewall. RPD presents a similar exposure.

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VPN Firewall Encryption Accountability 214

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 9, 2023

Technology oversight is a common mandate across IT and security frameworks and compliance specifications, but achieving that oversight is difficult. First, technology and operational intelligence, across the myriad of users, endpoints, applications and infrastructure, is siloed and fragmented. By Scott Gordon, CISSP, Oomnitza .

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Locking down web gateways and erecting a robust firewall were considered the be-all and end-all. And at present, there is a lot of redundancy in the realm of DPI. Incapsula was acquired by web application firewall vendor Imperva. Connectivity was relatively uncomplicated. Fast forward to the 21 st Century’s third decade.

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Firewall Digital transformation Internet Internet 213

SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Statistics on registered vulnerabilities As is customary, this section presents statistics on registered vulnerabilities. Exploitation statistics This section presents statistics on exploit usage in Q3 2024. Interesting vulnerabilities This section presents information about vulnerabilities of interest that were registered in Q3 2024.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 17, 2021

To defend its web applications, the bank chose to go with an open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF), called ModSecurity, along with an open-source Apache web server. Twenty years ago it was deemed sufficient to erect a robust firewall and keep antivirus software updated. Hunting vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

We use passwords to authenticate our users, run antivirus to keep malware off our endpoints , monitor our networks, and implement firewalls so we can have multiple defenses against attackers. All these technologies can present security challenges, which makes zero trust principles important in any remote access solution.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

Next-generation firewalls NGFW Fortinet Palo Alto Networks. Web application firewall WAF Akamai Imperva. With comprehensive visibility across endpoints, automatic defensive mechanisms, and built-in firewalls, the Kaspersky EDR is a global leader in making endpoint protection seamless. Network access control NAC Cisco ForeScout.

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Network Security Firewall Software Technology 117

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 8, 2022

The security researcher in the above stated reference is Ken Pyle, who is about to present his analysis at the Las Vegas conference between August 11-14th this year and will represent formally CYBIR.com. The post Critical Vulnerability in Emergency Alert Systems of United States appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Computers and Electronics Firewall Mobile Media 97

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 12, 2020

Your questions about deception technology in cybersecurity, answered. What exactly is deception technology and how can it play a vital part in your cyber defense? Meyer was presenting as part of the SecureWorld Virtual Conference series. Meyer was presenting as part of the SecureWorld Virtual Conference series.

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Anton on Security

JANUARY 20, 2022

I remember how our engineers struggled in 2002 with some API-based collection from a known firewall vendor. BTW, lots of names for this technology space were in use back then, ultimately SIM/SEM won and then was forever fused together by Gartner. If you are curious, what did people care about those days?

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The hope is that Matter gives rise to an emerging technology ecosystem in which interoperability deepens not just in smart homes, but across multiple interconnected systems.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2019

Within these government labs and agencies, taking place is a groundswell of innovation in deep technology cyber disciplines to the tune of billions of dollars annually over the past three decades. In Silicon Valley, the initial technology seeds were planted in World War II, when the U.S.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

One MIT study suggests that it will take at least a decade before that technology is readily available. However, emerging technology will also provide a new target for cyber bad actors. The report describes multiple scenarios in which drivers could encounter attacks that threaten both their technology and their safety.

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Technology Manufacturing Risk DDOS 129

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The “move to cloud” presents significant cybersecurity challenges for critical infrastructure related industries, that still put a premium on one element of the C-I-A triad (confidentiality, integrity and availability) over others, namely availability [ii]. Overreliance on perimeter firewalls and industrial IDS tools.

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IoT Architecture Energy and Utilities Firewall 134

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Essentially, this concept encompasses the technologies, processes, and policies used to secure an organization's data and ensure operational continuity. Most of these are long-standing stratagems, but as they evolve in lockstep with technological advancements, it's worth scrutinizing them through the lens of the present-day IT landscape.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

A cyberattack on gambling giant IGT disrupted portions of its IT systems China-linked APT Gelsemium uses a new Linux backdoor dubbed WolfsBane Microsoft seized 240 sites used by the ONNX phishing service U.S.

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Cybercrime Artificial Intelligence Hacking VPN 71

Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Untrusted remote users need a secure way to navigate the internet and corporate firewalls to establish trust and gain access. On the Client: The user is presented with the file (or pertinent SMB file operation output) Who is using DNG? No more firewall, no more AAA or whatsoever complicated thing. How does DNG for SMB work?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 20, 2023

The technologies we deploy to protect our data have been overwhelmed by a flood of malicious traffic and security teams are forced to respond to more and more alerts from more and more tools, worried that one misstep could result in disaster. As such, TBaaS is very much a “left of boom” technology. This is unsustainable.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2019

Enterprises have spent billions of dollars on next-gen technology solutions, yet security analysts are getting increasingly frustrated. Launched in 2013 by Nir Polak , a former top exec at web application firewall vendor Imperva, Exabeam appears to be on the right track. Forty-nine percent said they were not aligned at all.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 7, 2024

The annual Black Hat conference, happening this week in Las Vegas, is renowned not only for its cutting-edge presentations and workshops but also for its robust cybersecurity measures that protect the large event from malicious threat actors. This includes firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and monitoring tools.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Securing the expanding, sprawling, and sometimes conflicting collection of technologies that make up network security provides constant challenges for security professionals. When the internet arrived, the network added a firewall to protect networks and users as they connected to the world wide web.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Rather than doors, locks and vaults, IT departments rely on a combination of strategies, technologies, and user awareness training to protect an enterprise against cybersecurity attacks that can compromise systems, steal data and other valuable company information, and damage an enterprise’s reputation. What is Cybersecurity Risk Management?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Do you recall when the phrase “Digital Transformation” seemed like just the latest technology buzzword, and it seemed so far off in the future as to be one of those projects for another day? Both of these hold interesting approaches, but the main purpose of any transformation is in the value derived from the change from legacy technologies.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Generative AI automates this process by: Creating Real-Time Responses : AI systems can generate firewall rules, isolate compromised systems, or deploy patches within seconds of detecting an attack. Automating Incident Response When a cyberattack occurs, a swift response is crucial. Develop sophisticated malware.

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