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More Than 90 Percent of Malware in Q2 Came Via Encrypted Traffic: WatchGuard

eSecurity Planet

percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. Top Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors for 2021.

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PRODUCT REVIEW: Nisos OSINT Monitoring and Analysis

CyberSecurity Insiders

Today, organizations use managed services to address a wide range of problems, from managing firewalls and networks, to endpoints and SIEMs. Open source intelligence (OSINT) refers to any information that can be gathered from sources such as the dark web, open source, and social media platforms to detect threats targeting businesses.

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

In this article we will learn how to address and effectively respond to major enterprise cybersecurity threats and provide tips to mitigate IT security risk. Today, c yber security incidents lead to significant damage, alarming organizations of all types and sizes in different geographic locations.

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IDS & IPS Remain Important Even as Other Tools Add IDPS Features

eSecurity Planet

An ideal security stack provides continuous protection without gaps. IDS and IPS solutions help fill in the gaps between endpoint protection , firewalls , and other parts of the security stack. Even the smallest organizations know that they should implement firewalls and endpoint protection solutions.

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5 Stages of the Vulnerability Management Lifecycle

eSecurity Planet

This includes establishing explicit goals for your organization, such as improving security posture or reducing risk. This could include vulnerability scanners , configuration assessment tools, or security intelligence platforms. This process is sometimes called virtual patching.

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French Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?

Krebs on Security

An individual thought to be involved has earned accolades from the likes of Apple , Dell , and Microsoft for helping to find and fix security vulnerabilities in their products. In 2018, security intelligence firm HYAS discovered a malware network communicating with systems inside of a French national power company.

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10 Reasons to Trust Your Enterprise APIs

Cisco Security

This massive explosion in device growth will increase reliance on APIs which brings increased security risk. Besides unauthorized data exposure from the earlier example, unsecured APIs are ripe for all the risks outlined in the OWASP API Top 10 list. It represents a broad consensus about the most critical security risks to APIs.

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