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Fortinet VPN with default certificate exposes 200,000 businesses to hack

Security Affairs

According to SAM Seamless Network , over 200,000 businesses are using Fortigate VPN with default settings, exposing them to the risk of a hack. In response to the spreading of Coronavirus across the world, many organizations deployed VPN solutions, including Fortigate VPN, to allow their employers to work from their homes.

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Spyware in the IoT – the Biggest Privacy Threat This Year

SiteLock

Simply defined, the internet of things (IoT) is a network of Internet-connected objects able to collect and exchange data. In today’s digital-driven world, IoT connects almost everything including homes, offices, and vehicles, allowing users the convenience of activating and operating nearly any device remotely. Think again.

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Why BYOD Is the Favored Ransomware Backdoor

eSecurity Planet

This category also includes routers, switches, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices that can’t install traditional endpoint protection such as antivirus (AV) or endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions. Sophos X-Ops illustrates how remote encryption operates beyond security tool detection.

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A New Standard for Mobile App Security

Google Security

Over 20 industry stakeholders, including Google , Amazon , and a number of certified labs such as NCC Group and Dekra , as well as automated mobile app security testing vendors like NowSecure collaborated to develop this new security standard for mobile apps.

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GUEST ESSAY: Here’s how Secure Access Service Edge — ‘SASE’ — can help, post Covid-19

The Last Watchdog

Gartner refers to this as the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), which is a framework combining the functionality of Wide Area Network (WAN) with network security services to shield against any cyber threats or cloud-enabled SaaS. It incorporates zero-trust technologies and software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN).

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Portnox Cloud: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

RADIUS and TACACS+ apply to specific types of endpoints, but the ZTNA-as-a-Service product works for all kinds of devices, including Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) endpoints, Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, operations technology (OT), industrial control systems (ICS), and industrial IoT (IIoT).

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Contec SolarView: Critical Bug Unpatched After 14 MONTHS

Security Boulevard

PV OT: VPN PDQ! The post Contec SolarView: Critical Bug Unpatched After 14 MONTHS appeared first on Security Boulevard. CVSS known since May 2022—but still exploitable on 400+ net-connected OT/ICS/SCADA systems.

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