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What Is Secure Remote Access?

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To protect your team’s remote communications, your security team must understand the weaknesses of remote access protocols and why securing them is so important. How Secure Remote Access Works Remote access technology uses protocols to make one computer’s content available to another one.

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16 Remote Access Security Best Practices to Implement

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Remote access security acts as something of a virtual barrier, preventing unauthorized access to data and assets beyond the traditional network perimeter. The technologies for secure remote access can range from VPNs and multi-factor authentication to more advanced access and zero trust controls.

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VulnRecap 3/11/24 – JetBrains & Atlassian Issues Persist

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According to the National Instutite of Standards and Technology, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox in ESXi, but in Workstation and Fusion, the vulnerability could lead to code execution on machines where the products are installed. This issue affects VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. LTS) 8.5.5 (LTS)

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Ransomware Groups Look for Inside Help

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Historically, ransomware has been delivered via email attachments or, more recently, using direct network access obtained through things like unsecure VPN accounts for software vulnerabilities,” Crane Hassold, director of threat intelligence at Abnormal Security, wrote in a blog post.

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VulnRecap 1/16/24 – Major Firewall Issues Persist

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The problem: Ivanti announced two vulnerabilities that affect Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and Ivanti Policy Secure products. The problem: Technology company Bosch has a thermostat, the BCC100, that’s vulnerable to firmware replacement from a threat actor. versions earlier than 21.2R3-S7 Junos OS 21.3 Versions 9.x

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Volt Typhoon Disrupts US Organizations, CISA Issues Alerts

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In November 2021, the FBI disclosed a FatPipe VPN exploit that enabled backdoor access via web shells. With increased network access and control , they have the capacity to alter operational technology (OT) assets and disrupt critical services. Want to strengthen your organization’s digital defenses?

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What is a Managed Security Service Provider? MSSPs Explained

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Risk assessments and gap analysis of existing security controls provide strategic and technical evaluations of an organization’s cybersecurity strategy to determine if critical assets are sufficiently protected. Traditionally, this leads to the use of VPNs or remote desktop functions to enable remote access to specific machines.