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Avast One Firewall | Avast

Security Boulevard

This is one of the ways that large-scale malware attacks of the past, like Blaster in 2002, were able to spread themselves quickly and widely across networks. The post Avast One Firewall | Avast appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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20 Years of SIEM: Celebrating My Dubious Anniversary

Anton on Security

On Jan 20, 2002 , exactly 20 years ago, I joined a “SIM” vendor that shall remain nameless, but is easy to figure out. I remember how our engineers struggled in 2002 with some API-based collection from a known firewall vendor. Thinking back to 2002, SOX just came out, HIPAA was new and cool, while PCI DSS … was not born yet.

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Anton’s Alert Fatigue: The Study

Anton on Security

Now, take your time machine to 2002. An easy answer I get from many industry colleagues is that we could have easily solved the problem at 2002 levels of data volumes, environment complexity and threat activity. At the time, these were alerts from firewalls and IDS systems. Mention “alert fatigue” to a SOC analyst.

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20 Years of SIEM: Celebrating My Dubious Anniversary

Security Boulevard

On Jan 20, 2002 , exactly 20 years ago, I joined a “SIM” vendor that shall remain nameless, but is easy to figure out. I remember how our engineers struggled in 2002 with some API-based collection from a known firewall vendor. Thinking back to 2002, SOX just came out, HIPAA was new and cool, while PCI DSS … was not born yet.

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New TunnelVision technique can bypass the VPN encapsulation

Security Affairs

The researchers speculate that the vulnerability existed in DHCP since 2002, when option 121 was implemented. The experts provided other mitigations, including using Firewall Rules, Ignoring Option 121, using a Hot Spot or VM, and avoiding use untrusted networks.

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FBI’s investigation accidentally revealed the HelloKitty ransomware gang operates out of Ukraine

Security Affairs

The FBI believes HelloKitty exploited a vulnerability in our third-party firewall, enabling the hackers to gain entry to the network.” CVE-2021-20016 , CVE-2021-20021 , CVE-2021-20022 , CVE-2021-2002 ) or using compromised credentials. ” The HelloKitty gang has been active since January 2021 and it is still active.

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Security Yearbook’ preserves cybersecurity history — highlights tectonic shift

The Last Watchdog

Related: The role of PKI is securing digital transformation That was in 2002. Cybersecurity, which started with antivirus suites, spam filters and firewalls, has mushroomed into a $103 billion industry. Cybersecurity, which started with antivirus suites, spam filters and firewalls, has mushroomed into a $103 billion industry.