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French Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?

Krebs on Security

“It is possible that an infected computer is beaconing, but is unable to egress to the command and control due to outbound firewall restrictions.” ” A LinkedIn profile for a Yassine Algangaf says he’s a penetration tester from the Guelmim province of Morocco. to for a user named “ fatal.001.”

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Top IoT Security Solutions of 2021

eSecurity Planet

In 2016, $91 million was spent on IoT endpoint security solutions. In addition to Cyber Vision, the Cisco IoT Threat Defense also includes firewalls , identity service engines (ISE), secure endpoints, and SOAR. Administrators can configure firewall policies by assigning access and permissions based on user roles.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Verodin Cybersecurity analytics 2018 Acquired by FireEye Kenna Security Risk management 2018 Acquired by Cisco PhishMe Incident response 2016 Acquired: P.E. Read more : Best Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors. BVP Investments. Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security. Kleiner Perkins.

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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

Penetration testing and red teamers are critical for remaining vigilant in an ever-changing threat environment and catching the vulnerabilities otherwise missed. In 2016, only 40% of websites protected their web pages and visiting users with HTTPS. The History and Future of Encryption.

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Top Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

Breach and attack simulation (BAS) is a relatively new IT security technology that can automatically spot vulnerabilities in an organization’s cyber defenses, akin to continuous, automated penetration testing. Founded in 2016, the Rishon LeZion-based vendor specializes in breach and attack simulation and security posture verification.

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Malware researcher reverse engineered a threat that went undetected for at least 2 years

Security Affairs

to query WMI in order to retrieve installed AntiVirus and Installed Firewall information. VT shows the first time it captured that hash (sha256): it was in 2016. But what about the almost 2 years between December 2016 and August 2018? Significative the choice to use a .reg

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The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

For every digital asset – configuration, firewall rules, VM images, etc. Headquartered in Kyiv, Hacken was also founded in 2017 and offers solutions in three areas: blockchain security, penetration testing , and security assessments. Guardtime matches it with a cryptographic container. Chronicled.