The State of Security

JUNE 22, 2021

Back in September 2020, I configured a SonicWall network security appliance to act as a VPN gateway between physical devices in my home lab and cloud resources on my Azure account. The post Analyzing SonicWall’s Unsuccessful Fix for CVE-2020-5135 appeared first on The State of Security.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

With almost every aspect of business becoming more digital, enterprise network security software minimizes the impact of cyberattacks — especially as guarding against them protects a company’s operations and safeguards its competitiveness in a fast-moving marketplace. Top network security tools. XM Cyber Platform.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2021

As more information about IoT device vulnerabilities is published, the pressure on industry and government authorities to enhance security standards might be reaching a tipping point. While it’s a progressive step for the network security of the U.S. government, standards will not apply to the IoT market at-large.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2021

In October last year, experts reported a critical stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-5135 , in SonicWall Network Security Appliance (NSA) appliances. The post SonicWall finally fixed a flaw resulting from a partially patched 2020 zero-day appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Trend Micro

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The events of 2020 have confirmed what most technology leaders across the country already know: cloud computing is the key to driving business agility and unlocking value.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

Nikita Kislitsin , formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. Department of Justice. Nikulin is currently serving a seven-year sentence in the U.S. prison system. ”

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 4, 2021

In fact, according to the Verizon Business 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (2020 DBIR), almost a third of data breaches (28%) in 2020 involved small businesses. Network Security for Your Workforce first appeared on Untangle. Network Security for Your Workforce first appeared on Untangle.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The majority of the bugs in Cisco’s Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) and Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software can enable denial of service (DoS) on affected devices.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 22, 2021

Back in September 2020, I configured a SonicWall network security appliance to act as a VPN gateway between physical devices in my home lab and cloud resources on my Azure account. As I usually do with new devices on my network, I did some cursory security analysis of the product and it didn’t take long […]… Read More.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 19, 2023

We discussed how the boundaries between in-company and out-of-company IT infrastructure have become increasingly blurred making network security more challenging than ever. Yokohama observed that once clearly defined network boundaries have all but disappeared, making network security a very difficult challenge.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 17, 2023

Dobbs’s booter service, IPStresser, in June 2020. But as it happens, Dobbs himself provided some perspective on his thinking in an email exchange with KrebsOnSecurity back in 2020. ” In December 2020, Dobbs filed an application with the state of Hawaii to withdraw IP Stresser Inc. Image: archive.org.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

These vulnerabilities span a range of technologies, from network security appliances to widely used software applications. CVE-2020-1472 (Microsoft Netlogon): Allows privilege escalation.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 16, 2020

The idea is to divide the network up into segments, called subnetworks, to both optimize performance as well as strengthen security. Related: A use case for endpoint encryption At RSA 2020 in San Francisco recently, I learned about how something called “micro segmentation” is rapidly emerging as a viable security strategy.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2023

LAS VEGAS — Penetration testing, traditionally, gave businesses a nice, pretty picture of their network security posture — at a given point in time. Related: Going on the security offensive Such snapshots proved useful for building audit trails, particularly for companies in heavily regulated industries.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Security researchers provided technical details about an IoT botnet dubbed Ttint that has been exploiting two zero-days in Tenda routers. Security researchers at Netlab, the network security division Qihoo 360, have published a report that details an IoT botnet dubbed Ttint.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Related: Can ‘SASE’ help companies secure connectivity? Network breaches also increased steadily and dramatically month-to-month in 2020. We need look no further than the milestone SolarWinds hack , disclosed near the close of 2020, to see how this is playing out.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

FBI is warning private industry partners of a surge in Ragnar Locker ransomware activity following a confirmed attack from April 2020. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a flash alert (MU-000140-MW) to warn private industry partners of an increase of the Ragnar Locker ransomware activity following a confirmed attack from April 2020.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2021

The latest NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report revealed record-breaking DDoS activity in 2020, as attackers launched more than 10 million DDoS worldwide. These threats have put security professionals on notice, forcing them to reexamine strategies for keeping networks secure and systems protected.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2020

According to the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC), the UPnP protocol in effect prior to April 17, 2020 can be abused to send traffic to arbitrary destinations using the SUBSCRIBE functionality. This vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2020-12695 and is also known as Call Stranger.” ” reads the alert published by CERT/CC.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 19, 2021

If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that anything can happen. Honestly, how many of us had, “I will do my best to avoid a global pandemic,” as a New Year’s resolution for 2020? The post 3 Cybersecurity Goals for CISOs appeared first on Security Boulevard. So, we might as well indulge in setting.

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CSO Magazine

JULY 26, 2021

Now, with many of the changes (such as remote working) here to stay, the pressure is on for businesses to find permanent, distributed network security solutions that protect their people and their service performance in the new way of working. 2020 saw unprecedented DDoS attack activity.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2020

There’s an old adage in information security: “Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure.” ” Many organizations that do hire professionals to test their network security posture unfortunately tend to focus on fixing vulnerabilities hackers could use to break in.

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SecureBlitz

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In 2020, cyberattacks witnessed an unprecedented increase, targeting many industries, from phishing scams to system hacks exploiting vulnerable endpoints and weak network security.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 1, 2021

The post New Research: Fileless Malware Attacks Surge by 900% and Cryptominers Make a Comeback, While Ransomware Attacks Decline appeared first on Security Boulevard. The report includes exciting.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The CVE-2020-5135 stack-based buffer overflow security vulnerability is trivial to exploit, without logging in.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Vietnam-linked APT32 group targeted Vietnamese human rights defenders (HRDs) between February 2018 and November 2020. The APT32 also targeted peripheral network security and technology infrastructure corporations, and security firms that may have connections with foreign investors.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2022

The new vulnerabilities added to the catalog include one SonicWall SonicOS issue, tracked as CVE-2020-5135 , and 14 Microsoft Windows flaws addressed between 2016 and 2019. The CVE-2020-5135 is a stack-based buffer overflow that affects the SonicWall Network Security Appliance (NSA).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2020

New blog: The threat actor BISMUTH, which has been running increasingly complex targeted attacks, deployed coin miners in campaigns from July to August 2020. Learn how the group tried to stay under the radar using threats perceived to be less alarming: [link] — Microsoft Security Intelligence (@MsftSecIntel) November 30, 2020.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Check Point experts discovered a high-severity flaw in Philips Hue Smart Light Bulbs that can be exploited to gain entry into a targeted WiFi network. The CVE-2020-6007 flaw ties the way Philips implemented the Zigbee communication p rotocol in its smart light bulb, it could lead to a heap-based buffer overflow issue.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Highly placed sources say that the incident took place in December 2020 when the threat actors took control of Stormshield Network Security(SNS) and Network Security Industrial Firewall Products that was meant to be accessed by customers and partners to raise and manage support tickets.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 14, 2021

To say that the world was unprepared for what happened in March of 2020 would be a gross understatement. The post Remote Work Lessons Learned appeared first on Security Boulevard. Nobody needs a reminder of the seismic changes that the coronavirus pandemic introduced. Large enterprises were caught off guard, to be sure.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 22, 2021

If cybersecurity leaders and teams think this year will be quieter and easier than 2020, they are mistaken. The post Navigating Cybersecurity Gaps in Uncertain Times appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Think back to the Kaseya attack in July, or, even before that, the SolarWinds attack that came to light in December 2020. For many CEOs, The post Is Your Supply Chain Secure? appeared first on Security Boulevard. In 2021, there were a number of major supply chain attacks that crippled multiple companies.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 1, 2021

Last year, 2020, was a year of accelerated digital transformation with COVID-19 related lockdowns pushing preexisting trends into overdrive. Naturally, this shakeup has caused a near-perfect storm in the enterprise security.

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SC Magazine

JULY 7, 2021

According to research from technology consulting firm Forrester evaluating 120 cybersecurity acquisitions in 2020, many executives viewed the pandemic as an opportunity to strategically buy low and add new cybersecurity capabilities or highly qualified staff to their business.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In fact, 2020 was one for the record books in terms of security incidents. The post How to Proactively Remove File-Based Malware appeared first on Security Boulevard. There’s no question that the past 18 months have been challenging for technology and cybersecurity leaders.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 24, 2021

For most, 2020 will go down in history as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The post Can Web Security Tools Prevent Data Breaches? The year that everything shut down, jobs were lost and social distancing became the ‘new normal.’

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