CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Back then, endpoint security focused on computers, which meant the installation of antivirus, malware protection, firewall, and (sometimes) VPN in every computer. Is it too complex and costly? Unfortunately, it is no longer as simple as it used to be in the past.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 20, 2024

Regularly check for updates to any software that doesn’t automatically update, including antivirus programs, firewalls, and other security tools. Updating firmware on devices like routers and smart home gadgets is also important. Enable automatic updates on your operating system, web browser, and apps whenever possible.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Use the administrator account only for maintenance, software installation, or firmware updates. Attention should be paid to protecting routers and updating their firmware. While OS updates are now commonly practiced, router firmware updates remain an overlooked aspect. Fully utilize firewall capabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

The tools also depend upon physical controls that should also be implemented against malicious physical access to destroy or compromise networking equipment such as routers, cables, switches, firewalls, and other networking appliances. These physical controls do not rely upon IT technology and will be assumed to be in place.

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Cytelligence

MARCH 3, 2023

It is also important to use firewalls, which help prevent unauthorized access to your network. To protect your company from these types of attacks, it is important to know how to distinguish between fake antivirus offers and real notifications. Firewalls Firewalls are an essential part of network security.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

As of the publishing of this article, BotenaGo currently has low antivirus (AV) detection rate with only 6/62 known AVs seen in VirusTotal: (Figure 1). Ax with firmware 1.04b12 and earlier. NETGEAR DGN2200 devices with firmware through 10.0.0.50. Multiple ZyXEL network-attached storage (NAS) devices running firmware version 5.2,

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 3, 2023

As long as you’re in there, you should take address any security warnings; perhaps your firewall security setting is too low, for example. If this option is not available, you may need to upgrade the router firmware. Note that some routers also offer a WPA2-Enterprise setting, which is designed for corporate environments.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 1, 2023

You need to have a reasonable level of trust in the devices connecting to any network, so any policies you can set to require things like antivirus , updated operating systems and VPNs will protect both the network and its users. Device security is also an important part of wireless network security.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Security Solutions ICS systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks, so security solutions, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and encryption protocols, are vital to protect these critical infrastructures from unauthorized access and malicious activities.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

Although best known for their industry-leading firewall technology, Fortinet harnesses their knowledge of network protection to create a powerful network access control (NAC) solution. Founded in 2000 , Sunnyvale, California headquartered Fortinet’s flagship FortiGate provides enterprise-grade firewall solutions. Who is Fortinet?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

So … the EDR missed an indicator of compromise, and while it may have compensated for it later, the firewall should have stopped inbound/outbound traffic but failed to do so.” Endpoint Security: Install and update antivirus software on all hosts. Patch operating systems, software, and firmware on a regular basis.

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SecureList

MARCH 14, 2022

We advise organizations to: Take typical measures against DDoS attacks, ransomware and destructive malware, phishing, targeted attacks, supply-chain attacks and firmware attacks. Are firewalls and antivirus tools enough to defend against a cyberattack that comes from Europe? Install security software on endpoints.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2022

The DazzleSpy backdoor software had interesting features to foil detection, including end-to-end encryption to avoid firewall inspection as well as a feature that cut off communication if a TLS-inspection proxy was detected. Use web application firewalls to protect exposed web apps. See the Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 28, 2023

Automated patch management can help prevent security breaches by automatically identifying, downloading, testing, and delivering software and firmware updates to devices and applications through the use of specialized software tools. It also provides endpoint protection solutions such as antivirus and firewall to help safeguard networked PCs.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Deny-lists (aka: blacklist) : Blocks specific websites or IP addresses by adding them to a list for firewalls to ignore; very difficult to manage at scale. Next generation (NGFW) or web and application firewalls (WAF) : Include DDoS protection within the large number of features and capabilities to protect network traffic.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

Veteran system administrators know traditional networks to be the physical hardware – switches, routers, and firewalls – connecting and controlling network traffic for an organization. Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) and FWaaS. Next-generation firewalls ( NGFW ) are critical for enterprise network traffic.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

History of MSSPs As internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunications companies (telecoms) began offering commercial access to the internet in the late 1990s, they began to also offer firewall appliances and associated managed services. and installed software (operating systems, applications, firmware, etc.).

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Clearly, traditional firewalls and antivirus systems will not be sufficient; the complex IIoT infrastructure demands something more advanced. Secure Firmware Updates Are a Necessity for Resilient IoT Deployments. Related posts. Streamlining IoT and Edge Security for Machine Identities [Venafi + Device Authority].

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

As of the publishing of this article, antivirus (AV) vendor detection for BotenaGo and its variants remains behind with very low detection coverage from most of AV vendors. Figure 8 shows the low level of antivirus detections for BotenaGo’s new variants. Install security and firmware upgrades from vendors, as soon as possible.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

0x110000Retrieves the firmware table using the Windows information class SystemFirmwareTableInformation, iterates the table, and checks if any of its values are present in an embedded blocklist.Uses the Windows information class SystemVhdBootInformation and reads the structure member OsDiskIsVhd to verify if the disk is virtual.0x120000Checks

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Any bugs or glitches in its programming leaves noticeable trails for antivirus software to track. Firmware Rootkit. A firmware rootkit uses device or platform firmware to create a persistent malware image in the router, network card, hard drive or the basic input/output system (BIOS). Looking for More About Malware?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Since 2008, antivirus and cybersecurity software testers AV-TEST have kept track of the number of newly-developed malware worldwide, totaling at nearly 1 billion as of September 2022. Firmware rootkits are also known as “hardware rootkits.”. Your antivirus program or other security solution is randomly disabled.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In both cases, we described new UEFI firmware bootkits that managed to propagate malicious components from the deepest layers of the machine up to Windows’ user-land. In line with our predictions, we released two blog posts in 2022 introducing sophisticated low-level bootkits. Another is the open-source offensive tool Sliver.

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