Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. Last year, we witnessed the fast-evolving nature of social engineering attacks, and this evolution poses greater challenges for detection and defense.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

This will not only help better test the architectures that need to be prioritized, but it will provide all sides with a clear understanding of what is being tested and how it will be tested. Social engineering tests Social engineering is a technique used by cyber criminals to trick users into giving away credentials or sensitive information.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 9, 2025

Threat actors used AI tools to orchestrate highly convincing and scalable social engineering campaigns, making it easier to deceive users and infiltrate systems. Organizations have respondedand must continue toby adopting AI-powered cybersecurity tools and implementing zero trust architecture as a critical countermeasure.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 30, 2024

The use of voice-based social engineering to gain entry into networks is on the rise—a technique made popular by Scattered Spider and the Qakbot threat group. The report breaks down the most significant law enforcement operations against ransomware groups and initial access brokers over the past year. Top ransomware targets4.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 18, 2022

Social engineering. Social engineering is the most prevalent way threat actors find their way into your environment. Getting an unexpected call from the Social Security administration or the IRS will never happen. Network design and architecture. Once the actor has embedded themselves, they will strike.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In today's digital age, the concept of security has evolved far beyond the traditional boundaries of firewalls and antivirus software. This shift has made identity-first security a core component of modern security initiatives, such as zero trust architecture and cloud-first strategies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 18, 2022

Not long ago, it was revealed that T-Mobile had been breached by bad actors who convinced employees to switch their SIM cards to let them bypass two-factor identification — reminding us how effective social engineering can still be. So where do we go from here?

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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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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

Historically, traditional perimeter-based defenses , such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems (IDS), were the foundation of most cybersecurity strategies. Unlike tools that look at a single dimension (the endpoint), XDR architectures extend across multiple security dimensions.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

Whereas older solutions like antivirus, firewalls, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) have long focused on threats at the network perimeter, the intent of NDR is to monitor and act on malicious threats within organization networks using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) analysis.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Even if there’s a firewall enabled, it won’t block outgoing TCP connections. Such hackers don’t bother with social engineering or complex scenarios that only give a low success rate. REST is a standardized client-server architecture for APIs where resources can be fetched at specific URLs. They already have backdoors.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Penetration Testing Product Guides 9 Best Penetration Testing Tools 10 Top Open Source Penetration Testing Tools Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) move beyond the traditional perimeter of a network to provide protections at the application layer of the TCP/IP stack.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Specifically, the agency added: Recommendations for preventing common initial infection vectors Updated recommendations to address cloud backups and zero trust architecture (ZTA). Create policies to include cybersecurity awareness training about advanced forms of social engineering for personnel that have access to your network.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The level of multi-tenancy frequently depends on the architecture of the cloud service provider as well as the specific requirements of users or organizations. These flaws can be exploited in a variety of ways, including weak passwords, software flaws, and social engineering attacks.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 29, 2025

Top ransomware predictions for 2025Prediction 1: AI-powered social engineering attacks will surge and fuel ransomware campaignsIn 2025, threat actors will increasingly use generative AI (GenAI) to conduct more effective social engineering attacks. A top emerging AI-driven trend is voice phishing (vishing).

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Phishing and social engineering are common ways threat actors can obtain a symmetric key, but cryptanalysis and brute force attempts can also break symmetric key ciphers. While initial standards are expected by 2024, a full mitigation architecture for federal agencies isn’t expected until 2035. Uses of Encryption.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 15, 2021

Prevention systems can adjust firewall rules on the fly to block or drop malicious traffic when it is detected but they do not have the robust identification capabilities of detection systems. IDPS tools can detect malware , socially engineered attacks and other web-based threats, including DDoS attacks. McAfee NSP.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Limited Control & Visibility Insufficient visibility into the cloud architecture causes delays in threat responses, increasing the risk of data breaches. Use web application firewall (WAF): WAF screens requests based on IP addresses or HTTP headers, identifies code injection attempts, and defines response quotas.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

Managing unpatchable vulnerabilities provides revenue generating opportunities for MSPs and MSSPs through IT architecture designs, additional tools, and services to monitor or control unpatchable vulnerabilities.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This ranges from understanding cryptography to having insights into operating system architecture. And if a threat actor employs social engineering , the analyst might even need a basic grasp of psychology. In such cases, your response might simply involve updating blacklists on the firewall using data from the TIP.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Attackers are more easily able to circumvent email security controls of even the most mature organizations through well-crafted social engineering tactics, resulting in stolen account credentials and ultimately account takeovers. Does this tool integrate with our existing architecture (e.g., SIEM, SOAR)?

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The attackers used social engineering to gain long-term access to the development environment and extended it with fake human interactions in plain sight. The backdoor has remote code execution capabilities that allow the attacker to execute any system command on the infected server. ToddyCat used various tools to collect data.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

Security infrastructure and redundancy: Check the vendor’s data centers, network architecture, backup and disaster recovery plans, and uptime assurances. Are firewalls configured and maintained to prevent unwanted access and data breaches? Confirm that the vendor uses industry-standard security technologies and processes.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

At a high level the cybersecurity team is responsible for infrastructure security, data security, security testing, and the security architecture for the organization. Perform Cybersecurity Risk Assessments and Audits at Regular Intervals It is crucial that organizations today constantly assess their security posture at regular intervals.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2024

Hide the origin web server’s IP and restrict access with a firewall. Monitor infrastructure continuously: Check system capacity, traffic, and essential infrastructure, such as firewalls, on a regular basis to discover irregularities. It protects against any breaches or vulnerabilities in the cloud architecture.

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Kali Linux

JANUARY 29, 2018

As we roll into chapter seven, we’ll dig into security topics and cover firewall and log configuration and monitoring, package auditing and several host-based intrusion detection tools.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Phishing and social engineering are common ways threat actors can obtain a symmetric key, but cryptanalysis and brute force attempts can also break symmetric key ciphers. Users can establish a symmetric key to share private messages through a secure channel, like a password manager.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Like any malware, ransomware enters the network through attack vectors like phishing emails , social engineering , software and remote desktop protocol (RDP) vulnerabilities, and malicious websites. Though network firewalls and EDR remain trusty defense layers, they fail to guard against the advanced insider threat.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Ricardo Villadiego, founder & CEO of Lumu , expects “a significant shift towards adopting models based on passwordless architectures like Google Passkeys as the dominant authentication method to combat phishing and scam campaigns.

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