SecureList

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The primary objective of these services is risk reduction. Policy violations by employees Most organizations focus on external threats; however, policy violations pose a major risk , with 51% of SMB incidents and 43% of enterprise incidents involving IT security policy violations caused by employees. Outdated malware signatures.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2025

The vulnerability is an authentication bypass issue that could allow a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges by making maliciously crafted CSF proxy requests. The vulnerability is an authentication bypass issue that could allow a remote attacker to gain super-admin privileges by making maliciously crafted CSF proxy requests.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

They could even conceal dangerous malware in photos or links on secure websites you visit, and a single click can activate the code, even overcoming multifactor authentication. Deploy a Firewall Install a reliable firewall to monitor incoming traffic, flag suspicious requests, and prevent session hijacking attempts.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The American Water cyber breach underscores the risk of cyber threats in various sectors traditionally seen as less vulnerable compared to industries like finance or healthcare. 7 How To Avoid Such Cyberattacks Utility companies, like American Water, face increasing risks from cybercriminals.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This breach has exposed residents to potential risks like identity theft and financial fraud, compounding the urgency for more robust cybersecurity measures in the public sector. Businesses that handle customer data or interact with city networks are now faced with heightened risks.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 14, 2025

Using security plugins can help reduce risks and keep your site safe from threats and are essential for any wordpress site, and even more so if your site has personal customer data on it. It provides a firewall that blocks malicious traffic before it reaches your website.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The two vulnerabilities are: CVE-2025-0108 Palo Alto PAN-OS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2024-53704 SonicWall SonicOS SSLVPN Improper Authentication Vulnerability Researchers recently warned that threat actors exploit a recently disclosed vulnerability, CVE-2025-0108, in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS firewalls.

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Digital Shadows

MARCH 17, 2025

Whether driven by concerns over downtime or simply underestimating the risk of older vulnerabilities, this lack of urgency leaves systems exposed to attack. Threat Hunting: Through GreyMatter Threat Hunting packages, we empower customers to proactively identify and mitigate risks. With a CVSS score of 9.8,

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

Set-up 2-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication or two-step verification involves adding a step to add an extra layer of protection to accounts. Set up firewalls. Firewalls act as a defense line in preventing the possibility of threats entering your system. Even the most strong password is not enough.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

The directive applies to any networking devices — such as firewalls, routers and load balancers — that allow remote authentication or administration. “This is reachable pre-authentication, on every SSL VPN appliance,” French vulnerability researcher Charles Fol tweeted. “Patch your #Fortigate.”

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

government is sounding the alarm on a growing cybersecurity risk for critical infrastructureinternet-exposed Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs). Failure to do so could allow malicious actors to disrupt operations, alter critical processes, and endanger public health and safety What Are HMIs and Why Are They at Risk?

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Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 25, 2025

This innovative approach helps organizations manage user-related risks more efficiently by assigning trust levels based on a comprehensive evaluation of user behavior and context. The User Trust Level is a dynamic assessment of risk associated with each user in your organization. The algorithm first sets out a framework of risk types.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

All the encryption , firewalls , cryptography, SCADA systems , and other IT security measures would be useless if that were to occur. Some of the countermeasures that can be considered are CCTV, alarms, firewalls, exterior lighting, fences, and locks. One such measure is to authenticate the users who can access the server.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A firewall audit is a procedure for reviewing and reconfiguring firewalls as needed so they still suit your organization’s security goals. Auditing your firewall is one of the most important steps to ensuring it’s still equipped to protect the perimeter of your business’ network.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Risk management is a concept that has been around as long as companies have had assets to protect. Risk management also extends to physical devices, such as doors and locks to protect homes and vehicles, vaults to protect money and precious jewels, and police, fire, and CCTV to protect against other physical risks.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Regularly updating and patching systems, including antivirus software, firewalls, and SCADA networks, can mitigate this risk. Multi-factor authentication (MFA): MFA ensures that access to critical systems is granted only after verifying user credentials through multiple channels.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2025

This attack is dead simple to execute and requires no authentication. Wallarm researchers warn that most Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) fail to detect this attack because the PUT request appears normal and lacks obvious malicious content. concludes the advisory.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A host-based firewall is installed directly on individual networked devices to filter network traffic on a single device by inspecting both incoming and outgoing data. How Host-Based Firewalls Work Organizations often adopt host-based firewalls for device-specific security control.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Each of these elements must be validated across multiple security controls, like next-generation firewall (NGFW) and data loss protection (DLP) tools. Once again, there is no standard set of ZT test cases to guide this validation. Security controls that impede important business activities, will motivate users to try to bypass them.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This advisory highlights specific vulnerabilities and offers guidance to mitigate risks for software developers and end-user organizations. CVE-2023-27350 (PaperCut MF/NG): Allows a malicious cyber actor to chain an authentication bypass vulnerability with the abuse of built-in scripting functionality to execute code.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

It was just a few short years ago that the tech sector, led by Google, Mozilla and Microsoft, commenced a big push to increase the use of HTTPS – and its underlying TLS authentication and encryption protocol. TLS functions as the confidentiality and authenticity cornerstone of digital commerce.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds ProjectSend, North Grid Proself, and Zyxel firewalls bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The vulnerability is an improper authentication issue that impacts ProjectSend versions before r1720. appears to have been exploited by attackers in the wild.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2023

Fortinet released security updates to fix a critical security flaw in its FortiGate firewalls that lead to remote code execution. Fortinet has released security patches to address a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-27997, in its FortiGate firewalls. This is reachable pre-authentication, on every SSL VPN appliance.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2021

This surge in TLS abuse has shifted the security community’s focus back to a venerable network security tool, the firewall. TLS is a component of the Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI , the system used to encrypt data, as well as to authenticate individual users and the web servers they log onto. Decryption bottleneck.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a large number of VPN authentication requests to an affected device. Cisco warned customers of password-spraying attacks that have been targeting Remote Access VPN (RAVPN) services configured on Cisco Secure Firewall devices. The vulnerability CVE-2024-20481 (CVSS score of 5.8)

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

An authenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface could exploit the flaw to read files that are readable by the nobody user. .” “If you can’t update to a patched version, then rotating your security key and ensuring its privacy will help to migitgate the issue.”

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2024

Assess risks. Creating a solid cybersecurity foundation begins with understanding the organization’s risks. A recent study found only 27% of charities undertook risk assessments in 2023 and only 11% said they reviewed risks posed by suppliers. Strengthen authentication. Train staff regularly.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 23, 2025

Cybersecurity requirements now encompass: Network segmentation: Implementation of VLANs and firewalls at critical system boundaries System hardening: Advanced Windows configuration, secure user authentication, and role-based access control Asset management: Maintaining up-to-date Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) and asset registers.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

These are not uncommon risks. The devices themselves can’t be secured, but that doesn’t mean we can’t use basic IT techniques to reduce our security risks. A report from this year estimates that 53% of connected medical devices have an identified critical risk. This includes 73% of IV pumps and most laboratory devices.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 2, 2023

Experts must monitor firewalls, test business continuity plans and identify vulnerabilities with seemingly little payoff. If analysts become exhausted, pessimistic or overwhelmed trying to keep up with relentless and innovative hackers, companies and customer data could be at risk. Automation is the key to removing most of the burnout.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This incident serves as a stark reminder of the critical risks posed by global IT disruptions and supply chain weaknesses. XZ backdoor to bypass SSH authentication What happened? This case underscores the serious risk that social engineering and supply chain attacks pose to open-source projects. million systems worldwide.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Of course, there are common vulnerabilities between APIs and web applications, like buffer overflows, SQL injections, and broken authentication. WAF (Web Application Firewall) employs setting rules based on IP addresses, and monitoring traffics to block malicious IPs. Tool limitations.

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Joseph Steinberg

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

In some ways, CrowdSec mimics the behavior of a constantly-self-updating, massive, multi-party, and multi-network firewall. Like a classic network-layer firewall, CrowdSec allows administrators to configure all sorts of OSI Middle Level (i.e., Levels 3 Network and Level 4 Transport) rules. CrowdSec released version 1.0

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2023

Researchers reported that there are 490,000 Fortinet firewalls exposing SSL VPN interfaces on the internet, and roughly 69% of them are still vulnerable to CVE-2023-27997. If the customer is not operating SSL-VPN the risk of this issue is mitigated – however, Fortinet still recommends upgrading.”

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Make it clear that mixing work and pleasure on the same device comes with security risks. Lock things down Having a strict policy to protect your important assets with strong passwords and multi-factor authentication (MFA) should be a no-brainer. Both can be used to protect your network.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Cloud storage risks involve potential external threats and vulnerabilities that jeopardize the security of stored data. Risks can lead to issues, but at the same time, you can prevent the risks by addressing these issues. Migration challenges result in incomplete transfers, which expose critical information to risk.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In contrast, more mature organizations quantify risk, comparing the original risk against the cost of the solution and the residual risk after deployment to decide whether to proceed with the purchase. Some focus on the solution's problem-solving capabilities, suitability, and efficacy.

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