The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2018

Massive data breaches continue to occur because companies caught up in the swirl of digital transformation continue to unwittingly authenticate threat actors — and allow them to take a dive deep into mission-critical systems. The concept of the firewall has changed,” Foust maintains. Unified access.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2021

From January through March 2021, TLS concealed 45 percent of the malware Sophos analysts observed circulating on the Internet; that’s double the rate – 23 percent – seen in early 2020, Dan Schiappa, Sophos’ chief product officer, told me in a briefing. And on the back end, it allows them to cloak any data as it is getting exfiltrated.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

If somehow passwords are leaked, a hacker can cause a data breach. A VPN encrypts all internet traffic so that it is unreadable to anyone who intercepts it. This keeps your information away from prying eyes, such as internet service providers and hackers. Set up firewalls. Set-up 2-factor authentication.

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VPN Passwords Firewall Risk 214

Security Boulevard

MAY 6, 2021

The most important and integral part of any data security begins with having firewalls installed in the environment. Not just that, installing firewalls is an essential requirement of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS ). What is a PCI DSS Compliant Firewall? Requirements. Description.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

With the ever-present threat of data breaches, organizations need to adopt best practices to help prevent breaches and to respond to them when they occur to limit any damage. And breaches will occur – because bad guys make a living by figuring out ways to circumvent security best practices.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 29, 2023

Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) offers firewall capabilities as a cloud-based service. Traditional firewalls protect the network perimeter, enforcing security standards by regulating incoming and outgoing traffic according to rules and traffic analysis.

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Firewall Architecture Data privacy Internet 98

SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

was used by tens of millions of websites approximately 4% of all sites on the internet which highlights the severity of the incident, whose full impact is yet to be determined. Cisco Duo supply chain data breach What happened? Fortinet firewall vulnerabilities What happened? According to Cloudflare, Polyfill.io

Internet 109

Internet Internet Risk Social Engineering 109

Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Use a firewall and VPN A firewall protects an entry point to a network while a VPN creates an encrypted tunnel between two networks. If your company has internet facing assets—and who doesn’t—it’s important to apply network segmentation. Know what legal body you need to inform in case of a breach.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Safer Internet Day is a reminder for organizations to train and regularly refresh employee awareness around cybersecurity. With regular headlines of the latest cyber-attack occurring, organizations must focus on cybersecurity and using the internet safely. So why is it vital to train employees on cybersecurity and internet risks?

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

As every computer security professional knows, if anything is on the Internet, it’s subject to increasingly sophisticated attacks. According to the IBM Data Breach Report 2021 , data breaches in the United States reached $4.24 million last year, and a study by Storyblok revealed that 64.3

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Although, the topic has gained popularity amongst CIOs and CISOs, most companies are still overlooking important security blind spots when it comes to securing their digital assets outside the enterprise firewalls—domains, DNS, digital certificates. Security goes beyond the firewall, not just behind it.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2020

The Blacklist Alliance researches TCPA cases to uncover the phone numbers of plaintiffs and sells this data in the form of list-scrubbing services to telemarketers. “Our Litigation Firewall isolates the infection and protects you from harm. “TCPA predators operate like malware,” The Blacklist explains on its website.

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Mobile Marketing Consumer Protection Wireless 358

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

One in four SolarWinds Orion servers exposed to the internet at the time of an era-defining espionage campaign have been taken off the internet. One in four SolarWinds Orion servers exposed to the internet at the time of an era-defining espionage campaign have been taken off the internet, RiskRecon reports. 12 and Feb.

Internet 91

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2024

Crooks manipulate GitHub’s search results to distribute malware BatBadBut flaw allowed an attacker to perform command injection on Windows Roku disclosed a new security breach impacting 576,000 accounts LastPass employee targeted via an audio deepfake call TA547 targets German organizations with Rhadamanthys malware CISA adds D-Link multiple (..)

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2025

cannabis dispensary STIIIZY disclosed a data breach A novel PayPal phishing campaign hijacks accounts Banshee macOS stealer supports new evasion mechanisms Researchers disclosed details of a now-patched Samsung zero-click flaw Phishers abuse CrowdStrike brand targeting job seekers with cryptominer China-linked APT group MirrorFace targets Japan U.S.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 20, 2024

While cybersecurity primarily aims to protect users from threats like malware, hacking, and data breaches, some tools can monitor or track user activities in certain situations. Cybersecurity is the practice of defending computers, networks, and data from malicious attacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Adopting and applying cybersecurity principles can help you secure your company and decrease the danger of a data breach. Secure passcodes are a mix of numbers, letters, and punctuation marks that increase the safety of all your internet accounts. Enact robust data security processes and firewalls.

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Small Business Cybersecurity Wireless Spyware 134

SecureWorld News

MARCH 27, 2025

This will ensure that data is destroyed in a compliant manner before your electronics are sustainably recycled or reused. In fact, an internet-savvy American is estimated to go through about 1,939 pounds of electronics in their lifetime. Firewalls Installing firewalls is an essential part of protecting your data from hackers.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Passwords Hacking 70

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2022

You are no doubt aware of the grim statistics: •The average cost of a data breach rose year-over-year from $3.86 The vulnerabilities of internet security, once mostly a nuisance, have become dangerous and costly. Data privacy breaches expose sensitive details about customers, staff, and company financials.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Samsung S22 hacked Sophos fixed a critical flaw in its Sophos Firewall version 19.5

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2024

“An improper access control vulnerability has been identified in the SonicWall SonicOS management access and SSLVPN, potentially leading to unauthorized resource access and in specific conditions, causing the firewall to crash.” Similarly, for SSLVPN, ensure that access is limited to trusted sources or disable SSLVPN access from the Internet.

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VPN Ransomware Firewall Internet 98

Adam Levin

APRIL 15, 2020

Don’t use email, for that matter: Email was one of the foundational applications of the internet, pre-dating the web by decades. While it’s possible to mitigate some of the risks associated with email by using security software, spam filters, and firewalls, it’s still an inherently non-secure method of communication.

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Phishing Risk Malware Firewall 195

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Phishing scams, malware, ransomware and data breaches are just some of the examples of cyberthreats that can devastate business operations and the protection of consumer information. It foreshadowed how encryption would come to be used as a foundation for Internet commerce – by companies and criminals. The Creeper Virus (1971).

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Hacking Cybersecurity Identity Theft Technology 140

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Spirent refers to this as “data breach emulation,’’ something David DeSanto, Spirent’s threat research director, told me is designed to give companyies a great advantage; it makes it possible to see precisely how the latest ransomware or crypto mining malware would impact a specific network, with all of its quirky complexity.

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Penetration Testing Firewall Data breaches Malware 133

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2019

Without APIs there would be no cloud computing, no social media, no Internet of Things. I had a very informative discussion with Himanshu Dwivedi and Doug Dooley, CEO and COO, respectively, of Silicon Valley-based application security startup Data Theorem, which is focused on helping companies come to grips with this humongous exposure.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

I also saw plenty of internal document templates that are believed to be associated with Really Simple Systems and their users that included emails, billing data and invoices, service agreements, and more. The records inside the database were publicly accessible to anyone with an internet connection.

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Data breaches B2B Education Risk 133

Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2023

Margaret’s Health is the first hospital to cite a cyberattack as a reason for its closure A database containing data of +8.9 Margaret’s Health is the first hospital to cite a cyberattack as a reason for its closure A database containing data of +8.9

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Data breaches DDOS Backups Firewall 98

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

But Will Thomas , a cyber threat intelligence researcher at Equinix, found an Internet address in the leaked data that corresponds to a domain flagged in a 2019 Citizen Lab report about one-click mobile phone exploits that were being used to target groups in Tibet. .” But that’s getting harder to do.”

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Government Hacking Cyber threats Mobile 325

Responsible Cyber

JULY 14, 2024

Protecting sensitive information and maintaining seamless connectivity across distributed environments necessitates robust cybersecurity measures, with firewalls playing a crucial role. Potential Security Risks Data Breaches : Unsecured networks can expose sensitive data.

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Firewall VPN Authentication Cyber threats 52

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

How can it be that marquee enterprises like Capital One, Marriott, Facebook, Yahoo, HBO, Equifax, Uber and countless others continue to lose sensitive information in massive data breaches? Yet in the age of Big Data and digital transformation many organizations still don’t do this very well. It’s not for lack of trying.

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Encryption Digital transformation Data breaches Banking 159

The Last Watchdog

JULY 21, 2020

Digital commerce from day one has revolved around companies bulling forward to take full advantage of wondrous decentralized, anonymous characteristics of the Internet, which began a military-academic experiment. AWS has even released an update to help customers from running afoul of this, one of the biggest causes of cloud data breaches.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

That is why most companies hire professional information security services to mitigate the risks arising from data breaches. This article discusses top areas in IT where you need to strengthen cybersecurity measures to avoid data breaches and information loss: Networks. Human Resources. Security Systems.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Related: The case for a microservices firewall Netflix and Airbnb are prime examples of companies moving to single-page applications, or SPAs , in order to make their browser webpages as responsive as their mobile apps. In short, APIs are multiplying fast and creating the automated highways of data. And you can understand why.

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Mobile Digital transformation Data breaches Firewall 140

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

builder Over 39K unauthenticated Redis services on the internet targeted in cryptocurrency campaign Hackers stole $160 Million from Crypto market maker Wintermute U.S. builder Over 39K unauthenticated Redis services on the internet targeted in cryptocurrency campaign Hackers stole $160 Million from Crypto market maker Wintermute U.S.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

When it comes to data breaches, we tend to hear only about the “big ones” — from Target to Equifax to, most recently, Wipro. Even a cursory glance at some small business data breach statistics makes that clear: Following a cyberattack, 60% of SMBs end up going out of business. Patch common website vulnerabilities.

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Small Business Data breaches Malware Firewall 52

Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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VPN Cybercrime Ransomware Hacking 131

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2020

Related: A firewall for microservices DevSecOps arose to insert security checks and balances into DevOps, aiming to do so without unduly degrading speed and agility. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW Speed and agility is the name of the game.

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Software Financial Services Risk Data privacy 194