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Who’s Hacking You?

Webroot

DNS (Domain Name System) is especially vulnerable. One of the most common methods of infiltration includes internet-based attacks, such as Denial of Service (DoS), Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and DNS poisoning. However, cybercriminals can also use legal DNS traffic surveillance to their advantage.

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Future Focused: Encryption and Visibility Can Co-Exist

Cisco Security

In fact, 63% of threats detected by Cisco Stealthwatch in 2019 were in encrypted traffic. In this blog I’ll describe two recent privacy advances—DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and QUIC—and what we’re doing to maintain visibility. Keeping your destination private: DNS over HTTPS. Until recently, DNS messages were sent in the clear.

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Palo Alto Networks latest security giant accused of patent infringement

SC Magazine

billion in damages, ruling the company copied at least four of Centripetal’s patented software and network security designs in their switches, routers and firewalls. Many of the innovations deal with specific methods for filtering network traffic data and rule-based network threat detection.

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Considerations when choosing an XDR solution

CyberSecurity Insiders

How do we combine the visibility provided by our endpoint detection and response tool with that provided by our network intrusion detection tool? How do we use our firewall to mitigate a threat discovered by our DNS security tool? Firewalls, Secure Web Gateways, SASE. DNS Security. What is XDR?

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Threat Protection: The REvil Ransomware

Cisco Security

We looked at REvil, also known as Sodinokibi or Sodin, earlier in the year in a Threat Trends blog on DNS Security. In it we talked about how REvil/Sodinokibi compromised far more endpoints than Ryuk, but had far less DNS communication. Figure 1-DNS activity surrounding REvil/Sodinokibi. Changing firewall rules.

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Network Security Architecture: Best Practices & Tools

eSecurity Planet

Server: Provides powerful computing and storage in local, cloud, and data center networks to run services (Active Directory, DNS, email, databases, apps). Next-generation firewalls (NGFWs): Improve the general security of a firewall with advanced packet analysis capabilities to block malware and known-malicious sites.

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The Case for Multi-Vendor Security Integrations

Cisco Security

The AlienApp for Cisco Secure Endpoint enables you to automate threat detection and response activities between USM Anywhere and Cisco Secure Endpoint. This new integration supports Umbrella proxy, cloud firewall, IP, and DNS logs. New Cisco Firepower Next-Gen Firewall Integrations. Happy integrating!

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