SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

United States government agencies recently released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing information on how North Korean state-sponsored threat actors are actively using Maui ransomware to attack healthcare organizations. Mitigations for Maui ransomware.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Nelson outlined for me how CSA is acting on this vision by working on specifications to extend Matter beyond smart home devices to smart devices in healthcare facilities and commercial buildings. Another is S/MIME , which stands for “secure/multipurpose internet mail extensions. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Industries with very expensive operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as healthcare or industrial manufacturing, can be especially vulnerable. Of course healthcare providers have plenty of company in their vulnerable state. The world-wide numbers will be even worse.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Tools like firewalls, antivirus software, and encryption help safeguard information. Firewalls : Firewalls control network traffic and act as barriers between trusted internal networks and untrusted external ones. Regulatory Compliance : Certain industries, such as healthcare and finance, require strict data protection measures.

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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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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

However, when your DMZ network includes a proxy server, administrators also have the option to filter all internal internet usage through the DMZ. The DMZ should be set up with at least one gateway device (typically a firewall ) that will filter external network packets through to the DMZ and monitor for unusual traffic or activity.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

Despite billions of dollars spent on the latest, greatest antivirus suites, firewalls and intrusion detection systems, enterprises continue to suffer breaches that can be traced back to the actions of a single, unsuspecting employee. Social engineering, especially phishing, continues to trigger the vast majority of breach attempts.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Hipocrate Information System (HIS) is a software suite designed to manage the medical and administrative activities of hospitals and other healthcare institutions. Authorities in Romania confirmed that a ransomware attack that targeted the Hipocrate Information System (HIS) has disrupted operations for at least 100 hospitals.

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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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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

It also eliminates the need for full VPN and avoids exposing those applications directly to the internet. Untrusted remote users need a secure way to navigate the internet and corporate firewalls to establish trust and gain access. No more firewall, no more AAA or whatsoever complicated thing. How does DNG for SMB work?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2024

The attacks were observed as recently as February 2024, they targeted government, education, emergency services, healthcare, and other critical infrastructure sectors. Phobos operation uses a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model, it has been active since May 2019.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

VxWorks is one of the most popular OSs for embedded devices, it currently powers over 2 billion devices in different industries, including aerospace, defense, automotive, healthcare, and consumer electronics. Even a device that is reaching outbound to the internet could be attacked and taken over. ” continues the report.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 13, 2021

Since the vulnerable DNS clients are usually exposed to the internet this creates a huge attack surface. Basically, you could say DNS is the phonebook of the internet. FreeBSD is widely used in firewalls and several commercial network appliances. Together they are used by over 100 Million devices. Some background. Exploitation.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

In a perfect world, the firewalls of our servers would only allow web traffic in from trusted ports. With the Cloud Snooper malware, however, untrusted web traffic sneaks past firewalls and enters right into Linux servers — a big no-no. Specifically, they noticed some servers were receiving some anomalous inbound traffic. How it works.

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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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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2019

Without APIs there would be no cloud computing, no social media, no Internet of Things. Because companies can’t protect APIs with traditional means, like firewalls, they must find other ways to secure them. This is essential in industries that are heavily regulated and store very sensitive data, like healthcare and finance.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

Beazley also reported that SMBs, which tend to spend less on information security, were at a higher risk of being hit by ransomware than larger firms, and that the healthcare sector was hardest hit by ransomware attacks, followed by financial institutions and professional services. The median was $10,310.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

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

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2020

Firewall supplier Check Point Software Technologies has reported a massive surge in the registration of coronavirus-related domains, since Jan. Targeting key sectors The healthcare sector and local governments carry a huge burden and must communicate extensively and exhaustively to get us clear of COVID-19. It’s already happening.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Definition, Threats & Protections Public Internet Threats If your enterprise network is connected to the public internet, every single threat on the internet can render your business vulnerable too. These threaten enterprise networks because malicious traffic from the internet can travel between networks.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

When the internet arrived, the network added a firewall to protect networks and users as they connected to the world wide web. The internet of things (IoT), operations technology (OT), and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) also now connect to networks. In a complex, modern network, this assumption falls apart.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Some organizations such as financial services firms and healthcare organizations, have regulatory concerns in addition to business concerns that need to be addressed in a cybersecurity risk management system. Also read : Thousands of Data Center Management Apps Exposed to Internet. Maintaining Regulatory Compliance. Incident Response.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

MARCH 9, 2023

It enables us to stay connected on a personal level as well as provide essential services for banking, healthcare, transportation, and more. Internet of Things (IoT) : The increasing use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the telecom sector is a double-edged sword. Why are Telecom Sectors Targeted? What can be done?

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are the smart consumer and business systems powering the homes, factories, and enterprise processes of tomorrow. In addition to Cyber Vision, the Cisco IoT Threat Defense also includes firewalls , identity service engines (ISE), secure endpoints, and SOAR. billion by a private equity firm.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2021

Adding to the complexity are bring your own device (BYOD) policies, the prevalence of smartphones and tablets, and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT). ExtremeControl is popular with education, entertainment, hospitality and healthcare customers and can scale to 200,000 endpoints. Extreme Networks ExtremeControl.

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Duo's Security Blog

APRIL 4, 2022

For those unfamiliar with DNG , it is a remote access proxy security solution that enables organizations to provide zero trust remote access to web applications, web pages and Secure Shell (SSH) servers without the requirement of a VPN or exposing those applications to the internet directly. Once you go for DNG, you never go back.”

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Researchers from Zafran have identified a critical misconfiguration in Web Application Firewalls (WAF) from major providers, including those from Akamai, Cloudflare, and Imperva. The vulnerability impacts more than 140,000 domains belonging to some of the world's largest companies, such as JPMorganChase, Visa, and Intel. million per incident.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A VPN will encrypt an internet connection and ensure employees can safely browse the internet, which protects the organizations from man-in-the-middle attacks. A trained employee can act as a human firewall during a time when cybercriminals are taking advantage of a much larger issue, COVID-19.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 14, 2022

In addition, most DDoS mitigation solution providers bundle Web Application Firewall functionality to prevent DDoS attacks at the application layer. Imperva works across a range of industries, including: eCommerce, energy, financial services, gaming, healthcare, manufacturing and technology. Multiple Tier 1 internet network providers.

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Cisco Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In their 2021 Internet Crime Report , the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) said that Non-Payment / Non-Delivery scams such as these led to more than $337 million in losses, up from $265 million in 2020. In this example, the email appears to come from an internet service provider, informing us that our monthly bill is ready.

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Cisco Security

JULY 14, 2021

Indeed ransomware has entered the mainstream as threat actors increasingly focus their attention on critical infrastructure providers that can’t afford any downtime or disruption from a cyber incident – from food and transportation suppliers to energy and healthcare systems. Most people probably know what ransomware is (if not, go here ).

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 9, 2023

The software has been heavily used in the healthcare industry as well as thousands of IT departments in financial services and government sectors. As of 7 June 2023, there were roughly 2,500 instances of MOVEit Transfer exposed to the public internet.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The classic approach of a modern firewall , robust network security , and advanced endpoint security would be reasonable. Cut off network and internet access for the affected computer, server, or office. Certain types of data (personal information, credit card data, healthcare information, etc.) We should encrypt data at rest.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware. businesses, mainly in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector, with ransomware operations. Only store personal patient data on internal systems that are protected by firewalls, and ensure extensive backups are available if data is ever compromised.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 18, 2022

No-code data pipelines used in the research are particularly attractive for an attacker, as “the data flow never transits through any type of firewall or scanning device before it is processed and ultimately gains access to a vulnerable system.” Understanding the Big Data Attack.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 29, 2022

We’ve narrowed this list down to four categories of software that are essential to modern cybersecurity: Extended detection and response (XDR) , next-generation firewalls (NGFW) , cloud access security brokers (CASB) , and security information and event management (SIEM). . NGFWs are the third generation of firewalls. Best NGFWs.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 30, 2024

The manufacturing, healthcare, and technology sectors were the top targets of ransomware attacks between April 2023 and April 2024, while the energy sector experienced a 527.27% year-over-year spike. Top ransomware targets4.

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