The Last Watchdog

APRIL 23, 2019

I recently sat down with Gadi Naor, CTO and co-founder of Alcide , to learn more about the “microservices firewall” this Tel Aviv-based security start-up is pioneering. At the end of the day, Dev and DevOps, not IT, are the ones driving adoption of these new technologies,” Naor told me. Talk more soon.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Attackers are intercepting and storing encrypted internet traffic in anticipation of future quantum decryptiona practice known as "store now, decrypt later." National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is leading efforts to create new standards to withstand quantum threats.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2019

A peer-to-peer (P2P) communications technology built into millions of security cameras and other consumer electronics includes several critical security flaws that expose the devices to eavesdropping, credential theft and remote compromise, new research has found. A Webcam made by HiChip that includes the iLnkP2P software.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Senator Ron Wyden asked, and the NSA didn’t answer : The NSA has long sought agreements with technology companies under which they would build special access for the spy agency into their products, according to disclosures by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and reporting by Reuters and others.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

What’s more, it will likely take a blend of legacy security technologies – in advanced iterations – combined with a new class of smart security tools to cut through the complexities of defending contemporary business networks. That said, a couple of prominent legacy technologies seem sure to endure as security cornerstones, moving forward.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

A next generation firewall (NGFW) performs deep packet inspection to check the contents of the data flowing through the firewall. Unlike more basic firewalls that only check the header of data packets, NGFWs examine and evaluate the payload data within the packet. Internet 2. Who Needs a Next-Gen Firewall?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Sophos backports the patch for CVE-2022-3236 for end-of-life (EOL) firewall firmware versions due to ongoing attacks exploiting the issue. In December 2022, Sophos released security patches to address seven vulnerabilities in Sophos Firewall version 19.5 , including some arbitrary code execution bugs. reads the advisory. “A

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

China has enclosed its national internet servers within what is colloquially called ‘the Great Firewall.’ ’ This firewall even goes as far as to block the latest versions of the encryption service TLS (v1.3) If your staff can log on to the internet to access their emails, so can an attacker.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

From smart homes that enable you to control your thermostat from a distance to sensors on oil rigs that help predict maintenance to autonomous vehicles to GPS sensors implanted in the horns of endangered black rhinos , the internet of things is all around you. A Safer Internet of Things. Don’t Forget the Application Layer.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 24, 2024

Firewall rules are preconfigured, logical computing controls that give a firewall instructions for permitting and blocking network traffic. This includes protecting data from internet threats, but it also means restricting unauthorized traffic attempting to leave your enterprise network.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 19, 2020

Configure a Firewall: Most routers come with a built-in firewall to block unauthorized incoming internet traffic. Encourage workers to check the existing settings and enable their router’s firewall if it isn’t running already. Passwords should be difficult to guess, but easy enough for employees to remember.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 2, 2023

By Jayakumar (Jay) Kurup, Global Sales Engineering Director at Morphisec Securing operational technology (OT) creates unique challenges. Sometimes this is due to cultural reasons (management’s fear of even the slightest chance of disruption); other times, it is technological. You try to air-gap it. Great in theory.

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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. Why Is There a Need for FWaaS?

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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. Here are the key takeaways: Surprise packages.

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Adam Levin

MARCH 23, 2020

You can also create an extra firewall by configuring your router to block unwanted incoming internet traffic. Place Controls on Children’s Internet Activity: Keep your children off of your work computer and be sure to require administrator passwords that they can’t guess to install new software and apps. .

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

A firewall policy is a set of rules and standards designed to control network traffic between an organization’s internal network and the internet. Featured Partners: Next-Gen Firewall (NGFW) Software Learn more Table of Contents Toggle Free Firewall Policy Template What Are the Components of Firewall Policies?

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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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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 16, 2024

Keep an eye out for security announcements from your firewall vendors; it’s possible additional similar vulnerabilities will come to light. The problem: Juniper Networks released a bulletin about a remote code execution vulnerability in its SRX firewalls and EX switches. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-21591.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2021

Technology advancements have made it relatively easy for many employees to carry out their regular job duties from the comfort of their home. 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.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

Researchers at RandoriSec have found serious vulnerabilities in the firmware provided by UDP Technology to Geutebrück and many other IP camera vendors. According to the researchers the firmware supplier UDP Technology fails to respond to their reports despite numerous mails and LinkedIn messages.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2020

The Blacklist Alliance provides technologies and services to marketing firms concerned about lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a 1991 law that restricts the making of telemarketing calls through the use of automatic telephone dialing systems and artificial or prerecorded voice messages.

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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. Fortinet firewall vulnerabilities What happened? A potentially more impactful threat lies in the satellite internet access supply chain.

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PCI perspectives

AUGUST 31, 2022

Recently, our organization teamed up with the Consumer Technology Association to issue a joint bulletin on a very important topic, security surrounding the Internet of Things, or IoT.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

LW: Why are suppliers of legacy firewall, vulnerability management and EDR solutions also now integrating SIEM capabilities? Nayyar: Many security vendors want a piece of the SIEM market, even if their technology isn’t necessarily purpose-built. Related: Reviving obervability.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Related: How PKI could secure the Internet of Things If that sounds too complicated to grasp, take a look at the web address for the home page of this website. Fortanix is supplying the advanced encryption technology underpinning Google’s new service. Take note of how the URL begins with HTTPS. I’ll keep watch.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2023

Researchers at Censys have identified hundreds of devices deployed within federal networks that have internet-exposed management interfaces. The experts focused on roughly 1,300 of these hosts that were accessible online and discovered hundreds of devices with management interfaces exposed to the public internet. ” states CISA.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2021

Fortinet has recently fixed a high-severity vulnerability affecting its FortiWeb web application firewall (WAF) that can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. The vulnerability in the management interface of FortiWeb firewall was discovered by Andrey Medov, from cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Cisco helped the NFL achieve a strong, continuously available and protected Super Bowl enterprise network through a mix of cloud and on-premises security technology, up-to-the-minute threat intelligence, and some of the industry’s most talented cybersecurity professionals. Integrated technology and intelligence .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

These include scrutinizing network device configurations, implementing advanced monitoring solutions, and restricting internet exposure of management traffic. Strong segmentation with firewalls and DMZs, securing VPN gateways, and ensuring encrypted traffic with TLS v1.3 are essential for protecting data.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2021

All the firewalls in the world can’t help you if an attacker removes your storage media from the storage room. And, indeed, it has grown into a $30 billion industry. Learn what you need to know about defending critical infrastructure. | Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our newsletters. ].

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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. The internet of things (IoT) is widening the sphere of physical security as smart devices connected to business systems via the internet may be located outside of established secure perimeters.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

government agency in charge of improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture is ordering all federal agencies to take new measures to restrict access to Internet-exposed networking equipment. “COVID-19 extended the life of these companies and technologies, and that’s unfortunate.”

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 19, 2024

LW: In what noteworthy ways have legacy technologies evolved? Ollmann: Cybersecurity technologies are continuously evolving; they must because both the threat and the business requirements are continuously changing. That said, to date the two biggest changes and influences upon legacy technologies have been public cloud and AI.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Keeping track of badness on the Internet has become a thriving cottage industry unto itself. This activity results in a rich matrix of overlapping threat feeds that, if all of the slices could somehow be combined, would present a heat map of an Internet throbbing with malicious traffic that unceasingly changes and steadily intensifies.

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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. If you are using a CMS hosted in your data center, then you need to be sure to promptly apply fixes and patches provided by your technology vendor. (If All APIs should use the TLS v1.2 (or

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Related: Why Google’s HTTPS push is a good thing At the time, just 50 % of Internet traffic used encryption. Sophos moved into the advance guard today by launching a new version of its XG Firewall with “Xstream” architecture that is specifically designed to efficiently reduce a company’s exposure to malicious encrypted network traffic.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 17, 2024

Over twenty years on, some of the same policy-driven firewall misconfigurations are still pervasive, especially with today’s increasingly complex – and sometimes poor – cybersecurity postures. When the firewall is to blame, it’s often a firewall misconfiguration that provides attackers with unintended access.

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