SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Despite media hype suggesting potential for "cracking military-grade encryption," experts clarify that these achievements neither target nor compromise robust methods like AES, TLS, or other military-grade algorithms. Quantum computing brings both opportunities for advancement and significant security challenges.

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IT Security Guru

JANUARY 22, 2025

If you are looking to improve your cybersecurity, consider these plugins to build a more robust defence: Wordfence: A comprehensive security solution with a firewall, malware scanner, and login security features like two-factor authentication.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Change passwords : After malware removal, update passwords for key accounts (email, banking, work, social media) and enable two-factor authentication. Update software : Keep your operating system, security software, and firewall up to date to patch vulnerabilities. Report stolen data : Notify relevant parties if sensitive details (e.g.,

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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. ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2023

A vulnerability impacting Zyxel firewalls, tracked as CVE-2023-28771, can be exploited to execute arbitary code on vulnerable devices. Researchers from TRAPA Security have discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-28771 (CVSS score 9.8), impacting Zyxel Firewall. through 5.35. through 5.35.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

CISA adds Windows and Qualcomm bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Three new Ivanti CSA zero-day actively exploited in attacks Ukrainian national pleads guilty in U.S.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 14, 2025

Traditional protections like firewalls, encryption, MFA, and IDS/IPS continue to be crucial, but these are reactive methods to an extent, and their effectiveness heavily depends on how well they are configured. They amass data from websites, social media networks, news sources, public databases, and domain registries.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 11, 2022

Next-generation firewalls from Palo Alto Networks with AT&T Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) solutions are designed to help protect enterprises while optimizing security performance for these new use cases. Some on-premises use cases for this include video AI, synchronous media collaboration and industrial manufacturing.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 20, 2023

The terms computer security, information security and cybersecurity were practically non-existent in the 1980s, but believe it or not, firewalls have existed in some form since that time. Over the years, the traditional firewall has transformed to meet the demands of the modern workplace and adapt to an evolving threat landscape.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 14, 2021

“Not only are we going to hold this individual accountable, but we will also be holding accountable all those who aided this individual and the media corporation that employs them.” “Here, there was no breach of any firewall or security and certainly no malicious intent. Thankfully, these failures were discovered.”

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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. Though often overlooked in favor of cybersecurity, physical security is equally important. And, indeed, it has grown into a $30 billion industry. Learn what you need to know about defending critical infrastructure. |

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2021

The Hacker News was the first media to receive reports that SonicWall’s internal systems were unavailable since Tuesday and that the source code hosted on the company’s GitLab repository was accessed by the attackers. .” reported TheHackerNews. SonicWall has immediately launched an investigation into the incident.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 17, 2021

Over the last three decades, the world has witnessed the power of open networks: blockchains , social media, the very web itself. Then it uses paid influencers and moderators on social media to pump the China Bitcoin fork, through both partisan comments and transactions. Again, that’s how the system works.

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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

JULY 30, 2019

Incredibly, much of this breach played out publicly over several months on social media and other open online platforms. But it seems likely that at least some of that data could have been obtained by others who may have followed her activities on different social media platforms.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 19, 2021

As the media around the world is busy speculating about the targets related to Pegasus Mobile Spying malware, Apple Inc, the American company that is into the production of iPhones has issued a press statement that its engineers are working on a fix to protect the users from becoming victims to the said spying Israeli malware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Strong segmentation with firewalls and DMZs, securing VPN gateways, and ensuring encrypted traffic with TLS v1.3 To clear up some misleading media reports, here is what we’re currently seeing, much of which we believe is different from what is being seen by other providers.” are essential for protecting data.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The audio-chat app Clubhouse is the latest rage in the social media landscape. What makes it so popular and, now it’s part of the social media landscape, can we trust it? It is different from other social media in that it focuses on the spoken word. The Clubhouse app. Clubhouse statement. Stay safe, everyone!

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 8, 2020

Next come your social media accounts, and then any accounts that control IoT systems in your house. Do you have internet-connected lights, appliances, gaming systems, media systems, etc? These are the keys that open all doors into every other account you have (because they’re how you do account recovery).

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Digital Shadows

MARCH 12, 2025

The gambling subsector was hit hardest, followed by the music, media, and tourism industries. Proactively patching vulnerabilities and securing web applications with firewalls and secure coding practices are also crucial steps.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

Cisco Secure Firewall integrations. Cisco Secure Firewall has several new partner integrations. CyberArk reduces VPN risk with MFA enforcement on any VPN client that supports RADIUS; including Cisco Secure Firewall. HashiCorp (Terraform) provides infrastructure automation and now supports Secure Firewall ASA.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Even before COVID, enterprises saw huge increases in people working outside the traditional corporate firewall. For example, half of enterprise firewalls capable of inspecting encrypted traffic don’t have that feature turned on due to performance concerns. Because recent trends create new challenges on both sides of the equation.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2023

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Daniel Miessler

MAY 14, 2020

Don’t click links or attachments in emails, text messages, or any other media—especially from untrusted sources. In addition to turning on the native anti-malware and firewall features in your operating system, also consider installing MalwareBytes as an extra layer of protection. Stay on reputable websites.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) of UK conducted the survey and came to the above stated conclusion that shows how relaxed are businesses for cyber security. And as per the research, most of those attacks or threats were targeted by cyber crooks launching email attacks with an intent to spread malware or eavesdropping.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2023

According to the Irish media , the residents of the Binghamstown/Drum were without their water supply on Thursday and Friday. Irish Water would probably have far greater resources for firewalls to withstand this but they knocked ours off and we could not circumvent it.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Note- From the past few days, some media houses are running rampant reports that the pirated movie copies of “Spider Man No Way Home” might be riddled with crypto mining and blister malware.

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Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Watch what you post on social media; cybercriminals often use them to gather Personal Identifying Information (PII) and corporate information. Build a Human Firewall. Securing your work environment requires you to create what is referred to among security professionals as a human firewall. Don’t make passwords easy to guess.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 13, 2022

Firewalls should be implemented between any wireless networks and the organization’s internal network. Firewall configurations should be implemented to restrict connections between untrusted networks and any systems in the protected information environment to only what is necessary. This includes all approved wireless networks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 1, 2022

Jerry Gibson, the superintendent of the school, acknowledged the media reports as true and confirmed that the employee has been dismissed from duty and has been handed over to the law enforcement.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This means that its often easier to manipulate someones emotions and trick them into clicking on a malicious link or sharing their access credentials, than to hack past a firewall or guess a password. People have a distressing tendency to be distracted and confused, especially when attempting to clear up a backlogged inbox in autopilot mode.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 17, 2023

TIPs then integrate their level of intelligence into the in-house security architecture such as firewalls, endpoint detection and response simulators and SIEMs and XDRs to check for threats and block attacks, by directing the alerts to the cyber security personnel.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 6, 2022

Using a forum or social media account to send phishing messages or spam. Other more user-friendly solutions are bot detection methods and application firewalls. Web Application Firewalls (WAF) are often the first line of defense against malicious traffic. Needless to say that avoiding becoming a victim is worth the trouble.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Aside from the antivirus feature, it offers features like a Windows firewall, smart app control, device health, family options, browser control, and robust security settings. Firewall and network protection : Microsoft Defender’s built-in firewall actively monitors private and public network traffic, preventing unauthorized connections.

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Hacker's King

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Introduction Social media platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook are now essential for communication and business, making them prime targets for cybercriminals. You may like to read more about Social Media Botnets – Hackers leveraging bots for large-scale attacks What Are Zero-Day Exploits? million users.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 31, 2021

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. The post Palo Alto Networks latest security giant accused of patent infringement appeared first on SC Media. Last October a judge ordered Cisco Systems to pay $1.9

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

While state-of-the-art tools are vital, the true backbone of our defense strategy lies within our trained professionals—the human firewall.”

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