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5 common VPN myths busted

Malwarebytes

Virtual Private Networks ( VPN s) are popular but often misunderstood. VPNs are for illegal activity. Some people think that VPNs are only useful for doing things like torrenting, accessing geo-locked content, or getting around work/school/government firewalls. I don’t need a mobile VPN.

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Building a scalable RAVPN architecture in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Cisco Secure Firewall

Cisco Security

With Cisco Secure Firewall, organizations are able to build a scalable RAVPN architecture on OCI, providing employees secure remote access to their organization’s resources from any location or endpoint. Design 1 – Load balance RAVPN sessions to multiple firewalls using OCI DNS service. DNS provides an FQDN (example.vpn.com).

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Check Point released hotfix for actively exploited VPN zero-day

Security Affairs

Check Point released hotfixes for a VPN zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-24919, which is actively exploited in attacks in the wild. Check Point released hotfixes to address a VPN zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-24919 , which is actively being exploited in attacks in the wild. Impacted versions are R80.20.x,

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Back to the Future of Firewall

Cisco Security

As a network and workload security strategy leader, I spend a lot of time thinking about the future of the good old network firewall. Spoiler alert: I’m not going to join the cool club of pronouncing the firewall dead. The two main problems for the firewall to overcome in all those new deployment scenarios are insertion and visibility.

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Cisco Secure Firewall: Sometimes, updates are great news

Cisco Security

I distinctly remember my desktop and mobile updates that slowed my systems to a crawl. Secure Firewall Threat Defense 7.0 Secure Firewall Threat Defense 7.0 For Cisco Secure Firewall 1000, 2100, 4100 and 9300 series, updating your firewall to Threat Defense 7.0 and Snort 3 : The upgrade you definitely want to make.

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Secure Access for Remote Workers: RDP, VPN & VDI

eSecurity Planet

We use passwords to authenticate our users, run antivirus to keep malware off our endpoints , monitor our networks, and implement firewalls so we can have multiple defenses against attackers. Also read: Fine-tuning Firewall Rules: 10 Best Practices. VPNs remain vulnerable to stolen credentials , zero-day attacks , and sloppy updating.

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Types of Firewalls Explained

eSecurity Planet

Firewalls are as central to IT security as antivirus programs are to PCs, and the multi-billion-dollar market remains large and growing. But the term “firewall” is far too broad to be of much use to IT security buyers. Types of Firewalls. What is a Firewall? Firewalls protect both on-premises and cloud environments.

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