eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Firewalls monitor and control incoming and outgoing traffic while also preventing unauthorized access. Examine the rationale behind present rules, considering previous security concerns and revisions. Overlapping rules may impair firewall efficiency or expose flaws that allow attackers to circumvent regulations.

Firewall 120

Firewall Network Security Backups Education 120

Cisco Security

MARCH 30, 2022

Cisco commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact (TEI) study to examine the value that Secure Firewall customers could achieve by deploying Secure Firewall, Firewall Management Center, and optionally SecureX. Virtual firewall policies are also updated 80% faster.

Firewall 103

Firewall Risk Network Security Accountability 103

eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A firewall audit is a procedure for reviewing and reconfiguring firewalls as needed so they still suit your organization’s security goals. Auditing your firewall is one of the most important steps to ensuring it’s still equipped to protect the perimeter of your business’ network.

Firewall 113

Firewall Firmware Software Risk 113

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.

Firewall 98

Firewall Architecture Data privacy Internet 98

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2021

That response also suggested this bug has been present in its devices for at least a decade. We encourage users who wish to continue operating these legacy products to configure their firewall to prevent remote access to these devices, and to take measures to ensure that only trusted devices on the local network have access to the device.”

Internet 331

Internet Internet Backups Small Business 331

Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Network control measures like firewalls, secure socket layer (SSL), and data loss prevention (DLP) tools sought to outmaneuver malicious code rather than directly combat it. Threat actors quickly realized the shared-responsibility model used by cloud services presented ample opportunities for exploitation.

Malware 96

Malware Software Ransomware Adware 96

The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

Today, there are two major types of common CMS platforms: •The older “traditional” or “monolithic” CMS platforms include a content repository (usually a multimedia database), the administrative console (where content is added and categorized), the presentation system (which makes nice-looking pages), and the search engine. Gierlinger.

Data breaches 262

Data breaches Encryption Mobile Technology 262

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2022

Left unpatched Log4Shell vulnerabilities present easy paths for a threat actor to take full control of the underlying system. I’m referring to Security Information and Event Management ( SIEM ) systems and to firewalls. This will come to fruition on smarter platforms using automated tools, including advanced firewalls.

Firewall 223

Firewall Internet Internet Digital transformation 223

Schneier on Security

JUNE 4, 2019

Really interesting paper calculating the worldwide cost of cybercrime: Abstract: In 2012 we presented the first systematic study of the costs of cybercrime. Our conclusions remain broadly the same as in 2012:it would be economically rational to spend less in anticipation of cybercrime (on antivirus, firewalls, etc.)

Cybercrime 246

Cybercrime Scams Cryptocurrency Antivirus 246

DoublePulsar

JANUARY 15, 2025

Having a full device config including all firewall rules is a lot of information. If you are in scope, may need to change device credentials and assess risk of firewall rules being publicly available. 2022 zero day was used to raid Fortigate firewall configs. Some are also large companies, others are governments.

Firewall 80

Firewall VPN Passwords Firmware 80

CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 24, 2022

The software giant will enhance its cloud native firewall service to enhance Oracle Cloud Guard and Oracle Security Zones. However, there is showing a kind of trepidation against security vulnerabilities that arise inside and outside the firewall networks, leading to breaches and misuse of data, later.

Firewall 142

Firewall Software Cybersecurity 142

Penetration Testing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Zyxel’s recent security advisory spotlights multiple vulnerabilities present in select firewall and access point models. Failure to take immediate action could leave these devices open to severe security risks.

Penetration Testing 109

Penetration Testing Firewall Risk 109

Cisco Security

MAY 17, 2021

Among the most consequential is Secure Firewall Threat Defense 7.0, We’ve increased throughput by up to 30%—across enabled AVC, IPS, and VPN services—for the majority of Cisco Secure Firewalls. With the new integration, Secure Workload dynamically informs Secure Firewall of recommended changes. With Threat Defense 7.0,

Network Security 124

Network Security Firewall VPN Encryption 124

Cisco Security

JANUARY 6, 2022

IDC recently had the opportunity to talk to CISOs regarding the integration of Cisco Secure Workload and Secure Firewall. The ever-present need to move quickly to stay ahead of cybercriminals require tools to “just work. As analysts, we can articulate the technical benefits. Our conversations were quite illuminating.

Digital transformation 137

Digital transformation CISO Firewall IoT 137

CSO Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2021

Firewall and network security appliance manufacturer SonicWall is urging customers to take preventive actions after its own systems were attacked through previously unknown vulnerabilities in some of its products. Learn 12 tips for effectively presenting cybersecurity to the board and 6 steps for building a robust incident response plan.

CSO 112

CSO Firewall VPN Manufacturing 112

Security Boulevard

MARCH 20, 2024

Authors/Presenters: Mingshi Wu, Jackson Sippe, Danesh Sivakumar, Jack Burg, Peter Anderson, Xiaokang Wang, Kevin Bock, Amir Houmansadr, Dave Levin, Eric Wustrow Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access.

Firewall 64

Firewall Encryption 64

Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Managing security control configurations for on-premises, cloud, hybrid and multicloud environments quickly becomes complex, expensive, and burdensome, And the oldest cyber security challenge is still present in the middle of this cloud transformation journey: How to better secure applications and data without compromising agility?

Firewall 145

Firewall Data collection Architecture Cyber threats 145

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2024

. “Additionally, Visual Studio Code tunneling involves executables signed by Microsoft and Microsoft Azure network infrastructure, both of which are often not closely monitored and are typically allowed by application controls and firewall rules. This tactic also allowed them to bypass firewall restrictions and evade closer scrutiny.

Firewall 74

Firewall Malware Accountability Technology 74

The Hacker News

MARCH 2, 2022

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks leveraging a new amplification technique called TCP Middlebox Reflection have been detected for the first time in the wild, six months after the novel attack mechanism was presented in theory.

DDOS 104

DDOS Firewall 104

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

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. You don’t have to upload 4 million rules and watch the firewall blow up.

Firewall 193

Firewall Cybersecurity Internet Internet 193

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2020

From the telemarketer’s perspective, the TCPA can present something of a legal minefield in certain situations, such as when a phone number belonging to someone who’d previously given consent gets reassigned to another subscriber. “Our Litigation Firewall isolates the infection and protects you from harm.

Mobile 356

Mobile Marketing Consumer Protection Wireless 356

NopSec

APRIL 2, 2025

It integrates vulnerability exposures, network topology, and firewall segmentation policies. Attack Path Management Attack Path Management Attack Path Management, NopSec’s Threat Exposure Management version of Threat Modeling, provides a visual representation of potential attack paths.

Penetration Testing 52

Penetration Testing Firewall Passwords Risk 52

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2024

CISA adds Array Networks AG and vxAG ArrayOS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Thai police arrested Chinese hackers involved in SMS blaster attacks Zyxel firewalls targeted in recent ransomware attacks Malware campaign abused flawed Avast Anti-Rootkit driver Russia-linked APT TAG-110 uses targets Europe and Asia Russia-linked threat (..)

Cybercrime 71

Cybercrime Firewall Social Engineering Ransomware 71

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) November 23, 2020 Clearly it was never TP-Link's intention for people to use their plugs in the fashion HA presently is and I'll talk more about why HA does this in the next section of this post. Probably “no”, but in a perfect world they’d document local connections by other apps and not break that.

IoT 363

IoT Firmware Risk Manufacturing 363

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.

Technology 145

Technology Firewall VPN Authentication 145

The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2021

Criminal hackers recognized the golden opportunity presented by hundreds of millions employees suddenly using a company VPN to work from home and remotely connect to an array of business apps. VPNs and RDP both enable remote access that can put an intruder deep inside the firewall. RPD presents a similar exposure.

VPN 214

VPN Firewall Encryption Accountability 214

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Locking down web gateways and erecting a robust firewall were considered the be-all and end-all. And at present, there is a lot of redundancy in the realm of DPI. Incapsula was acquired by web application firewall vendor Imperva. Connectivity was relatively uncomplicated. Fast forward to the 21 st Century’s third decade.

Firewall 213

Firewall Digital transformation Internet Internet 213

Cisco Security

JUNE 1, 2021

It’s no secret that last year’s abrupt exodus away from corporate offices presented organizations with novel challenges related to monitoring and securing their newly remote workforce. Security Analytics and Logging (SAL) is now supported as an on-premises, enterprise-class storage solution for large-scale firewall deployments.

Data collection 111

Data collection Firewall VPN Threat Detection 111

The Last Watchdog

JULY 31, 2024

billion Advancements have included everything from sandboxing and web applications firewalls (WAFs,) early on, to secure web gateways (SWGs) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDIs,) more recently. Web browser security certainly hasn’t been lacking over the past 25 years. Related: Island valued at $3.5

Threat Detection 130

Threat Detection Firewall Engineering Authentication 130

Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2024

The investigation revealed that the threat actor had been present in the organization’s on-premises network for about three years, aiming to maintain access for espionage purposes. The investigation revealed that the Chinese hackers had been present in the organization’s on-premises network for about three years.

Malware 138

Malware Internet Internet Firewall 138

Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

The TCP/IP protocol stack has only 4 layers compared to the standard ISO/OSI protocol ( Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data link, Physical ), namely the Application, TCP, IP and Network Access layers. Here are some: Firewall. Intrusion Detection System (IDS).

Firewall 135

Firewall Internet Internet VPN 135

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

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. All these technologies can present security challenges, which makes zero trust principles important in any remote access solution.

VPN 123

VPN Firewall Encryption Passwords 123

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Hackers once targeted a single vector, such as a firewall port, but today, they target multiple vectors. SIEMs collect data from many different sources, including firewalls, network detection and response (NDR) systems, endpoint detection and response (EDR) systems and cloud application security brokers (CASBs).

Cybersecurity 143

Cybersecurity Firewall Data breaches Risk 143

Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2021

This tool analyzes a system (either VSA server or managed endpoint) and determines whether any indicators of compromise (IoC) are present. Below the list of recommendations included in the advisory published by CISA and the FBI for impacted MSPs: Download the Kaseya VSA Detection Tool.

Ransomware 138

Ransomware VPN Backups Firewall 138

CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Front and center, as I see in almost every security metrics presentation, was a pair of my least favorite monthly measurements: average age of open vulnerabilities, and total open vulnerabilities. I had a lovely chat with one of my favorite CISOs the other day, helping them think through the security metrics that they report upwards.

CISO 101

CISO Firewall 101

Security Through Education

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Build a Human Firewall. Securing your work environment requires you to create what is referred to among security professionals as a human firewall. A human firewall is made up of the defenses the target presents to the attacker during a request for information. Use company-approved/vetted devices and applications.

Cybersecurity 137

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Firewall Engineering 137

Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

“This exploit was successfully demonstrated by Ken Pyle, a security researcher at CYBIR.com, and may be presented as a proof of concept at the upcoming DEFCON 2022 conference in Las Vegas, August 11-14.” ” reads the advisory. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Wireless 132

Wireless Firewall Software Hacking 132