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.

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Data breaches Encryption Mobile Technology 262

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 105

Penetration Testing Firewall Risk 105

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 88

Firewall Architecture Data privacy Internet 88

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.

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Firewall Risk Network Security Accountability 69

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 25, 2020

The Internet from its inception has presented a wide open attack vector to threat actors. MSSPs started out some 15 years ago providing email security and firewall upkeep, but today they often provide vulnerability patching and even endpoint detection and response ( EDR ) services, as well. I’ll keep watch.

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Cyber Risk Software Risk Cloud Migration 182

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. While software developers faced no additional risk from malware during this time, trouble was lurking just around the corner. The Cloud Era.

Malware 96

Malware Software Ransomware Adware 96

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.

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Mobile Marketing Consumer Protection Wireless 337

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Consumers and organizations are enthused about the operational benefits of more robust mobile connectivity, but the shift to 5G networks doesn’t come without risks. Here we’ll discuss the most significant risks posed by 5G, how U.S. Table of Contents What Are the Cybersecurity Risks of 5G? How is 5G Different?

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Risk Cybersecurity IoT Wireless 129

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Enterprise risk management software can provide risk monitoring, identification, analysis, assessment, and mitigation, all in one solution. . While a number of solutions focus on the operational and financial risks posed to enterprises, this article focuses on software vendors specializing in cybersecurity risk management.

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Software Risk Government Architecture 104

SecureList

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The primary objective of these services is risk reduction. Policy violations by employees Most organizations focus on external threats; however, policy violations pose a major risk , with 51% of SMB incidents and 43% of enterprise incidents involving IT security policy violations caused by employees. Outdated malware signatures.

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Risk Antivirus Accountability Malware 107

Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Ergo, something about this request triggered the firewall and caused it to be challenged. We saw an example of that earlier on with Stripe's request from their IP showing it triggered a firewall rule, but what we didn't see is the contents of that POST request, the actual payload that triggered the rule. Next rabbit hole!

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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.

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Firewall Cybersecurity Internet Internet 193

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The “move to cloud” presents significant cybersecurity challenges for critical infrastructure related industries, that still put a premium on one element of the C-I-A triad (confidentiality, integrity and availability) over others, namely availability [ii]. Overreliance on perimeter firewalls and industrial IDS tools.

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IoT Architecture Energy and Utilities Firewall 134

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

According to the advisory published by Broadcom, Brocade SANnav doesn’t have access to remote Docker registries, and knowledge of the keys is a minimal risk as SANnav is prevented from communicating with Docker registries. then) and confirmed that all the previously rejected vulnerabilities were still present in the version 2.2.2

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 17, 2021

Here are the key takeaways: Cloud migration risks. To defend its web applications, the bank chose to go with an open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF), called ModSecurity, along with an open-source Apache web server. Her hack served as a wake-up call about the prevalence of fresh risks spinning out of cloud migration.

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Cloud Migration Banking Firewall Software 164

Cisco Security

AUGUST 12, 2021

This requires a robust connection to the Internet (Lumen and Gigamon), firewall protection (Palo Alto Networks), segmented wireless network (Commscope Ruckus) and network full packet capture & forensics and SIEM (RSA NetWitness); with Cisco providing cloud-based security and intelligence support. From Russia With Love. Recorded Future.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2019

Caz-bees first took shape as a cottage industry circa 2013 to 2014 in response to a cry for help from companies reeling from new Shadow IT exposures : the risk created by early-adopter employees, quite often the CEO, insisting on using the latest smartphone and Software-as-a-Services tools, without any shred of security vetting.

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Digital transformation CSO Firewall Risk 203

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 12, 2023

Understanding AI threats Mitigating AI threats risks requires a comprehensive approach to AI security, including careful design and testing of AI models, robust data protection measures, continuous monitoring for suspicious activity, and the use of secure, reliable infrastructure.

Risk 106

Risk Architecture Data privacy Encryption 106

CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The most obvious thing about today’s security landscape is that threats are on the rise: According to Accenture, 68 percent of business leaders felt their cybersecurity risks were increasing in 2020. Risk Based reported that data breaches exposed 36 billion records during the first half of 2020. How Tools Address the Challenges.

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Cybersecurity Firewall Data breaches Risk 143

Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Excluding in this discussion threats due to natural disasters, we can classify the man-made risk, to which an information system is subject, into intentional threats or unintentional threats due to negligence or inexperience. Businesses need to protect themselves from these threats, which can put both applications and assets at serious risk.

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Firewall Internet Internet VPN 132

SiteLock

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Let us start with the abbreviations that define the categories of information security products: WAF stands for Web Application Firewall , NGFW stands for Next Generation Firewall. NGFW (or Next Generation Firewall) is an evolution of traditional firewalls and serves to delimit access between network segments.

Firewall 52

Firewall Information Security Penetration Testing Banking 52

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. Complexity introduces misconfigurations and increases risk. Announcing the new Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud Native.

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Network Security Firewall VPN Encryption 92

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

In the process, however, they embraced a large number of connected devices and IoT platforms, which means that additional data and processes are now moving outside of the firewall and into the cloud. This presents a security risk to businesses. Sensitive Data at Risk. Challenges, Choices, Capabilities and Changes.

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Encryption Policy Compliance Digital transformation Data breaches 123

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 106

Firewall Data collection Architecture Cyber threats 106

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 1, 2021

On the other hand, some threat types are not prevalent and pose significantly less risk. To allow lateral movements within your network, attackers invoke malware or trojans with tunnels and backdoors to keep them present and undetected. Advanced persistent threats, for example, are not as common for most organizations.

Firewall 139

Firewall Backups Ransomware Phishing 139

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.

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Penetration Testing

JULY 30, 2024

A new report by NetRise analyzes the software composition, vulnerabilities, and non-CVE risks present in corporate network equipment—routers, switches, firewalls, VPN gateways, and wireless access points.

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Wireless VPN Firewall Software 57

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Other vulnerabilities cannot be patched and will require coordination between IT, cybersecurity, and app developers to protect those exposed vulnerabilities with additional resources that mitigate, or reduce, the risk of exploitation. This is often measured and tracked in a Risk Register or through a Risk Management program.

Firmware 144

Firmware Firewall Passwords Risk 144

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2021

percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. Top Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors for 2021.

Encryption 139

Encryption Malware Ransomware Firewall 139

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. To summarize, visibility evaporated, and meanwhile, organizational risk levels spiked parabolically. With release 7.3.2, Has anyone “gone rogue”?

Data collection 89

Data collection Firewall VPN Threat Detection 89

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2022

“The vulnerabilities identified present a potentially serious risk, and we believe both were addressed in software updates issued beginning Oct 2019,” EAS said in a written statement. Anything lower than version 4.1 should be updated immediately.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2024

On April 19, 2024, CrushFTP advised of a virtual file system escape present in their FTP software that could allows users to download system files. Cisco Talos researchers tracked this cyber-espionage campaign as ArcaneDoor. Falcon OverWatch and Falcon Intelligence have observed this exploit being used in the wild in a targeted fashion.”

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VPN Software Firewall Authentication 137

Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

Only by integrating these tools into your larger security reporting and analytics infrastructure, and by leveraging actionable responses, can one reduce the threat risk to an organization. Cisco Secure Firewall integrations. Cisco Secure Firewall has several new partner integrations. Cisco Secure Firewall version 7.0

Technology 110

Technology Firewall VPN Authentication 110

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. To summarize, visibility evaporated, and meanwhile, organizational risk levels spiked parabolically. With release 7.3.2, Has anyone “gone rogue”?

Data collection 85

Data collection Firewall VPN Threat Detection 85

CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The most obvious thing about today’s security landscape is that threats are on the rise: According to Accenture, 68% of business leaders felt their cybersecurity risks were increasing in 2020. Hackers once targeted a single vector, such as a firewall port, but today, they target multiple vectors. How Tools Address the Challenges.

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Cybersecurity Firewall Data breaches Marketing 122

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2019

By tapping into a data lake with its advanced analytics platform, Exabeam can make more and better correlations in real time and then “present the information in a fast and solid way so it can be analyzed,” she says. And then from there, you’ll want to do something. So we can help organizations streamline their response, as well.

Big data 153

Big data Digital transformation Data breaches Architecture 153

Webroot

MARCH 29, 2021

A firewall with the right threat intelligence embedded could have blocked communications with the command-and-control server thus preventing a Trojanized Orion install from connecting back to the attackers and stopping them from furthering the attack. Outside of the corporate firewall, it is the Wild West.

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