SecureWorld News

MARCH 12, 2024

Scan for malware Numerous WordPress breaches involve backdoors, enabling attackers to bypass authentication and quietly carry out malicious activities. Additionally, consider requiring other admins and users to sign documents as part of a policy agreement that mandates strong password practices.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 14, 2023

The idea of “trust nothing” and “verify everything” has been around for a long time and is even codified in documents such as the NIST 800-27 Special Publication on Zero Trust. But as we have all discovered, the emergence of SaaS and cloud-based workloads and services requires a broader approach to Zero Trust.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 21, 2020

The malicious documents employed in this campaign used job postings from leading defense contractors as lures and installed a data gathering implant on a victim's system. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication. Keep operating system patches up-to-date.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

We invest in firewalls, two-factor authentication systems, and lots and lots of training for everyone in the company. After you’ve been hacked, you need to update policies and document changes. It is crucial to establish new security policies after a hacking incident and to document what went wrong and how it was fixed.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

JANUARY 30, 2019

The thinking behind this software is that if the bad guys attach some malicious software to a document, image, or spreadsheet that comes into the company, then before anyone can open it up the antivirus software will catch it and the file will be quarantined. Of these firms, 65% – 70% are running antivirus software.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

A clear example of friction is the additional step introduced by multifactor authentication (MFA) in a standard authentication process. Instead, it prolongs the authentication process, reduces user performance, and increases the time required to complete tasks on a system. Complexity also adds to administrative overhead.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 15, 2022

New research shows there are more than 9,000 exposed Virtual Network Computing (VNC) servers that are being used without authentication, some of which belong to organizations in critical infrastructure. They say that he could remotely access a ministry employee's desktop without a password or authentication.

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Linux Academy

MAY 31, 2019

For network devices, we should consider using RADIUS/TACACS+ for authentication purposes, not a shared user account. Ansible can help automate the backup, and you can learn more in this month’s how-to video that covers using Ansible to back up a Cisco ASA firewall. Network Device Configurations.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

If you can mandate strong password policies and multi-factor authentication (MFA) for systems and data, you'll work wonders in preserving valuable data in transit. Enforce enterprise-grade antivirus, firewalls, and internet security software across all connected devices.

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Board software or board management software is a virtual workspace where board members can seamlessly share, access, and store board documents. These portals offer secure document storage, audit trails, and e-signatures. They are ideal for sharing grant proposals, communicating with donors, and managing disaster response documents.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 25, 2023

I don’t, in normal day-to-day life, talk like a policy document. Because if you think about the complexities around the way an event or attack happened or a really complex TSA regulation, no one wants you to regurgitate the low-level details or the policy documents. They want to understand, in summary, what is it? What are they?

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 21, 2024

Having basic cyber hygiene Advanced technology is important, but basics like regular data backups, software updates, strong password policies, and multi-factor authentication are fundamental. For instance, hardware- or software-based firewalls can monitor incoming and outgoing network traffic and block suspicious activity.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This might involve technological solutions, like firewalls or encryption, or policy-based solutions, such as enhanced training and stricter access controls. The use and exchange of documents, especially in PDF format, remain paramount for an array of essential business operations. That's right, even PDFs are an attack vector.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The catch was that the document contained a function to transform these gibberish-looking symbols into hexadecimal values that denoted specific JavaScript tags. To evoke a victim's curiosity, this document is claimed to contain important business information.

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Board software or board management software is a virtual workspace where board members can seamlessly share, access, and store board documents. These portals offer secure document storage, audit trails, and e-signatures. They are ideal for sharing grant proposals, communicating with donors, and managing disaster response documents.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 7, 2024

Firewall capability for AI security: Enhance security measures by providing firewall capabilities to safeguard against potential AI-related vulnerabilities. Documenting these plans and use cases will be critical to minimize the future workload if regulators come knocking (and they will). Embrace AI—it’s here!

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

I firmly believe that the future of “infrastructure engineers”—that is, folks who today are focused on managing servers, hypervisors, VM, storage, networks, and firewalls—lies in becoming the “full-stack engineer,” someone who has knowledge and skills across multiple areas, including automation/orchestration.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 30, 2022

So after elevating a previous to it, we could conduct a more extensive recon and on the Jupyter Notebook environment So after conducting more thorough recon on the Jupyter Notebook environment, we found out that the Jupyter Notebook had some local firewall rules restricting network access. One prevented them from access IMDS.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This includes rigorous authentication procedures, regular vulnerability scanning, and refined access control for customer data. Network security firewalls might detect anomalous requests on an API, but that’s hardly a tailored API solution. Creating detailed documentation can help make it easier to identify malicious activity.

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Look for a Managed Security Service Provider that has invested heavily in cutting-edge security tools and technologies, such as next-generation firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and advanced threat protection platforms. They must also conduct regular risk assessments and maintain documentation of their compliance efforts.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 27, 2023

It’s like locking your important documents in a secure cabinet or using a safe to protect your valuables but only this time, it’s happening in the digital realm. Enable two-factor authentication Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security to your accounts.

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Sean Daniel

JANUARY 3, 2012

This enabled me to see the list of printers connect to my Home Server Opening an Additional Port on the server Per Collobos support page , I had to manually open the port 6631 on my Home Server to allow AirPrint to send the document to FingerPrint. Hi Dave, My guess is you've somehow managed to add some authentication to who can print.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 25, 2022

Multifactor authentication (MFA) is not enforced. Cyber actors send emails with malicious macros—primarily in Microsoft Word documents or Excel files—to infect computer systems. These are the 10 most commonly exploited initial attack vectors, according to the Five Eyes: 1. Strong password policies are not implemented.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

And inside that email is a harmless looking word document that of course I have to download, but as you may have guessed, this is not any normal word document you see when I open this thing first, okay. So clearly something happened here and it had something to do with that word document and Microsoft word. Macros are fantastic.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 22, 2023

How does he authenticate? So the explanation the back, the question of authentication is a really important one. And so we can use that as a tie to the idea of biometrics as a way of authenticating a human being to a computer. Yeah, deep questions, which I was not asking myself in 1977. SHOSTACK: Yeah. I feel proud of that work.

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