SecureWorld News

AUGUST 21, 2020

It also has a list of recommended mitigations for handling Hidden Cobra threats: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests. Disable File and Printer sharing services.

Exercises 98

Exercises Malware Firewall Authentication 98

SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

At its core, this tactic revolves around gaming the trust users put in reputable internet services, including search engines, and the familiarity they have with online advertising per se. One way or another, the fact persists that search engine abuse can amplify the problem.

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Advertising Malware Engineering Operating Systems 108

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Whether in-the-cloud or on-premise there is a shift to a model where individual applications need to protect themselves instead of relying on firewall-like techniques. That goes especially for the interaction between applications and storage engines, and between applications and databases. blog comments powered by Disqus. Contact Info.

Firewall 68

Firewall CTO Operating Systems Applications 68

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2013

Ranga Maddipudi ( @vCloudNetSec on Twitter) has put together two blog posts on vCloud Networking and Security’s App Firewall ( part 1 and part 2 ). The sentiment behind this post isn’t unique to networking (or networking engineers), but that was the original audience so I’m including it in this section. .”

Vmware 123

Vmware Storage Virtualization HP 123

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. Via Alex Mitelman’s Systems Design Weekly 015 , I was pointed to this AWS article on multi-site active-active architectures. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Open Source 105

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Ivan Pepelnjak shares some links and thoughts on configuring the NSX-T firewall with a CI/CD pipeline built on GitHub Actions and Terraform Cloud. Justin Pietsch talks about simplifying networks and the resulting engineering trade-offs. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Servers/Hardware. Thank you, Ben!

Open Source 107

Open Source Cloud Network Storage 107

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 4, 2020

CISA includes some mitigation best practices in the report: Maintain up-to-date antivirus signatures and engines. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests. Disable File and Printer sharing services.

Malware 64

Malware Government Exercises Firewall 64

Galido

JUNE 23, 2016

During this level of education, it centers on security procedures, information security, computer forensics, operating system security, encryption, and fundamentals of information security. Firewalls can be setup to prevent virus attacks and password protocols may be installed to control user access.

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Security Information Security Education Firewall 72

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Greg Ferro examines a potential SDN use case (an OpenFlow use case) in the form of enterprise firewall migrations. As the website describes it, it’s designed to “reverse engineer” servers so that you can migrate them into a configuration management system like Chef or Puppet. Operating Systems/Applications.

Storage 125

Storage Vmware Virtualization WAN 125

SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

While large and active Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) gangs like Conti, LockBit, and BlackCat always make headlines with their operations, it's important to learn about smaller ransomware families, as they can provide insight and help us understand more about cybercrime gangs as a whole. The report was published on June 7, 2022.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Backup Fractional CTO Government 98

Network World

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For network engineers and security leaders tasked with securing modern enterprise environments, the challenge of preventing lateral threat movement is critical. OT security risks and ThreatLabz insights According to Zscaler ThreatLabz research, OT security risks are pervasive in large operating environments.

Network 394

Network Firewall Security Policies 394

Linux Academy

MARCH 28, 2019

To ensure ongoing security site reliability engineers must work hand-in-hand with the CISO’s (Chief Information Security Officer) office to implement Kubernetes security. Vulnerabilities at the operating system level may be exploited by rogue container workloads if not hardened. Use The Right Installer.

Policies 68

Policies Linux Virtualization Security 68

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. Via Alex Mitelman’s Systems Design Weekly 015 , I was pointed to this AWS article on multi-site active-active architectures. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

This post by Matt Oswalt—the first in a series, apparently—provides a great introduction to 5 development tools for network engineers. Operating Systems/Applications. you’ll need to be sure to unblock WMI in the Windows Firewall. I hope you are able to glean something useful. Networking.

Vmware 87

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 87

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2020

” Speaking of Linux networking…Marek Majkowski of Cloudflare digs deep into conntrack , used for stateful firewalling functionality. Operating Systems/Applications. I think that this maxim holds true for other disciplines as well, not just network engineers. Servers/Hardware. I guess time will tell.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Disaster Recovery Linux 60

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This ranges from understanding cryptography to having insights into operating system architecture. And if a threat actor employs social engineering , the analyst might even need a basic grasp of psychology. In such cases, your response might simply involve updating blacklists on the firewall using data from the TIP.

Artificial Intelligence 113

Artificial Intelligence Malware Knowledge Base Report 113

Dataconomy

MARCH 20, 2023

It works by exploiting vulnerabilities in the operating system or other software on the target machine to gain access and create copies of itself. Worms can quickly spread to other devices connected to the same network, causing widespread damage and disrupting normal operations.

System 36

System Malware Firewall Operating Systems 36

Linux Academy

APRIL 11, 2019

Modern-day defense in depth strategies revolve around this same concept of making an attacker go through multiple layers of defense, with one key difference: we’re applying that to our computer systems. Domain 3: Security Engineering. It’s in this domain that we lump the following: Firewalls. Router/switch security.

Authentication 60

Authentication Security Disaster Recovery Firewall 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

In the event you accidentally locked yourself out of vCenter using NSX’s distributed firewall, this post by Roie Ben Haim provides a workaround for getting yourself out of this pickle. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s Eric Shanks’ thoughts on being a full stack engineer. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Ivan Pepelnjak shares some links and thoughts on configuring the NSX-T firewall with a CI/CD pipeline built on GitHub Actions and Terraform Cloud. Justin Pietsch talks about simplifying networks and the resulting engineering trade-offs. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Servers/Hardware. Thank you, Ben!

Open Source 60

Open Source Cloud Network Storage 60

Dataconomy

JUNE 27, 2023

Common features include real-time scanning, web protection, email scanning, firewall capabilities, and ransomware protection. Ensure that the antivirus software is compatible with your operating system and its specific version. Keeping your operating system up to date is critical.

Malware 68

Malware Software Software Security 68

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

In a bit of an older post from late summer 2016, Matt Oswalt outlines why network engineers should care about the network software supply chain. Vivek Gite over at nixCraft explains how to use ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) on Ubuntu to limit SSH connections. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Dataconomy

MARCH 20, 2023

It works by exploiting vulnerabilities in the operating system or other software on the target machine to gain access and create copies of itself. Worms can quickly spread to other devices connected to the same network, causing widespread damage and disrupting normal operations.

System 28

System Malware Firewall Operating Systems 28

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 10, 2021

So if the engine needs to fire a particular cylinder it manages the fuel, the air fuel ratio, etc. You know with modern vehicles, they're actually becoming like they're running on bluetooth, they're running the Android operating system. Vamosi: What unites these microcontrollers is not an operating system, rather it's a bus.

Automotive 52

Automotive Operating Systems System Tools 52

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.

Firewall 52

Firewall Virtualization Authentication Linux 52

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. Vamosi: So a vulnerable version of Bash provided an attacker the ability to pass untrusted code to other systems and processes.

Open Source 52

Open Source Operating Systems Software Software 52

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. Vamosi: So a vulnerable version of Bash provided an attacker the ability to pass untrusted code to other systems and processes.

Open Source 52

Open Source Operating Systems Software Software 52

Dataconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The organization’s security team then works to implement these recommendations, which may involve patching software, configuring firewalls, or implementing additional security controls. She uses publicly available sources like social media, DNS records, and search engines to identify potential entry points and weaknesses.

Network 45

Network Security Applications System 45

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2022

Rather than -- I need a firewall -- maybe ATT&CK suggests a specific type of firewall. And maybe it’s not the firewall you currently have. Living off the land or fireless malware is a threat actor leveraging the utilities readily available on a system. Duff: Yeah.

Tools 40

Tools Firewall Research Security 40

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 30, 2022

So it's the ability to rapidly create a very high fidelity replica of your network, your security tools, your operating systems, your environment and the users. No, no firewall, okay, there was a firewall that was not really great. It really comes down to that detection engineering and tuning it and getting it just right.

Banking 40

Banking Tools Network Virtualization 40

Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

Some of the key hardware and software components of IoT ecosystems include: Hardware components:  IoT hardware components include devices and sensors, communication networks, and data storage systems. Software components:  IoT software components include applications, operating systems, and analytics tools.

Data 28

Data Storage Security Network 28

Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

Some of the key hardware and software components of IoT ecosystems include: Hardware components:  IoT hardware components include devices and sensors, communication networks, and data storage systems. Software components:  IoT software components include applications, operating systems, and analytics tools.

Data 28

Data Storage Security Network 28

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

We all know that security is more than just a host-based firewall, but a host-based firewall can be part of an overall security strategy. This article provides a good introductory overview of Linux iptables commands for configuring host-based firewall rules on your Linux systems. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Firewall Windows Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

This is kind of cool, and (in my humble opinion) a sign of changing times: Juniper has Vagrant boxes as well as a Vagrant plugin for working with vSRX (virtual firewall) VMs (via this article from Matt Oswalt). Here are some general guidelines for configuring syslog forwarding on a Cisco ASA firewall. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Network World

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

VersaONE includes typical secure access service edge ( SASE ) elements such as SD-WAN, secure web gateway, cloud access security broker (CASB), zero trust network access ( ZTNA ), and firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS). The modules leverage common platform capabilities, including shared AI engines and a zero-trust foundation, according to Versa.

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Network WAN Security LAN 219