SecureWorld News

AUGUST 21, 2020

Here's what Blindingcan has accomplished so far: "A threat group with a nexus to North Korea targeted government contractors early this year to gather intelligence surrounding key military and energy technologies. Keep operating system patches up-to-date. Do not add users to the local administrators group unless required.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 7, 2024

and allied cybersecurity agencies are sounding the alarm over an ongoing campaign by pro-Russia hacktivist groups to target and compromise operational technology (OT) systems across critical infrastructure sectors in North America and Europe. Practice and maintain the ability to operate systems manually [CPG 5.A].

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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. In last years SOSP Hari Balakrishnans group at MIT CSAIL team presented a paper on CryptDB which has a novel SQL-aware encryption approach. Contact Info.

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Linux Academy

MAY 31, 2019

This included installing operating system updates, NTP servers, DNS servers, static IPs, audit log options, anti-virus, etc. 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.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

What happens when multiple VXLAN logical networks are mapped to the same multicast group? This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. App Firewall? Operating Systems/Applications. Venky explains it in this post. “Best practices” for vCNS 5.1

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Galido

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

A common way for a malware program to attack is to find and exploit the system’s vulnerabilities. It is a fact that no system is fully free of vulnerabilities or weaknesses, which may be in the form of an old application, an unpatched operating system, or a browser with inadequate security protocols.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 4, 2020

Keep operating system patches up-to-date. Do not add users to the local administrators group unless required. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests. Disable File and Printer sharing services. Disable unnecessary services on agency workstations and servers.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

specifically, the new container network firewall functionality. When I was using Fedora, I needed some useful information on firewall-cmd , and found this article to be helpful. Operating Systems/Applications. The NIST and DHS have teamed up on some efforts to secure BGP; more information is available in this article.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Tactical — Here, you will find reports or messages in formats like STIX-MISP that detail the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) deployed by hacker groups and specific malware. This ranges from understanding cryptography to having insights into operating system architecture.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

This can show "good faith" from the ransomware group by allowing targeting and recovery of just sensitive files and not having to rebuild the entire server if the Operating System files are encrypted as well.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

What happens when multiple VXLAN logical networks are mapped to the same multicast group? This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. App Firewall? Operating Systems/Applications. Venky explains it in this post. “Best practices” for vCNS 5.1

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Network World

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

OT security risks and ThreatLabz insights According to Zscaler ThreatLabz research, OT security risks are pervasive in large operating environments. Often more than 50% of OT devices depend on legacy, end-of-life operating systems that have known vulnerabilities. Our unique agentless architecture protects headless machines.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Russell Pope at Kovarus recently wrote about using security groups to manage the VMware NSX distributed firewall. In talking with customers, I find that one of the things that really challenges their thinking is how to best utilize security groups to their maximum effect. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Galido

DECEMBER 28, 2018

A common way for malware to attack is for it to find exploits and vulnerabilities in a system. Shield weaknesses by removing applications you no longer use, update software, browsers, operating system and plugins. Anti-virus programs can catch most malicious bugs that enter your system. Turn on your firewall.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

Anthony Burke (disclaimer: Anthony works for VMware in the NSBU) has a post on how to use Python to automate the bulk creation of firewall rules for use with the VMware NSX distributed firewall. Here’s a post by Grant Orchard on using VMware NSX’s security groups to protect workloads deployed via vCAC (now vRA).

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 10, 2021

That’s perhaps because of a dedicated group of hackers who are working to improve automotive security. Fortunately, there's a group of automotive hackers that are trying to help. You know with modern vehicles, they're actually becoming like they're running on bluetooth, they're running the Android operating system.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

To further explain the differences between white hat, grey hat, and black hat hackers, let’s define each group and their characteristics. The organization’s security team then works to implement these recommendations, which may involve patching software, configuring firewalls, or implementing additional security controls.

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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.

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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.

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Chief Seattle Greek Blog

JUNE 28, 2009

We have three service desks, three different radio systems, four large data centers, and at least six different groups providing server support and desktop support. We have at least five different work management systems, and some unknown number of document management systems.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 14, 2023

Ensure that your network and devices are protected by up-to-date antivirus and firewall software. Additionally, regularly update your software and operating systems with the latest security patches to stay ahead of potential vulnerabilities. Enable firewalls to prevent unauthorized access to your network.

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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.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

I suppose such things happen, but what I remember was her telling her surprise when the system booted up and the Windows 95 splash screen came up … wait, what? Here we were in the 21st century, and the lab was using an operating system that was no longer supported by Microsoft. Because it's network monitoring tools.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

I suppose such things happen, but what I remember was her telling her surprise when the system booted up and the Windows 95 splash screen came up … wait, what? Here we were in the 21st century, and the lab was using an operating system that was no longer supported by Microsoft. Because it's network monitoring tools.

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Healthcare Network System Automotive 52

ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

Living off the Land (LoL) is an attack where files already on your machine, ie your operating system, are used against you. So I started thinking about other ways to hide messages or even how to get malware onto a system without it being detected. Like all the unused files within your operating system?

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