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Dangerous nostalgia: Taking Windows XP online will result in auto-installed viruses in a matter of minutes

TechSpot

To prove how dangerous it can be to use old and deprecated operating systems without any antivirus program, firewall or routers in 2024, YouTuber Eric Parker performed a proof-of-concept experiment by setting up a Windows XP virtual machine with an unsecured internet connection.

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China Is Said to Close Major Hole in its Great Internet Firewall

Data Center Knowledge

(Bloomberg) — China’s government has told telecommunications carriers to block individuals’ access to virtual private networks by Feb. 1, people familiar with the matter said, thereby shutting a major window to the global internet. Beijing has ordered state-run telecommunications firms, which.

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Usage of Virtual Appliances in Microsoft Azure

Galido

When you place your resources in the cloud utilizing Microsoft as a provider of public cloud, your network which is situated in the cloud can be termed as a n Azure virtual network (Vnet). Your virtual network can be configured in a similar way as your internal on-premises network; i.e, The vnet can be sub divided into subnets as well.

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Microsegmentation – Secure Your Internal Network

CTOvision

The problem is that threat actors are able to get through the castle gates (firewalls) and once in, are able to evade the castle guards (IPS). Microsegmentation brings three important things to the table: 1) support for network virtualization; 2) support for software defined networking; and 3) automation. Microsegmentation for Dummies.

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Using pf on OS X Mountain Lion

Scott Lowe

I’ve written before about adding an extra layer of network security to your Macintosh by leveraging the BSD-level ipfw firewall, in addition to the standard GUI firewall and additional third-party firewalls (like Little Snitch ). The robust pf firewall should now be running on your OS X Mountain Lion system.

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Technology Short Take #33

Scott Lowe

Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again.

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Increase customer protection with edge security

CIO Business Intelligence

Latest cybersecurity threats expose flaws in traditional security methods Let’s consider two methods of security for customer data: firewalls and cloud storage. Firewalls are not well suited to protect against modern threats. Think about your data center firewall as a safe inside your home, where highly sensitive data is kept.

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