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Palo Alto Networks firewall bug being exploited by threat actors: Report

Network World

Admins with firewalls from Palo Alto Networks should make sure the devices are fully patched and the management interface blocked from open internet access after the discovery this week of a zero-day login authentication bypass in the PAN-OS operating system. If no devices are listed, then none have an internet-facing management interface.

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Center for Internet Security: 18 security controls you need

Network World

The Center for Internet Security has updated its set of safeguards for warding off the five most common types of attacks facing enterprise networks—web-application hacking, insider and privilege misuse, malware, ransomware, and targeted intrusions. To read this article in full, please click here

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5 things you need to know about virtual private networks

Network World

A virtual private network is a secure tunnel between two or more computers on the internet, allowing them to access each other as if on a local network.

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO Business Intelligence

Government orgs were a target for China-linked threat actors in virtually all regions of the world, and Salt Typhoon, a cyber unit tied to Chinas MSS, made headlines in recent months after compromising major telecom and ISP networks in the US, with this type of targeting also common in Asia and Africa.

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Cisco offers AI application visibility, access control, threat defense

Network World

The vendors AI Defense package offers protection to enterprise customers developing AI applications across models and cloud services, according to Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager of Ciscos Security, Data Center, Internet & Cloud Infrastructure groups.

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Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, And Mixed Reality Do Bring Value To Industry

Forrester IT

Back in August of last year, I asked for good examples of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality, and mixed reality (MR), all together known as extended reality. Unsurprisingly, I saw plenty of examples of the type my original post complained about: visually stunning but almost entirely useless for anything other than showing off.

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Let’s meet! Virtually, in-person, or somewhere in between?

CIO Business Intelligence

Many formerly in-person events from team meetings to conferences transitioned to virtual events and many companies seem conflicted on if, when or how they can get everyone back to the office. So, will virtual events continue to thrive and, if so, can they deliver better experiences? I have a love/hate relationship with virtual events.