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5/12/2017 might be another day of cyber-infamy based on malware as hospitals and critical infrastructure providers are locked out of their machines due to what appears to be a new variant of ransomware dubbed WannaCry spreading through corporate networks. Patching and update information from Microsoft is located here.
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Checkers and Rally's (2019): The fast-food chain reported a point-of-sale malware attack affecting more than 100 locations. Restricting the use of high-risk ports like RDP or SMB for inbound and outbound communication can further reduce the potential for data exfiltration." Subway U.K. 2020): The sandwich chain's U.K.
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This is filtering provided at the network edge by a firewall with rules (ACLs) restricting what internal users are allowed to access. There are several reasons for wanting to restrict outbound communications, such as defeating malware, making data exfiltration harder, and the detection of infected hosts. SMB (TCP 445).
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