eSecurity Planet

MARCH 1, 2022

However, Symantec researchers concluded Daxin is particularly stealthy, with a powerful ability to communicate over hijacked TCP/IP connections. It swaps legitimate connections with encrypted channels to bypass firewall rules and evade most detection tools like EDR. Also read: Best Network Monitoring Tools for 2022.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Even in the cloud era, Microsoft Exchange Server remains a staple business communications tool across the globe. Fortunately, effective tools and wise best practices can help mitigate this this exposure enabling companies to indefinitely leverage Exchange Server as a productive, resilient and secure communications tool.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

These tools saved 2.5 Popular AI platforms Communication channels like websites, messaging apps and voice assistants are increasingly adopting AI chatbots. This widespread integration enhances accessibility and user engagement, allowing businesses to provide seamless interactions across various platforms. per interaction.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2023

Large, sprawling organizations often struggle to apply consistent security policies outside of their network to remote workers accessing cloud-hosted resources, branch offices, and edge computing. The distributed access points avoid latency problems through short-distance connections to high-speed networks.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 19, 2023

APIs (application programming interfaces) allow applications to communicate with each other, a critically important function in the digital age. API security tools help protect the integrity of APIs and keep them safe from common attack vectors like local file inclusion (LFI), cross-site scripting ( XSS ) and SQL injection (SQLi).

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2020

Privileged Access Management ( PAM ) arose some 15 years ago as an approach to restricting access to sensitive systems inside of a corporate network. And efforts to securely manage privileged access accounts isn’t going to get any easier, going forward, as companies increase their reliance on hybrid IT infrastructures.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. Their main purpose is to protect applications from unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious attacks. It also provides web application scanning and vulnerability management tools.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2021

Trojan Shield operation: The FBI and Australian Federal Police ran an encrypted chat platform that was used by crime gangs and intercepted their communications. The FBI and Australian Federal Police (AFP) ran an encrypted chat platform that was used by crime gangs and intercepted their communications.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2022

Microsoft released an open-source tool to secure MikroTik routers and check for indicators of compromise for Trickbot malware infections. Microsoft has released an open-source tool, dubbed RouterOS Scanner, that can be used to secure MikroTik routers and check for indicators of compromise associated with Trickbot malware infections.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2022

Cobalt Strike was created a decade ago by Raphael Mudge as a tool for security professionals. Indeed, the tool can assess vulnerabilities and run penetration tests , while most tools on the market cannot do both. The tool is so powerful that black hat hackers and international threat groups have added it to their arsenal.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

With the rise of enterprise networks in the past few decades – and evolution in recent years with the addition of virtual, cloud , and edge networks – monitoring tools are as important as ever. This article looks at 15 of the best network monitoring tools and what to consider when evaluating monitoring solutions in 2022. Catchpoint.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Researchers detailed a new wave of attacks distributing the PlugX RAT disguised as a legitimate Windows debugger tool. Trend Micro uncovered a new wave of attacks aimed at distributing the PlugX remote access trojan masqueraded as an open-source Windows debugger tool called x32dbg.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2021

ToxicEye is a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that exploits the Telegram service as part of it command and control infrastructure. Telegram also allows attackers to use their mobile devices to access infected systems. The use of the popular IM service gives to the attackers multiple benefits. ” concludes the report.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2023

Cloud security posture management (CSPM) tools continuously monitor, identify, score, and remediate security and compliance concerns across cloud infrastructures as soon as problems arise. For example, one month and 25 assets worth of access to CNAPP Compliance & Network Security cost $625 through AWS Marketplace.

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OneHub

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The sudden transition to remote working has meant that virtual tools and technologies are now uppermost in most business leaders minds. To help make the transition to remote working , there will also inevitably be new tools to adopt to optimize workplace collaboration. A project or work management tool. Video conferencing tools.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2022

An Iran-linked Mercury APT group exploited the Log4Shell vulnerability in SysAid applications for initial access to the targeted organizations. MERCURY has already exploited the Log4j 2 in past attacks, for example, targeting vulnerable VMware apps, but this is the first time the group has used SysAid apps as a vector for initial access. .

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 2, 2024

Some 74 percent of cyber breaches are caused by human factors, including errors, stolen credentials, misuse of access privileges, or social engineering. BEC = big losses attackers finagle their way into corporate communications, mimicking or outright hijacking legitimate email accounts. New AI risks have lit a fire under IT teams.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

Some vulnerability scanning tool providers recognize the key role managed IT service providers (MSPs) and managed IT security service providers ( MSSPs ) play for the many organizations with constrained IT resources. RapidFire VulScan RapidFire Tool’s VulScan product performs internal and external network vulnerabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2023

Here we’ll discuss how patch management works on Linux, best practices, and the best patch management tools for Linux. There are patch management tools that can help manage all those operating systems and more; we’ll get to those later on. Microsoft releases patches on Patch Tuesday, a scheduled monthly update release.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

Top network security tools. Cloud access security broker CASB McAfee Microsoft. Identity and access management IAM Okta Microsoft. Network access control NAC Cisco ForeScout. Cloud access security broker (CASB): McAfee. MCAS integrates smoothly for organizations leaning on Microsoft software tools.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 13, 2023

ChatGPT and other generative AI tools have been used by cybercriminals to create convincing spoofing emails, resulting in a dramatic rise in business email compromise (BEC) attacks. They found a tool called WormGPT “through a prominent online forum that’s often associated with cybercrime,” Kelley wrote in a blog post.

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eDiscovery Daily

APRIL 27, 2023

E-discovery is a prime example of an area where legal technology/operations is seeing the challenges presented by legal professionals’ level of familiarity with computing options, particularly those technologies that form the dynamic changes in how professionals communicate. which are identifiable characteristics of communications.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 16, 2020

In many cases, the lateral movement phase is being facilitated by the hijacking of an ubiquitous network administrator’s tool: Windows Active Directory, or AD. Ransomware uptick AD enables IT staffers to manage access to servers and applications across the breadth of any Windows-based network; it’s used in 90 percent of U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 23, 2022

Instead, they want a few good tools that do a lot for them and don’t require much in the way of babysitting. At the same time, they don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for security tools that contain every bell and whistle imaginable. Best SMB Security Tools & Software. FortiGate Network Firewall. Key Differentiators.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 24, 2024

Triparty repo dealing systems, central to these exchanges, require seamless and secure communication across different platforms. IBM MQ and its effect on triparty repo dealing system IBM MQ is a messaging system that allows parties to communicate with each other in a protected and reliable manner.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

China-linked cyberespionage group LightBasin hacked mobile telephone networks around the world and used specialized tools to access calling records. Once compromised the eDNS servers, the attackers deployed a custom backdoor, tracked as SLAPSTICK, that allowed them to access the Solaris Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM).

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AIIM

OCTOBER 17, 2018

A great project development team can only be great with the right tools. Through the numerous project management methodologies and top-down inferences, there is one constant; management tools. All leaders want effective teams and all effective teams use project management tools. This makes them even more valuable to the heads.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2024

Bitdefender identified a troubling trend, attackers repeatedly regained access to compromised systems, highlighting vulnerabilities such as poor credential hygiene and inadequate patching practices. “This is a clever example of a fileless attack that exploits a legitimate tool: MSBuild.exe. .

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2022

KnowBe4, for example, has offered previews at the Black Hat USA conference of a new product known as SecurityCoach , which will be integrated into its suite of security awareness training tools. SecurityCoach tracks risky user behavior such as plugging in a USB drive, clicking on a malicious attachment, or accessing a compromised website.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2022

Threat actors behind the Twilio hack also gained access to the accounts of 93 individual users of its Authy two-factor authentication (2FA) service. Early August, the communications company Twilio discloses a data breach , threat actors had access to the data of some of its customers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

The MASQ tool could be used by attackers to emulate device fingerprints thus allowing them to bypass fraud protection controls. Such activity is not limited to just payments – bad actors are also abusing social media and e-mail accounts using such tools.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have responded to fraud by adopting new tools and strategies to combat the ever-evolving threat. Table of Contents Why Use Fraud Management and Detection Tools? Who Benefits Most From Using Fraud Management and Detection Tools? Why Use Fraud Management and Detection Tools?

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 12, 2021

Enterprises actually have access to plenty of robust security technology, as well as proven tactics and procedures, to detect and defuse even leading-edge, multi-layered attacks. They were able to take control of multiple systems to steal account credentials, compromise domain controllers, and retain remote access to key hacked machines.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 27, 2021

In a developing market, third-party risk management (TPRM) software and tools could be the answer to helping organizations fill the gap. This article looks at the top third-party risk management vendors and tools and offers a look into TPRM solutions and what buyers should consider before purchasing. Aravo TPRM.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The malicious attack known as doxing has gone far beyond hacker tools, with the threat now extending to most social media platforms and making nearly anyone a target. Online users can have a great deal of anonymity, but the growth of digital platforms makes obtaining information more accessible than ever. How Does Doxing Work?

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In addition to stranding billions of users, the Facebook outage also has stranded its employees from communicating with one another using their internal Facebook tools. That’s because Facebook’s email and tools are all managed in house and via the same domains that are now stranded. “No one can do any work.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Cisco has released security updates to address 17 vulnerabilities affecting its networking and unified communications product lines. Cisco has released security patches to fix 17 vulnerabilities affecting its networking and unified communications product lines. ” reads the advisory published by Cisco. Pierluigi Paganini.

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