Network Security - Security Boulevard https://securityboulevard.com/category/blogs/network-security/ The Home of the Security Bloggers Network Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:57:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://securityboulevard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/android-chrome-256x256-1-32x32.png Network Security - Security Boulevard https://securityboulevard.com/category/blogs/network-security/ 32 32 133346385 China Cyberwar Coming? Versa’s Vice: Volt Typhoon’s Target https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/china-cyberwar-coming-versas-vice-volt-typhoons-target/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:57:30 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2029126 A Chinese flag flies on a high pole

Xi whiz: Versa Networks criticized for swerving the blame.

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Facebook Whistleblower Fears Election Abuse https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/facebook-whistleblower-fears-election-abuse/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:23:54 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028890 Frances Haugen, who famously blew the whistle on Facebook and its susceptibility to manipulation, has renewed concerns over the social-networking company. This time, she’s laser-focused on misinformation during the 2024 presidential election. “We are in a new, very nebulous era where we need to think more holistically and creatively” in defending cyberdefenses, Haugen said in..

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Cyber Lingo: What is a firewall? https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/cyber-lingo-what-is-a-firewall/ https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/cyber-lingo-what-is-a-firewall/#respond Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:43:09 +0000 https://clickarmor.ca/?p=10102 The post Cyber Lingo: What is a firewall? appeared first on Click Armor.

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Event Logging Key to Detecting LOTL Attacks, Security Agencies Say https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/event-logging-key-to-detecting-lotl-attacks-security-agencies-say/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 03:37:12 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028835 event logging, CISA, living off the land

A report by CISA, the FBI, the NSA, and international agencies lay out the argument that event logging tools help enterprises better detect attacks that rely on LOTL techniques used by threat groups to evade security protections during an attack.

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Audit: FBI is Losing Track of Storage Devices Holding Sensitive Data https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/audit-fbi-is-losing-track-of-storage-devices-holding-sensitive-data/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:58:52 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028784 FBI data storage devices

DOJ inspectors have found the FBI is not labeling hard drives and other storage devices holding sensitive that are slated for destruction, making them hard to track, and that boxes of them can sit in a poorly secured facility for months.

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Backdoor in RFID Cards for Offices, Hotels Can Lead to Instant Cloning https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/backdoor-in-rfid-cards-for-offices-hotels-can-lead-to-instant-cloning/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 18:47:52 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028500 backdoor RFID contactless card

A backdoor found in millions of Chinese-made RFID cards that are used by hotels and other businesses around the world can let bad actors instantly clone the cards to gain unauthorized access into rooms or run supply chain attacks, say researchers with Paris-based Quarkslab.

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Extortion Group Exploits Cloud Misconfigurations, Targets 110,000 Domains https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/extortion-group-exploits-cloud-misconfigurations-targets-110000-domains/ Mon, 19 Aug 2024 18:30:39 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028114 cloud security, extortion, Palo Alto, AWS

An unknown threat group leveraged publicly exposed environment variables in organizations' AWS accounts to exfiltrate sensitive data and demand ransoms in a wide-ranging extortion campaign that targeted 110,000 domains.

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Mandatory MFA is Coming to Microsoft Azure https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/mandatory-mfa-is-coming-to-microsoft-azure/ Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:38:21 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028096 Microsoft Google 2FA MFA Azure

Microsoft is making MFA mandatory for signing into Azure accounts, the latest step in the IT vendor's Secure Future Initiative that it expanded in May in the wake of two embarrassing breaches by Russian and Chinese threat groups.

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0.0.0.0 Day: 18-Year-Old Browser Flaw Affects Linux and macOS https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/0-0-0-0-day-18-year-old-browser-flaw-affects-linux-and-macos/ https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/0-0-0-0-day-18-year-old-browser-flaw-affects-linux-and-macos/#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2024 09:00:07 +0000 https://tuxcare.com/?p=19446 Oligo Security’s research team recently uncovered a critical vulnerability dubbed the “0.0.0.0 Day” affecting Chromium, Firefox, and Safari browsers on macOS and Linux systems. This vulnerability allows malicious websites to bypass standard browser security protocols and interact with services running on an organization’s local network. It does not affect Windows devices.   The Anatomy of […]

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Lawmakers Ask for Probe of Chinese Router Maker TP-Link https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/lawmakers-ask-for-probe-of-chinese-router-maker-tp-link/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:04:34 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028009 China, threats, scams, CISA TP-Link Volt Typhoon

Two U.S. lawmakers are asking the Commerce Department to investigate whether the Wi-Fi routers built by Chinese company TP-Link could be used by Chinese-sponsored threat groups to infiltrate U.S. government and private networks, posing a security risk to the country.

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