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Articles by Dan Piazza
How Insecure and Vulnerable Open Ports Pose Serious Security Risks
When intruders want to break into an establishment, they look for an opening. An open port is one of the openings that a hacker or threat actor looks for to access a digital network. That open port may be on a firewall, a server, or any network-connected computing device. Just as a single unlocked door can jeopardize your privacy and grant access to a physical building, a single open port can provide a point for hackers to breach your systems, exposing you to their malicious intents.
Firewall Log Management and SIEMs
Firewalls are the first line of defense in any network. Firewalls can be software or appliances, and organizations can configure them up to allow or disallow some or all IP traffic, or to verify specific traffic types based on rules that use deep packet inspection. For maximum effectiveness, it’s critical to monitor the operation of your firewalls to spot threats and misconfiguration. What are firewall logs and how they can help?
What DNS over HTTPS (DoH) Is & How to Enable in Windows 10
Why Move from Traditional DNS to DNS over HTTPS When your web browser accesses a website, it needs to first translate the friendly URL (such as Netwrix.com) to the public server IP address of the server that hosts that website. This is known as a DNS lookup. Traditional DNS is unencrypted, unlike modern HTTPS web traffic that’s almost entirely secured via HTTPS these days.
Cybersecurity: What to Expect in 2022
As the pandemic continues, organizations around the world are working hard to adapt to the “new normal.” This article highlights the key trends that we will face in 2022 and beyond. Ransomware will be an even more devastating threat in 2022. Ransomware attacks more than doubled in 2021 compared to 2020, with healthcare and utilities the most commonly targeted sectors.
Vulnérabilité d’Apache Log4j : que faire ?
Depuis quelques jours, des cybercriminels exploitent massivement une vulnérabilité d’Apache Log4j, un utilitaire de journalisation basé sur Java utilisé par des millions d’entreprises.
User Entitlement Review Explained
What is an entitlement review? The entitlement review definition is simple: a review of user access permissions and other rights. The goal of a user entitlement review is to ensure that each user in the IT environment has access to the data they need to do their job and nothing more — the principle of least privilege. A structured and regular entitlement review process helps mitigate security risks and protect sensitive data.
Emotet Attacks Surge in 2020, but Could Be Prevented
By Dan Piazza, Technical Product Manager, Stealthbits Technologies, Inc. The Emotet malware, originally detected as a banking trojan in 2014, has become one of those most prevalent malware threats in 2020, and the economic fallout from an Emotet attack can range into millions of dollars (USD). Over the years Emotet has evolved well beyond a banking trojan and is typically delivered via phishing emails that turn infected hosts into bots and malware spreaders.
Privacy Shield Revoked
What This Means for EU-US Commercial Data Transfers By Dan Piazza, Technical Product Manager, Stealthbits Technologies On July 16th, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down the EU-US data privacy agreement named Privacy Shield, which many organizations rely on to transfer data between the EU and the U.S. Privacy Shield was enacted in 2016 as a replacement for the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles, which were also struck down by the ECJ in 2015.
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