Mitigating Dynamic Application Risks with Secure Firewall Application Detectors – Cisco Blogs

Mitigating Dynamic Application Risks with Secure Firewall Application Detectors – Cisco Blogs

As part of our strategy to enhance application awareness for SecOps practitioners, our new Secure Firewall Application Detectors portal, https://appid.cisco.com, provides the latest and most comprehensive application risk information available in the cybersecurity space. This advance is important because today’s applications are not static. In fact, applications are continuously evolving as new technologies and services emerge. This dynamic space creates new cybersecurity challenges like continuous changes to application relationships and hierarchies. This unstoppable dynamic creates…

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Breached passwords: Popular TV shows don’t make for the best security credentials

Breached passwords: Popular TV shows don’t make for the best security credentials

Specops recently released a roundup of the top 20 TV shows found on breached password lists. These shows offer plenty of entertainment, but aren’t ideal for password inspiration. Sorry, “Cheers” fans. Image: Daniel Chetroni/Shutterstock Forgotten passwords can be a time suck and a general drag. As a result, people often resort to less than ideal cybersecurity strategies. On Monday, Specops Software, a password management and authentication company, released a roundup of the popular TV shows…

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Nutanix offers virtual private cloud HCI, multicloud workload management

Nutanix offers virtual private cloud HCI, multicloud workload management

Nutanix is releasing enhancements to its AOS operating system and Era database-management service designed to make it easier for enterprises to manage data, workloads, and business-continuity security tools in hybrid cloud environments via software-defined networking capabilities AOS and Era are both components of the Nutanix Cloud Platform. AOS 6, the new version of Nutanix’s hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software, is designed to simplify network management across multiple clouds and enable enterprises to build virtual private clouds….

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Nutanix offers virtual private cloud HCI, multicloud workload managemant

Nutanix offers virtual private cloud HCI, multicloud workload management

Nutanix is releasing enhancements to its AOS operating system and Era database-management service designed to make it easier for enterprises to manage data, workloads, and business-continuity security tools in hybrid cloud environments via software-defined networking capabilities AOS and Era are both components of the Nutanix Cloud Platform. AOS 6, the new version of Nutanix’s hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software, is designed to simplify network management across multiple clouds and enable enterprises to build virtual private clouds….

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How phishing-as-a-service operations pose a threat to organizations

How phishing-as-a-service operations pose a threat to organizations

Attackers can easily buy, deploy and scale phishing campaigns to steal credentials and other sensitive data, says Microsoft. Image: iStock/OrnRin Just as many legitimate businesses outsource operations and services, so do cybercriminals. Cybercrime as a service has expanded to malware, ransomware and even phishing campaigns. A Microsoft blog post published on Tuesday looks at one specific phishing-as-a-service operation and the danger it poses to organizations. SEE: Social engineering: A cheat sheet for business professionals (free PDF) (TechRepublic)   Named BulletProofLink,…

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The IT Leader’s Guide to Multi-Cloud at VMworld 2021 – Cloud Blog – VMware

The IT Leader’s Guide to Multi-Cloud at VMworld 2021 – Cloud Blog – VMware

If you’re an IT leader navigating the challenges of a multi-cloud world, you’re certainly not alone. These days, the question isn’t “should we use more than one cloud provider?” but rather, “what is the best multi-cloud strategy for our organization?”   With most businesses today using two or more public clouds, multi-cloud has become the norm. In a recent survey, we found that 80% of organizations plan to have a distributed cloud across public, private, and edge instances.    This shift certainly makes sense, as organizations of all types can benefit from a multi-cloud strategy. Multi-cloud is flexible and agile, allowing you to customize your strategy based…

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The Cisco DNA Expansion Pack is replacing Cisco DNA Premier in Switching and Wireless – Cisco Blogs

The Cisco DNA Expansion Pack is replacing Cisco DNA Premier in Switching and Wireless – Cisco Blogs

What is the Cisco DNA Expansion Pack? The Cisco DNA Expansion Pack is a more flexible way to purchase Cisco ISE, Cisco DNA Spaces, Secure Network Analytics (Stealthwatch), ThousandEyes and other licenses, appliances, and services all in one convenient “point and click” ordering menu. Just as you look forward to the latest expansion pack for your favorite video game to help you level up and get the most out of your investment, the Cisco DNA…

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Ransomware detections dropped by almost half, but the threat is only getting worse, says Trend Micro

Ransomware detections dropped by almost half, but the threat is only getting worse, says Trend Micro

Rather than indicating ransomware was a passing fad, the decrease in attack volume shows that attackers are starting to become more opportunistic and smarter about picking targets. Image: kaptnali, Getty Images/iStockphoto Trend Micro has released a midyear cybersecurity report that makes two interesting claims: First, that ransomware numbers decreased by almost half in H1 2021 compared to H1 2020; and second, that the number of newly reported vulnerabilities decreased, with a particularly large dip in…

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US Government tells firms not to give in to ransomware demands

US Government tells firms not to give in to ransomware demands

The US Government has underlined once again that it continues to strongly discourage organisations hit by ransomware from giving in to extortion demands. In an updated advisory, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has called upon businesses not to pay ransoms, and to focus on cybersecurity measures that can prevent or mitigate ransomware attacks. In its updated advisory, OFAC not only emphasises the importance of improving cyber hygiene and security practices,…

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How to secure SSH logins with port knocking

How to secure SSH logins with port knocking

Knock, knock … who’s there? SSH. SSH who? You need to lock down your servers so that only you have access via SSH. One way to help that is with knockd. Jack Wallen shows you how. Image: Funtap/Shutterstock Secure Shell is the de-facto standard for logging into remote Linux servers. It’s served many an administrator well over the years. But just because it has the word “secure” in its title, doesn’t mean that it always…

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