RSS_Virtulization

Social media platforms are excellent hunting grounds for scammers. This is where we connect with our friends or people who we have something in common with. This is precisely what scammers exploit—our connections and the trust that is afforded between friends or acquaintances. From an early age, we are taught to be kind and compassionate as well as to help others, especially people we know such as friends and family. In turn, they will help…

Jack Wallen addresses the challenging question of which browser is best to use for transmitting encrypted data. Image: Yuichiro Chino/Moment/Getty Images TL:DR: Tor. Yep, that’s the answer. The most secure browser for encrypted data is Tor. But there’s a catch… and it’s a big one. You might work within a company LAN that doesn’t allow for the Tor browser to function. And unless you can get your IT department to open up the network to…

New analysis includes salary data, cost of living and how easy it is to find a job and identifies cities with the best pay and the most open positions. Image: iStockphoto/f11photo Washington, D.C., Singapore and Berlin are the best places for cybersecurity professionals to find a well-paid job, according to a new analysis from TechShielder.  The analysis measures job availability, the average salary and the cost of living and combines the three…

Pulse Secure has patched CVE-2021-22937, a patch bypass for CVE-2020-8260, in its Connect Secure products. Background On August 2, Pulse Secure published an advisory and patches for several vulnerabilities, including CVE-2021-22937, a post-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure virtual private network (VPN) appliances. Richard Warren with NCC Group has published a technical advisory for this flaw, explaining it is a patch bypass for CVE-2020-8260 which he disclosed in October 2020. Analysis…

Cisco releases patches for Critical vulnerabilities in its line of Small Business VPN Routers. Background On August 4, Cisco released several security advisories, including an advisory for two vulnerabilities in a subset of its line of Small Business VPN Routers. CVE Description CVSSv3 CVE-2021-1609 Web Management Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability 9.8 CVE-2021-1610 Web Management Command Injection Vulnerability 7.2 The table below lists which routers in the Small Business line are vulnerable:…

If you are part of an organization aspiring to evolve and modernize your SecOps practice with greater efficiencies with XDR, this read is for you. So, what’s all the continuous hype about XDR? Is it for you and what does it mean to your organization? If you haven’t already, I invite you to read our XDR—Please Explain and Unravel to XDR Noise blogs for added context. From here we can begin to ask, what are…