RSS_Virtulization

Automating cloud security is a process still in its infancy for many organizations, says Unit 42. Image: iStock/Undefined Undefined The coronavirus pandemic forced many organizations to put their cloud migration projects into overdrive. Such a fast and unexpected transition to the cloud inevitably opened the door to more security threats. A report released Tuesday by Palo Alto Networks threat intelligence team Unit 42 examines how the cloud migration has affected security and what organizations can…

The advanced cyber threat intelligence is aimed at customers who need to protect mission-critical applications, the companies said. Image: istock/structuresxx Eighteen of the world’s 20 major vaccine producers run their production on SAP systems–from manufacturing to controlled distribution to administration and post-vaccine monitoring. Seventy-seven percent of the world’s transaction revenue touches an SAP system. More than 1,000 government and government-owned organizations around the world use SAP software. They are among SAP’s more than 400,000 customers…

The network defense provider joins a growing list of companies offering cloud-based firewalls. Image: iStockphoto/LeoWolfert Secure access service edge (SASE) and network-as-a-service provider Perimeter 81, announced Tuesday a new Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) offering designed to enhance the company’s SASE platform. Perimeter 81’s Network Traffic Control (NTC) offering is aimed at securing the network perimeter and builds upon the company’s SASE offering, which includes its Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Zero Trust Application Access (ZTAA), and DNS…

New integration accelerates the vulnerability assessment, prioritization and remediation lifecycle to secure business-critical assets Tenable®, Inc., the Cyber Exposure company, today announced a strategic partnership with HCL BigFix®, a leading endpoint management platform, to bring risk-based insights to the vulnerability remediation lifecycle — from assessment and prioritization to remediation. The partnership launches with a new integration between Tenable.sc™, for vulnerability management on-premises, and HCL BigFix’s Insights for Vulnerability Remediation application, to swiftly identify and correlate…

Security experts have uncovered a series of close links between ransomware groups Mount Locker and Astro Locker Team, in a new report that will be of interest to incident responders. Sophos’ Managed Threat Response (MTR) team said it recently dealt with an attack that had all the TTPs of a Mount Locker operation. However, when it followed the link in the ransom note, the researchers were met by a ‘support’ team who introduced themselves as “Astro…

The US authorities are urging Fortinet customers to patch three legacy vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild to compromise government, commercial and technology service provider networks. A joint cybersecurity advisory from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday warned that threat actors are actively scanning for devices via ports 4443, 8443 and 10443, with the potential end goals of data theft or ransomware deployment. “The FBI and CISA believe the APT actors…

Security researchers are warning LinkedIn users to beware of unsolicited job offers after revealing a new spear-phishing campaign designed to install Trojan malware on their devices. The eSentire Threat Response Unit (TRU) yesterday claimed that individuals were being targeted with customized files named the same as their own current role. “Upon opening the fake job offer, the victim unwittingly initiates the stealthy installation of the fileless backdoor, more_eggs. Once loaded, the sophisticated backdoor can download…