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DOJ Disrupts Russia-Linked Botnet 'Cyclops Blink'

SecureWorld News

Cyclops Blink was a two-tiered global botnet of thousands of infected network hardware devices, according to the DOJ. The DOJ discusses the operation in a recent statement: "The operation copied and removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices that Sandworm used for command and control (C2) of the underlying botnet.

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Data-Driven Decision Making: Transforming Insights into Actionable Strategies

Kitaboo

Data-driven decision-making in the education sector refers to the process of using collected data to inform and guide educational practices, policies, and strategies. It is important to implement robust data security measures, including encryption, firewalls, and secure storage.

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The Endpoint Imperative: The Perimeter is Dead; Long Live the Perimeter!

Cloud Musings

Cloud mobility and the internet things have really obliterated what I've always referred to as the wall and moat security paradigm, where working inside the enterprise was safe but working outside of the company's walls wasn't. When I'm using my laptop at a coffee shop, I am no longer going through a firewall to access a cloud service.

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PCI Compliance and Network Segmentation

Galido

The cardholder data environment (CDE) refers to the network of infrastructure used to store personally identifiable data associated with your customer’s credit or debit card. Hardware and software components that make up the CDE include network devices, applications, and computing devices. Out-of-Scope Systems.

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Averting turbulence in the air

CIO Business Intelligence

This is not a simple task since it could potentially involve costly updates in software/hardware, significant changes in the codes, dataflow, system calls and most importantly, a downtime of end user programs. If one-way hashes such as SHA-256 were used, the airlines will have to replace the hashing algorithms to two-way hashes. PCI DSS v4.0

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Technology Short Take 89

Scott Lowe

Servers/Hardware. specifically, the new container network firewall functionality. When I was using Fedora, I needed some useful information on firewall-cmd , and found this article to be helpful. Note that I haven’t tested or seen this product; I saw a reference to it and thought it was interesting.).

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Browser Isolation: The Missing Piece in Your Security Puzzle

SecureWorld News

However, conventional solutions such as antivirus, firewalls, and other detection and blocking tools can only offer a limited level of security. A non-signature method for preventing web threats, referred to as Browser Isolation or remote browsing, has been introduced to securely present web pages without affecting the user's experience.