Category: Security

Security is more important than ever. Cybersecurity has been a problem from the start of IT and it will be till the end. It all started with endpoint and network security, but today, we are also facing with cloudsecurity and managing employees to incorporate good security practices.

All these new technologies that help us innovate also helps cybercriminals and state sponsored hackers to get new tools they can use to get access to our systems, and in a worst case scenario, access to our most valuable data and business secrets. Also, with new legislation in place like GDPR, you need to make sure everything is secure, otherwise you just don’t lose your reputation, but you can also be fined by the government. Protecting IT-environments is more important than ever.

Endpoint Security

Your first line of defense is usually endpoint protection. The devices your employees work with need to be protected against ransomware and other malware which can bring lots and lots of trouble. This nowadays the most basic form of protection and many of the bigger vendors and suites can help you achieve this.

Network security

Network security is a bit more advanced, where you can manage which traffic goes across your network. You can also connect different networks together with e.g. SD-WAN. So, you can run protection software and share data between multiple locations. The trend we see in network protection on the datacenter side is to lock down the traffic by only allowing known, benevolent traffic sources. Regarding office networking, we see new initiatives like ZScaler coming up, where you tunnel all your staff over the network of ZScaler so they can analyse the traffic and block patterns that they marked as malicious. Especially for companies with employees that travel a lot, this is a smart solution.

Cloud security

Many thought that bringing workloads to the cloud would reduce their responsibility of doing security. It is now clear that this is not the case. Most cloud vendors practice the “shared responsibility” approach. This means that big hyperscalers can offer a first line of defense against well known threats and port scanners. For the more sophisticated attacks that are directly pointed at your servers, you need to have your protection in place.

ZeroFox acquires IDX via SPAC merger with plans to go public

ZeroFox acquires IDX via SPAC merger with plans to go public

ZeroFox, a cybersecurity firm, is set to go public via a special-purpose acquisition company merger with L&F Acquisition Corp. The merger is not the only thing ZeroFox announced on Monday since it also said it is acquiring Theft Guard Solutions (also known as IDX). The SPAC merger puts ZeroF... Read more

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UK National Crime Agency finds 225 million stolen passwords

UK National Crime Agency finds 225 million stolen passwords

The agency donated the passwords to an anti-hacking public service site This week, Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) recovered a database of 225 million login credentials from cyber-criminals. They had stolen this data from real users' email addresses and passwords. The NCA then donated ... Read more

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BlackBerry releases Guard 2.0, focuses on XDR functionality

BlackBerry releases Guard 2.0, focuses on XDR functionality

BlackBerry releases a major update of its MDR service. Guard 2.0 offers XDR functionality. The service is based on technology from partner Exabeam. Guard 2.0 expands Guard 1.0 with XDR functionality (Extended Detection and Response). With this, BlackBerry wants to offer its customers more endpoi... Read more

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VMware warns of vulnerable two-factor authentication Verify

VMware warns of vulnerable two-factor authentication Verify

VMware is warning customers about a vulnerability in its Verify two-factor authentication solution. Hackers appear to be able to circumvent the primary security measure for which Verify was designed. VMware indicates that the security problem threatens its Workspace ONE Access product. VMware Ve... Read more

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Log4j 2.16 vulnerable to DoS attacks, emergency patch 2.17 advised

Log4j 2.16 vulnerable to DoS attacks, emergency patch 2.17 advised

The impact of the infamous vulnerability in Java library Log4j drags on. Although the initial issue was resolved with patches 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16, the latter version appears to be susceptible to abuse as well. Security researchers found an entrance for Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Log4j 2.17 wa... Read more

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The next target for cybercriminals: cloud containers

The next target for cybercriminals: cloud containers

The way containers work makes them particularly vulnerable to attack, with wide-ranging consequences. As digital transformation takes hold in the enterprise community, migrating to the cloud has become a deeply entrenched trend. A big part of this cloud migration has been the widespread adoption... Read more

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Fortinet guarantees secure network access with Zero Trust

Fortinet guarantees secure network access with Zero Trust

Zero Trust is seen as an essential security model to secure enterprise networks. However, security vendors envision the model in different ways. Fortinet determined that secure network access should be the goal. We discussed the topic with Robert Tom, Systems Engineer at Fortinet. The idea behin... Read more

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