Networking models help us understand the ‘lay of the land’ when it comes to protecting the network. In our journey through the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) framework, we’ve arrived at…
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The Cybersecurity Ecosystem: How Did It Get So Crowded?
Peek inside any enterprise security operations center (SOC) today, and you’ll likely see a crowded and high-pressure cybersecurity ecosystem. Over the past few years, as technology evolved rapidly, attackers have…
Firewall Services and More: What’s Next for IT?
Firewall services, cloud network protection tools and other IT defense staples are seeing a lot of changes in 2021. IT landscapes are growing more complex, as are the defense systems…
Is the End of the Firewall in Sight?
Is a firewall a thing of the past? People have been questioning the utility of firewalls for years. Columnist and editor Roger A. Grimes wrote that “firewalls need to go…
Zyxel hardcoded admin password found – patch now!
Hardcoded passwords are always wrong – they are equivalent to implanting a global backdoor and hoping no one will find it.
Hackers Exploit SQL Injection & Code Execution Zero-day Bugs in Sophos Firewall
Sophos patched a SQL injection flaw with XG Firewall product that exploited by attackers in the wild. Sophos informed about the bug on April 22, 2020, further analysis revealed that…
10 Best Free Firewall Software 2020 to Protect Your Network
In this article, we have done the depth analysis and list you top 10 best Free Firewall software that provided extended security to protect your system from the bad actors.…
What Is a DDoS Attack?
After 20 years of prominence, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks may be causing more devastating effects than ever. The first DDoS attack occurred way back on July 22, 1999 when a…
Hiding a $200 Tiny Malicious Chips Inside IT Equipment to Gain Stealthy Backdoor Access
New research shows how easy to hide a $200 tiny spy Chip inside an IT equipment and to gain backdoor access to the device. Security researcher Monta Elkins, to demonstrate…
Armadillo Hardware Firewall Protects Computer from Hacked USB Firmware
Do you connect other people’s USB drives to your computer? Are you worried that your computer could be attacked by hacked USB firmware? Now there is a solution that can…