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Critical Vulnerability Identified in Cisco IOS XE

Uncover the critical Cisco IOS XE software vulnerability VE-2023-20198 and CVE-2023-20273 revealed by Cisco Talos, posing a significant risk to over 161,000 exposed hosts, predominantly in the USA, Chile, and Mexico. Discover how to safeguard your network through our automated detection script available on GitHub, aiding in easy reporting via CSV exports. Learn essential mitigation steps such as disabling unnecessary HTTP/HTTPS services and configuring Access Control Lists (ACLs) to restrict access. Stay updated and share this crucial information with other network administrators to fortify the digital community against evolving cyber threats. Prioritize security by taking timely actions and exploring detailed insights on the Cisco Talos blog

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Why Your Business Needs Cisco Umbrella: A Comprehensive Overview

Discover how Cisco Umbrella can safeguard your business from cyberattacks and malicious websites with this informative blog post. Featuring a comprehensive explanation of the security platform in action, this post is a must-read for any business looking to secure its online presence

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How to successfully implement MFA

With the increase of ransomware attacks, data breach, and other cyber threats the adoption of MFA (Multi-factor authentication) is having momentum, but sometimes proposing a technology that implies changes to end-user behavior…

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MFA mandatory if you have cyber insurance

Insurers in Canada will demand mandatory multifactor authentication MFA to all customers with cyber insurance policies. At the end of last year, cyber insurers realized they had a loss ratio in cyber of 500 percent…

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Protective DNS Service

The Domain Name System (DNS) is central to the operation of modern networks, translating human-readable domain names into machine-usable Internet Protocol (IP) addresses…

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Tax Season 2021 - Security Tips

We all know tax season in Canada is around the corner, but this year will be special, we are in the middle of a global pandemic and most of us will try to arrange meetings with our accountants using collaboration tools such as WebEx, Zoom, or Microsoft Teams, just keep in mind the cybersecurity best practices when you send sensitive information over the internet…

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The history behind a Security Breach

As we keep hearing about the rise in cyberattacks, ransomware, and nation-backed state attacks, like the ones done to SolarWinds and Malwarebytes, I think its time to take a different approach and re-instate what the infosec community is always insisting on…

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Malwarebytes hacked

Malwarebytes said it was hacked by the same group who breached SolarWinds. According to Malwarebytes, the intrusion is not related to the SolarWinds supply chain incident since the company doesn't use any of SolarWinds software in its internal network…

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Five facts about working from home

As the time continues and we work from home even more, we start to hear the same history every day, ‘Ransomware attack hit company X, or Data and Security breach about company XYZ…

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Cisco zero-day in anyconnect

The flaw could allow an attacker to cause a targeted AnyConnect user to execute a malicious script – however, in order to launch an attack a cybercriminal would need to be authenticated and on the local network…..

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