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📯 Attention Security Professionals! Patch Now: New "Loop DoS" Attack Exploits UDP Vulnerability 📢 The "Loop DoS" Attack - A Stark Reminder of UDP's Nuances (March 2024) The recent discovery of the "Loop DoS" attack highlights a critical aspect of network security: understanding the fundamental differences between UDP and TCP. This attack exploits a vulnerability in the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and showcases the potential consequences when its inherent trade-offs are not fully considered. The "Loop DoS" Threat: The attackers leverage UDP's lack of verification. By spoofing IP addresses, they trick vulnerable servers into an infinite communication loop, overloading them with data and causing crashes. This vulnerability, detailed in https://lnkd.in/gGpFBXSe (Published: March 14, 2024), emphasizes the importance of understanding UDP's limitations. Boost Your Defenses: - Patch Systems: Apply updates addressing the UDP vulnerability (CVE-2024-2169) immediately. - Embrace Network Segmentation: Isolate critical systems to minimize the attack surface exposed through UDP-based services. - Deepen Your Knowledge: Continually educate yourself and your team on the nuances of UDP and TCP to make informed decisions when deploying network protocols.

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Safeguard your organization's intellectual property and sensitive information with comprehensive data loss prevention strategies. Monitor and control the flow of data across networks, endpoints, and cloud environments to prevent unauthorized access, leakage, or theft. Protect your most valuable assets with proactive data protection measures. #DataLossPrevention #IPProtection #DataSecurity #RiskMitigation #InformationProtection https://lnkd.in/eJDS9Day

Safeguard your organization's intellectual property and sensitive information with comprehensive data loss prevention strategies. Monitor and control the flow of data across networks, endpoints, and cloud environments to prevent unauthorized access, leakage, or theft. Protect your most valuable assets with proactive data protection measures. #DataLossPrevention #IPProtection #DataSecurity #RiskMitigation #InformationProtection https://lnkd.in/eNJzP7RU

Quoting an article in The New York Times, the recent global outage "started with faulty code pushed directly to PCs by CrowdStrike." Granted, CrowdStrike is about cybersecurity, while our Equinox™ solution is an insurance technology platform. But, because it is a 100% cloud-native, single system (not a series of modules "wired" together), we will never push code down to your PCs and local servers. Our sympathies go out to everyone negatively impacted by the CrowdStrike issue. Stay secure. Stay up. Stay in business. https://lnkd.in/ev7E6q7j

Understanding Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) for Enhanced Security #SydneyOutsourcedITServicesBlog

Great stuff and even though Dispersive will help you meet CMMC requirements it's not just for DoD related security. Secure, easily deployed, highly resilient, highly performant and very cost effective...

Organizations around the globe are experiencing major outages, seemingly due to a problematic update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD). After receiving numerous reports of Windows hosts encountering a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), CrowdStrike initiated an investigation. In their latest update, the company mentioned they are working on reversing the changes that might have led to the problem. The BSOD is believed to be triggered by a recent update to the CrowdStrike Falcon sensor, causing affected devices to enter BSOD loops and become inoperable. A recommended workaround involves booting systems in Safe Mode and removing a specific CrowdStrike component.

🚨 Global IT Disruptions: Microsoft & CrowdStrike Outage 🚨 Today's outages at Microsoft and CrowdStrike have caused widespread disruptions, affecting critical sectors like airports, hospitals, and banks worldwide. The Microsoft outage impacted services such as Outlook and Teams, while CrowdStrike's security update led to issues with its cybersecurity platform. These incidents underscore the vital importance of robust contingency plans and proactive system maintenance. If you were impacted and need assistance, don't hesitate to reach out to me or Kaseya Support. Stay resilient and informed! https://lnkd.in/edHxsYYT

Global Tech Outage This morning, a WIRED article outlined a massive, global tech outage impacting Microsoft devices that was triggered by a software updated pushed out to customers by cybersecurity company, CrowdStrike. This specific outage is unique for several reasons: ·      The size: The outage is massive, impacting users globally ·      The reason: The outage does not appear to be malicious cyberattack, rather from a “misconfigured/corrupted update” pushed directly to customers from CrowdStrike.    ·      The systems impacted: The outage, so far, only appears to be impacting devices running Microsoft Windows, not other operating systems.    Here at Think, our first instinct was to huddle internally to discuss if any of our clients have been impacted and how we can help them. Due to the nature of the outage, our current options are limited to disaster recovery advisory for managing the incident from all angles instead of just the IT facing remediation, similar to how we work with clients that have experienced a breach. Of course, we’ll continue to monitor the situation and are hopeful that it will be remediated as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our team: https://lnkd.in/ejwMR8UB https://lnkd.in/g_aBryJ8 #TechCrisis #OutageAlert #SystemFailure #GlobalOutage #SystemDown