Check Point Cybersecurity has issued hotfixes to address a zero-day vulnerability in its VPNs that has been exploited to gain remote access to firewalls and potentially infiltrate corporate networks. On 27.04.2024 (Monday), the company initially alerted customers to an increase in attacks targeting VPN devices, offering guidance on how administrators can safeguard their systems.

On May 28, 2024, Check Point released an advisory for CVE-2024-24919, a high priority bug which according to NIST NVD is categorized as “Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor”. The NVD has yet to assess a CVSS score for CVE-2024-24919 as of this writing. This vulnerability affects Check Point Security Gateway devices connected to the internet and configured with either IP-Sec VPN or Mobile Access software blades.

Although SIM swap scams or SIM swapping have been around for a number of years, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly when they first appeared. An ENISA report states that as early as April 2016, the British media reported an incident of bank account theft using this technique. In the United States, the first documented case of large-scale SIM swapping was the Joel Ortiz case in 2018.

San Francisco, CA - Protecto, a leading innovator in data privacy and security solutions, is proud to announce the release of new capabilities designed to identify and cleanse Protected Health Information (PHI) data from structured and unstructured datasets, facilitating the creation of safe and compliant data for Generative AI (GenAI) applications. This advancement underscores Protecto's commitment to data security and compliance while empowering organizations to harness the full potential of GenAI.

To objectively understand how increased efficiency translates to measurable ROI for enterprises, Forward Networks engaged IDC Research to determine the business value of the platform. After interviewing existing customers, they produced the IDC Solution Brief, The Business Value of Forward Networks, (US52128624, June 2024). The paper delved deep into the experiences of Forward Networks’ customers who leverage the digital twin technology.

Windows credential manager securely stores and manages user credentials such as usernames, passwords, and certificates. These credentials are often used to access various resources, including network shares, websites, and applications, facilitating access to information and managing digital identities.

The Generate Security Audits security policy setting determines which accounts can be used by a process to generate audit records in the Security log. When certain events occur such as unauthorized access to a computer, file and folder access attempts and security policy changes, the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) writes these events to the log. This information in the Security log can be used to trace any unauthorized access to the system.