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Tripwire LogCenter Data Collection Capabilities

Tripwire® LogCenter® supports a variety of data collection methods, including agent-based collection using the Tripwire Axon® agent, and agentless collection via syslog, SNMP, WMI, file collectors and remote connectors for Cisco, Check Point and databases.The Tripwire Axon agent available with Tripwire LogCenter supports the following platforms:CentOS Linux 5.3–5.11+ (32- and 64-bit)CentOS Linux 6...
Warning issued about Vice Society ransomware gang after attacks on schools
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Warning issued about Vice Society ransomware gang after attacks on schools

By Graham Cluley on Thu, 09/08/2022
A ransomware gang that has been increasingly disproportionately targeting the education sector is the subject of a joint warning issued by the FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC. The Vice Society ransomware group has been breaking into schools and colleges, exfiltrating sensitive data, and demanding ransom payments. The threat? If the extortionists aren't paid...
How Penetration Testing can help prevent Ransomware Attacks
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How Penetration Testing can help prevent Ransomware Attacks

By Tripwire Guest Authors on Wed, 09/07/2022
It is hard to believe, but ransomware is more than three decades old. While many would think that the ransomware mayhem started with the WannaCry attack of 2017, that is simply the most publicized example. Since then, dozens of ransomware strains have been utilized in a variety of cyberattacks. According to a PhishLabs report, by Fortra,...
Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 29, 2022
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 29, 2022

By Andrew Swoboda on Mon, 09/05/2022
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of August 29th, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. WordPress 6.0.2 Patches Vulnerability That Could...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
VERT Research
Defense and Development: Key points from The Complete Guide to Application Security for PCI-DSS
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Defense and Development: Key points from The Complete Guide to Application Security for PCI-DSS

By Tripwire Guest Authors on Wed, 08/31/2022
The increasing popularity of online payment systems results from the world’s gradual transition to a cashless and contactless digital economy — an economy, projected in a recent Huawei white paper, to be worth $23 trillion by 2025. With digital commerce emerging as the largest segment in the projected $8.49 trillion global digital payments market in...
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PCI DSS
Everything You Need to Know About CI/CD and Security
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Everything You Need to Know About CI/CD and Security

By Anastasios Arampatzis on Tue, 08/30/2022
CI/CD is a recommended technique for DevOps teams and a best practice in agile methodology. CI/CD is a method for consistently delivering apps to clients by automating the app development phases. Continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment are the key concepts. CI/CD adds continuous automation and monitoring throughout...
Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 22, 2022
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of August 22, 2022

By Andrew Swoboda on Mon, 08/29/2022
All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of August 22nd, 2022, including some commentary of mine. VMware fixed a privilege escalation issue in VMware Tools VMware...
Vulnerability & Risk Management
VERT Research
Key Points from the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022
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Key Points from the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022

By Tripwire Guest Authors on Sun, 08/28/2022
The volume and impact of data breaches have accelerated largely in 2022, which has contributed to many adverse effects for businesses. Tc highlights several updated factors that have generated great costs across 17 countries and regions, and 17 industries. The report has included new related areas of analysis such as: Extended Detection and...
How to Prevent High Risk Authentication Coercion Vulnerabilities
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How to Prevent High Risk Authentication Coercion Vulnerabilities

By Tripwire Guest Authors on Sun, 08/28/2022
Most of us already know the basic principle of authentication, which, in its simplest form, helps us to identify and verify a user, process, or account. In an Active Directory environment, this is commonly done through the use of an NTLM hash. When a user wants to access a network resource, such as a file share, their password is hashed and sent...
Why Does Medical Imaging Equipment Need Better Cybersecurity?
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Why Does Medical Imaging Equipment Need Better Cybersecurity?

By Tripwire Guest Authors on Wed, 08/24/2022
Medical imaging cybersecurity needs to evolve to meet today’s security threats. Cyberthreats specifically targeting health care institutions have increased over recent years. More data is also at risk since patients have begun widely using telemedicine services. In addition to the risk of information theft, there is a very serious risk to patients,...
Privacy in Q2 2022: US, Canada, and the UK
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Privacy in Q2 2022: US, Canada, and the UK

By Tripwire Guest Authors on Tue, 08/23/2022
The second quarter of 2022 offered plenty of positing on privacy, both in the U.S. and internationally. In the U.S., we saw the addition of another state privacy law, and a spark of hope in privacy professionals’ eyes with the introduction of tangible federal legislation. Plus, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is positioned to act on rulemaking...
Black Hat USA 2022: Key Highlights
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Black Hat USA 2022: Key Highlights

By Steve Cumings on Mon, 08/22/2022
Arriving at the keynote hall for Black Hat 2022, I was immediately struck by the size of the crowd - after the seemingly endless pandemic hiatus, the cyber industry had come out in force. The mood was one of enthusiasm, and the entire place reverberated with the vibrancy of reunion. It was a great event for the industry - and for Fortra - and a few...