December 6, 2020
Botnet C&C Protection from Edge to Cloud
Botnets are insidious. They’re the invisible, ever-growing and polymorphic ‘army’ that enterprise network admins must defend against. While there are some legitimate and beneficial uses for botnets, too often they are used for malicious purposes. In the latter scenario, typically a computer becomes infected with a type of malware, which then attempts to contact the…August 3, 2020
Hillstone sBDS Expands Its Product Portfolio for Broader Spectrum
Hillstone Networks is pleased to announce version 3.0 of its Server Breach Detection System (sBDS). Included in this release are two new hardware models to address the needs of customers across a broader spectrum of use cases. The I1850 model is 1RU and supports up to 1 Gbps breach detection throughput, which is ideal for…July 7, 2020
Network Detection and Response – The Building Blocks
In a previous article on this topic, I introduced NDR as a technology, and the key requirements for an NDR product or solution. In this article, I will explain the core technological building blocks of NDR. The Building Blocks of an NDR Solution A complete NDR solution should include end to end traffic monitoring, packet…June 10, 2020
Vulnerability: Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Found by Hillstone Networks
Today, Microsoft released the June product updates, which fixed two Windows kernel privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-1247, CVE-2020-1253) reported by Hillstone Networks. The latest security notification is published on the Microsoft website. The vulnerability affects all versions of the Windows operating system (Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server and all Windows 10 releases). Figure 1: Microsoft…March 19, 2020