Top Attacks Against Financial Services Orgs 2017-19

The Financial Services industry has distinct needs when it comes to information security. It’s one of the largest targets with Attackers looking for that big score. It is also heavily regulated, with a low appetite for risk. Peter Silva shares how attackers have been realizing their dreams via two vectors and why smart attackers take a less aggressive, more patient approach. F5 Labs has all the details

F5 Labs 2019 TLS Telemetry Report

 #TLS Trends for 2019! With some data from GitHub Security Lab, the F5 Labs Threat Intelligence team recently published their 2019 TLS Telemetry Report. Transport Layer Security is the current iteration of SSL and over 86% of web pages are delivered over secure HTTPS connections. Encryption on the web is constantly evolving and TLS is the protocol of choice. So, let’s start the clock for some insights from F5 Labs 2019 TLS Telemetry Report.

F5 SIRT's Top Threats for Spring 2020

Find out what threats topped F5 Security Incident Response Team's (f5.com/SIRT) emergency response list for Spring 2020. Last year we gave you the F5 SIRT’s Top Threat for Summer 2019 – Credential Stuffing – so let’s start the clock to see how things are shaping up as we make our way into 2020. And, if you're under attack F5 SIRT can help: f5.com/sirt

#f5SIRT #90SecondsOfSecurity

Connect to the F5 VPN with BIG-IP Edge Client

Your organization may have F5 BIG-IP APM for VPN access. See how you can connect to your org's #VPN using the BIG-IP Edge Client along with Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Firefox browsers. How to authenticate, do MFA, check settings and what is split-tunneling. You can also get the F5 Access mobile app for iOS, Android and Windows Phone from the respective app stores.


 

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Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) using an SSL VPN

Returning to the F5 DevCentral Lightboard, I explain why its a bad idea to expose RDP to the internet and how using a SSL VPN like BIG-IP APM is a much safer and better idea.



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90 Seconds of Security: What is Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS is an open framework for communicating the characteristics and severity of software vulnerabilities. Learn how a vulnerability gets scored by using the Base, Temporal, and Environmental metric groups. #CVSS helps organizations determine what’s the risk and what vulnerability do I patch first?!? F5 SIRT (https://f5.com/sirt) can also help if you have exposed vulnerabilities being exploited.

90 Seconds of Security: What is Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures (CVE)

The Common Vulnerability & Exposures or CVE provides definitions for all publicly known cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures. Understand what happens when a potential security vulnerability or exposure is reported, how it’s assigned a CVE ID by a CVE Numbering Authority and how they describe vulnerabilities. And if you're under attack, contact F5 SIRT: f5.com/sirt