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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, also known as drones, are emerging as enablers for supporting many applications and services, such as precision agriculture, search and rescue, or in the field of communications, for temporary network deployment and their coverage extension and security. Giovanni Geraci, a researcher with the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at UPF, points out in a recent study: "On the one hand, it is important to protect the network when it is disturbed by a drone that has connected and generates interference. On the other, in the future, the same drones could assist in the prevention, detection, and recovery of attacks on 5G networks".
Sysdig announced the launch of zero trust network security for Kubernetes. With total network visibility and automated rule creation, Sysdig reduces the time to implement network security from weeks to hours.
Healthcare delivery organizations have been busy increasing their network and systems security in the last year, though there is still much room for improvement, according to Forescout researchers. The bad news? Some network segmentation issues still crop up and HDOs still use insecure protocols for both medical and non-medical network communications, as well as for external communications.
"The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory," according to Cisco in an update released on Wednesday. The most severe of these flaws includes a vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Chassis Manager, which exists in the Firepower Extensible Operating System and provides management capabilities.
Corero Network Security announces that it has released a major update to its SmartWall Threat Defense System. Corero's SmartWall Threat Defense System already delivers line-rate performance for the fastest, always-on, real-time DDoS protection but these new enhancements propel the solution to industry leading levels of accuracy and effectiveness for automatic DDoS detection and mitigation.
Ericsson is advancing 5G core network security for communications service providers through the launch of the cloud native Ericsson Packet Core Firewall. Ericsson's new solution, part of the Ericsson 5G platform, is aimed at enabling CSPs to pursue those opportunities not only through the best packet core network security capabilities, but also in the most cost-effective way for their business.
Gigamon announced the integration of Gigamon ThreatINSIGHT and Cisco SecureX to optimize network security through accelerated threat detection and response. Simplified network security - incident responders will have the data they need to effectively manage threats within one unified interface with seamless integration, thus eliminating the challenges of hopping between multiple piecemeal security solutions.
The carrier conducted trials ahead of 5G launches and says it is one of the first to pilot QKD in the US. Verizon on Thursday made two announcements related to security. The first involves a series of successful trials to future proof its 5G network against security threats and to implement advanced security measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Verizon's 5G network, the company said.
Cisco is warning that a high-severity flaw in its network security software is being actively exploited - allowing remote, unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive data. "The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team is aware of the existence of public exploit code and active exploitation of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory," according to Cisco.
A high-severity vulnerability in Cisco's network security software could lay bare sensitive data - such as WebVPN configurations and web cookies - to remote, unauthenticated attackers. The flaw exists in the web services interface of Cisco's Firepower Threat Defense software, which is part of its suite of network security and traffic management products; and its Adaptive Security Appliance software, the operating system for its family of ASA corporate network security devices.