Nginx is the web server powering one-third of all websites in the world. Detectify Crowdsource has detected some common Nginx misconfigurations that, if left unchecked, leave your web site vulnerable to attack. Here’s how to find some of the most common misconfigurations before an attacker exploits them. Nginx is one of the most commonly used web servers on the Internet due to it being lightweight, modular, and having a user-friendly configuration format.

In today’s complex network infrastructure comprised of diverse resources, devices, and users, port scans represent a significant amount of network traffic. Crackers and hackers alike use port scanners to discover port vulnerabilities that can become attack vectors to malicious outcomes. In this post, we discuss the fundamentals of port scanning, and why you need to deploy an effective port scanner software on your network right now.

The network is rapidly changing – What was once known as the ‘perimeter’ that comprised of a crunchy solid exterior with a soft chewy center consisting of endpoints has eroded into a mush of mobile devices, BYOD, IOT and hybrid cloud.

The modern-day organization is under constant pressure to remain operational and profitable. Both of these pressures are put to the test by cybercriminals daily, who attempt to infiltrate, compromise, navigate, and ultimately act in a threatening manner that can have negative repercussions to productivity, ability to transact, customer privacy, brand reputation and bottom-line revenue.

Network security management typically entails end-to-end management of the entire network security infrastructure of an enterprise. However, in this rapidly changing security ecosystem, there’s an inherent need for IT admins to be extremely agile to maintain an effective security posture.