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Palo Alto Networks addresses tens of serious issues in PAN-OS

Security Affairs

Palo Alto Networks addressed tens of vulnerabilities in PAN-OS, the software that runs on the company’s next-generation firewalls. Palo Alto Networks has issued security updates to address tens of vulnerabilities in PAN-OS, the software that runs on the company’s next-generation firewalls.

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New Leak Shows Business Side of China’s APT Menace

Krebs on Security

i-SOON CEO Wu Haibo, in 2011. China’s much vaunted Great Firewall not only lets the government control and limit what citizens can access online, but this distributed spying apparatus allows authorities to block data on Chinese citizens and companies from ever leaving the country. Image: nattothoughts.substack.com.

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Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

Web application firewalls (WAFs) are a critical component for robust application security. At the same time, WAF technology is increasingly a part of more comprehensive security solutions like next-generation firewalls (NGFW), unified threat management (UTM), and more. Best Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). Amazon Web Services.

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Top 20 Cybersecurity Companies You Need to Know in 2025

eSecurity Planet

Check Point: Best for Firewalls 11 $25.34 Known for strong next-generation firewalls (NGFW) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) products, it also ranks for network security tools , zero trust , extended detection and response (XDR), IoT security , software-defined wide area network ( SD-WAN ), and secure access service edge (SASE).

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Gartner gave it top place in unified threat management (UTM), and it was named a Leader in next-gen firewalls (NGFW). Over the years, it has built up a wide range of security products, including firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), UTM, malware protection and cloud protection. Learn more about Fortinet. Visit website.

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Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe

Security Affairs

In fact, in this case, the attackers were able to exploit unpatched vulnerabilities in the company’s FortiGate firewall. He is a former member of the ANeSeC CTF team, one of the firsts Italian cyber wargame teams born back in 2011.

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Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten targets journalists, political and human rights activists

Security Affairs

Microsoft has been tracking the threat actors at least since 2013, but experts believe that the cyberespionage group has been active since at least 2011 targeting journalists and activists in the Middle East, as well as organizations in the United States, and entities in the U.K., Israel, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. ” continues the report.”In

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