Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Here’s me in 2015 about this Juniper hack. We knew the basics of this story , but it’s good to have more detail. Here’s me in 2007 on the NSA backdoor.

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2023

Researchers reported that there are 490,000 Fortinet firewalls exposing SSL VPN interfaces on the internet, and roughly 69% of them are still vulnerable to CVE-2023-27997. ” continues the report.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2021

The My Book Live and My Book Live Duo devices received its final firmware update in 2015. We encourage users who wish to continue operating these legacy products to configure their firewall to prevent remote access to these devices, and to take measures to ensure that only trusted devices on the local network have access to the device.”

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 7, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) says the GRU’s hackers built Cyclops Blink by exploiting previously undocumented security weaknesses in firewalls and routers made by both ASUS and WatchGuard Technologies. A statement from the U.S. billion euros in 2020 alone.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks are two of the best network security providers, offering excellent next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) with strong, independently verified security. Fortinet excels in usability and administration, while Palo Alto has an edge in advanced features and firewall capabilities. 5 Ease of us: 4.7/5

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Firewall Small Business Architecture Spyware 58

Anton on Security

MARCH 19, 2021

Namely, people naively dropping lots of threat intel feeds into a SIEM (or EDR or NDR or … a firewall?) rather pointless to match bad IP feeds to inbound firewall or WAF denies and then hope for a detection). While running this poll my fear was that the detection use case will win. and then hoping for the best. and it won the poll!

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2020

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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2024

Although details are limited, Versa Networks confirmed one case where the vulnerability was exploited due to a customer’s failure to implement recommended firewall guidelines. This oversight allowed the attacker to exploit the vulnerability without needing to access the GUI. ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Wordfence confirmed the ongoing attack, its Web Application Firewall already blocked over 450,000 exploit attempts during the last several days. “The Wordfence firewall has blocked over 450,000 exploit attempts targeting this vulnerability over the past several days. ” Wordfence said. ” Wordfence said.

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2020

Palo Alto Networks addressed a new severe vulnerability in the PAN-OS GlobalProtect portal that impacts PAN next-generation firewalls. Recently Palo Alto Network addressed a critical vulnerability , tracked as CVE-2020-2021, affecting the PAN-OS operating system that powers its next-generation firewall. x base score of 10. .

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2020

Snake samples employed in more recent attacks implements the ability to enable and disable the firewall and leverage specific commands to block unwanted connections to the system. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2020

. “A buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS allows a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a malicious request to the firewall. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 6 version 6.5.4.7,

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Boston is now developing a next-generation firewall to protect the Hub from cyberattacks, which is a part of an effort to spend $3.5 The new firewall will add to the city’s existing cybersecurity tools and is expected to be fully operational by the end of the year. Boston to Beef Up Cybersecurity Measures.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2020

Ensuring anti-virus, spam filters, and firewalls are up to date, properly configured, and secure.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “Upgrading operating systems to the latest supported version. ” continues the PIN.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Locking down web gateways and erecting a robust firewall were considered the be-all and end-all. Incapsula was acquired by web application firewall vendor Imperva. Kramer and Shatz launched Cato Networks in 2015 to converge connectivity and security and make it available to enterprises as a managed cloud service.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

“A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco RV110W Wireless-N VPN Firewall, Cisco RV130W Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Router, and Cisco RV215W Wireless-N VPN Router could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device.” RV215W Wireless-N VPN Router: 1.3.1.1.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2019

The complaint doesn’t explicitly name the cloud hosting provider from which the Capital One credit data was taken, but it does say the accused’s resume states that she worked as a systems engineer at the provider between 2015 and 2016. “She allegedly used web application firewall credentials to obtain privilege escalation.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

If you take basic security measures like a web application firewall and malware scanner, defacements can be avoided. Additionally, SiteLock offers services to help with hacks like the TrueShield firewall to help prevent harm, and the INFINITY malware scanner to clean up the malicious content they added. Preventing A Website Defacement.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

We release a firewall rule covering both the patched and unpatched vulnerabilities to our Premium users. July 15, 2020 – Firewall rule becomes available to Wordfence Free users. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. June 29, 2020 – Patched version of KingComposer is released.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Palo Alto Networks addressed critical and high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) and arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in its PAN-OS firewall software. Palo Alto Networks has released security updates to patch critical and high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) and arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in its PAN-OS firewall software.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A DoS attack that caused disruptions at a power utility in the United States exploited a flaw in a firewall used in the facility. The incident took place earlier this year, threat actors exploited a known vulnerability in a firewall used by the affected facility to cause disruption. and 7 p.m., power grid ( Energywire , April 30). .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2018

.” The most serious flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-11466 and ranked with CVSS score of 10, could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker on the network to trigger a DoS condition on the integrated software firewall or execute arbitrary code in the context of the firewall by sending specially crafted packets to TCP port 102.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2020

Cisco fixed CVE-2020-3452 high-severity path traversal flaw in its firewalls that can be exploited by remote attackers to obtain sensitive files from the targeted system. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Unlike other IoT DDoS botnets, Ttint implements 12 remote access functions such as Socket5 proxy for router devices, tampering with router firewall and DNS settings, executing remote custom system commands. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

Security firm Imperva revealed it has suffered a data breach that affecting some customers of its Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) product. Cybersecurity firm Imperva disclosed a data breach that has exposed sensitive information for some customers of its Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) product, formerly known as Incapsula.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 1, 2019

Despite billions of dollars spent on the latest, greatest antivirus suites, firewalls and intrusion detection systems, enterprises continue to suffer breaches that can be traced back to the actions of a single, unsuspecting employee. Promising metrics Since its launch in March 2015, Lucy has grown to 23 employees, with zero outside funding.

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Social Engineering Engineering Phishing Banking 166

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In addition, we’re shooting for 7x24x365 uptime as we continue to scale with improved Web App Firewalls, Content Deliver Networks (CDNs) around the Globe, Faster and More Secure DNS and CyberDefenseMagazineBackup.com up and running as an array of live mirror sites.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

The feature was implemented to enable connecting to collectors from the supervisor when there is a firewall between the collector and the supervisor. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Jan 3, 2019: Public Release. The flaw affects FortiSIEM version 5.2.6 Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2020

“Simply disabling UDP Transport, or firewalling the UDP port (usually port 3391) is sufficient to prevent exploitation,” explained the popular researcher Marcus Hutchins. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

Juniper Networks addressed several vulnerabilities in its firewalls, most of them can be exploited by attackers for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Half a dozen of the flaws are DoS issues that have been rated high severity. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2019

In addition, we’re shooting for 7x24x365 uptime as we continue to scale with improved Web App Firewalls, Content Deliver Networks (CDNs) around the Globe, Faster and More Secure DNS and CyberDefenseMagazineBackup.com up and running as an array of live mirror sites.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The security firm confirmed the ongoing attack, its Web Application Firewall blocked over 450,000 exploit attempts during the last several days. The Wordfence firewall has blocked over 450,000 exploit attempts targeting this vulnerability over the past several days. Wordfence said. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

Waiting for a security update that will address the issue, experts at Cisco Talos recommend disabling SMBv3 compression and blocking the 445 TCP port on client computers and firewalls to mitigate the issue. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Creating a DWORD value called 3.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2020

Use firewall rules to limit any access to Docker APIs. We strongly recommend using a whitelisted approach for your firewall ruleset. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. It’s common to find development credentials have accidentally been left on production systems.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2021

Next-generation firewalls NGFW Fortinet Palo Alto Networks. Web application firewall WAF Akamai Imperva. Similar to McAfee, Microsoft joined the CASB market via the acquisition of Adallom in 2015. Firewalls: PA-Series (physical), NGFWs, VM-Series (virtual). Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW): Fortinet. Prisma SD-WAN.

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Network Security Firewall Software Technology 115

Malwarebytes

MAY 25, 2022

Based on a case study in 2015 , Akamai strengthened the theory that the malware may be of Asian origin based on its targets. XorDDoS, a Linux Trojan known for its modularity and stealth, was first discovered in 2014 by the white hat research group, MalwareMustDie (MMD). MMD believed the Linux Trojan originated in China.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We released a firewall rule to protect against these vulnerabilities the same day.” “During our investigation, we also discovered a separate set of vulnerabilities in the plugin that were not yet patched, and released a firewall rule to protect against these separate vulnerabilities the next day, on August 21, 2020.”

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