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

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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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Imperva shared details on the incident it has recently suffered and how hackers obtain data on Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) customers. In August, cybersecurity firm Imperva disclosed a data breach that exposed sensitive information for some customers of its Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) product, formerly known as Incapsula.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

The IRS canceled its “taxpayer identity” contract with Equifax in October 2017, after the credit bureau disclosed that a failure to patch a four-month-old zero-day security flaw led to the theft of Social Security numbers and personal and financial information on 148 million Americans. Hall said ID.me

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

SiteLock is expanding the network behind our web application firewall, TrueShield, and our content delivery network, TrueSpeed. To accommodate our growing customer base, we’re adding over 130,000 new unique IP addresses on May 1st , 2017. This will ensure your firewall does not block communication with our servers.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

SiteLock is expanding the network behind our web application firewall, TrueShield , and our content delivery network, TrueSpeed. To accommodate our growing customer base, we’re adding over 1,500 new unique IP addresses on January 8th, 2017. This will ensure your firewall does not block communication with our servers.

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Firewall Technology 52

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Indian Council of Medical Research, shortly known as ICMR, was hit by cyber attacks on November 30th, 2022, and reports are that hackers made over 6,000 attempts to breach the firewall in a time frame of just 24 hours. Also, all these countries have been indulging in such tactics since 2012.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

“It is possible that an infected computer is beaconing, but is unable to egress to the command and control due to outbound firewall restrictions.” He acknowledged that ing.equipepro@gmail.com is his email address, but claims the email account was hacked at some point in 2017.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Graham went on to say “the point is not to add ‘security features’ but to remove ‘insecure features’… arbitrary features like firewall and anti-virus add to these products [that] just increase the attack surface making things worse.”. in a released last week. The law has also been criticized for being too vague.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

We caught up with Zscaler at RSA 2017 and talked about how it's giving Office 365 a 40% performance boost as part of its cloud security service.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2019

That’s Gartner’s estimate of global spending on cybersecurity in 2017 and 2018. Fast forward to 2017. Whoever was behind NotPetya, notably, leveraged the stolen NSA tools, to completely destroy global shipping company Maersk’s computer network in 2017. The first worm of note that accomplished this was Stuxnet. Branching attacks.

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Webroot

MARCH 29, 2021

A firewall with the right threat intelligence embedded could have blocked communications with the command-and-control server thus preventing a Trojanized Orion install from connecting back to the attackers and stopping them from furthering the attack. Outside of the corporate firewall, it is the Wild West.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers, Censornet was a Niche Player in 2017 and 2018. For the Forrester Wave for Cloud Security Gateways, Imperva was a Contender in 2016 and 2017, and Forcepoint was a Strong Performer in 2021. Recognition for Censornet. Recognition for McAfee. Microsoft .

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 28, 2024

or apply the latest hotfixes; Emphasizing the importance of following their system hardening and firewall guidelines, which have been available since 2015 and 2017, respectively. Versa Networks has responded to the threat by: Releasing patches for affected versions of Versa Director; Advising customers to upgrade to version 22.1.4

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

Researchers recommend properly configuring the firewall to protect the devices exposed online, enable automatic updates, and monitor network traffic. LFI CVE-2018-16763 Fuel CMS 1.4.1 RCE CVE-2020-5902 F5 BigIP RCE No CVE (vulnerability published on 2019) ThinkPHP 5.X

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

We were lucky enough to be a Gold Level partner at the 3-day event in the “Windy City,” which kicked off Wednesday, March 15th, and wrapped up Saturday, March 20th, 2017. Examples of these steps include pushing toward the use of a SSL to encrypt data, and potentially implementing a web application firewall to protect websites against attack.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2020

China continues to intensify the monitoring of the cyberspace applying and persecution of VPN services that could be used to bypass its censorship system known as the Great Firewall. The Great Firewall project already blocked access to more hundreds of the world’s 1,000 top websites, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Dropbox.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 6, 2024

An attacker can bypass initial settings restricting access to the utility’s functionality and act as any user; CVE-2023-4911 a vulnerability in the dynamic loader ld.so Changes in the number of Linux users who encountered exploits in Q1 2023 Q3 2024.

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Authentication Software Wireless Internet 109

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Make no mistake, CMMC 2.0 , which has been under development since 2017 , represents a sea change. MSSPs are increasingly assuming a primary role in mid-sized enterprises for maintaining endpoint security, vulnerability patch management and even things like firewall management and configuration management.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2021

The new malware implement new and improved rootkit and worm capabilities, it continues to target cloud applications by exploiting known vulnerabilities such as Oracle WebLogic ( CVE-2017-10271 ) and Apache ActiveMQ ( CVE-2016-3088 ) servers. Disable the iptables firewall so that the malware will have full access to the internet.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Equifax: In May of 2017, malicious actors found a vulnerability in an application owned by Equifax that allowed them to execute commands remotely. Install a web application firewall: Deploy a web application firewall or WAF to detect and block common attacks like SQL injection.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 11, 2024

Zendesk 2017 The scenario: The helpdesk ticketing platform Zendesk was exposed to attackers thanks to a SQL injection vulnerability in a GraphQL endpoint. The simple “one-and-done” methods of the 2017 Zendesk SQL attack are giving way to more long-term, “low-and-slow” exploits. Here they are.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage. According to WatchGuard , Cyclops Blink may have affected roughly 1% of all active WatchGuard firewall appliances. ” Cyclops Blink is sophisticated malware with a modular structure.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The number of WordCamps is set to grow in 2017 and we have no doubt that WordPress has, even more, awesomeness in store. We can’t wait to see what the new year brings, and don’t forget to ask Adam or Logan about our industry-leading malware scanning and removal system, web application firewall and 24/7/365 U.S.-based

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Firewall Malware 98

Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

CVE-2017-9841. CVE-2017-9805. CVE-2017-11882. CVE-2017-5638. CVE-2017-0144. This also lines up with research we conducted last year, where this vulnerability was one of the most common Snort detections seen by Cisco Secure Firewall. Brief description. PHPUnit vulnerability (used to target popular CMSes).

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Related :Promise vs. pitfalls of IoT For small- and mid-sized businesses, firewalls, antivirus suites and access management systems represent the entry stakes for participating in today’s digital economy. One of the most single-minded of these security vendors is startup CyCognito.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The last update was in November 2017, and the latest draft is available for peer review until the end of the year. Software and Data Integrity Failures ( new ) : Includes “Insecure Deserialization” from 2017 and many critical CWEs. It focuses on software updates and CI/CD pipelines. How Devs Can Use the OWASP Top Ten.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Information Technology research and advisory company, Gartner, presented its top predictions for the cybersecurity industry for 2017 earlier this year. Adoption of Adaptive Security Architecture It’s no longer sufficient to install a firewall and the latest antivirus software and hope for the best.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

A survey of local media reports by Recorded Future tallied 38 ransomware attacks against cities in 2017, rising to 53 attacks in 2018. It’s imperative to keep legacy anti-malware , firewall and intrusion prevention systems updated. 2017: WannaCry – Attackers leverage hacking tools stolen from the NSA. mayors attending the U.S.

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Ransomware Internet Internet Hacking 196

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The last time the Great Cannon was used by the Chinese authorities was in 2017 when it was involved in DDoS attacks on the Mingjingnews.com site, a US-based Chinese media outlet. ” states a report published by Citizen Lab researchers published in 2015. . ” states a report published by Citizen Lab researchers published in 2015.

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DDOS Firewall Advertising Government 95

SecureWorld News

JULY 15, 2024

In 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a directive to remove Kaspersky software from federal systems, citing fears that the company's products could be used to facilitate espionage and cyberattacks by the Russian government. government's concerns about Kaspersky date back several years. Air Force (Ret.),

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Cybersecurity Antivirus Government Software 112

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Usage increased 185% from 2016 to 2017 and 165% from 2017 to 2018. If, for example, a user resides in a country with major Internet restrictions (think: the Great Firewall of China ), he or she may connect to a VPN outside of that country and bypass local laws. A 2018 study regarding VPN use worldwide is worth considering.

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VPN Cybersecurity Firewall Data breaches 114

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Shortly after its founding, Cynet received global attention for its research into vulnerabilities in next-generation firewalls (NGFW) and LG smartphones. Cynet: Company background. Cynet was launched in 2015 in Tel Aviv, Israel specializing in its breach protection platform technology.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Established web application firewall (WAF) suppliers like Imperva, F5 and Akamai are hustling to strengthen their respective platforms. billion data records were compromised worldwide in the first half of 2018 – a 72 percent rise in the number of lost, stolen or compromised records reported in the first six months of 2017.

Digital transformation 140

Digital transformation B2C Mobile B2B 140

eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

EdgeConnect Enterprise critically comes with firewall , segmentation , and application control capabilities. The first traditional cybersecurity vendor featured is Barracuda Networks, with consistent recognition for its email security , next-generation firewalls ( NGFW ), web application security , and backups.

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Firewall Architecture Encryption Network Security 121

CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 6, 2021

Lumen Technologies that serves customers in over 60 countries is urging all organizations to configure their firewalls in such a way that they block all outbound SMB communications that leave the corporate network. It was also known as Common Internet File System until 2004.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2022

According to WatchGuard , Cyclops Blink may have affected roughly 1% of all active WatchGuard firewall appliances. The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage. ” reads the advisory published by TrendMicro.

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