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. energy facilities. and international companies and entities, including U.S. ” HYDRA. . ” HYDRA.

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Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In any perimeter defense a key component is firewalls—the proverbial guard towers in your fortifications. In this Threat Trends release, we’ll be looking at Cisco Secure Firewall. The goal is to highlight the common threats that organizations encounter and block with Secure Firewall. Secure Firewall version 7.0

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Firewall Authentication DNS Accountability 118

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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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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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

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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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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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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SC Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

Signage with logo at the Silicon Valley headquarters of computer security and firewall company Palo Alto Networks, Santa Clara, California, August 17, 2017. Palo Alto Networks asked a Virginia judge to dismiss a patent lawsuit filed against them by Centripetal Networks. Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).

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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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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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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

It also integrates with other security products, including SIEMs, firewalls, endpoint products and more. This article was originally written by Drew Robb on July 18, 2017, and updated by Chad Kime on February 8, 2023. The ThreatStream platform automates traditionally manual data curation tasks.

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Unstructured Data Firewall Banking Marketing 92

Malwarebytes

JUNE 27, 2023

Is “a test network with no firewall and little protection” an accurate reflection of a local council or Government network? I ask this, because the results with the tested (six year old) camera found a vulnerability from 2017. When made aware of the vulnerability in March 2017, Hikvision patched it in less than one week.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 29, 2024

If that was the case, why did we never hear of charges being laid as we did with We Leak Info and LeakedSource? link] — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) January 22, 2024 It's like I've seen it all before!

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 5, 2023

ExtremeControl integrates into the customer’s major third party ecosystems for private cloud orchestration, mobile device management (MDM), enterprise mobility management (EMM), content filter, and firewall solutions. This article was originally written by Drew Robb on July 7, 2017, and updated by Chad Kime on April 5, 2023.

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Anton on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

There are people moving to “next-gen” firewalls (a great innovation of 2005) in 2022. A firewall management vendor claimed to “simplify zero trust.” RSA 2017: What’s The Theme? At the same time, some organizations are moving to enter the 1990s or perhaps 2000s, in regards to their IT tools and practices.

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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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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 14, 2023

While the infotainment system is supposedly firewalled from steering, throttling, and braking, attached devices may not be fully secured against communication via Wi-Fi. The vulnerability is nearly six years old, and Zyxel previously issued a security advisory about the Gafgyt malware in 2019 that exploited CVE-2017-18368.

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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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Malware Cryptocurrency Firewall Cybercrime 91

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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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

CVE-2017-6077. CVE-2017-18368. CVE-2017-6334. Ensure minimal exposure to the Internet on Linux servers and IoT devices and use a properly configured firewall. 4000898: AV EXPLOIT Netgear DGN2200 ping.cgi – Possible Command Injection ( CVE-2017-6077 ). D-Link DIR-645 Wired/Wireless Router Rev. CVE-2016-1555.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

Maintain minimal exposure to the Internet on Linux servers and IoT devices and use a properly configured firewall. 4000898: AV EXPLOIT Netgear DGN2200 ping.cgi – Possible Command Injection ( CVE-2017-6077 ). 2027093: ET EXPLOIT Possible Netgear DGN2200 RCE (CVE-2017-6077). Recommended actions. Conclusion.

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Malware IoT Authentication Antivirus 81

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Even as the number of attacks rose, only 60,000 sites in our sample were actually compromised — which is comparable to our 2017 findings. Block malicious incoming traffic using a website application firewall. Make sure the firewall rules are updated regularly to reflect the latest cybersecurity trends.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Like an apartment building superintendent, shared hosting providers are responsible for making sure the building (server) is up to code and the exterior fence locks (global firewalls). In Q3 2017, the average infected website contained 283 malicious files. Getting Back to Business.

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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 68

Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2022

The CVE-2021-20038 vulnerability impacts SMA 100 series appliances (including SMA 200, 210, 400, 410, and 500v) even when the web application firewall (WAF) is enabled. ” reads the announcement published by CISA. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Small Business Firewall Technology Risk 76

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

In December 2017, the SiteLock WordPress Plugin was updated to v4.0.4. malware scan and auto removal tool , as well as TrueShield web application firewall (WAF) and TrueSpeed content delivery network (CDN ). For those of you already using the plugin, you can update your version within your WordPress Dashboard.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

wp-content/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall.php. /wp-content/plugins/ls-oembed/ls-oembed.php. In Q4 2017, only 46% of WordPress sites infected with malware were found to be running the latest core updates. wp-content/plugins/ls-oembed/ls-oembed.php. /wp-content/plugins/pluginmonsters/pluginmonsters.php.

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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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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 14, 2023

Features Automated threat responses to indicators of compromise Centralized visibility and policy management of all endpoints — workstations, laptops, and internet of things (IoT) devices Bidirectional third party integration to improve security and auditing Firewalls: Checkpoint, Fortinet, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, etc.

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IoT VPN Firewall Authentication 95

Malwarebytes

MAY 25, 2021

A federal grand jury has just charged a former intelligence analyst with stealing confidential files from 2004 to 2017. The IT department should know their way around firewall configuration. If you’re worried about the risk of insider threats, you’re not alone. It can affect anyone, even the FBI. What about social engineers?

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Social Engineering Data collection Firewall Risk 98

Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Introduction In May 2017, a worldwide ransomware attack infamously known as WannaCry was set in motion. This ransomware made use of the EternalBlue , an exploit of Microsoft’s implementation of their SMB protocol, released by The Shadow Brokers hacker group in April 2017, to gain access to remote Windows machines in most cases.

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Ransomware Encryption Cryptocurrency Banking 52

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Team82 researchers have disclosed an attack technique that bypasses industry-leading web application firewalls (WAFs) by appending JSON syntax to SQL injection payloads. The researchers used a WAF shortcoming against the firewalls: Lack of support for native JSON syntax. ” Also read: How to Prevent SQL Injection Attacks.

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Firewall IoT Mobile Engineering 108

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

“The operation copied and removed malware from vulnerable internet-connected firewall devices that Sandworm used for command and control (C2) of the underlying botnet.” The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage.

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Cisco Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

This is deployed at over 15,000 sites across the world, but the malware allegedly only targeted a critical energy industrial site in the Middle East in 2017. The first analysis published in December 2017 identified that Triconex MP3008 models with software versions between 10.0 The attack was identified following this shut-down.

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IoT Malware Engineering Architecture 82

Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2021

THOMPSON posted about the Capital One hack on GitHub, she exploited a misconfigured web application firewall to get access to the data. Paige Thompson is a former Amazon Web Services software engineer who worked for a Capital One contractor from 2015 to 2016.

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Hacking Data breaches Banking Small Business 77

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

InsightIDR comes with several dashboard views that give administrators visibility into network activity like firewall traffic, blocked traffic by port and IP, total DNS traffic, and DNS queries. These firms include Logentries in 2015, Komand in 2017, and DivvyCloud in 2020. Rapid7 Competitors. Acquisitions, Growth, and Financials.

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