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Sophos fixed a critical vulnerability in Cyberoam firewalls

Security Affairs

A vulnerability in Sophos Cyberoam firewalls could be exploited by an attacker to gain access to a target’s internal network without authentication. Sophos addressed a vulnerability in its Cyberoam firewalls that could be exploited by an attacker to gain access to a company’s internal network without providing a password.

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Iranian threat actors attempt to buy stolen data of US organizations, FBI warns

Security Affairs

“ This actor has also demonstrated interest in obtaining unauthorized access to SCADA systems using common default passwords.” ” The FBI urges organizations that suffered a security breach in the past to reset passwords, enhance the security of systems exposed online and warn their employees.

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New Mirai variant appears in the threat landscape

Security Affairs

Experts noticed that the malware also downloads more shell scripts that retrieve brute-forcers that could be used to target devices protected with weak passwords. “The attacks are still ongoing at the time of this writing. “The attacks are still ongoing at the time of this writing.

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SonicWall warns users of “imminent ransomware campaign”

Malwarebytes

It sells a range of Internet appliances primarily directed at content control and network security, including devices providing services for network firewalls, unified threat management (UTM), virtual private networks (VPNs), and anti-spam for email. SRA 4200/1200 (EOL 2016) disconnect immediately and reset passwords.

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RSA 2022 Musings: The Past and The Future of Security

Anton on Security

There are people moving to “next-gen” firewalls (a great innovation of 2005) in 2022. To further illustrate this point, one of the innovations sandbox participants showed the slide that mentioned that the VPN market alone today is larger than the entirety of all cloud security markets, defined broadly and loosely, and then rounded upwards.

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An Unholy Union: Remote Access and Ransomware

Approachable Cyber Threats

During the COVID-19 pandemic for example, you may use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to connect to your organization’s network as if you’re sitting in the office, or you might use Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to connect to your computer that’s now collecting dust on your office desk. VPNs continue to be problematic as well.

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CISA says federal agency compromised by malicious cyber actor

Security Affairs

. “By leveraging compromised credentials, the cyber threat actor implanted sophisticated malware—including multi-stage malware that evaded the affected agency’s anti-malware protection—and gained persistent access through two reverse Socket Secure (SOCKS) proxies that exploited weaknesses in the agency’s firewall.”

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