Tech Republic Security

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Chinese cybersecurity firm Sichuan Silence has been sanctioned for exploiting a vulnerability in Sophos firewalls used at critical infrastructure organizations in the U.S.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2020

Cisco has released security updates to address critical remote code execution (RCE), authentication bypass, and static default credential vulnerabilities affecting multiple router and firewall devices. The post Cisco fixes 5 critical flaws that could allow router firewall takeover appeared first on Security Affairs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Interestingly, Cyclops Blink has been operational since June 2019 and is now being developed into espionage conducting software from just a mere persistent remote access malware accessing WatchGuard Firewall appliances. In the first half of 2020 alone, SonicWall registered over 3.2 billion malware attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Tripwire VERT security team spotted almost 800,000 SonicWall VPN appliances exposed online that are vulnerable to the CVE-2020-5135 RCE flaw. Security experts from the Tripwire VERT security team have discovered 795,357 SonicWall VPN appliances that were exposed online that are vulnerable to the CVE-2020-5135 RCE flaw.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Firewalls are as central to IT security as antivirus programs are to PCs, and the multi-billion-dollar market remains large and growing. But the term “firewall” is far too broad to be of much use to IT security buyers. Types of Firewalls. What is a Firewall? Firewalls protect both on-premises and cloud environments.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

Today Microsoft accidentally leaked info about a new wormable vulnerability (CVE-2020-0796) in the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. The issue, tracked as CVE-2020-0796 , is pre- remote code execution vulnerability that resides in the Server Message Block 3.0 CVE-2020-0796 – a "wormable" SMBv3 vulnerability.

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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. The CVE-2020-3452 flaw was independently reported to Cisco by Mikhail Klyuchnikov of Positive Technologies and Abdulrahman Nour and Ahmed Aboul-Ela from RedForce.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 10, 2021

Today, we are driving simplified security to your hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), delivering support for Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (formerly FTDv/NGFWv) on Cisco HyperFlex. Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual for Private Cloud. Support is available now, running on Threat Defense 7.0. Cisco HyperFlex.

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Bleeping Computer

JUNE 22, 2021

New findings have emerged that shed light on a critical SonicWall vulnerability disclosed last year, which affected over 800,000 VPN firewalls and was initially thought to have been patched. Tracked as CVE-2020-5135, when exploited, the bug allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the impacted devices. [.].

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

Palo Alto Networks addressed a critical flaw in the PAN-OS of its next-generation firewalls that could allow attackers to bypass authentication. Palo Alto Networks addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-2021 , in the operating system ( PAN?OS x base score of 10. . x base score of 10. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 30, 2020

Micro-segmentation got a lot of attention at RSA 2020. So we don’t break anything or leave too many things open, like a firewall might do.” Disrupting firewalls Gurvich makes no bones about the fact that Guardicore has set out to disrupt a portion of the $9 billion firewall market. I’m eager to see where this goes.

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Penetration Testing

DECEMBER 11, 2024

for his alleged role in... The post CVE-2020-12271 Exploited: FBI Seeks Chinese Hacker Behind 81,000 Device Breach appeared first on Cybersecurity News. The US Department of Justice announced the unsealing of an indictment against Guan Tianfeng, a Chinese national associated with Sichuan Silence Information Technology Co.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In Q4 2020, Citrix ADC (application delivery controller) devices became one such tool, when perpetrators abused their DTLS interface. Overall, Q4 remained within the parameters of 2020 trends. Extortionists’ activity regularly made the news throughout 2020. This trend continued in the last months of 2020.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2021

Below the list of the top stories of 2020. April 26 – Hackers exploit SQL injection zero-day issue in Sophos firewall. Cybersecurity firm Sophos releases an emergency patch to address an SQL injection flaw in its XG Firewall product that has been exploited in the wild. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Top stories 2020).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2021

In October last year, experts reported a critical stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-5135 , in SonicWall Network Security Appliance (NSA) appliances. “SonicWall physical and virtual firewalls running certain versions of SonicOS may contain a vulnerability where the HTTP server response leaks partial memory.

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Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Cisco is proud to be the only vendor recognized by Frost & Sullivan with the Best Practices Market Leadership Award for excellence in the network firewall market. This award recognizes that Cisco achieved the greatest market share in the global firewall market due to outstanding performance, products, and service.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2021

Threat actors are attempting to hack Zyxel devices exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerability CVE-2020-29583, security researchers warn. The Taiwanese vendor Zyxel has recently addressed a critical vulnerability in its firmware, tracked as CVE-2020-29583 , related to the presence of a hardcoded undocumented secret account.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, according to McAfee the cybercrime gang has earned more than $25 million since March 2020. McAfee researchers believe that the NetWalker ransomware operators continue to be very active, the gang is believed to have earned more than $25 million since March 2020. reads the alert.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2021

Threat actors breached the servers of US Census Bureau on January 11, 2020, exploiting an unpatched Citrix ADC zero-day vulnerability, OIG revealed. The report states that the servers did not provide access to 2020 decennial census networks, this means that the attacker did not interfere with the results of the census.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

All the encryption , firewalls , cryptography, SCADA systems , and other IT security measures would be useless if that were to occur. Some of the countermeasures that can be considered are CCTV, alarms, firewalls, exterior lighting, fences, and locks. The next implementation method is to develop countermeasures to avoid loss of assets.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Sophos used custom implants to monitor China-linked thret actors targeting firewall zero-days in a years-long battle. Improved operational security, including disrupting firewall telemetry to hinder detection and minimize their digital footprint.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 29, 2023

Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) offers firewall capabilities as a cloud-based service. Traditional firewalls protect the network perimeter, enforcing security standards by regulating incoming and outgoing traffic according to rules and traffic analysis.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2021

From January through March 2021, TLS concealed 45 percent of the malware Sophos analysts observed circulating on the Internet; that’s double the rate – 23 percent – seen in early 2020, Dan Schiappa, Sophos’ chief product officer, told me in a briefing. And on the back end, it allows them to cloak any data as it is getting exfiltrated.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2021

An expert found multiple serious vulnerabilities in Fortinet’s FortiWeb web application firewall (WAF) that could expose corporate networks to hack. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2020-29015 , CVE-2020-29016 , CVE-2020-29018 , and CVE-2020-29019 , have been already addressed by Fortinet with the release of security patches.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2021

Fortinet has recently fixed a high-severity vulnerability affecting its FortiWeb web application firewall (WAF) that can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. The vulnerability in the management interface of FortiWeb firewall was discovered by Andrey Medov, from cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies.

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The Hacker News

APRIL 1, 2021

In 2020, hospitals, retirement communities, and medical centers bore the brunt of an ever-shifting phishing campaign that distributed custom backdoors such as KEGTAP, which ultimately paved the way for RYUK

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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.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

According to SiteLock researchers and cybersecurity experts, the threat landscape will only continue to grow in 2020 and will likely bring even more new challenges with it. We’ve analyzed the current state of the industry and packaged up our top five cybersecurity predictions for 2020.

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2021

2 And according to the Flexera 2020 State of the Cloud Report , “93 percent of enterprises have a multi-cloud strategy” while “87 percent have a hybrid cloud strategy.” As part of this, many organizations use two or more clouds to meet business needs such as disaster recovery, data backup, application resiliency, and global coverage.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

In the process, however, they embraced a large number of connected devices and IoT platforms, which means that additional data and processes are now moving outside of the firewall and into the cloud. During the upcoming RSA Conference 2020, I will be discussing the best practices for cloud key management to minimize risk.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

a.k.a “ZyXEL”) is a maker of networking devices, including Wi-Fi routers, NAS products and hardware firewalls. The flaw is designated as CVE-2020-9054. ” “If possible, connect it to a security router or firewall for additional protection,” the advisory reads.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2021

x (released in 2020) utilized to connect to SMA 100 series appliances and SonicWall firewalls Secure Mobile Access (SMA) version 10.x x (released in 2020) utilized to connect to SMA 100 series appliances and SonicWall firewalls Secure Mobile Access (SMA) version 10.x

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Labor Department’s inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in 2020 to criminals who are already in jail. A new report (PDF) from the Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that from March through October of 2020, some $3.5

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Cisco Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Cisco is proud to be the only vendor recognized by Frost & Sullivan with the Best Practices Market Leadership Award for excellence in the network firewall market. This award recognizes that Cisco achieved the greatest market share in the global firewall market due to outstanding performance, products, and service.

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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

MARCH 31, 2020

.” Below the disclosure timeline: March 23, 2020 – Wordfence Threat Intelligence discovers and analyzes vulnerabilities. March 24, 2020 – Initial contact with the plugin’s developer team. Firewall rule released for Wordfence Premium users. March 26, 2020 – Patched version of plugin released.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

Researchers at Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-15299 , in the KingComposer WordPress plugin that potentially impacts 100,000 websites. . We release a firewall rule covering both the patched and unpatched vulnerabilities to our Premium users.

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