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Backdoor in Zyxel Firewalls and Gateways

Schneier on Security

This is bad : More than 100,000 Zyxel firewalls, VPN gateways, and access point controllers contain a hardcoded admin-level backdoor account that can grant attackers root access to devices via either the SSH interface or the web administration panel. […]. aN_fXp” password.

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New Russia Malware targets firewall appliances

CyberSecurity Insiders

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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Network Firewall vs. Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Security Boulevard

According to a 2020 report by IBM, it took an average of 228 days to identify a breach. Businesses are taking a closer look at their firewall’s capabilities and considering mixing and matching technologies to cover new security gaps. . Continue reading Network Firewall vs. Web Application Firewall (WAF) at Sucuri Blog.

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Expert found a secret backdoor in Zyxel firewall and VPN

Security Affairs

Zyxel addressed a critical flaw in its firmware, tracked as CVE-2020-29583 , related to the presence of a hardcoded undocumented secret account. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-29583 received a CVSS score of 7.8, ” The CVE-2020-29583 flaw affects the firmware version 4.60 that is used by multiple Zyxel devices.

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SonicWall bug that affected 800K firewalls was only partially fixed

Bleeping Computer

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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Fortinet addresses 4 vulnerabilities in FortiWeb web application firewalls

Security Affairs

Security vendor Fortinet has addressed four vulnerabilities in FortiWeb web application firewalls, including a Remote Code Execution flaw. Fortinet has addressed four vulnerabilities in FortiWeb web application firewalls that were reported by Positive Technologies expert Andrey Medov. . ” reads the advisory published by Fortinet.

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Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual now supported on Cisco HyperFlex

Cisco Security

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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