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. This flaw exists pre-authentication and within a component (SSLVPN) which is typically exposed to the public Internet.”. 6.5.1.12, 6.0.5.3, SonicOSv 6.5.4.v

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 18, 2021

From smart homes that enable you to control your thermostat from a distance to sensors on oil rigs that help predict maintenance to autonomous vehicles to GPS sensors implanted in the horns of endangered black rhinos , the internet of things is all around you. Source: DZone’s Edge Computing and IoT, 2020 . A Safer Internet of Things.

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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. The internet of things (IoT) is widening the sphere of physical security as smart devices connected to business systems via the internet may be located outside of established secure perimeters.

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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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

An attacker could use $300 worth of off-the-shelf equipment to eavesdrop and intercept signals from satellite internet communications. The academic researcher James Pavur, speaking at Black Hat 2020 hacking conference , explained that satellite internet communications are susceptible to eavesdropping and signal interception.

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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

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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Exploitation of these together yields remote code execution under the privileges of the affected component on the firewall device.” Experts pointed out that this port is often accessible over the Internet. Below is the timeline for this vulnerability: 2020-10-26: Randori began initial research on GlobalProtect.

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McAfee

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Use of “domain age” is a feature being promoted by various firewall and web security vendors as a method to protect users and systems from accessing malicious internet destinations. The sites and domains of the internet are constantly changing and evolving. Domain Age Feature Definition. Domain Registration.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Cybersecurity, which started with antivirus suites, spam filters and firewalls, has mushroomed into a $103 billion industry. And that’s why Stiennon and I are among the 45,000 or so attendees of RSA Conference 2020 here at San Franscisco’s Moscone Center. Then along came cloud computing and the Internet of Things.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 27, 2023

“A number of factors may have contributed to the zero-day count in 2020 dipping, then quadrupling in 2021,” researchers James Sadowski and Casey Charrier wrote. “This activity continues China’s pattern of exploiting internet-facing devices, especially those used for managed security purposes (e.g.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2020

The Shadowserver Foundation is a nonprofit security organization working altruistically behind the scenes to make the Internet more secure for everyone. The researchers scanned the Internet for printers that are exposing their Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) port online. and printers (or print servers).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Tracked as CVE-2020-25159 , the flaw is rated 9.8 The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-25159, has received a CVSS score of 9.8 ” Experts used the search engines for Internet-connected devices, like Shodan.io, to search for ENIP-compatible internet-facing devices and discovered more than 8,000 systems exposed online. .

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

Government experts reported that threat actors are targeting Pulse Secure devices since June 2020 by attempting to exploit multiple know vulnerabilities, including CVE-2019-11510 , CVE-2020-8260 , CVE-2020-8243 , CVE-2021-2289. Scan all software downloaded from the Internet prior to executing.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The experts found six vulnerabilities in B&R Automation’s SiteManager and GateManager ( CVE-2020-11641 , CVE-2020-11642 , CVE-2020-11643 , CVE-2020-11644 , CVE-2020-11645 , CVE-2020-11646 ) that could potentially disrupt operations. ” reads the advisory published by the company.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 6, 2021

Although such types of cyber attacks have been existing in the cyber landscape from the past decade or so, Black Lotus Labs reports that there has been an increase in such attacks from 2020 on par with the ransomware attacks. It was also known as Common Internet File System until 2004.

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Spinone

MARCH 17, 2018

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term used to describe the network of interconnected electronic devices with “smart” technology. billion “things” connected to the Internet , a 30% increase from 2015. billion “things” connected to the Internet , a 30% increase from 2015.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Unlike other IoT DDoS botnets, Ttint implements 12 remote access functions such as Socket5 proxy for router devices, tampering with router firewall and DNS settings, executing remote custom system commands. ” When the botnet was first detected in 2019, experts noticed it was exploiting the Tenda zero-day flaw tracked as CVE-2020-10987.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

Between December 2019 and until February 2020, the experts observed a number of attacks between 70,000 and 40,000 on a daily basis. Most of the attacks between January and May 2020 originated from IP addresses in the U.S., The situation changed from February, when the number reached 80,000. China, Russia, Germany, and France.

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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

MARCH 25, 2020

At RSA 2020, I was encouraged by strong evidence that the cybersecurity industry has now jumped fully on board the ML bandwagon. Pitt points out that a big challenge for businesses today is that more than 80 percent of Internet traffic is encrypted. Up to 30 percent of bad traffic is now encrypted traffic as well,” Pitt points out.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

Juniper Networks addressed several vulnerabilities in its firewalls, most of them can be exploited by attackers for denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Another critical vulnerability addressed by the company is CVE-2020-1654 , it could be exploited to trigger a DoS condition or to execute arbitrary code remotely.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2023

The popular Threat Analysis Group (TAG) Maddie Stone wrote Google’s fourth annual year-in-review of zero-day flaws exploited in-the-wild [ 2021 , 2020 , 2019 ], it is built off of the mid-year 2022 review. Google’s Threat Analysis Group Google states that more than 40% of zero-day flaws discovered in 2022 were variants of previous issues.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Most of the vulnerabilities listed below can be exploited to gain initial access to victim networks using products that are directly accessible from the Internet and act as gateways to internal networks.” ” reads the report. ” The report includes a description of the vulnerability and the recommended mitigations.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

These cybercriminals are known for their creativity and ability to target cloud environments, as they introduced new techniques in 2020 that hadn’t been seen before. All internet communications, including SSL and SSH, rely on private and public keys for encryption. The two others are the “Cronb” and “What Will Be” attacks.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

In early 2020, researchers found something weird going on with Linux servers hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS). In a perfect world, the firewalls of our servers would only allow web traffic in from trusted ports. In a perfect world, the firewalls of our servers would only allow web traffic in from trusted ports. How it works.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Industries with very expensive operational technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as healthcare or industrial manufacturing, can be especially vulnerable. As recently as 2020, 83% of medical imaging devices ran on operating systems that no longer receive updates. The Best Security Wins. Which method is best?

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Hacker Combat

JUNE 3, 2021

Since mid-April in 2020, the Atos-owned organization has struggled to have the security loopholes fixed in vain. Further, the vulnerabilities have been allocated the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifiers CVE-2020-12500 over CVE-2020-12504. These vulnerabilities include: Backdoor account. Device administration.

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Webroot

JANUARY 5, 2022

This could be those without antivirus protection, young internet users or, unfortunately, your elderly loved ones. The FBI reported nearly $1 billion in scams targeting the elderly in 2020, with the average victim losing nearly $10,000. Use reputable anti-virus software and firewalls. The most common types of online elder fraud.

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Doctor Chaos

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

When employees aren’t protected by office firewalls, they are at the mercy of whatever defenses their Internet and devices have. INTERPOL reported a shocking rise in cyberattacks in 2020 that researchers connected with the COVID-19 pandemic. Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the vulnerabilities of remote work.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 13, 2021

Other incidents include: The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) said in March 2020 it had “found evidence of a successful cyber intrusion into its office network.”. There is a common misconception that a robust firewall is enough to prevent unauthorized access to corporate networks.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

And, as my guest will say later in this podcast, these virtual SOCs are like pen testing the internet. We can't just, you know, bust things up into small parts and say this is my world because again, internet is a pen test and we're all in this together. We do the same thing for firewalls. That's an example of AI.

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Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The first major piece of cybersecurity legislation to address vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices has passed in California, and is ready to be signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. in a released last week. The law has also been criticized for being too vague.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 30, 2020

In February 2020, UK security researchers discovered a vulnerability in free, open source, automation servers that would allow cybercriminals to amplify a Distributed Denial of Service attack by 100. As of January 2019, the vast majority of Internet-accessible CoAP devices were located in China and used mobile peer-to-peer networks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

“According to analysis, QNAP NAS can become infected when they are connected to the Internet with weak user passwords.” Install a firewall. .” reads the security advisory published by the vendor. QNAP recommends users to take the following measures to prevent these infections: Update QTS to the latest version.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. Or are they just the same old risks we've always had with data stored on the internet?

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