NetSpi Executives

MARCH 11, 2025

One common thread is clearthe demand for continuous, automated solutions has skyrocketed as traditional methods, like firewalls and occasional scans, are no longer sufficient. We’ve actually helped customers find shadow IT, misconfigured clouds, exposed dev systems, and unpatched software.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 20, 2020

In February, hardware maker Zyxel fixed a zero-day vulnerability in its routers and VPN firewall products after KrebsOnSecurity told the company the flaw was being abused by attackers to break into devices. A joint advisory on CVE-2020-9054 from the U.S. which boasts some 100 million devices deployed worldwide.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

A new malware developed by Sandworm hacking group has targeted appliances that are fire walled and reports are in that the military intelligence of the Russian Federation developed the malicious software. In the first half of 2020 alone, SonicWall registered over 3.2 billion malware attacks.

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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. Cisco also addressed a privilege escalation issue that impacts the Cisco Prime License Manager software. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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 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 vulnerability impacts the web services interface of Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 30, 2020

Agile software innovation is the order of the day. It’s a way to replace the clunky controls that were designed to cordon off certain zones of on-premises IT infrastructure with sleek, software-defined controls that are more fitting for the hybrid cloud networks that will take us forward. Wonderous digital services are the result.

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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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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

JANUARY 2, 2021

Below the list of the top stories of 2020. Cisco has released software updates for its Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) product to address several critical and high-severity issues. April 26 – Hackers exploit SQL injection zero-day issue in Sophos firewall. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Top stories 2020).

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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. Another notable attack in December targeted the website Bitcoin.org , which hosts Bitcoin Core, one of the most widely used software versions of bitcoin. This trend continued in the last months of 2020.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Physical security is the protection of personnel and IT infrastructure (such as hardware, software, and data) from physical actions and events that could cause severe damage to an organization. All the encryption , firewalls , cryptography, SCADA systems , and other IT security measures would be useless if that were to occur.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Cisco patched 34 high-severity flaws affecting its IOS and IOS XE software, some of them can be exploited by a remote unauthenticated attacker. Cisco on Thursday released security patches for 34 high-severity vulnerabilities affecting its IOS and IOS XE software. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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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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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. “zero-days,” these are vulnerabilities in hardware or software products that vendors first learn about when exploit code and/or active exploitation shows up online).

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IoT Cybercrime Ransomware Firewall 314

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

NGFWs are no exception, and IoT devices and the work-from-home craze that began in 2020 have made protecting the perimeter harder than ever. Cloud features – like public cloud support, CASB and cloud workload protection – and cloud-based management have also grown in importance, and Firewalls as a Service (FWaaS) are catching on too.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2022

Threat actors targeted a large software development company in Ukraine using the GoMet backdoor. Researchers from Cisco Talos discovered an uncommon piece of malware that was employed in an attack against a large Ukrainian software development company. The samples detected by Talos have the IP address of the C2 hardcoded (111.90.139[.]122)

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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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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. “They want you to unlock your data with their software, but you can’t trust that,” Jon said.

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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. Why Is There a Need for FWaaS?

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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. billion euros in 2020 alone. A statement from the U.S. and international companies and entities, including U.S. ” HYDRA.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

In the past decade, businesses started evaluating the pros and cons of moving to the cloud in order to meet the increased demand for the cost and IT efficiency benefits of cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS). The post RSAC 2020: Trust in the Cloud. This presents a security risk to businesses.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2021

For example, Illumio was named a Leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave: Zero Trust eXtended (ZTX) Ecosystem Platform Providers, Q3 2020. DxOdyssey (DxO) is a Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) solution that enables secure, available, per-application connectivity between remote users, edge devices, sites, and clouds.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

What’s the best antivirus software? We here at eSecurity Planet have our own views and methodology on this much-debated issue, and present to you our reviews of the Best Antivirus Software of 2021. Top 4 antivirus software. Top 4 antivirus software. A network firewall. Two-way firewall. Bitdefender.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

They're complex little units doing amazing things and they run software written by humans which inevitably means that sooner or later, one of us (software developers) is going to screw something up that'll require patching. And, just like the LIFX devices, they're going to need patching occasionally. So, what's the right approach?

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IoT Firmware Risk Manufacturing 364

Security Boulevard

APRIL 13, 2021

2020 was no different ??? Unfortunately for Keepnet Labs, attempting to move an unsecured server with their firewall disabled for about ten minutes landed them in the headlines with over 5 billion records leaked from previous cybersecurity incidents, including hash types, passwords, email addresses, email domains, and more.

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Small Business Firewall Passwords Education 78

The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 25, 2021

SolarWinds and Mimecast are long-established, well-respected B2B suppliers of essential business software embedded far-and-wide in company networks. Thanks to a couple of milestone hacks disclosed at the close of 2020 and start of 2021, they will forever be associated with putting supply-chain vulnerabilities on the map.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Palo Alto Networks addressed critical and high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) and arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in its PAN-OS firewall software. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-2040 , could be exploited by sending specially crafted requests to the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) interface or the Captive Portal.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The M221 is configured using Machine Expert – Basic software.” “ For example, an attacker could capture network traffic between the Modicon M221 PLC and the EcoStruxure Machine Expert Basic software that includes upload and download data or successful authentication attempts. .

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Veracode Security

APRIL 13, 2021

2020 was no different ??? Unfortunately for Keepnet Labs, attempting to move an unsecured server with their firewall disabled for about ten minutes landed them in the headlines with over 5 billion records leaked from previous cybersecurity incidents, including hash types, passwords, email addresses, email domains, and more.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

And security experts from Check Point believe that the malicious software has so far targeted over 140,000 victims since November 2020, hitting high profile victims including those on PayPal, Microsoft, Amazon, Bank of America and Wells Fargo.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2020

Related: A firewall for microservices DevSecOps arose to insert security checks and balances into DevOps, aiming to do so without unduly degrading speed and agility. At RSA 2020 , I had an eye-opening discussion with Rohit Sethi, CEO of Security Compass , about this. Speed and agility is the name of the game. And everyone’s all-in.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. Their main purpose is to protect applications from unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious attacks.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The software updates for your IT management tools arrive automatically and contain legitimate changes—but hidden inside the update is malware that gives hackers secret access to your network. IT monitoring software company victim of supply chain cyber attack. It makes software to help monitor and manage IT systems.

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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. Restrict users’ ability (permissions) to install and run unwanted software applications.

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Hacker Combat

APRIL 22, 2022

increase on 2020 levels. Ransomware is malicious software that infects a personal or organizational computer and then holds information for ransom until the affected party pays some money. Ransomware cost businesses and individuals $18 billion in 2020, with the average sum paid totaling $220,298 in the first quarter of 2021.

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