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Overview of IoT threats in 2023

SecureList

IoT devices (routers, cameras, NAS boxes, and smart home components) multiply every year. The first-ever large-scale malware attacks on IoT devices were recorded back in 2008, and their number has only been growing ever since. Telnet, the overwhelmingly popular unencrypted IoT text protocol, is the main target of brute-forcing.

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VulnRecap 1/16/24 – Major Firewall Issues Persist

eSecurity Planet

Keep an eye out for security announcements from your firewall vendors; it’s possible additional similar vulnerabilities will come to light. The problem: Juniper Networks released a bulletin about a remote code execution vulnerability in its SRX firewalls and EX switches. The vulnerability can be tracked as CVE-2023-29357.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 455 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Admin of the BreachForums hacking forum sentenced to 20 years supervised release Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard APT hacked Microsoft corporate emails VF Corp December data breach impacts 35 million customers China-linked APT UNC3886 exploits VMware zero-day since 2021 Ransomware attacks break records in 2023: the number of victims rose by 128% U.S.

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Why BYOD Is the Favored Ransomware Backdoor

eSecurity Planet

Most Compromises Exploit Unmanaged Devices Microsoft’s fourth annual Digital Defense Report for 2023 reveals that 80% of all ransomware compromises come from unmanaged devices and that 60% of those attacks use remote encryption. Naturally, this leads to three important questions: What are unmanaged devices?

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Multiple DDoS botnets were observed targeting Zyxel devices

Security Affairs

Researchers warn of several DDoS botnets exploiting a critical flaw tracked as CVE-2023-28771 in Zyxel devices. Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers warned of multiple DDoS botnets exploiting a vulnerability impacting multiple Zyxel firewalls. through 4.73, VPN series firmware versions 4.60 through 5.35.

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Ivanti Policy Secure: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

Features Automated threat responses to indicators of compromise Centralized visibility and policy management of all endpoints — workstations, laptops, and internet of things (IoT) devices Bidirectional third party integration to improve security and auditing Firewalls: Checkpoint, Fortinet, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, etc.

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OPSWAT MetaAccess: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

The latest version of MetaAccess solution extends network access control to cover software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud resources, and a wide variety of “headless devices” such as internet of things (IoT), operations technology (OT), industrial control systems (ICS), medical devices, and industrial IoT (IIoT).

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