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Hackers exploit SQL injection zero-day issue in Sophos firewall

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

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. Cybersecurity firm Sophos has released an emergency patch to address an SQL injection zero-day vulnerability affecting its XG Firewall product that has been exploited in the wild.

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Cisco fixes 5 critical flaws that could allow router firewall takeover

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. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Cisco).

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Palo Alto Networks fixes a critical flaw in firewall PAN-OS

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. OS ) that powers its next-generation firewalls that could allow unauthenticated network-based attackers to bypass authentication. x base score of 10. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Sophos fixed a critical vulnerability in Cyberoam firewalls

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2019

A vulnerability in Sophos Cyberoam firewalls could be exploited by an attacker to gain access to a target’s internal network without authentication. Sophos addressed a vulnerability in its Cyberoam firewalls that could be exploited by an attacker to gain access to a company’s internal network without providing a password.

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Malware Hidden in Call of Duty Cheating Software

Schneier on Security

APRIL 2, 2021

News article : Most troublingly, Activision says that the “cheat” tool has been advertised multiple times on a popular cheating forum under the title “new COD hack.” “Guides for cheats will typically ask users to disable or uninstall antivirus software and host firewalls, disable kernel code signing, etc.”

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P2P Weakness Exposes Millions of IoT Devices

Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2019

iLnkP2P is designed to allow users of these devices to quickly and easily access them remotely from anywhere in the world, without having to tinker with one’s firewall: Users simply download a mobile app, scan a barcode or enter the six-digit ID stamped onto the bottom of the device, and the P2P software handles the rest.

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Palo Alto Networks addresses tens of serious issues in PAN-OS

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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hackers are actively exploiting critical RCE in WordPress sites using File Manager plugin

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Wordfence confirmed the ongoing attack, its Web Application Firewall already blocked over 450,000 exploit attempts during the last several days. “The Wordfence firewall has blocked over 450,000 exploit attempts targeting this vulnerability over the past several days. ” Wordfence said. ” Wordfence said.

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Palo Alto Networks addresses another high severity issue in PAN-OS devices

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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Snake Ransomware isolates infected Systems before encrypting files

Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2020

Snake samples employed in more recent attacks implements the ability to enable and disable the firewall and leverage specific commands to block unwanted connections to the system. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, SNAKE ransomware).

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Almost 800,000 SonicWall VPN appliances online are vulnerable to CVE-2020-5135

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2020

. “A buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS allows a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a malicious request to the firewall. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 6 version 6.5.4.7,

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FBI is warning of cyber attacks against Windows 7 systems that reached end-of-life

Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2020

Ensuring anti-virus, spam filters, and firewalls are up to date, properly configured, and secure.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Robocall Legal Advocate Leaks Customer Data

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 3, 2020

“Our Litigation Firewall isolates the infection and protects you from harm. The Blacklist Alliance researches TCPA cases to uncover the phone numbers of plaintiffs and sells this data in the form of list-scrubbing services to telemarketers. “TCPA predators operate like malware,” The Blacklist explains on its website.

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Critical Blink Router Flaws (CVSS 9.8) Allow Remote Root Code Execution via Unauthenticated Attacks

Penetration Testing

JUNE 15, 2025

Enable Input Filtering : Network administrators should implement web application firewalls (WAF) and traffic inspection tools to detect malicious payloads targeting router endpoints. Restrict Admin Panel Access : Ensure that the router’s administrative interface is only accessible from the local network or through secure VPN connections.

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Cisco addressed CVE-2019-1663 RCE flaw in wireless routers

Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

“A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco RV110W Wireless-N VPN Firewall, Cisco RV130W Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Router, and Cisco RV215W Wireless-N VPN Router could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device.” RV215W Wireless-N VPN Router: 1.3.1.1.

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KingComposer fixes a reflected XSS impacting 100,000 WordPress sites

Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

We release a firewall rule covering both the patched and unpatched vulnerabilities to our Premium users. July 15, 2020 – Firewall rule becomes available to Wordfence Free users. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Palo Alto Networks fixes severe Code Execution and DoS flaws in PAN-OS

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. Palo Alto Networks has released security updates to patch critical and high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) and arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in its PAN-OS firewall software.

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CVE-2020-3452 flaw in Cisco ASA/FTD exploited within hours after the disclosure

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. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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DoS attack the caused disruption at US power utility exploited a known flaw

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

A DoS attack that caused disruptions at a power utility in the United States exploited a flaw in a firewall used in the facility. The incident took place earlier this year, threat actors exploited a known vulnerability in a firewall used by the affected facility to cause disruption. and 7 p.m., power grid ( Energywire , April 30). .

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New Ttint IoT botnet exploits two zero-days in Tenda routers

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. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes the report.

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Siemens addresses multiple critical flaws in SINUMERIK Controllers

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2018

.” The most serious flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-11466 and ranked with CVSS score of 10, could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker on the network to trigger a DoS condition on the integrated software firewall or execute arbitrary code in the context of the firewall by sending specially crafted packets to TCP port 102.

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Imperva data Breach: WAF customers’ data exposed

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

Security firm Imperva revealed it has suffered a data breach that affecting some customers of its Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) product. Cybersecurity firm Imperva disclosed a data breach that has exposed sensitive information for some customers of its Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) product, formerly known as Incapsula.

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Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In an interview with KrebsOnSecurity, James said Unit 221B was wary of advertising its ability to crack Zeppelin ransomware keys because it didn’t want to tip its hand to Zeppelin’s creators, who were likely to modify their file encryption approach if they detected it was somehow being bypassed.

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Expert found a hardcoded SSH Key in Fortinet SIEM appliances

Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

The feature was implemented to enable connecting to collectors from the supervisor when there is a firewall between the collector and the supervisor. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Expert released DOS Exploit PoC for Critical Windows RDP Gateway flaws

Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2020

. “Simply disabling UDP Transport, or firewalling the UDP port (usually port 3391) is sufficient to prevent exploitation,” explained the popular researcher Marcus Hutchins. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Aquabot variant v3 targets Mitel SIP phones

Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2025

The threat actors behind Aquabot have been advertising it as a DDoS-as-a-service on platforms like Telegram under various misleading names, such as Cursinq Firewall and The Eye Botnet. They often claim it is for DDoS mitigation testing, but experts pointed out that it spreads Mirai malware and is used for real attacks.

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Juniper Networks addressed many issues in its products

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. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Cyber Defense Magazine – September 2019 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In addition, we’re shooting for 7x24x365 uptime as we continue to scale with improved Web App Firewalls, Content Deliver Networks (CDNs) around the Globe, Faster and More Secure DNS and CyberDefenseMagazineBackup.com up and running as an array of live mirror sites.

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Threat actors target WordPress sites using vulnerable File Manager install

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The security firm confirmed the ongoing attack, its Web Application Firewall blocked over 450,000 exploit attempts during the last several days. The Wordfence firewall has blocked over 450,000 exploit attempts targeting this vulnerability over the past several days. Wordfence said. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Microsoft accidentally reveals Wormable Win SMBv3 CVE-2020-0796 Flaw

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2020

Waiting for a security update that will address the issue, experts at Cisco Talos recommend disabling SMBv3 compression and blocking the 445 TCP port on client computers and firewalls to mitigate the issue. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Creating a DWORD value called 3.

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TeamTNT is the first cryptomining bot that steals AWS credentials

Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2020

Use firewall rules to limit any access to Docker APIs. We strongly recommend using a whitelisted approach for your firewall ruleset. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Cyber Defense Magazine – August 2019 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2019

In addition, we’re shooting for 7x24x365 uptime as we continue to scale with improved Web App Firewalls, Content Deliver Networks (CDNs) around the Globe, Faster and More Secure DNS and CyberDefenseMagazineBackup.com up and running as an array of live mirror sites.

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Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin gets patch once again

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We released a firewall rule to protect against these vulnerabilities the same day.” “During our investigation, we also discovered a separate set of vulnerabilities in the plugin that were not yet patched, and released a firewall rule to protect against these separate vulnerabilities the next day, on August 21, 2020.”

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Large-scale campaign targets configuration files from WordPress sites

Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2020

“Between May 29 and May 31, 2020, the Wordfence Firewall blocked over 130 million attacks intended to harvest database credentials from 1.3 Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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A critical flaw in Rank Math WordPress plugin allows hackers to give users Admins privileges

Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2020

Firewall rule released for Wordfence Premium users. April 23, 2020 – Firewall rule becomes available to Wordfence free users. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Full vulnerability disclosure sent.

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Critical RCE affects older Diebold Nixdorf ATMs

Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2019

The experts pointed out that this attack could be prevented by properly configuring the terminal-based firewall that is included in the older version of Opteve ATMs. the good news is that the firewall is enabled by default, this means that only ATM owners that disabled it are at risk. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Medusa ransomware hit over 300 critical infrastructure organizations until February 2025

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

The threat actors use PsExec to execute scripts, enable RDP access, and modify firewall rules. At this stage, Medusa concurrently advertises sale of the data to interested parties before the countdown timer ends. Attackers use Mimikatz to steal credentials. Threat actors use Rclone for data exfiltration.

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Cyber Defense Magazine – July 2019 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2019

In addition, we’re shooting for 7x24x365 uptime as we continue to scale with improved Web App Firewalls, Content Deliver Networks (CDNs) around the Globe, Faster and More Secure DNS and CyberDefenseMagazineBackup.com up and running as an array of live mirror sites.

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Chinese police arrested the operator of unauthorized VPN service that made $1.6 million from his activity

Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2020

China continues to intensify the monitoring of the cyberspace applying and persecution of VPN services that could be used to bypass its censorship system known as the Great Firewall. The Great Firewall project already blocked access to more hundreds of the world’s 1,000 top websites, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Dropbox.

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Flaw in Ad Inserter WordPress plugin allows remote attackers to execute code

Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2019

Below the disclosure timeline: July 12 – Vulnerability discovered by Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team July 12 – Firewall rule released to Wordfence Premium users July 12 – Plugin developer notified of the security issue July 13 – Patch released August 11 – Firewall rule becomes available to free users.

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Malvertising Campaign Targets IoT Devices: GeoEdge

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2021

A malicious advertising campaign originating out of Eastern Europe and operating since at least mid-June is targeting Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to home networks, according to executives with GeoEdge, which offers ad security and quality solutions to online and mobile advertisers. billion in 2021 , with 55.2

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Hackers target Docker servers to deploy the new Kinsing cryptocurrency miner

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

Experts also recommend to access admin endpoints only through firewall or VPN gateway. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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French Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?

Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2020

“It is possible that an infected computer is beaconing, but is unable to egress to the command and control due to outbound firewall restrictions.” ” About the only French critical infrastructure vertical not touched by the Kasbah hackers was the water management sector.

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Flaws in leading industrial remote access systems allow disruption of operations

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Locate control system networks and remote devices behind firewalls, and isolate them from the business network. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Also recognize that VPN is only as secure as the connected devices.

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Hackers exploit SQL injection zero-day issue in Sophos firewall

Cisco fixes 5 critical flaws that could allow router firewall takeover

Trending Sources

Palo Alto Networks fixes a critical flaw in firewall PAN-OS

Sophos fixed a critical vulnerability in Cyberoam firewalls

Malware Hidden in Call of Duty Cheating Software

P2P Weakness Exposes Millions of IoT Devices

Palo Alto Networks addresses tens of serious issues in PAN-OS

Hackers are actively exploiting critical RCE in WordPress sites using File Manager plugin

Palo Alto Networks addresses another high severity issue in PAN-OS devices

Snake Ransomware isolates infected Systems before encrypting files

Almost 800,000 SonicWall VPN appliances online are vulnerable to CVE-2020-5135

FBI is warning of cyber attacks against Windows 7 systems that reached end-of-life

Robocall Legal Advocate Leaks Customer Data

Critical Blink Router Flaws (CVSS 9.8) Allow Remote Root Code Execution via Unauthenticated Attacks

Cisco addressed CVE-2019-1663 RCE flaw in wireless routers

KingComposer fixes a reflected XSS impacting 100,000 WordPress sites

Palo Alto Networks fixes severe Code Execution and DoS flaws in PAN-OS

CVE-2020-3452 flaw in Cisco ASA/FTD exploited within hours after the disclosure

DoS attack the caused disruption at US power utility exploited a known flaw

New Ttint IoT botnet exploits two zero-days in Tenda routers

Siemens addresses multiple critical flaws in SINUMERIK Controllers

Imperva data Breach: WAF customers’ data exposed

Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys

Expert found a hardcoded SSH Key in Fortinet SIEM appliances

Expert released DOS Exploit PoC for Critical Windows RDP Gateway flaws

Aquabot variant v3 targets Mitel SIP phones

Juniper Networks addressed many issues in its products

Cyber Defense Magazine – September 2019 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Threat actors target WordPress sites using vulnerable File Manager install

Microsoft accidentally reveals Wormable Win SMBv3 CVE-2020-0796 Flaw

TeamTNT is the first cryptomining bot that steals AWS credentials

Cyber Defense Magazine – August 2019 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Discount Rules for WooCommerce WordPress plugin gets patch once again

Large-scale campaign targets configuration files from WordPress sites

A critical flaw in Rank Math WordPress plugin allows hackers to give users Admins privileges

Critical RCE affects older Diebold Nixdorf ATMs

Medusa ransomware hit over 300 critical infrastructure organizations until February 2025

Cyber Defense Magazine – July 2019 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Chinese police arrested the operator of unauthorized VPN service that made $1.6 million from his activity

Flaw in Ad Inserter WordPress plugin allows remote attackers to execute code

Malvertising Campaign Targets IoT Devices: GeoEdge

Hackers target Docker servers to deploy the new Kinsing cryptocurrency miner

French Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?

Flaws in leading industrial remote access systems allow disruption of operations

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