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Multiple DDoS botnets were observed targeting Zyxel devices

Security Affairs

Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researchers warned of multiple DDoS botnets exploiting a vulnerability impacting multiple Zyxel firewalls. The cause of the vulnerability is the improper error message handling in Zyxel ZyWALL/USG series firmware versions 4.60 through 4.73, VPN series firmware versions 4.60 through 5.35. through 5.35.

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US and UK link new Cyclops Blink malware to Russian state hackers?

Security Affairs

According to WatchGuard , Cyclops Blink may have affected roughly 1% of all active WatchGuard firewall appliances. ” reads the advisory published by the UK National Cyber Security Centre. The malware leverages the firmware update process to achieve persistence.

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Vulnerability Management Policy Template

eSecurity Planet

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) maintains a list of known exploited vulnerabilities that can be referenced to check for active exploitation. For example, a vulnerability in a wi-fi router firewall configuration may expose Windows 95 machines required to run manufacturing equipment.

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Cloud Security: The Shared Responsibility Model

eSecurity Planet

Drivers, Firmware, Software : Cloud providers bear responsibility to secure, test, and update the software and code that supports the firmware and the basic software infrastructure of the cloud. Network, firewall, and web application firewall (WAF) hardening. Network, API, firewall, and WAF hardening.

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Silex malware bricks thousands of IoT devices in a few hours

Security Affairs

Cashdollar explained that the Silex malware trashes the storage of the infected devices, drops firewall rules and wipe network configurations before halting the system. The only way to recover infected devices is to manually reinstall the device’s firmware. pic.twitter.com/Ue661ku0fy — Larry W. ” reported ZDnet.

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Kali Linux 2023.3 Release (Internal Infrastructure & Kali Autopilot)

Kali Linux

Internal Infrastructure With the release of Debian 12 which came out this summer, we took this opportunity to re-work, re-design, and re-architecture our infrastructure. Build-Logs - Output of our images/platform as well as packages being created on each supported architecture. The highlights of the changelog since the 2023.2