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Ransomware being spread through Fortinet VPN Devices

CyberSecurity Insiders

Though Fortinet that is into the business of selling security solutions such as firewalls and antivirus solutions has fixed the flaw, it appears to be too late, as hackers are buying and selling details of compromised devices on some hacking forums. But for reasons they made the information public in Jan 2023.

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The strengths and weaknesses of different VPN protocols

Security Affairs

One in four internet users use a VPN regularly, but how much does the average user know about what goes on behind the software? Pulling back the curtain, a VPN runs on various VPN protocols that govern the way a VPN client communicates with a VPN server. However, the speed comes at the cost of encryption.

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Crooks stole more than $1.5M worth of Bitcoin from General Bytes ATMs

Security Affairs

Cryptocurrency ATM maker General Bytes suffered a security breach over the weekend, the hackers stole $1.5M worth of cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency ATM manufacturers General Bytes suffered a security incident that resulted in the theft of $1.5M worth of cryptocurrency. Terminals should also connect to CAS via VPN.

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Hackers target Docker servers to deploy the new Kinsing cryptocurrency miner

Security Affairs

” The Kinsing malware abuses the resources of the Docker installations to mine cryptocurrency, hackers exploit unprotected open Docker API port to instantiate an Ubuntu container. Experts also recommend to access admin endpoints only through firewall or VPN gateway. “The spre. ” concludes the experts.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 454 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Trending CVEs for the Week of March 4th, 2019

NopSec

Since our last week’s post, security firm Cloudflare has detailed how they developed and deployed a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule to detect those attackers. Affected Products Cisco RV110W Wireless-N VPN Firewall versions prior to 1.2.2.1 Cisco RV130W Wireless-N Multifunction VPN Router versions prior to 1.0.3.45

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Capital One Data Theft Impacts 106M People

Krebs on Security

Specifically, Erratic mentions one botnet involved in cryptojacking, which uses snippets of code installed on Web sites — often surreptitiously — designed to mine cryptocurrencies. “She allegedly used web application firewall credentials to obtain privilege escalation.