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CISA Order Highlights Persistent Risk at Network Edge

Krebs on Security

government agency in charge of improving the nation’s cybersecurity posture is ordering all federal agencies to take new measures to restrict access to Internet-exposed networking equipment. “This is reachable pre-authentication, on every SSL VPN appliance,” French vulnerability researcher Charles Fol tweeted.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. SocksEscort[.]com com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service. WHO’S BEHIND SOCKSESCORT?

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Zyxel fixed firewall unauthenticated remote command injection issue

Security Affairs

Below is the list of vulnerable products and related patches: Affected model Affected firmware version Patch availability USG FLEX 100(W), 200, 500, 700 ZLD V5.00 USG FLEX 50(W) / USG20(W)-VPN ZLD V5.10 VPN series ZLD V4.60 If possible, enable automatic firmware updates. through ZLD V5.21 Patch 1 ZLD V5.30 through ZLD V5.21

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CISA adds CVE-2022-30525 flaw in Zyxel Firewalls to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Security Affairs

Below is the list of vulnerable products and related patches: AFFECTED MODEL AFFECTED FIRMWARE VERSION PATCH AVAILABILITY USG FLEX 100(W), 200, 500, 700 ZLD V5.00 USG FLEX 50(W) / USG20(W)-VPN ZLD V5.10 VPN series ZLD V4.60 If possible, enable automatic firmware updates. through ZLD V5.21 Patch 1 ZLD V5.30 through ZLD V5.21

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A critical flaw in industrial automation systems opens to remote hack

Security Affairs

.” Experts used the search engines for Internet-connected devices, like Shodan.io, to search for ENIP-compatible internet-facing devices and discovered more than 8,000 systems exposed online. Also recognize that VPN is only as secure as the connected devices. This would leave many running in the wild still today.”

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VulnRecap 1/16/24 – Major Firewall Issues Persist

eSecurity Planet

The problem: Ivanti announced two vulnerabilities that affect Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and Ivanti Policy Secure products. January 11, 2024 Smart Thermostat from Bosch Puts Offices in Danger Type of vulnerability: Malicious commands sent from an attacker to the thermostat, including potentially replacing firmware with rogue code.

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QNAP warns new Deadbolt ransomware attacks exploiting zero-day

Security Affairs

today detected the security threat DEADBOLT leveraging exploitation of Photo Station vulnerability to encrypt QNAP NAS that are directly connected to the Internet. “We strongly urge that their QNAP NAS should not be directly connected to the Internet. . “QNAP Systems, Inc. ” reads the advisory published by the vendor.