Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2023

An alleged Chinese threat actor was observed exploiting the recently patched CVE-2022-42475 vulnerability in FortiOS SSL-VPN. Researchers from Mandiant reported that suspected Chinese threat actors exploited the recently patched CVE-2022-42475 vulnerability in FortiOS SSL-VPN as a zero-day. firewalls, IPSIDS appliances etc.).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2020

Chinese authorities continue operations against unauthorized VPN services that are very popular in the country. 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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2019

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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Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2023

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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Security Boulevard

MARCH 10, 2023

Executive Summary In February 2023, EclecticIQ researchers identified multiple KamiKakaBot malwares which are very likely used to target government entities in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries. Analysts assess the content of the decoy documents is designed to target government entities in ASEAN countries.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2024

Additionally, Line Dancer hooks into the crash dump and AAA processes to evade forensic analysis and establish remote access VPN tunnels. Cisco Talos researchers tracked this cyber-espionage campaign as ArcaneDoor. Early in 2024, a customer contacted Cisco to report a suspicious related to its Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2021

Then a global pandemic came along and laid bare just how brittle company VPNs truly are. Criminal hackers recognized the golden opportunity presented by hundreds of millions employees suddenly using a company VPN to work from home and remotely connect to an array of business apps. Two sweeping trends resulted: one bad, one good.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 13, 2024

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Attackers also use to exploit the Kentico Content Management System (CVE-2019-10068) and used SQLmap to bypass Web Application Firewalls. . Government experts also attempt to enable Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) on victim machines or to bruteforce existing RDP accesses. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have released guidance and best practices for securing virtual private network (VPN) solutions. What might be most striking about the document is how many security steps and solutions it takes to properly secure VPN connections.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2024

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. VPNs, RDPs) to gain initial access to the target network and maintain persistence. The group relied on compromised credentials to authenticate to internal VPN access points.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

In July, Ivanti’s Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) saw the vulnerability CVE-2023-35078, exploited by threat actors who spied on the Norwegian government, and earlier this month Tenable researchers discovered vulnerability CVE-2023-32560, which affects Ivanti’s Avalanche supply chain device management solution.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 28, 2023

In July, Ivanti’s Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) saw the vulnerability CVE-2023-35078, exploited by threat actors who spied on the Norwegian government, and earlier this month Tenable researchers discovered vulnerability CVE-2023-32560, which affects Ivanti’s Avalanche supply chain device management solution.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S. The Daixin Team group gains initial access to victims through virtual private network (VPN) servers. In one successful attack, the attackers likely exploited an unpatched vulnerability in the organization’s VPN server.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 27, 2021

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. thousand servers are still vulnerable Mercedes-Benz data breach impacted roughly 1000 individuals Microsoft: Russia-linked SolarWinds hackers breached three new entities.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2023

In the most recent campaign, the group targeted organizations in the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, construction, maritime, government, information technology, and education sectors. The Volt Typhoon group has been active since at least mid-2021 it carried out cyber operations against critical infrastructure.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 27, 2023

.” The three activity sets included a campaign against the Philippine government between March and May 2022; a campaign against telecommunications and business service providers in South Asia in April 2022; and a campaign against organizations in Belarus and Russia in May 2022.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In cybersecurity, Cisco invested early in IPS, Firewall, VPN, and endpoint security; they produced exceptional results. A significant component of this is the emergence of artificial intelligence and machine learning to become embedded across every aspect of the enterprise, service provider, and government systems.

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Anton on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

There are people moving to “next-gen” firewalls (a great innovation of 2005) in 2022. To further illustrate this point, one of the innovations sandbox participants showed the slide that mentioned that the VPN market alone today is larger than the entirety of all cloud security markets, defined broadly and loosely, and then rounded upwards.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

According to the CISA’s report , Iranian hackers from an unnamed APT group are employing several known web shells, in attacks on IT, government, healthcare, financial, and insurance organizations across the United States. The malware used by the threat actors includes the ChunkyTuna, Tiny, and China Chopper web shells.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The affiliates used to deliver the threat via brute-forcing attacks on RDP servers or exploiting known vulnerabilities in VPN servers and firewalls. and foreign government organizations. and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.”

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Use a VPN to Protect Online Communications. With this new mobility, organizations should make it a requirement for all employees to use a virtual private network (VPN) on their work devices, ensuring company assets and communications are secure. Top 3 online security tips for remote workers.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 1, 2021

After an investigation of the Oldsmar incident, it was revealed that the hacker was able to gain access because the computer system was using an unsupported version of Windows with no firewall. Despite being discovered and stopped, the incident amplified the discussion on how the government and private sector can prevent these attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 16, 2023

Block TCP 445/SMB outbound from your network by using a perimeter firewall, a local firewall, and via your VPN settings. Performing this mitigation makes troubleshooting easier than other methods of disabling NTLM. Consider using it for high value accounts such as Domain Admins when possible.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 12, 2022

The Livingston firewall rapidly became replaced with Checkpoint running on Windows NT server, (Stop laughing, I actually set one up once). Cisco came to market with the PIX firewall, Netscreen came to market with the ASIC based firewall, and suddenly, security had a voice. Critical — Secure EDP/VPN access- (Predictive).

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IT Security Guru

JUNE 22, 2021

Just to make sure we’re all up to speed, the PSN (Public Services Network) is a UK government network which was established to enable public-sector organizations to share resources easily. Any systems you have in place to allow staff to connect into your organisation remotely, including VPN. PSN compliance. External systems.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 10, 2022

It's probably best to think of it as a second Great Firewall—which severely limits what content goes in and out of Russia—rather than a "Runet" as some have called it. Of course, people in Russia who can convince the Internet they aren't in Russia can still access these services through use of a VPN—a virtual private network.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Thus, it would be best if you secured all networks by incorporating firewalls and advanced encryption technology. If you have to work remotely, avoid using public Wi-Fi and activate a VPN (Virtual Private Network). But since it is a cumbersome process, business owners can implement strict policies that govern data access and use.

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NopSec

MARCH 6, 2019

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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The affiliates used to deliver the threat via brute-forcing attacks on RDP servers or exploiting known vulnerabilities in VPN servers and firewalls. and foreign government organizations. and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.”

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 10, 2022

There are people moving to “next-gen” firewalls (a great innovation of 2005) in 2022. To further illustrate this point, one of the innovations sandbox participants showed the slide that mentioned that the VPN market alone today is larger than the entirety of all cloud security markets, defined broadly and loosely, and then rounded upwards.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

This article will explore the nature of MSSPs and how they can help businesses, nonprofits, governments, and other organizations have better security with less effort. Managed firewall services setup, configure, and maintain physical or virtual firewall appliances and then monitor alerts to respond to threats detected by the firewall.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Introduction Ivanti, an IT management and security company, has issued a warning about multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in its VPN products exploited by Chinese state-backed hackers since December 2023. to gain access to ICS VPN appliances. Zero trust is a fundamentally different architecture than those built upon firewalls and VPNs.

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SecureList

JUNE 3, 2024

The code and networking IoCs (Indicators of Compromise) overlap with the Windows samples described by ESET that were used in attacks against government entities in Guyana.

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