Tag: firewall
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Firewall Penetration Testing: Definition, Process and Tools
Firewall penetration testing examines the firewall as a security control and identifies the weaknesses that allow unwanted traffic to reach internal systems. It helps to make the network secure by checking that inbound and outbound filtering rules block unwanted traffic correctly. It also protects the perimeter by keeping internal-to-external boundaries intact and preventing external probes……
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CISO Julie Chatman wants to help you take control of your security leadership role
Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, breach, business, ciso, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, deep-fake, email, finance, firewall, government, healthcare, infrastructure, law, military, office, phishing, risk, service, skills, supply-chain, technology, threat, training, updateFirst, the hopes-and-dreams budget: What would it take to close all the known gaps and operate proactively?Second, the could-live-with-this budget: What’s realistic and gets you to acceptable risk levels?Third, the I-think-I’m-going-to-resign budget: Because you can see a breach coming and you don’t want your name attached to it.You probably won’t end up at that last…
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10 years later, Bangladesh Bank cyberheist still offers cyber-resiliency lessons
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, automation, backdoor, banking, ceo, cisco, ciso, compliance, control, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data-breach, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, fintech, firewall, framework, infrastructure, intelligence, international, malware, monitoring, network, north-korea, oracle, password, risk, service, software, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilitySecurity shortcomings: Adrian Cheek, senior cybercrime researcher at threat exposure management firm Flare, said the Bangladesh Bank heist was possible because of a number of security shortcomings, including a failure to air gap critical infrastructure.”The Bank of Bangladesh had four servers and the same number of desktops connected to SWIFT,” Cheek says. “This infrastructure, however,…
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Palo Alto Networks Firewall Vulnerability Lets Attackers Trigger Reboot Loops
Palo Alto Networks has disclosed a PAN-OS firewall vulnerability that can let remote attackers force repeated reboots, potentially pushing a device into a “reboot loop” that ends in maintenance mode. Tracked as CVE-2026-0229, the issue sits in the Advanced DNS Security (ADNS) feature. It can be triggered by an unauthenticated attacker using a maliciously crafted…
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What CISOs need to know about the OpenClaw security nightmare
OpenClaw exposes enterprise security gaps: The first big lesson of this whole OpenClaw situation is that enterprises need to do more to get their security fundamentals in place. Because if there are any gaps, anywhere at all, they will now be found and exploited at an unprecedented pace. In the case of OpenClaw, that means…
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Cybersecurity Awareness
Cybersecurity Awareness plays a critical role in today’s highly interconnected digital environment. Organizations allocate significant resources to advanced security technologies such as firewalls, endpoint detection solutions, cloud security frameworks, and AI-powered threat monitoring systems. However, despite these sophisticated defenses, attackers continue to breach organizations”, frequently by targeting the weakest point in the security architecture: This…
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Cybersecurity Awareness
Cybersecurity Awareness plays a critical role in today’s highly interconnected digital environment. Organizations allocate significant resources to advanced security technologies such as firewalls, endpoint detection solutions, cloud security frameworks, and AI-powered threat monitoring systems. However, despite these sophisticated defenses, attackers continue to breach organizations”, frequently by targeting the weakest point in the security architecture: This…
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Cybersecurity Awareness
Cybersecurity Awareness plays a critical role in today’s highly interconnected digital environment. Organizations allocate significant resources to advanced security technologies such as firewalls, endpoint detection solutions, cloud security frameworks, and AI-powered threat monitoring systems. However, despite these sophisticated defenses, attackers continue to breach organizations”, frequently by targeting the weakest point in the security architecture: This…
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Cybersecurity Awareness
Cybersecurity Awareness plays a critical role in today’s highly interconnected digital environment. Organizations allocate significant resources to advanced security technologies such as firewalls, endpoint detection solutions, cloud security frameworks, and AI-powered threat monitoring systems. However, despite these sophisticated defenses, attackers continue to breach organizations”, frequently by targeting the weakest point in the security architecture: This…
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FireMon und Illumio stellen erste Zero-Trust-Control-Plane für hybride Unternehmen vor
Die Herausforderungen bei der Einführung von Zero Trust liegen oft in der Implementierung. Konflikte zwischen Segmentierungs- und Firewall-Richtlinien verzögern die Bereitstellung, sodass selbst starke Designs unvollständig bleiben und nicht durchgesetzt werden können. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/firemon-und-illumio-stellen-erste-zero-trust-control-plane-fuer-hybride-unternehmen-vor/a43648/
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Firewalls und mehr: Fast 4.000 deutsche Edge-Devices hängen ohne Support im Netz
Deutsche Organisationen betreiben Tausende angreifbarer Edge-Devices wie Firewalls und VPN-Appliances. Es besteht dringender Handlungsbedarf. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/firewalls-und-mehr-fast-4-000-deutsche-edge-devices-haengen-ohne-support-im-netz-2602-205159.html
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How Samsung Knox Helps Stop Your Network Security Breach
As you know, enterprise network security has undergone significant evolution over the past decade. Firewalls have become more intelligent, threat detection methods have advanced, and access controls are now more detailed. However (and it’s a big “however”), the increasing use of mobile devices in business operations necessitates network security measures that are specifically First seen…
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CISA orders feds to disconnect unsupported network edge devices
The government is worried about hackers accessing systems through insecure and poorly monitored routers, firewalls and similar equipment at the network perimeter. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-edge-devices-binding-operational-directive/811539/
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Significant Ransomware Firewall Misconfiguration Breach
When “Secure by Design” Fails at the Edge Firewalls are still widely treated as the first and final line of defense. Once deployed, configured, and updated, they are often assumed to be a stable control that quietly does its job in the background. Recent ransomware incidents suggest that the assumption is becoming dangerous. In early…
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ACFW firewall test prologue still failing at the basics
The results of our soon-to-be-published Advanced Cloud Firewall (ACFW) test are hard to ignore. Some vendors are failing badly at the basics like SQL injection, command injection, Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) and API abuse with block percentages under 20%, sometimes way under. Those are just the application-based threats, never mind the vulnerability-based attacks. While it’s……
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Cyberrisiko Ruhestand
Wenn OT-Fachkräfte in den Ruhestand gehen, droht ein massiver Wissensverlust. Das kann erhebliche Folgen für die Cybersicherheit haben.Zwar stellen Cyberkriminelle und staatlich unterstützte Angreifer gerade für den Industriesektor eine enorme und steigende Gefahr dar. Dennoch besteht die größte Bedrohung derzeit im mangelnden Wissenstransfer, was OT-Sicherheit und -Organisation (Operational Technology) angeht. Das Hauptproblem sind vertrauenswürdige Mitarbeiter,…
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Jan Recap: New AWS Privileged Permissions and Services
As January 2026 comes to a close, Sonrai’s latest review of newly released AWS permissions highlights a sharp expansion of privilege concentrated in networking, traffic control, and collaboration services. This month’s updates focus heavily on AWS Network Firewall, Route 53 Global Resolver, EC2 networking controls, and cross-account data collaboration, introducing new ways to reroute traffic,……
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NIS2: Lieferketten als Risikofaktor
Tags: awareness, ciso, cloud, compliance, cyberattack, cyersecurity, firewall, incident response, monitoring, nis-2, risk, service, software, supply-chain, updateNIS2 verpflichtet CISOs die Sicherheit der Supply Chain stärker in den Blick zu nehmen. Viele Unternehmen investieren heute erhebliche Mittel, um ihre interne IT abzusichern. Firewalls, Monitoring, Incident-Response-Pläne und Awareness-Programme sind etabliert. Gleichzeitig wächst eine gefährliche Illusion: Die Annahme, dass sich Risiken innerhalb der eigenen Systemgrenzen kontrollieren lassen. Die Realität sieht anders aus. Moderne Geschäftsmodelle…
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Fintech firm Marquis blames hack at firewall provider SonicWall for its data breach
The fintech giant said it plans to “seek recoupment of any expenses” from its firewall provider SonicWall after a 2025 data breach exposed customer firewall configurations. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/fintech-firm-marquis-blames-hack-at-firewall-provider-sonicwall-for-its-data-breach/
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Crooks are hijacking and reselling AI infrastructure: Report
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, business, cloud, communications, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, firewall, group, infosec, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, LLM, malicious, marketplace, risk, service, skills, technology, theft, threat, training, vulnerabilityexposed endpoints on default ports of common LLM inference services;unauthenticated API access without proper access controls;development/staging environments with public IP addresses;MCP servers connecting LLMs to file systems, databases and internal APIs.Common misconfigurations leveraged by these threat actors include:Ollama running on port 11434 without authentication;OpenAI-compatible APIs on port 8000 exposed to the internet;MCP servers accessible without…
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OPNsense 26.1 brings updates to open-source firewall management
OPNsense, the open-source firewall and network security platform, reached version 26.1, adding a range of updates affecting management, traffic visibility, automation … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/29/opnsense-26-1-open-source-firewall/
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Skills CISOs need to master in 2026
Tags: access, ai, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, finance, firewall, group, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, resilience, risk, risk-management, skills, strategy, threat, tool, trainingTop technical skills: In addition to strong knowledge of AI systems, today’s CISOs need a solid foundation in the technologies that define modern enterprise environments. The (ISC)² CISSP is still widely regarded as the gold standard for broad expertise in security architecture, risk management, and governance. “Regulators will expect this, and it still appears in…
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Rethinking Cybersecurity in a Platform World
How Consolidation Is Forcing CISOs and CIOs to Rethink Security Architecture For more than a decade, enterprise security has relied on point solutions. Companies invested in separate tools – endpoint detection, firewalls, cloud security and IAM – each designed to address a specific threat or compliance requirement. But that approach is starting to break down.…
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Firewall Flaws, AI-Built Malware, Browser Traps, Critical CVEs & More
Security failures rarely arrive loudly. They slip in through trusted tools, half-fixed problems, and habits people stop questioning. This week’s recap shows that pattern clearly.Attackers are moving faster than defenses, mixing old tricks with new paths. “Patched” no longer means safe, and every day, software keeps becoming the entry point.What follows is a set of…
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Week in review: Fully patched FortiGate firewalls are getting compromised, attackers probe Cisco RCE flaw
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Review: AI Strategy and Security AI Strategy and Security is a guide for … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/25/week-in-review-fully-patched-fortigate-firewalls-are-getting-compromised-attackers-probe-cisco-rce-flaw/
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Fortinet warns of active FortiCloud SSO bypass affecting updated devices
Fortinet confirmed attacks are bypassing FortiCloud SSO authentication, affecting even fully patched devices, similar to recent SSO flaws. Fortinet confirmed attacks bypass FortiCloud SSO on fully patched devices. Threat actors automate firewall changes, add users, enable VPNs, and steal configs, in campaigns resembling December 2025 exploits of critical FortiCloud SSO flaws. Arctic Wolf researchers reported…