Tag: firewall
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enclaive unterstützt mit GenAI-Firewall Garnet eine sichere KI-Nutzung
Mit der GenAI-Firewall Garnet adressiert enclaive diese Herausforderungen ganzheitlich. Die Lösung ermöglicht Unternehmen, LLMs und SLMs sicher zu nutzen, ohne die Kontrolle über ihre Daten aus der Hand zu geben. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/enclaive-unterstuetzt-mit-genai-firewall-garnet-eine-sichere-ki-nutzung/a43350/
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Vereinbarkeit von KI und Compliance – GenAI-Firewalls schützen sensible Daten bei KI-Interaktionen
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/genai-firewall-ki-compliance-confidential-computing-a-b69ec99550be5a3d51876bdebc89b2fd/
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No fire sale for firewalls as memory shortages could push prices higher
In SEC filings, Fortinet and Palo Alto show shrinking product margins taking hold. First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/no_fire_sale_on_firewalls/
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pfSense: Open-source firewall and routing platform
Firewalls, VPN access, and traffic rules need steady attention, often with limited budgets and staff. In that context, the open source pfSense Community Edition (CE) continues … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/12/pfsense-open-source-firewall-routing-platform/
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OWASP CRS Vulnerability Enables Charset Validation Bypass
A newly disclosed vulnerability in theOWASP Core RuleSet (CRS)allows attackers to bypass charset validation in web application firewalls (WAFs), enabling dangerous payloads to reach backend applications. Tracked asCVE-2026-21876, the flaw affects CRS rule922110and can expose applications tocross-site scripting (XSS)and other encoding-based attacks. Administrators are strongly advised to upgradeimmediatelyand review historical logs for suspicious multipart requests…
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Breach Roundup: Firewalls Headed for Obsolescence
Also, Sedgwick Confirms Breach, Romanian Power Firm Hit, D-Link Flaws Exploited. This week, Moody’s said firewalls will be obsolete, Romanian critical infrastructure hacked, Sedgwick breach and a D-Link DSL flaw. Finland seized the Fitburg. Microsoft said Direct Send not to blame for Exchange phishing. Malicious Chrome extensions, European hotels targeted and health breaches. First seen…
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Cisco identifies vulnerability in ISE network access control devices
rotate ISE credentials for those with existing and approved access;ensure only those who need access have credentials;reduce the number of devices that can access the ISE server;patch as soon as it’s possible to take the server offline.In its notice to customers, Cisco says a vulnerability [CVE-2026-20029] in the licensing features of ISE and Cisco ISE…
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Breach Roundup: Firewalls Headed for Obsolesce
Also, Sedgwick Confirms Breach, Romanian Power Firm Hit, D-Link Flaws Exploited. This week, Moody’s said firewalls will be obsolete, Romanian critical infrastructure hacked, Sedgwick breach and a D-Link DSL flaw. Finland seized the Fitburg. Microsoft said Direct Send not to blame for Exchange phishing. Malicious Chrome extensions, European hotels targeted and health breaches. First seen…
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Cisco Snort 3 Vulnerability Leading to Sensitive Data Disclosure
Cisco has disclosed two critical vulnerabilities in the Snort 3 detection engine affecting multiple enterprise security products, including firewalls, threat defense systems, and edge platforms. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2026-20026 and CVE-2026-20027 under advisory cisco-sa-snort3-dcerpc-vulns-J9HNF4tH, could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to leak sensitive information or cause denial-of-service conditions by disrupting packet inspection capabilities. The vulnerabilities…
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Zeit für eine neue Perspektive – Nicht die Firewalls versagen, sondern die Verwaltung und Prozesse dahinter
Tags: firewallFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/nicht-die-firewalls-versagen-sondern-die-verwaltung-und-prozesse-dahinter-a-264b7da06ad85bfda7958ad113427136/
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IPFire update brings new network and security features to firewall deployments
Security and operations teams often work with firewall platforms that require frequent tuning or upgrades to meet evolving network demands. IPFire has released its 2.29 Core … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/08/ipfire-2-29-core-update-199-security-features/
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Neue Ransomware-Bedrohung zielt auf deutsche Unternehmen
Tags: backup, ciso, cloud, cyberattack, encryption, extortion, firewall, germany, infrastructure, intelligence, network, ransomware, threat, tool, vmware, vulnerabilityDer Ransomware-Dienst Ransomhouse nutzt jetzt eine komplexe Dual-Schlüssel-Verschlüsselung und automatisierte Angriffe auf VMware ESXi.Sicherheitsexperten haben kürzlich festgestellt, dass die Ransomware-Gruppe Jolly Scorpius ihren RaaS-(Ransomware as a Service)-Dienst Ransomhouse massiv verbessert hat. Wie das Threat-Intelligence-Team von Palo Alto Networks berichtet, nutzt die Gruppe jetzt ein fortschrittliches duales Verschlüsselungssystem.Die Angriffe basieren auf einer aktualisierten Version des Verschlüsselungs-Trojaner…
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Turning plain language into firewall rules
Firewall rules often begin as a sentence in someone’s head. A team needs access to an application. A service needs to be blocked after hours. Translating those ideas into … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/06/research-natural-language-firewall-configuration/
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Cybersecurity Awareness: Why Centralized Monitoring Is No Longer Optional
In today’s digital world, cybersecurity is no longer just an IT problem, it is a business survival requirement. Organizations are deploying multiple tools such as firewalls, EDR, databases, operating systems, cloud platforms, WAFs, proxies, and more. However, simply deploying tools does not guarantee security. What truly matters is how effectively you monitor, correlate, and respond…
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Why Arbor Edge Defense and CDN-Based DDoS protection are better together
Tags: ai, attack, botnet, cloud, control, data, ddos, defense, firewall, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, mitigation, network, router, threat, vulnerabilityLow-volume, stealthy application-layer attacksTransmission Control Protocol (TCP) state exhaustion attacksOutbound threats from compromised internal hostsAttacks that bypass CDN routing (for example, direct-to-IP attacks)These gaps leave critical infrastructure vulnerable, especially when attackers use dynamic, multivector techniques designed to evade upstream defenses. Arbor Edge Defense: The first and last line of defense: NETSCOUT’s AED is uniquely positioned…
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5 myths about DDoS attacks and protection
Myth 2: DDoS attacks only involve flooding networks with large amounts of traffic.: In the early days of DDoS, the vast majority of attacks were large traffic floods. However, DDoS attacks have evolved over time, becoming more surgically targeted and complex. The media continues to report on the largest, most shocking attacks that are terabits…
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Ten thousand firewalls are vulnerable to old vulnerability
This news brief originally appeared on ComputerSweden.More Fortinet security news:FortiGate firewall credentials being stolen after vulnerabilities discoveredFortinet criticized for ‘silent’ patching after disclosing second zero-day vulnerability in same equipmentFortinet admins urged to update software to close FortiCloud SSO holes First seen on csoonline.com Jump to article: www.csoonline.com/article/4112857/ten-thousand-firewalls-are-vulnerable-to-old-vulnerability.html
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Thousands of firewalls at risk as legacy flaw in Fortinet faces renewed threat
The company in December warned of recent attacks targeting a 2020 vulnerability. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/thousands-of-firewalls-at-risk-as-legacy-flaw-in-fortinet-under-renewed-thr/808739/
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Attackers Leverage FortiWeb Vulnerabilities to Deploy Sliver C2 for Long-Term Access
Threat researchers have uncovered a sophisticated attack campaign targeting FortiWeb web application firewalls across multiple continents, with adversaries deploying the Sliver command-and-control framework to establish persistent access and establish covert proxy infrastructure. The discovery came from analyzing exposed Silver C2 databases and logs found during routine open-directory threat hunting on Censys, revealing a well-orchestrated operation…
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Fünf Jahre alte Sicherheitslücke: Laufende Attacken gefährden 10.000 Firewalls
Eine seit Juli 2020 gepatchte Sicherheitslücke in FortiOS ist auf Tausenden von Firewalls noch immer ausnutzbar. Fortinet warnt vor laufenden Angriffen. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/fuenf-jahre-alte-luecke-laufende-attacken-gefaehrden-10-000-fortinet-firewalls-2601-203785.html
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Over 10K Fortinet firewalls exposed to actively exploited 2FA bypass
Tags: 2fa, attack, authentication, data-breach, exploit, firewall, fortinet, Internet, mfa, vulnerabilityOver 10,000 Internet-exposed Fortinet firewalls are still vulnerable to attacks exploiting a five-year-old two-factor authentication (2FA) bypass vulnerability. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-10-000-fortinet-firewalls-exposed-to-ongoing-2fa-bypass-attacks/
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48-Stunden-Angriff zeigt Risiken ungepatchter Edge-Komponenten – So führte eine ungepatchte Firewall zur kompletten Netzwerkübernahme
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ransomware-angriff-netzwerkuebernahme-a-2e03ed1ebe27b072563dcdb1f0b59306/
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Best of 2025: NOTGreat Firewall: China Blocks the Web for 74 Min.
HTTPS connections on port 443 received forged”¯”¯replies. Chinese web users couldn’t access websites outside the People’s Republic yesterday. The outage lasted an hour and a quarter”, with no explanation. Nobody’s sure whether it was a mistake or an ominous test of new censorship capabilities. But some are linking it to a recent outage in Pakistan.…
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Why 60% of Firewalls Fail High-Severity Checks and How NSPM Fixes It
Tags: firewallFirewall audit failures are not edge cases anymore. They are the norm. Across industries, nearly 60% of firewalls fail at least one high-severity check during audits and internal assessments. These… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/why-60-of-firewalls-fail-high-severity-checks-and-how-nspm-fixes-it/
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Aktive Angriffe auf FortiGate nutzen Schwachstellen in FortiCloud SSO – Angriff auf FortiGate-Firewalls über manipulierte SAML-SSO-Anmeldungen
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/fortigate-saml-sso-angriffe-a-f214a1aa54d96ff9937c96325e43bef3/
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Week in review: WatchGuard Firebox firewalls attacked, infosec enthusiasts targeted with fake PoCs
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Building cyber talent through competition, residency, and real-world … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/28/week-in-review-watchguard-firebox-firewalls-attacked-infosec-enthusiasts-targeted-with-fake-pocs/
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Threat Actors Exploit Zero-Day in WatchGuard Firebox Devices
With attacks on the critical firewall vulnerability, WatchGuard joins a list of edge device vendors that have been targeted in recent weeks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/threat-actors-zero-day-watchguard-firebox
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WatchGuard Fixes Firewall Zero-Day Being Actively Exploited
Scans Count 117,000 Unpatched Firewalls Running Vulnerable Version of Fireware OS. Attackers are actively attempting to exploit a now patched, zero-day vulnerability in WatchGuard Firebox firewalls, tracked as CVE-2025-14733, that can be used to remotely execute code. Scans show that over 115,000 of these edge devices remain internet-connected, unpatched and at risk. First seen on…
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125,000 WatchGuard Firewalls Vulnerable to Remote Attacks
A critical zero-day flaw is being actively exploited to remotely compromise more than 125,000 WatchGuard Firebox firewalls. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/125000-watchguard-firewalls-vulnerable-to-remote-attacks/