Tag: firewall
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Sophos integriert branchenweit erstmals NDR in seine Firewall
Sophos gibt die Verfügbarkeit seiner neuesten Firewall V21.5 bekannt und stellt damit eine branchenweit erstmalige Innovation zur Verfügung: Die Integration einer NDR-Lösung (Network Detection and Response) mit dem Know-how aus XDR- und MDR-Anwendungsfällen in eine Firewall. Dabei wird die gesamte Analyseverarbeitung in die Sophos Cloud ausgelagert, um Leistungsreserven freizugeben. Die neue Funktion nennt sich NDR…
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Why DNS Security Is Your First Defense Against Cyber Attacks?
In today’s cybersecurity landscape, much of the focus is placed on firewalls, antivirus software, and endpoint detection. While these tools are essential, one critical layer often goes overlooked: the Domain Name System (DNS). As the starting point of nearly every online interaction, DNS is not only foundational – it’s increasingly a target. When left unsecured,…
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Smarte Verteidigung für Zweigstellen: Check Point bringt neue Branch Office Firewalls mit KI
Diese neue Firewall-Generation ist optimiert für SD-WAN-Umgebungen und sorgt für eine reibungslose Nutzung von Cloud-Diensten und Anwendungen ein echtes Plus für Unternehmen mit verteilten Teams. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/smarte-verteidigung-fuer-zweigstellen-check-point-bringt-neue-branch-office-firewalls-mit-ki/a41093/
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Unmasking the silent saboteur you didn’t know was running the show
Tags: 5G, access, ai, api, attack, authentication, backup, blockchain, breach, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, firewall, firmware, GDPR, governance, Hardware, incident response, iot, ISO-27001, login, malicious, network, nis-2, PCI, service, siem, supply-chain, threat, zero-trustCybersecurity depends on accurate clocks : Your logs are only as valuable as your clocks are accurate. If your servers are out of sync, forget to reconstruct timelines. You’ll spend hours chasing phantom alerts. Event correlation and forensics Your SIEM is only as good as the timestamps it gets. Correlating events across endpoints, firewalls and cloud…
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VMware NSX XSS Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Malicious Code Injection
Broadcom has issued a high-severity security advisory (VMSA-2025-0012) for VMware NSX, addressing three newly discovered stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-22243, CVE-2025-22244, and CVE-2025-22245. These vulnerabilities impact the NSX Manager UI, gateway firewall, and router port components, exposing organizations to potential code injection attacks if left unpatched. The vulnerabilities, all stemming from improper input validation,…
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Cyber Resilience in Zeiten geopolitischer Unsicherheit
Tags: cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, firewall, governance, infrastructure, monitoring, resilience, risk, risk-analysis, siem, update, vulnerability-managementCyberbedrohungen existieren längst nicht mehr im luftleeren Raum sie entstehen im Spannungsfeld von Geopolitik, regulatorischer Zersplitterung und einer stetig wachsenden digitalen Angriffsfläche.Cybersecurity ist heute ein rechtliches, operatives und geopolitisches Thema. Für CIOs und CISOs ist die Botschaft eindeutig: Resilienz bedeutet nicht mehr nur, zu reagieren, sondern vorbereitet zu sein. Vorbereitung heißt, Systeme und Teams aufzubauen,…
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Web Application Firewall (WAF) Best Practices For Optimal Security
Web and mobile application code protection is a must-have security control. Modern solutions such as application layer firewall help your organisation to keep those assets protected from threats like SQL injection, cross-site scripting and bot-driven attacks. This is where a Web Application Firewall (WAF) comes into the picture. A WAF has the capability of filtering,……
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6 ways CISOs can leverage data and AI to better secure the enterprise
Tags: advisory, ai, antivirus, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, corporate, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, detection, firewall, framework, governance, guide, infrastructure, LLM, login, ml, network, programming, risk, risk-analysis, service, siem, soc, software, technology, threat, tool, trainingEmphasize the ‘learning’ part of ML: To be truly effective, models need to be retrained with new data to keep up with changing threat vectors and shifting cyber criminal behavior.”Machine learning models get smarter with your help,” Riboldi says. “Make sure to have feedback loops. Letting analysts label events and adjust settings constantly improves their…
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Network-Detection and Response integriert in der Firewall
Sophos gibt die Verfügbarkeit seiner neuesten Firewall V21.5 bekannt und stellt damit eine branchenweit erstmalige Innovation zur Verfügung: Die Integration einer NDR-Lösung (Network-Detection and Response) mit dem Know-how aus XDR- und MDR-Anwendungsfällen in eine Firewall. Dabei wird die gesamte Analyseverarbeitung in die Sophos-Cloud ausgelagert, um Leistungsreserven freizugeben. Die neue Funktion nennt sich NDR-Essentials und steht allen Kunden…
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Sophos integriert NDR-Funktion direkt in die Firewall
Viele Unternehmen verzichten aus Performance-, Datenschutz- oder Kompatibilitätsgründen auf eine vollständige TLS-Inspektion. Genau hier setzt NDR Essentials an First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/sophos-integriert-ndr-funktion-direkt-in-die-firewall/a41006/
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New ModSecurity WAF Vulnerability Enables Attackers to Crash Systems
A high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability (CVE-2025-48866) has been identified in ModSecurity’s Apache module (mod_security2), threatening web application firewall stability. Rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale, this flaw enables attackers to crash servers by exploiting argument sanitization logic, with patches now available in version 2.9.10. Sanitisation Logic Flaw The vulnerability stems from ModSecurity’s sanitiseArg action, designed…
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ThreatPlattformen ein Kaufratgeber
Tags: ai, attack, automation, breach, cisa, cloud, crowdstrike, cyber, cyberattack, dark-web, deep-fake, dns, edr, exploit, finance, firewall, gartner, identity, incident response, intelligence, mail, malware, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, risk, siem, soar, soc, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-dayThreat-Intelligence-Plattformen erleichtern es, Bedrohungen zu durchdringen und wirksame Abwehrmaßnahmen zu ergreifen.Der erste Schritt zu einem soliden Enterprise-Security-Programm besteht darin, eine geeignete Threat-Intelligence-Plattform (TIP) auszuwählen. Fehlt eine solche Plattform, haben die meisten Security-Teams keine Möglichkeit, Tool-Komponenten miteinander zu integrieren und angemessene Taktiken und Prozesse zu entwickeln, um Netzwerke, Server, Applikationen und Endpunkte abzusichern. Aktuelle Bedrohungstrends machen…
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Evaluating the Security Efficacy of Web Application Firewalls (WAFs)
Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) are now a staple in defending web-facing applications and APIs, acting as specialized filters to block malicious traffic before it ever reaches your systems. But simply deploying a WAF isn’t enough, the real challenge is knowing whether it works when it matters most. Not all WAFs are created equal, and a……
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Novel PumaBot slips into IoT surveillance with stealthy SSH break-ins
bypasses the usual playbook of conducting internet-wide scanning and instead brute-forces secure shell (SSH) credentials for a list of targets it receives from a command and control (C2) server.”DarkTrace researchers have identified a custom Go-based Linux botnet targeting embedded Linux Internet of Things (IoT) devices,” researchers said in a blog post. “The botnet gains initial access…
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Defense in Depth: So können Unternehmen eine mehrschichtige Cybersicherheitsstrategie aufbauen
Defense in Depth bedeutet mehr als nur Technik es geht um ein Zusammenspiel aus Maßnahmen, Prozessen und Menschen. Von Firewalls über Schwachstellenmanagement und Superuser-Kontrollen bis hin zur Mitarbeiterschulung: Jede einzelne Ebene zählt. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/defense-in-depth-so-koennen-unternehmen-eine-mehrschichtige-cybersicherheitsstrategie-aufbauen/a40967/
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Check Point Buys Startup Veriti to Advance Threat Management
Open Garden Strategy, Automated Risk Remediation to Get a Boost With Veriti Buy. Check Point will fold Israeli firm Veriti into its Quantum suite following an acquisition aimed at streamlining automated security response across endpoints, firewalls and cloud environments. Veriti’s patented technology is seen as critical to reducing misconfigurations without business disruption. First seen on…
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SafeLine WAF: Open Source Web Application Firewall with Zero-Day Detection and Bot Protection
Tags: application-security, attack, detection, exploit, firewall, github, open-source, waf, zero-dayFrom zero-day exploits to large-scale bot attacks, the demand for a powerful, self-hosted, and user-friendly web application security solution has never been greater.SafeLine is currently the most starred open-source Web Application Firewall (WAF) on GitHub, with over 16.4K stars and a rapidly growing global user base.This walkthrough covers what SafeLine is, how it works, and…
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Operation Endgame 2.0: DanaBusted
Tags: access, attack, backup, banking, breach, business, cloud, communications, control, crypto, cybercrime, data, defense, detection, email, espionage, firewall, fraud, government, group, Hardware, infection, intelligence, international, law, malicious, malware, middle-east, network, programming, ransomware, russia, service, supply-chain, switch, threat, tool, ukraine, update, windowsIntroductionOn May 22, 2025, international law enforcement agencies released information about additional actions that were taken in conjunction with Operation Endgame, an ongoing, coordinated effort to dismantle and prosecute cybercriminal organizations, including those behind DanaBot. This action mirrors the original Operation Endgame, launched in May 2024, which disrupted SmokeLoader, IcedID, SystemBC, Pikabot, and Bumblebee. Zscaler…
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SHARED INTEL QA: Visibility, not volume, reframing detection for the AI-enabled SOC
For years, network security has revolved around the perimeter: firewalls, antivirus, endpoint controls. But as attackers grow more sophisticated, and as operations scatter to the cloud, mobile, and IoT, it’s increasingly what happens inside the network that counts.”¦ (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/shared-intel-qa-visibility-not-volume-reframing-detection-for-the-ai-enabled-soc/
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Siegeszug von EDR, XDR und WAF – Sind Antivirus und Firewall jetzt wirklich out?
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/dynamische-sicherheitsloesungen-wandel-it-sicherheit-2021-a-8e7a03a123dc12ad3b7ebb0622ddadf3/
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Threat intelligence platform buyer’s guide: Top vendors, selection advice
Tags: ai, attack, automation, breach, cloud, computing, credentials, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, deep-fake, detection, dns, edr, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, fraud, gartner, google, group, guide, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, kubernetes, law, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, privacy, risk, service, siem, soar, soc, sophos, sql, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) found that since 2023 the majority of exploits were zero days, meaning exploiting heretofore unknown methods. And according to the latest Verizon Data Breach Investigations report (DBIR), the percentage of AI-assisted malicious emails doubled to 10% of the totals they observed over the past two years, making staying…
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A New Identity: Why identity is the new perimeter, firewall, attack surface”¦
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/analysis/a-new-identity-why-identity-is-the-new-perimeter-firewall-attack-surface
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Chinesische Wechselrichter und Akkus mit unbekannten Kommunikationskomponenten?
Tags: firewallAktuell besteht der Verdacht, dass Wechselrichter und Akkus für Solaranlagen, die von chinesischen Herstellern vertrieben werden, mit undokumentierten Kommunikationskomponenten ausgestattet sind. Das weckt Sicherheitsbefürchtungen, da die Einheiten an Firewalls und Schutzvorrichtungen vorbei mit dem Hersteller kommunizieren könnten. Die Sicherheit von … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/05/18/chinesische-wechselrichter-und-akkus-mit-unbekannten-kommunikationskomponenten/
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Palo Alto Networks Should See ‘Continued Solid Demand’ For Hardware Firewalls: Analyst
Tariffs and government efficiency measures appear to have had ‘no impact whatsoever’ on major cybersecurity vendors including Palo Alto Networks, according to TD Cowen’s Shaul Eyal. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/palo-alto-networks-should-see-continued-solid-demand-for-hardware-firewalls-analyst
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Umgehen von Firewalls möglich – Versteckte Kommunikationsmodule in Solarwechselrichtern aus China
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/us-sicherheitsbedenken-chinesische-solarwechselrichter-a-08272a63260dfa57ee2c903fd338b4f9/
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Why Your Biggest Secret Leaks Happen Behind the Firewall: Private vs. Public Repos
Private repos leak plaintext secrets 8x more often than public ones. Learn why internal codebases are the biggest blind spot in your secrets management strategy. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/why-your-biggest-secret-leaks-happen-behind-the-firewall-private-vs-public-repos/
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China-Nexus Nation State Actors Exploit SAP NetWeaver (CVE-2025-31324) to Target Critical Infrastructures
Tags: access, api, apt, attack, authentication, backdoor, backup, breach, business, china, cloud, control, cve, cyber, data, data-breach, detection, dns, encryption, endpoint, espionage, exploit, finance, firewall, fortinet, google, government, group, infection, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, ivanti, linux, malicious, malware, mandiant, military, network, open-source, programming, rat, remote-code-execution, reverse-engineering, risk, rust, sap, service, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, update, vmware, vpn, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayExecutive Summary EclecticIQ analysts assess with high confidence that, in April 2025, China-nexus nation-state APTs (advanced persistent threat) launched high-temp exploitation campaigns against critical infrastructure networks by targeting SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer. Actors leveraged CVE-2025-31324 [1], an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability that enables remote code execution (RCE). This assessment is based on a publicly…