Tag: firewall
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Fortinet Woes Continue With Another WAF Zero-Day Flaw
A second zero-day vulnerability in its web application firewall (WAF) line has come under attack, raising more questions about the vendor’s disclosure practices. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/fortinet-woes-continue-another-waf-zero-day-flaw
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CISA Urges Quick Fortinet Patches Amid Exploitation Of New FortiWeb Vulnerability
Tags: cisa, cybersecurity, exploit, firewall, fortinet, infrastructure, vulnerability, waf, zero-dayThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging a quick response to Fortinet’s disclosure of a zero-day vulnerability impacting its web application firewall, FortiWeb, which has been exploited in cyberattacks. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/cisa-urges-quick-fortinet-patches-amid-exploitation-of-new-fortiweb-vulnerability
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CISA gives govt agencies 7 days to patch new Fortinet flaw
CISA has ordered U.S. government agencies to secure their systems within a week against another vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiWeb web application firewall, which was exploited in zero-day attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-gives-govt-agencies-7-days-to-patch-new-fortinet-flaw/
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Microsoft Adds Azure Firewall With AI-Powered Security Copilot
Microsoft has integrated Azure Firewall with its AI-powered Security Copilot platform, bringing natural language threat investigation capabilities to cloud network security teams. The new integration allows security analysts to investigate malicious network traffic using conversational prompts instead of complex query languages. AI-Powered Threat Investigation Security Copilot is Microsoft’s generative AI solution designed to enhance security…
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Behind the firewall: The hidden struggles of cyber professionals with a disability
Daisy Wong Daisy WongWhen Daisy Wong, head of security awareness at Medibank, first entered cybersecurity, she didn’t expect to become an advocate for inclusion, she just wanted to prove that being in a wheelchair was no barrier to what she could achieve. “I never wanted to be in cybersecurity. I did marketing at uni,” she…
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Cloud Break: IoT Devices Open to Silent Takeover Via Firewalls
IoT devices can be compromised, thanks to gaps in cloud management interfaces for firewalls and routers, even if they’re protected by security software or not online. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/cloud-iot-devices-takeover-firewalls
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Check Point integriert Lakera in seine WebFirewall
Check Point Software Technologies hat kürzlich mit Lakera einen schweizerischen Spezialisten für den Schutz von Large-Language-Models akquirierte, integriert nun die Sicherheitsfunktionen in seine Web-Application-Firewall Cloudguard. Das Herzstück dieses Ansatzes ist eine zweischichtige Machine-Learning-Architektur, die Echtzeit-Prävention für KI-gesteuerte Anwendungen mit minimaler Anpassung und maximaler Flexibilität bietet und so ein Höchstmaß an Sicherheit gewährleistet. Im Kern geht…
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Check Point integriert Lakera in seine WebFirewall
Check Point Software Technologies hat kürzlich mit Lakera einen schweizerischen Spezialisten für den Schutz von Large-Language-Models akquirierte, integriert nun die Sicherheitsfunktionen in seine Web-Application-Firewall Cloudguard. Das Herzstück dieses Ansatzes ist eine zweischichtige Machine-Learning-Architektur, die Echtzeit-Prävention für KI-gesteuerte Anwendungen mit minimaler Anpassung und maximaler Flexibilität bietet und so ein Höchstmaß an Sicherheit gewährleistet. Im Kern geht…
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Cisco ASA firewalls still under attack; CISA issues guidance for patch
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/cisco-asa-firewalls-still-under-attack-cisa-issues-guidance-for-patch
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New in Snort3: Enhanced rule grouping for greater flexibility and control
Today, Cisco Talos is introducing new capabilities for Snort3 users within Cisco Secure Firewall to give you greater flexibility in how you manage, organize, and prioritize detection rules. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/new-in-snort3-enhanced-rule-grouping-for-greater-flexibility-and-control/
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Cisco Firewall, Unified CCX, and ISE Vulnerability Summary (Nov 2025)
Tags: attack, cisco, cve, exploit, firewall, remote-code-execution, service, software, vulnerabilityCVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362 Details Cisco disclosed a new active attack variant targeting and exploiting the previously known vulnerabilities in the Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD software (CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362) leading to unpatched devices to reboot/reload unexpectedly creating the conditions needed for a denial of service (DoS) attack. The critical remote code execution (RCE) […]…
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CISA gives federal agencies one week to patch exploited Fortinet bug
U.S. government agencies have been given a shorter window than usual to patch a critical vulnerability affecting Fortinet’s FortiWeb firewall product. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/fortinet-fortiweb-vulnerability-cisa-advisory
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Critical FortiWeb WAF Flaw Actively Exploited to Establish Admin Access and Seize Total Control
Fortinet has released urgent security updates to address a critical vulnerability in its FortiWeb Web Application Firewall (WAF) that is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2025-64446, the flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute administrative commands and gain complete control of affected systems. The vulnerability has been assigned a critical severity rating with…
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Akira ransomware expands to Nutanix AHV, raising stakes for enterprise security
Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, business, cisco, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, firewall, infrastructure, leak, mfa, monitoring, network, ransomware, resilience, strategy, threat, update, veeam, vpn, vulnerability, windowsThreat that thrives in enterprise blind spots: Experts indicate that Akira leverages the blind spots that enterprises acknowledge but rarely fix. Of the blind spots, remote access tops the list, followed by patching.”Akira wins not because it has reinvented ransomware, but because it has perfected the parts enterprises fail to take seriously. It exploits the…
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Akira ransomware expands to Nutanix AHV, raising stakes for enterprise security
Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, business, cisco, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, firewall, infrastructure, leak, mfa, monitoring, network, ransomware, resilience, strategy, threat, update, veeam, vpn, vulnerability, windowsThreat that thrives in enterprise blind spots: Experts indicate that Akira leverages the blind spots that enterprises acknowledge but rarely fix. Of the blind spots, remote access tops the list, followed by patching.”Akira wins not because it has reinvented ransomware, but because it has perfected the parts enterprises fail to take seriously. It exploits the…
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Spam flooding npm registry with token stealers still isn’t under control
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, authentication, blockchain, breach, control, credentials, crypto, detection, edr, exploit, finance, firewall, governance, identity, login, malicious, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, open-source, pypi, risk, software, spam, supply-chain, threat, tool, wormCSO that number has now grown to 153,000.And while this payload merely steals tokens, other threat actors are paying attention, said Sonatype CTO Brian Fox.When Sonatype wrote about the campaign just over a year ago, it found a mere 15,000 packages that appeared to come from a single person.With the swollen numbers reported this week,…
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Worm flooding npm registry with token stealers still isn’t under control
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, authentication, blockchain, breach, control, credentials, crypto, detection, edr, exploit, finance, firewall, governance, identity, login, malicious, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, open-source, pypi, risk, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, wormCSO that number has now grown to 153,000.”It’s unfortunate that the worm isn’t under control yet,” said Sonatype CTO Brian Fox.And while this payload merely steals tokens, other threat actors are paying attention, he predicted.”I’m sure somebody out there in the world is looking at this massively replicating worm and wondering if they can ride…
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TDL 009 – Inside DNS Threat Intelligence: Privacy, Security Innovation
Tags: access, apple, attack, automation, backup, best-practice, business, ceo, cisco, ciso, cloud, computer, control, corporate, country, crime, cybersecurity, data, dns, encryption, finance, firewall, government, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, linkedin, malicious, marketplace, middle-east, monitoring, msp, network, office, privacy, regulation, risk, service, software, strategy, threat, tool, windows, zero-trustSummary Inside DNS Threat Intelligence: Privacy, Security & Innovation In this episode of the Defenders Log, host David Redekop speaks with Tim Adams, the founder of the protective DNS resolver Scout DNS. Tim shares his origin story, explaining how he transitioned from a wireless network integrator to building his own DNS solution. He saw a…
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Fortinet confirms silent patch for FortiWeb zero-day exploited in attacks
Fortinet has silently patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in its FortiWeb web application firewall, which is now being widely exploited. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-confirms-silent-patch-for-fortiweb-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/
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Fortinet confirms silent patch for FortiWeb zero-day exploited in attacks
Fortinet has silently patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in its FortiWeb web application firewall, which is now being widely exploited. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-confirms-silent-patch-for-fortiweb-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Refresh Your Akira Defenses Now, CISA Says, as OWASP Revamps Its App Sec Top 10 Risks
Tags: access, advisory, ai, antivirus, application-security, attack, authentication, backup, business, chatgpt, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, germany, group, guide, healthcare, infrastructure, injection, Internet, iot, law, malware, mfa, mitigation, phishing, privacy, programming, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityLearn why you should revise your Akira ransomware protection plans. Plus, find out what’s new in OWASP’s revamped Top 10 Web Application Risks list. Also, find out about agentic AI’s cognitive degradation risk. And get the latest on AI security trends and CISO compensation. Key takeaways CISA and other agencies are urging organizations, especially in…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Refresh Your Akira Defenses Now, CISA Says, as OWASP Revamps Its App Sec Top 10 Risks
Tags: access, advisory, ai, antivirus, application-security, attack, authentication, backup, business, chatgpt, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, germany, group, guide, healthcare, infrastructure, injection, Internet, iot, law, malware, mfa, mitigation, phishing, privacy, programming, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityLearn why you should revise your Akira ransomware protection plans. Plus, find out what’s new in OWASP’s revamped Top 10 Web Application Risks list. Also, find out about agentic AI’s cognitive degradation risk. And get the latest on AI security trends and CISO compensation. Key takeaways CISA and other agencies are urging organizations, especially in…
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Palo Alto PAN-OS Flaw Lets Attackers Force Firewall Reboots via Malicious Packets
Palo Alto Networks has disclosed a denial-of-service vulnerability in its PAN-OS software that allows attackers to force firewalls into unexpected reboots using specially crafted network packets. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-4619, affects multiple versions of PAN-OS running on PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls, as well as Prisma Access deployments. The vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to trigger…
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Fortinet FortiWeb Zero-Day Exploited to Gain Full Admin Access
A critical zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb has been actively exploited in the wild, allowing attackers to gain complete administrator access without any prior authentication. The flaw affects Fortinet’s Web Application Firewall, which is designed to protect web applications from malicious traffic. Vulnerability Discovery and Exploitation On October 6, 2025, cyber deception company Defused published…
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Feds Fumble Cisco Patches as China-Linked Hackers Strike
CISA Says Agencies Believed They Patched Cisco Flaws But Had Not. The U.S. cyber defense agency issued new patch guidance after discovering multiple federal agencies failed to properly secure Cisco firewalls, leaving federal networks exposed to exploitation by a suspected Chinese threat actor despite a prior emergency directive. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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EOL-Software gefährdet Unternehmenssicherheit
Geräte mit End-of-Life-Software (EOL) stellen nach wie vor ein weit verbreitetes Sicherheitsproblem in Unternehmen dar.Laut einer Studie von Palo Alto Networks laufen 26 Prozent der Linux-Systeme und acht Prozent der Windows-Systeme mit veralteten Versionen. Die Ergebnisse basieren auf Telemetriedaten von 27 Millionen Geräten in den Netzwerken von 1.800 Unternehmen.Die Analyse offenbart zudem, dass 39 Prozent…
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CISA warns federal agencies to patch flawed Cisco firewalls amid ‘active exploitation’ across the US government
The federal cybersecurity agency said some government departments had been actively exploited after failing to properly patch their systems. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/cisa-warns-federal-agencies-to-patch-flawed-cisco-firewalls-amid-active-exploitation-across-the-us-government/