Tag: firewall
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Akira Ransomware exploits year-old SonicWall flaw with multiple vectors
Researchers warn that Akira ransomware group is exploiting a year-old SonicWall firewall flaw, likely using three attack vectors for initial access. The Akira ransomware group is exploiting a year-old SonicWall firewall vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-40766 (CVSS score of 9.3), likely using three attack vectors for initial access, according to Rapid7. >>Evidence collected during Rapid7’s investigations…
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SonicWall SSLVPN Exploitation ‘Ongoing’ By Ransomware Group: Researchers
The Akira cybercriminal group is believed to be behind a resurgence in ransomware attacks exploiting a previously disclosed vulnerability impacting certain SonicWall firewalls, according to researchers at Rapid7. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/sonicwall-sslvpn-exploitation-ongoing-by-ransomware-group-researchers
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Akira ransomware affiliates continue breaching organizations via SonicWall firewalls
Over a year after SonicWall patched CVE-2024-40766, a critical flaw in its next-gen firewalls, ransomware attackers are still gaining a foothold in organizations by exploiting … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/11/akira-ransomware-sonicwall-firewalls/
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Docker malware breaks in through exposed APIs, then changes the locks
The variant has creative twists: Setting the variant apart is its move to deny others access to the same Docker API, effectively monopolizing the attack surface. It tries to modify firewall settings (iptables, nft, firewall-cmd, etc.) via a cron job to drop or reject incoming connections to port 2375. A cron job is a scheduled…
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ACSC Warns of Actively Exploited SonicWall Access Control Vulnerability
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has issued an urgent warning about a critical vulnerability in SonicWall firewall devices that is being actively exploited by threat actors. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-40766, affects SonicOS management access and SSLVPN functionality across multiple generations of SonicWall devices. Critical Vulnerability Details The improper access control vulnerability carries a…
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Reflected XSS Flaw Enables Attackers to Evade Amazon CloudFront Protection Using Safari
A recent bug bounty discovery has drawn attention to a browser-specific reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability on help-ads.target.com. This flaw was found to bypass Amazon CloudFront’s Web Application Firewall (WAF) protections but could only be exploited on the Safari browser. The finding highlights the importance of testing for diverse browser behaviors during security assessments. Discovery…
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2025 fixed two zero-day flaws
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2025 fixed 80 vulnerabilities, including two publicly disclosed zero-day flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2025 addressed 80 vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Components, Office and Office Components, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Azure, Hyper-V, SQL Server, Defender Firewall Service, and Xbox (yup Xbox!). Eight of the […]…
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2025 fixed two zero-day flaws
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2025 fixed 80 vulnerabilities, including two publicly disclosed zero-day flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2025 addressed 80 vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Components, Office and Office Components, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Azure, Hyper-V, SQL Server, Defender Firewall Service, and Xbox (yup Xbox!). Eight of the […]…
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Fixing silent failures in security controls with adversarial exposure validation
Organizations often operate as if their security controls are fully effective simply because they’re deployed, configured, and monitored. Firewalls are in place, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/10/picus-blue-report-security-controls/
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Fixing silent failures in security controls with adversarial exposure validation
Organizations often operate as if their security controls are fully effective simply because they’re deployed, configured, and monitored. Firewalls are in place, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/10/picus-blue-report-security-controls/
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Fixing silent failures in security controls with adversarial exposure validation
Organizations often operate as if their security controls are fully effective simply because they’re deployed, configured, and monitored. Firewalls are in place, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/10/picus-blue-report-security-controls/
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Il 60% non colpisce nel segno. E tu?
Tags: firewallCosa rivela FireMon Insights sui rischi legati alle policy dei firewall e come porre rimedio La gestione del firewall è l’eroe silenzioso (o l’antagonista nascosto) della sicurezza di rete. Il… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/il-60-non-colpisce-nel-segno-e-tu/
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Report: Massive Number of Internet Exposed Assets Still Lack WAF Protection
Tags: ai, attack, cloud, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, firewall, Internet, threat, vulnerability, wafOver half of internet-exposed cloud and non-cloud assets in Global 2000 companies lack web application firewall (WAF) protection, leaving sensitive data vulnerable amid rising cybersecurity threats and AI-driven attacks, according to a CyCognito analysis. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/report-massive-number-of-internet-exposed-assets-still-lack-waf-protection/
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Report: Massive Number of Internet Exposed Assets Still Lack WAF Protection
Tags: ai, attack, cloud, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, firewall, Internet, threat, vulnerability, wafOver half of internet-exposed cloud and non-cloud assets in Global 2000 companies lack web application firewall (WAF) protection, leaving sensitive data vulnerable amid rising cybersecurity threats and AI-driven attacks, according to a CyCognito analysis. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/report-massive-number-of-internet-exposed-assets-still-lack-waf-protection/
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Report: Massive Number of Internet Exposed Assets Still Lack WAF Protection
Tags: ai, attack, cloud, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, firewall, Internet, threat, vulnerability, wafOver half of internet-exposed cloud and non-cloud assets in Global 2000 companies lack web application firewall (WAF) protection, leaving sensitive data vulnerable amid rising cybersecurity threats and AI-driven attacks, according to a CyCognito analysis. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/report-massive-number-of-internet-exposed-assets-still-lack-waf-protection/
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Massive Leak Shows How a Chinese Company Is Exporting the Great Firewall to the World
Geedge Networks, a company with ties to the founder of China’s mass censorship infrastructure, is selling its censorship and surveillance systems to at least four other countries in Asia and Africa. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/geedge-networks-mass-censorship-leak/
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60% falham. Você é um deles?
Tags: firewallO que o FireMon Insights revela sobre o risco da polÃtica de firewall e como corrigi-lo O gerenciamento de firewall é o herói não celebrado (ou vilão oculto) da segurança… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/60-falham-voce-e-um-deles/
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Web Application Firewall Bypassed via JS Injection with Parameter Pollution
In a recent autonomous penetration test, a novel cross-site scripting (XSS) bypass that sidesteps even highly restrictive Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). Security researchers uncovered a ASP.NET application protected by a rigorously configured WAF. Conventional XSS payloads”, breaking out of single-quoted JavaScript strings”, were promptly blocked. Yet by abusing HTTP parameter pollution, the team managed to…
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Synack + Tenable: AI-Powered Partnership Translates Vulnerability Insights into Action
Tags: ai, attack, breach, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, kev, penetration-testing, RedTeam, risk, service, skills, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-dayThe combined Synack/Tenable solution reduces alert noise for overloaded security teams, isolating the most exploitable threats so they can proactively close security gaps faster. Vulnerability Assessment 🤠Penetration Testing Vulnerability assessment, including automated scanning, is a great first step in identifying potential security risks. However, massive amounts of data can make it tricky for security…
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Synack + Tenable: AI-Powered Partnership Translates Vulnerability Insights into Action
Tags: ai, attack, breach, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, kev, penetration-testing, RedTeam, risk, service, skills, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-dayThe combined Synack/Tenable solution reduces alert noise for overloaded security teams, isolating the most exploitable threats so they can proactively close security gaps faster. Vulnerability Assessment 🤠Penetration Testing Vulnerability assessment, including automated scanning, is a great first step in identifying potential security risks. However, massive amounts of data can make it tricky for security…
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TDL 002 – Defending the DNS: How Quad9 Protects the Internet with John Todd
Tags: access, apple, attack, business, china, ciso, communications, control, country, crime, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, dns, email, encryption, firewall, google, ibm, india, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, malicious, malware, network, phishing, privacy, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, zero-trustSummary The Defender’s Log episode features John Todd from Quad9, discussing their mission to protect the internet through secure DNS. Quad9, a non-profit launched in 2017 with founding partners Global Cyber Alliance, Packet Clearing House, and IBM, provides a free, global recursive DNS resolver that blocks malicious domains. Todd emphasizes that Quad9’s success is a…
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Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point Control Firewall Gartner MQ
Cisco Visionary, HPE Juniper Challenger in Inaugural Hybrid Mesh Firewall Ranking. Network security behemoths Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet and Check Point Software topped Gartner’s first-ever Magic Quadrant for hybrid mesh firewalls. Gartner said the firewall market is moving toward centralized orchestration, interoperability and AI-powered automation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/palo-alto-fortinet-check-point-control-firewall-gartner-mq-a-29336
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Frequently Asked Questions About Chinese State-Sponsored Actors Compromising Global Networks
Tags: access, advisory, attack, authentication, china, cisa, cisco, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, espionage, exploit, firewall, fortinet, germany, government, identity, infrastructure, injection, ivanti, kev, malicious, microsoft, military, mitigation, mitre, network, remote-code-execution, risk, software, tactics, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAn analysis of Tenable telemetry data shows that the vulnerabilities being exploited by Chinese state-sponsored actors remain unremediated on a considerable number of devices, posing major risk to the organizations that have yet to successfully address these flaws. Background Tenable’s Research Special Operations (RSO) team has compiled this blog to answer Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)…
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El 60 % fracasa. ¿También usted?
Tags: firewallQué revela FireMon Insights sobre los riesgos de las polÃticas de firewall y cómo evitarlos La gestión del firewall es el héroe olvidado (o el villano oculto) de la seguridad… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/el-60-fracasa-tambien-usted/
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60 % scheitern. Sie auch?
Tags: firewallFireMon Insights deckt Firewall-Richtlinienrisiken auf und bietet Maßnahmenempfehlungen Das Firewall-Management ist der stille Held (oder der geheime Schurke) der Netzwerksicherheit. Zwar hängt sein Abwehrkonzept zum Großteil an Ihrer Firewall, jedoch… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/60-scheitern-sie-auch/
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Check Point Named Leader in Gartner 2025 Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewalls
Check Point Software has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewalls, with the research firm citing the company’s execution and completeness of vision. The recognition highlights Check Point’s approach to hybrid mesh network security, designed to deliver high-performance firewall protection across on-premises, cloud, and SASE environments. According…
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Beyond the Firewall: Rethinking Enterprise Security for the API-First Era
Evolve your enterprise security for the API-first era. Learn how to prioritize API security, implement SSO, MFA, and Passkeys, and foster a DevSecOps culture. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/beyond-the-firewall-rethinking-enterprise-security-for-the-api-first-era/