Tag: firewall
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Zero-Day Likely Cause of Campaign Against Fortinet Firewalls
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/zero-day-likely-cause-of-campaign-against-fortinet-firewalls
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Widespread Fortinet firewall exploitation likely due to zero-day
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/widespread-fortinet-firewall-exploitation-likely-due-to-zero-day
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Beware cybersecurity tech that’s past its prime, 5 areas to check or retire
Tags: access, advisory, ai, antivirus, attack, authentication, breach, bug-bounty, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, firewall, Hardware, network, password, penetration-testing, risk, router, siem, software, strategy, switch, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerability, waf, zero-trustCybersecurity leaders can choose from an ever-expanding list of digital tools to help them ward off attacks and, based on market projections, they’re implementing plenty of those options.Gartner predicts a 15% increase in cybersecurity spending for 2025, with global expenditures expected to reach $212 billion in the upcoming year. The research and consulting firm says…
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Fortinet fixes FortiOS zero-day exploited by attackers for months (CVE-2024-55591)
Fortinet has patched an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-55591) affecting its FortiOS firewalls and FortiProxy web gateways that’s being exploited by … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/01/14/fortinet-fortigate-zero-day-vulnerability-exploited-cve-2024-55591/
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Arctic Wolf entdeckt Kampagne mit verdächtigen Aktivitäten auf <>
Arctic Wolf Labs, das Threat-Research-Team von Arctic Wolf, hat Anfang Dezember 2024 eine Kampagne mit verdächtigen Aktivitäten auf -Geräten beobachtet. Indem sie sich Zugang zu den Verwaltungsschnittstellen der betroffenen Firewalls verschafften, konnten Cyberkriminelle die Firewall-Konfigurationen ändern, neue Konten erstellen und sich mit diesen Benutzerkonten bei den SSL-VPN-Portalen anmelden. In den kompromittierten Umgebungen wurden […] First…
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Miscreants ‘mass exploited’ Fortinet firewalls, ‘highly probable’ zero-day used
Ransomware ‘not off the table,’ Arctic Wolf threat hunter tells El Reg First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/miscreants_mass_exploited_fortinet_firewalls/
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Payback-CISO: ‘Vorbereitung ist das A und O”
Tags: automation, awareness, ciso, cyberattack, cyersecurity, firewall, germany, hacking, infrastructure, mail, nis-2, phishing, ransomware, risk, security-incident, strategy, tool, trainingsrcset=”https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?quality=50&strip=all 6016w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=300%2C168&quality=50&strip=all 300w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=768%2C432&quality=50&strip=all 768w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&quality=50&strip=all 1024w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&quality=50&strip=all 1536w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=2048%2C1152&quality=50&strip=all 2048w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=1240%2C697&quality=50&strip=all 1240w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=150%2C84&quality=50&strip=all 150w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=854%2C480&quality=50&strip=all 854w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=640%2C360&quality=50&strip=all 640w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Nawid-Sayed.jpg?resize=444%2C250&quality=50&strip=all 444w” width=”1024″ height=”576″ sizes=”(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px”>Nawid Sayed, CISO bei Payback: “Um sich vor Cyberattacken zu schützen, gibt es nicht das eine Tool, sondern der Prozess ist hier entscheidend.” PaybackWelches Thema ist aus Ihrer…
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Attacks involving critical GFI KerioControl firewall bug reported
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/attacks-involving-critical-gfi-keriocontrol-firewall-bug-reported
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Migrationstool Palo Alto Expedition gefährdet Netzwerksicherheit
Tags: firewallPalo Altos Expedition soll den Umzug von anderen Firewalls vereinfachen. Neue Sicherheitslücken gefährden die Netzwerksicherheit. First seen on heise.de Jump to article: www.heise.de/news/Migrationstool-Palo-Alto-Expedition-gefaehrdet-Netzwerksicherheit-10235055.html
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SonicWall firewall hit with critical authentication bypass vulnerability
SonicWall is warning customers of a severe vulnerability in its SonicOS SSLVPN with high exploitability that remote attackers could use to bypass authentication.The bug is an improper authentication vulnerability in the SSL VPN authentication mechanism, according to emails sent to customers and published on SonicWall’s official subreddit.”We have identified a high (severity) firewall vulnerability that…
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GFI KerioControl Firewall Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Threat actors are exploiting a recent GFI KerioControl firewall vulnerability that leads to remote code execution. The post GFI KerioControl Firewall Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/gfi-keriocontrol-firewall-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild/
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SonicWall Patches Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities in Firewalls
SonicWall has released patches for multiple vulnerabilities in SonicOS, including high-severity authentication bypass flaws. The post SonicWall Patches Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities in Firewalls appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/sonicwall-patches-authentication-bypass-vulnerabilities-in-firewalls/
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Critical RCE Flaw in GFI KerioControl Allows Remote Code Execution via CRLF Injection
Threat actors are attempting to take advantage of a recently disclosed security flaw impacting GFI KerioControl firewalls that, if successfully exploited, could allow malicious actors to achieve remote code execution (RCE).The vulnerability in question, CVE-2024-52875, refers to a carriage return line feed (CRLF) injection attack, paving the way for HTTP response splitting, which could then…
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SOAR buyer’s guide: 11 security orchestration, automation, and response products, and how to choose
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, business, chatgpt, cisco, cloud, compliance, container, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, firewall, fortinet, gartner, google, group, guide, Hardware, ibm, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, LLM, malware, mandiant, marketplace, microsoft, mitigation, monitoring, network, okta, risk, saas, security-incident, service, siem, soar, soc, software, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-daySecurity orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) has undergone a major transformation in the past few years. Features in each of the words in its description that were once exclusive to SOAR have bled into other tools. For example, responses can be found now in endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools. Orchestration is now a joint…
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SonicWall warns of an exploitable SonicOS vulnerability
SonicWall warns customers to address an authentication bypass vulnerability in its firewall’s SonicOS that is >>susceptible to actual exploitation.
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SonicWall urges admins to patch exploitable SSLVPN bug immediately
SonicWall is emailing customers urging them to upgrade their firewall’s SonicOS firmware to patch an authentication bypass vulnerability in SSL VPN and SSH management that is “susceptible to actual exploitation.” First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sonicwall-urges-admins-to-patch-exploitable-sslvpn-bug-immediately/
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Hackers exploit KerioControl firewall flaw to steal admin CSRF tokens
Hackers are trying to exploit CVE-2024-52875, a critical CRLF injection vulnerability that leads to 1-click remote code execution (RCE) attacks in GFI KerioControl firewall product. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-keriocontrol-firewall-flaw-to-steal-admin-csrf-tokens/
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Gen AI is transforming the cyber threat landscape by democratizing vulnerability hunting
Tags: ai, api, apt, attack, bug-bounty, business, chatgpt, cloud, computing, conference, credentials, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, github, government, group, guide, hacker, hacking, incident response, injection, LLM, malicious, microsoft, open-source, openai, penetration-testing, programming, rce, RedTeam, remote-code-execution, service, skills, software, sql, tactics, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, waf, zero-dayGenerative AI has had a significant impact on a wide variety of business processes, optimizing and accelerating workflows and in some cases reducing baselines for expertise.Add vulnerability hunting to that list, as large language models (LLMs) are proving to be valuable tools in assisting hackers, both good and bad, in discovering software vulnerabilities and writing…
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US government sanctions Chinese cybersecurity company linked to APT group
The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued sanctions against a Beijing cybersecurity company for its role in attacks attributed to a Chinese cyberespionage group known as Flax Typhoon.The company, called Integrity Technology Group (Integrity Tech), is accused of providing the computer infrastructure that Flax Typhoon used in its operations…
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Best of 2024: If You are Reachable, You Are Breachable, and Firewalls VPNs are the Front Door
Firewalls and VPN appliances are critical gateways. Like all on-prem systems, a vulnerability can lead to a compromise that is used to open the door for attackers. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/if-you-are-reachable-you-are-breachable-and-firewalls-vpns-are-the-front-door-2/
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A Mixed Bag for Cybersecurity Stocks in 2024 as Paths Differ
Data Protection, Firewall Stocks Surge as Vulnerability Management Stocks Struggle Fortunes diverged for publicly-traded cybersecurity companies in 2024, as the technology category they played in and market share they held largely determined their fate. Investors last year looked favorably upon companies in the data protection space, with Commvault and Rubrik recording big gains. First seen…
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Hackers exploit DoS flaw to disable Palo Alto Networks firewalls
Palo Alto Networks is warning that hackers are exploiting the CVE-2024-3393 denial of service vulnerability to disable firewall protections by forcing it to reboot. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-dos-flaw-to-disable-palo-alto-networks-firewalls/
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Palo Alto Networks Vulnerability Puts Firewalls at Risk of DoS Attacks
A critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-3393, has been identified in the DNS Security feature of Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS software. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit firewalls through specially crafted packets, causing denial-of-service (DoS) conditions. The issue has been actively exploited, prompting urgent mitigation measures. Details of the Vulnerability The vulnerability stems from improper handling of…
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Palo Alto Patches Exploited Firewall DenialService Flaw
Unauthenticated Attackers Using Malicious Packet to Crash Devices’ PAN-OS Software. Security giant Palo Alto Networks is pushing updates to fix a denial-of-service vulnerability in its PAN-OS device software that unauthenticated, remote attackers have been actively exploiting. The flaw can be triggered by sending firewalls a malicious packet, which will crash the devices. First seen on…
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Palo Alto Networks fixed a high-severity PAN-OS flaw
Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity PAN-OS flaw that could trigger denial-of-service (DoS) on vulnerable devices. Palo Alto Networks addressed a high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-3393 (CVSS score: 8.7), in PAN-OS software that could cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to reboot the firewall by sending a malicious packet…