Tag: firewall
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The OT security time bomb: Why legacy industrial systems are the biggest cyber risk nobody wants to fix
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, exploit, firewall, incident, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, ISO-27001, metric, mfa, monitoring, network, office, phishing, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, siem, soc, stuxnet, supply-chain, tool, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayWhy everyone knows it’s burning, but nobody pulls the fire alarm: When I talk to OT managers, production leads or plant engineers, I rarely hear, “We didn’t know we had a problem.” Far more often, it’s, “We know it’s critical, but we can’t just shut it down.” This gap between awareness and action is the…
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Cisco Patches 48 Firewall Vulnerabilities with Two CVSS 10 Flaws
Cisco patches 48 vulnerabilities in Secure Firewall products, including two critical CVSS 10 flaws that could allow authentication bypass and remote code execution. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/cisco-patches-firewall-vulnerabilities-cvss-10-flaws/
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Zero-day exploits hit enterprises faster and harder
Tags: access, apple, attack, backdoor, business, china, cisco, cve, data, detection, endpoint, espionage, exploit, firewall, flaw, fortinet, google, group, hacker, infrastructure, ivanti, least-privilege, mobile, network, oracle, radius, ransomware, risk, router, russia, service, software, technology, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayEnterprise environments under siege: Chinese threat actors continued to display a preference for targets that are difficult to monitor and allow persistent access to strategic networks. Notable examples include the groups that GTIG tracks as UNC5221, which exploited a flaw in Ivanti Connect Secure (CVE-2025-0282) and UNC3886, which exploited a vulnerability in Juniper routers (CVE-2025-21590).Another…
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Cisco Drops 48 New Firewall Vulnerabilities, 2 Critical
Edge bugs are so fetch, and Cisco just dropped 50 new ones, including some heavy hitters with 10 out of 10 scores on the CVSS scale. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/cisco-48-firewall-vulnerabilities-2-critical
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The Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, corporate, cryptography, cyber, data, data-breach, detection, encryption, exploit, firewall, intelligence, mitigation, monitoring, PCI, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerabilityThe Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security andrew.gertz@t“¦ Thu, 03/05/2026 – 16:09 Multi-cloud data security threats are escalating at an unprecedented rate. According to Forrester and the 2025 Thales Global Cloud Data Security Study, the primary drivers of multi-cloud risks are: growing complexity, insufficient access controls, and the…
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Cisco issues emergency patches for critical firewall vulnerabilities
root access to the device.”And CVE-2026-20131 is described thusly: “An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted serialized Java object to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device and elevate privileges to root.”There are no workarounds for either…
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Cisco issues emergency patches for critical firewall vulnerabilities
root access to the device.”And CVE-2026-20131 is described thusly: “An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted serialized Java object to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device and elevate privileges to root.”There are no workarounds for either…
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Google says half of all zero-days it tracked in 2025 targeted buggy enterprise tech
Enterprise software was a major focus of zero-day activity during 2025, with security and networking devices, like firewalls, VPNs, and virtualization platforms, among the top targeted by malicious hackers. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/google-says-half-of-all-zero-days-it-tracked-in-2025-targeted-buggy-enterprise-tech/
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Cisco Firewall Management Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution
Cisco disclosed a critical firewall management flaw that allows unauthenticated remote code execution. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/cisco-firewall-management-flaw-enables-remote-code-execution/
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Cisco reveals 2 max-severity defects in firewall management software
The vendor said it’s not aware of any active exploitation of the vulnerabilities, which could allow remote attackers to achieve root access and execute code. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cisco-critical-vulnerabilities-secure-firewall-management-center-software/
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Cisco warns of SD-WAN Manager exploitation, fixes 48 firewall vulnerabilities
Cisco has confirmed that two Catalyst SD-WAN Manager vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-20128 and CVE-2026-20122) patched in late February 2025 are being exploited by attackers. The … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/05/cisco-cve-2026-20128-cve-2026-20122-exploited/
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Cisco Issues Patches for 48 Vulnerabilities in Enterprise Networking Products
Two of the 48 Cisco vulnerabilities, affecting Secure Firewall Management Center, are maximum-severity flaws First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cisco-issues-patches-48/
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Cisco Secure Firewall Management Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution
Cisco recently disclosed a critical security vulnerability affecting its Secure Firewall Management Centre (FMC) software. This severe flaw carries a maximum severity score of 10.0 and allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. CVE ID CVSS Score Vulnerability Type CWE CVE-2026-20131 10.0 (Critical) Remote Code Execution CWE-502 The root cause of…
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Cisco Secure Firewall Vulnerability Exposes Networks to Authentication Bypass Attacks
Cisco recently disclosed a critical vulnerability in its Secure Firewall Management Centre (FMC) Software that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain complete root access to affected devices. Holding a maximum severity CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw demands immediate attention from network administrators. Discovered during internal security testing by Cisco researcher Brandon Sakai, the vulnerability…
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Cisco fixes maximum-severity Secure FMC bugs threatening firewall security
Cisco patched two critical Secure FMC vulnerabilities that could let attackers gain root access to managed firewalls. Cisco addressed two maximum-severity vulnerabilities in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) that could allow attackers to gain root access. Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) is a centralized management platform for Cisco firewalls. It lets administrators configure,…
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Cisco warns of max severity Secure FMC flaws giving root access
Cisco has released security updates to patch two maximum-severity vulnerabilities in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-warns-of-max-severity-secure-fmc-flaws-giving-root-access/
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AI-powered attack kits go open source, and CyberStrikeAI may be just the beginning
100-plus prebuilt tool recipes and a human-readable YAML-based extension system;Attack-chain graph, risk scoring, and “step-by-step replay”;Password-protected web user interfaces (UIs) and audit logs;A knowledge base with vector search, hybrid retrieval, and searchable archives;Vulnerability management with create, read, update, delete (CRUD) operations, severity tracking, status workflow, and statistics;Batch task management that can organize task queues and…
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One Foothold, 25 Million Victims: The Risk Inside Modern Breaches
In last month’s reporting cycle, we saw one of the largest healthcare data breaches in U.S. history, ransomware groups tied to North Korea targeting hospitals, and firewall vulnerabilities that allowed attackers to create rogue administrative accounts almost instantly. Taken together, these incidents raise a more important question than who was hit. They force us to……
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The TugWar Over Firewall Backlogs in the AI-Driven Development Era
Speed and security are historically clashing priorities, but with AI and automation, it’s increasingly important that application developers and security teams get on the same page. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/tug-of-war-firewall-backlogs-ai-driven-development
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IPFire ships its 200th core update with a new domain blocklist and kernel upgrade
Network firewall distribution IPFire released Core Update 200, marking the 200th incremental update to the 2.29 branch. The release bundles a kernel upgrade, a beta domain … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/02/pfire-2-29-core-update-200-released/
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Hackers Launch Massive SonicWall Firewall Attack Using 4,000+ IP Addresses
Hackers are actively mapping SonicWall firewalls worldwide, launching more than 84,000 SonicOS scanning sessions from over 4,000 unique IP addresses in just four days to identify SSL VPN targets for future credential and vulnerability attacks. Three operationally distinct infrastructure clusters coordinated large-scale VPN enumeration, with 92% of all sessions hitting a single SonicOS REST API…
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Vietnam Announces National Cybersecurity Firewall Plan Under New Digital Governance Law
Vietnam has announced plans to focus on building a cybersecurity firewall. The statement was delivered by Public Security Minister LÆ°Æ¡ng Tam Quang on Feb. 7, following the closing session of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s 14th National Congress. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/vietnam-cybersecurity-firewall/
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Illumio Plattform bietet agentenlose Visibilität und Breach Containment
Illumio bietet die erste Plattform, die agentenlose Visibilität und Breach Containment für hybride Umgebungen kombiniert neue agentenlose Funktion integriert Firewall-Telemetrie und bietet einheitliche Visibilität und Breach Containment über die Cloud, Rechenzentren und Endpoints hinweg First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/illumio-plattform-bietet-agentenlose-visibilitaet-und-breach-containment/a43878/
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Security hole could let hackers take over Juniper Networks PTX core routers
The hole is “especially dangerous, because these devices often sit in the middle of the network, not on the fringes,” said Piyush Sharma, CEO of Tuskira. “If an attacker gains control of a PTX, the impact is bigger than a single device compromise because it can become a traffic vantage point and a control point…
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OpenClaw Insights: A CISO’s Guide to Safe Autonomous Agents FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, api, breach, ciso, compliance, control, data, data-breach, detection, endpoint, finance, firewall, framework, governance, guide, LLM, network, open-source, risk, risk-management, software, strategy, technology, tool, vulnerabilityFeb 27, 2026 – Alan Fagan – The “OpenClaw” crisis has board members asking, “Could this happen to us?” The answer isn’t to ban AI agents. It’s to govern them. By now, the dust is settling on the OpenClaw (aka MoltBot) incident. The technical post-mortems (including our own) have been written, the exposed ports have…
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Marquis v. SonicWall Lawsuit Ups the Breach Blame Game
When a company gets breached through a third-party security vendor, who should bear responsibility? For one FinTech company, the answer is the firewall provider. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/marquis-sonicwall-lawsuit-breach-blame-game
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Emulating the Systematic LokiLocker Ransomware
AttackIQ has released a new attack graph that emulates the behaviors of LokiLocker ransomware, a .NET based strain active since at least mid-August 2021. The malware combines defense evasion and impact techniques, including disabling Task Manager and Windows Firewall, as well as deleting Volume Shadow Copies to hinder detection and prevent restoration. First seen on…
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Analysis: Root Cause of Most Security Incidents Traced to Unpatched Firewalls
Tags: access, cybercrime, exploit, firewall, network, ransomware, security-incident, software, vulnerabilityAn analysis of more than two trillion IT events collected during 2025 by Barracuda Networks finds 90% of ransomware incidents exploited firewalls via unpatched software or a vulnerable account that enables cybercriminals to gain access to an IT environment. Merium Khalid, director of offensive security for the security operations center (SOC) at Barracuda Networks, said..…
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Analysis: Root Cause of Most Security Incidents Traced to Unpatched Firewalls
Tags: access, cybercrime, exploit, firewall, network, ransomware, security-incident, software, vulnerabilityAn analysis of more than two trillion IT events collected during 2025 by Barracuda Networks finds 90% of ransomware incidents exploited firewalls via unpatched software or a vulnerable account that enables cybercriminals to gain access to an IT environment. Merium Khalid, director of offensive security for the security operations center (SOC) at Barracuda Networks, said..…
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Analysis: Root Cause of Most Security Incidents Traced to Unpatched Firewalls
Tags: access, cybercrime, exploit, firewall, network, ransomware, security-incident, software, vulnerabilityAn analysis of more than two trillion IT events collected during 2025 by Barracuda Networks finds 90% of ransomware incidents exploited firewalls via unpatched software or a vulnerable account that enables cybercriminals to gain access to an IT environment. Merium Khalid, director of offensive security for the security operations center (SOC) at Barracuda Networks, said..…