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Muddling Meerkat, a mysterious DNS Operation involving China’s Great Firewall

Security Affairs

The threat actors appear to have the capability to control China’s Great Firewall and were observed utilizing a novel technique involving fake DNS MX records. The experts noticed a spike in activity observed in September 2023. However, the Infoblox researchers have yet to discover the motivation behind the attacks.

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More than 2,000 Palo Alto Networks firewalls hacked exploiting recently patched zero-days

Security Affairs

Threat actors already hacked thousands of Palo Alto Networks firewalls exploiting recently patched zero-day vulnerabilities. Thousands of Palo Alto Networks firewalls have reportedly been compromised in attacks exploiting recently patched zero-day vulnerabilities ( CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474 ) in PAN-OS. This week, the U.S.

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Introducing MVISION Cloud Firewall – Delivering Protection Across All Ports and Protocols

McAfee

Architected for the cloud-first and remote-first deployments, MVISION Cloud Firewall secures access to applications and resources on the internet, accessed from every remote site and location, through a cloud-native service model. Wherever networks went, firewalls followed.

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Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

Web application firewalls (WAFs) are a critical component for robust application security. At the same time, WAF technology is increasingly a part of more comprehensive security solutions like next-generation firewalls (NGFW), unified threat management (UTM), and more. Best Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). Amazon Web Services.

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US and UK link new Cyclops Blink malware to Russian state hackers?

Security Affairs

Sandworm (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). According to WatchGuard , Cyclops Blink may have affected roughly 1% of all active WatchGuard firewall appliances.

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Gartner gave it top place in unified threat management (UTM), and it was named a Leader in next-gen firewalls (NGFW). Over the years, it has built up a wide range of security products, including firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), UTM, malware protection and cloud protection. Learn more about Fortinet. Visit website.

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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

The ILOVEYOU Worm (2000). It’s clear that when technology develops, people find creative ways to cause mass disruption, increasing the need for antivirus protection and firewalls. While no data was destroyed or compromised, emails experienced severe delays, and military and university operations halted.