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Both Mirai and Hoaxcalls IoT botnets target Symantec Web Gateways

Security Affairs

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers observed both the Mirai and Hoaxcalls botnets using an exploit for a post-authentication Remote Code Execution vulnerability in legacy Symantec Web Gateways 5.0.2.8. Experts note that the exploit is only effective for authenticated sessions and the affected devices are End of Life (EOL) from 2012.

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Threat Trends: Firewall

Cisco Security

Forced Authentication [ T1187 ]. Use Alternate Authentication Material. Use Alternate Authentication Material. In the Credential Access tactic, credential dumping attacks appear to be targeting routers and IoT devices such as CCTV cameras. GPON Router authentication bypass and command injection attempt.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. Mimecast Email security 2012 Nasdaq: MIME. a16z Investments. Bessemer Venture Partners. Greylock Partners.

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Water utility CISO offers tips to stay secure as IT and OT converge

SC Magazine

From an economics point of view, solutions that can be simultaneously implemented across both IT and OT environments – such as secure-access platforms with two-factor or multi-factor authentication – is a good place for a utility to start, she added, speaking in an online webinar organized by Cisco Systems.

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CISA list of 95 new known exploited vulnerabilities raises questions

Malwarebytes

allows remotely authenticated users to cause a denial of service by modifying SNMP variables. Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1) Other interesting items on the list are some IoT vulnerabilities that got some fame in 2020 under the name Ripple20.

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WizCase Report: Vulnerabilities found in WD My Book, NetGear Stora, SeaGate Home, Medion LifeCloud NAS

Security Affairs

Meaning, authentication bypasses weren’t enough. After decoding the files , most of the API endpoints and the web interface were not accessible without authentication. The daemon takes XML data, parses the request and carries out the action without any authentication, except making sure the request came from 127.0.0.1.

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Outlaw is Back, a New Crypto-Botnet Targets European Organizations

Security Affairs

The Outlaw Botnet uses brute force and SSH exploit (exploit Shellshock Flaw and Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability ) to achieve remote access to the target systems, including server and IoT devices. We suggest to harden and update your SSH server configuring authentication with authorized keys and disabling passwords. Technical Analysis.