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Threat Trends: Firewall

Cisco Security

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In any perimeter defense a key component is firewalls—the proverbial guard towers in your fortifications. In this Threat Trends release, we’ll be looking at Cisco Secure Firewall. The goal is to highlight the common threats that organizations encounter and block with Secure Firewall. Secure Firewall version 7.0

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Firewall Authentication DNS Accountability

FBI warns cyber actors abusing protocols as new DDoS attack vectors

Security Affairs

JULY 27, 2020

The FBI issued an alert last week warning about the discovery of new network protocols that have been exploited to launch large-scale DDoS attacks. The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent an alert last week warning about large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that abused new network protocols. continues the report.

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Sophos fixed a critical vulnerability in Cyberoam firewalls

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2019

A vulnerability in Sophos Cyberoam firewalls could be exploited by an attacker to gain access to a target’s internal network without authentication. Sophos addressed a vulnerability in its Cyberoam firewalls that could be exploited by an attacker to gain access to a company’s internal network without providing a password.

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Massive DDos attack hit Telegram, company says most of junk traffic is from China

Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2019

Encrypted messaging service Telegram was hit by a major DDoS attack apparently originated from China, likely linked to the ongoing political unrest in Hong Kong. We’re currently experiencing a powerful DDoS attack, Telegram users in the Americas and some users from other countries may experience connection issues. Pierluigi Paganini.

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A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks

Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2019

Experts at Imperva discovered a new type of large-scale DDoS attack that abuses the HTML5 Ping-based hyperlink auditing feature. Experts at Imperva Vitaly Simonovich and Dima Bekerman observed a large-scale DDoS attack abusing the HTML5 Ping-based hyperlink auditing feature. ” reads the analysis published by Imperva.

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Brazil expert discovers Oracle flaw that allows massive DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

million servers running the RPCBIND service from being used in amplified DDoS attacks. On that day, one of the web application firewalls (WAFs) installed in the XLabs SOC (security operations center) detected an abnormal pattern of network traffic that caught the eye of Mauricio. Securi ty Affairs – Oracle, DDoS).

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China used the Great Cannon DDoS Tool against forum used by Hong Kong protestors

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2019

China is accused to have used the “Great Cannon” DDoS tool to launch attacks against LIHKG , a forum used by Hong Kong residents to organize protests. The last time the Great Cannon was used by the Chinese authorities was in 2017 when it was involved in DDoS attacks on the Mingjingnews.com site, a US-based Chinese media outlet.

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Massive increase in XorDDoS Linux malware in last six months

Malwarebytes

MAY 25, 2022

XorDDoS, a Linux Trojan known for its modularity and stealth, was first discovered in 2014 by the white hat research group, MalwareMustDie (MMD). DDoS attacks have become instrumental in successfully distracting organizations and security experts from figuring out threat actors’ end goal: Malware deployment or system infiltration.

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Attackers are hacking NSC Linear eMerge E3 building access systems to launch DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Researchers from SonicWall revealed that hackers are attempting to compromise Linear eMerge E3 smart building access systems to recruit them in a DDoS botnet. “ SonicWall Capture Labs Threat Research team observe huge hits on our firewalls that attempt to exploit the command injection vulnerability with the below HTTP request.”

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New Ttint IoT botnet exploits two zero-days in Tenda routers

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Unlike other IoT DDoS botnets, Ttint implements 12 remote access functions such as Socket5 proxy for router devices, tampering with router firewall and DNS settings, executing remote custom system commands. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” concludes the report.

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Imperva data Breach: WAF customers’ data exposed

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2019

Security firm Imperva revealed it has suffered a data breach that affecting some customers of its Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) product. Cybersecurity firm Imperva disclosed a data breach that has exposed sensitive information for some customers of its Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) product, formerly known as Incapsula.

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EnemyBot malware adds new exploits to target CMS servers and Android devices

Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2022

The botnet was first discovered by Fortinet in March, the DDoS botnet targeted several routers and web servers by exploiting known vulnerabilities. The researchers attribute the botnet to the cybercrime group Keksec which focuses on DDoS-based extortion. The botnet targets multiple architectures, including arm, bsd, x64, and x86.

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NCSC warns of a surge in ransomware attacks on education institutions

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Recently Check Point researchers warned of a surge in the DDoS attacks against education institutions and the academic industry across the world. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Imperva explains how hackers stole AWS API Key and accessed to customer data

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Imperva shared details on the incident it has recently suffered and how hackers obtain data on Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) customers. In August, cybersecurity firm Imperva disclosed a data breach that exposed sensitive information for some customers of its Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) product, formerly known as Incapsula.

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API Security and Hackers: What?s the Need?

Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2020

Throttling thresholds and quotas – if well defined – are essential to avoid attacks from different sources from overwhelming the network with numerous requests ( DDOS-Distributed Denial of Service Attack ). API Firewalling. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. OWASP top 10. Avoid wasps.

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Experts hacked 28,000 unsecured printers to raise awareness of printer security issues

Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Bad actors can also take over unsecured printers and incorporate them into botnets in order to perform DDoS attacks , send spam, and more. Use a firewall. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2018

not located behind routers or firewalls) to conduct future DDoS attacks on data centers and cloud services or for crypto currency mining purposes. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Top Network Detection & Response (NDR) Solutions

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

Whereas older solutions like antivirus, firewalls, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) have long focused on threats at the network perimeter, the intent of NDR is to monitor and act on malicious threats within organization networks using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) analysis.

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Best Network Monitoring Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 26, 2022

The youngest of companies picked for this year’s list, Kentik has been a budding networking monitoring vendor since 2014. Kentik’s solutions can protect core, edge, and cloud networks while adding DDoS and botnet protection, supply chain analytics, and synthetics. Kentik Features. SolarWinds.

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The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

DDoS: Overwhelming the Network. In the age-old denial of service (DDoS) attack, a fleet of attacker devices can overwhelm an organization’s web server, thus blocking access to legitimate users. For every digital asset – configuration, firewall rules, VM images, etc. Security Paradigms: Traditional Networks vs. Blockchains.

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Benefits of a Website Malware Scanner

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A recent report from PandaLabs suggests that “there were twice as many malware infections in 2014 compared to 2013” and that 2015 could be even worse. Similarly, poorly designed vulnerability tests can spam your inbox with testing emails and impact the performance of your website due to unnecessary load (similar to DDoS).

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How Cybercriminals Profit From Your Personal Data

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The number of breached data records in 2015 nearly doubled the records breached in 2014. You can protect your website with a web application firewall to prevent DDoS attacks, website vulnerabilities and malicious bots from entering your site. Security breaches are on the rise and this trend is not slowing.

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What Is An SSL Certificate?

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

As a way to encourage websites to use SSL certificates, Google has used HTTPS as a ranking signal since 2014. They don’t protect data stored on your website or stop malware that can expose that data, nor do they block malicious bots like the ones that cause DDoS attacks. Block bad bots with a WAF (Web Application Firewall).

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Passwords DDOS Password Management Malware

AT&T Alien Labs finds new Golang malware (BotenaGo) targeting millions of routers and IoT devices with more than 30 exploits

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

It also has different DDoS functionality. CVE-2014-2321. Ensure minimal exposure to the Internet on Linux servers and IoT devices and use a properly configured firewall. 2032077: ET EXPLOIT ZTE Cable Modem RCE Attempt (CVE-2014-2321). CVE-2017-18368. ZyXEL P660HN-T1A v1 TCLinux Fw $7.3.15.0 v001 / 3.40(ULM.0)b31

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4 Steps to Securing Your Startup Website

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Since 2014, Google has given higher priority to secure websites , in hopes of encouraging more websites to make the switch from HTTP to HTTPS. A DDoS attack occurs when a website is overloaded with illegitimate or automated requests, and the server is taken down. You may assume this is great news for your business, right?

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Malware DDOS eCommerce Engineering

The Top 5 Website Security News Stories of 2014

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

What can we learn when we look at the news from the website security landscape of 2014? Heartbleed was perhaps the most infamous web security exploit of 2014. A member of Google’s Security Team, Neel Mehta , discovered the bug in April 2014. What we also typically do is look to the past year to see what we can learn. Heartbleed.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 262

Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Threat Trends: Firewall

FBI warns cyber actors abusing protocols as new DDoS attack vectors

Trending Sources

Sophos fixed a critical vulnerability in Cyberoam firewalls

Massive DDos attack hit Telegram, company says most of junk traffic is from China

A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks

Brazil expert discovers Oracle flaw that allows massive DDoS attacks

China used the Great Cannon DDoS Tool against forum used by Hong Kong protestors

Massive increase in XorDDoS Linux malware in last six months

Attackers are hacking NSC Linear eMerge E3 building access systems to launch DDoS attacks

New Ttint IoT botnet exploits two zero-days in Tenda routers

Imperva data Breach: WAF customers’ data exposed

EnemyBot malware adds new exploits to target CMS servers and Android devices

NCSC warns of a surge in ransomware attacks on education institutions

Imperva explains how hackers stole AWS API Key and accessed to customer data

API Security and Hackers: What?s the Need?

Experts hacked 28,000 unsecured printers to raise awareness of printer security issues

5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019

Top Network Detection & Response (NDR) Solutions

Best Network Monitoring Tools for 2022

The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

Benefits of a Website Malware Scanner

How Cybercriminals Profit From Your Personal Data

What Is An SSL Certificate?

AT&T Alien Labs finds new Golang malware (BotenaGo) targeting millions of routers and IoT devices with more than 30 exploits

4 Steps to Securing Your Startup Website

The Top 5 Website Security News Stories of 2014

Security Affairs newsletter Round 262

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