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Chinese national charged for hacking thousands of Sophos firewalls

Security Affairs

has charged a Chinese national for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. has charged the Chinese national Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao) for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. The malware stole data and encrypted files to block remediation attempts.

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Introducing Secure Firewall version 7.3

Cisco Security

Introduction to Cisco Secure Firewall 7.3. Cisco’s latest release of Secure Firewall operating system, Secure Firewall Threat Defence Version 7.3, addresses key concerns for today’s firewall customers. Further enhancements to Cisco’s Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE), first launched a year ago in 7.1,

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News alert: INE Security shares cyber hygiene guidance for small- and medium-sized businesses

The Last Watchdog

INE Security advises businesses to secure their network by using firewalls, encrypting data, and regularly updating security software. Tip 3: Securing and Monitoring the Network Small businesses often overlook network security, leaving them vulnerable to attacks.

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Protecting against Log4j with Secure Firewall & Secure IPS

Cisco Security

This blog details quick ways Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) and Secure IPS users can protect against attacks leveraging this vulnerability while patching their infrastructure. With this in mind, here are steps that Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense network and security administrators can take to mitigate attacks on their systems.

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Back to the Future of Firewall

Cisco Security

As a network and workload security strategy leader, I spend a lot of time thinking about the future of the good old network firewall. Spoiler alert: I’m not going to join the cool club of pronouncing the firewall dead. The two main problems for the firewall to overcome in all those new deployment scenarios are insertion and visibility.

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Sophos blocked attacks exploiting XG Firewall zero-day to deploy Ransomware

Security Affairs

Hackers attempted to exploit a zero-day flaw in the Sophos XG firewall to distribute ransomware to Windows machines, but the attack was blocked. It was designed to download payloads intended to exfiltrate XG Firewall-resident data. Sophos was informed of the attacks exploiting the zero-day issue by one of its customers on April 22.

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What are Network Firewalls?

eSecurity Planet

The network firewall is the first line of defense for traffic that passes in and out of a network. The firewall examines traffic to ensure it meets the security requirements set by the organization, and unauthorized access attempts are blocked. Firewall protection has come a long way in recent years. Next-generation firewalls.

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