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A Practical History of the Firewall – Part 3: Performance Takes Center Stage

Firemon

As internet speeds increased and firewall adoption inside the enterprise increased, performance drove purchasing decisions. Enter Netscreen, the firewall appliance, and the Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). Netscreenintroduced the purpose-built firewall “appliance.” Cisco was selling the PIX in the 90s.

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CVE-2020-12271: Zero-Day SQL Injection Vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall Exploited in the Wild

Tenable

Sophos pushes a hotfix to address a SQL injection vulnerability in Sophos XG Firewall that was exploited in the wild. On April 22, Sophos published a knowledge base entry on the Sophos Community regarding the discovery of a zero-day vulnerability in the Sophos XG Firewall that was exploited in the wild. Background. Proof of concept.

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CVE-2024-3400: Zero-Day Vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS GlobalProtect Gateway Exploited in the Wild

Tenable

Background On April 12, Palo Alto Networks released a security advisory for a critical command injection vulnerability affecting PAN-OS, the custom operating system (OS) Palo Alto Networks (PAN) uses in their next-generation firewalls. According to the advisory, this vulnerability impacts PAN-OS versions 10.2,

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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

CIO

Furthermore, if the operating system pattern is Linux Oracle Enterprise, the architect would use that pattern first in its design unless technical constraints made the consumption of this pattern suboptimal to accomplish the solution’s goal.

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CVE-2024-21762: Critical Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-Bound Write SSL VPN Vulnerability

Tenable

critical infrastructure through exploitation of known vulnerabilities Background On February 8, Fortinet published an advisory (FG-IR-24-015) to address a critical flaw in FortiOS, its network operating system. CVE Description CVSSv3 Severity CVE-2024-21762 Fortinet FortiOS Out-of-bound Write Vulnerability in sslvpnd 9.6

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Be a Cyber Defender and Protect Your Mobile Devices!

Ivanti

Turn on your mobile device’s screen lock with biometric authentication such as iOS’ Face ID or Android’s fingerprint or Face Unlock, or Samsung’s Iris unlock. Never share your credentials with anyone and enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for your online accounts and remote access services such as Virtual Private Networks (VPN).

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11 Tips to Keep Your Company’s IT Systems Safe

Invid Group

Consider implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA) wherever possible to enhance security. This is a simple security measure that can go a long way in ensuring a safe digital space. Keep Software and Systems Up to Date Outdated software and systems are more vulnerable to security breaches.