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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.

Firewall 101
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CVE-2021-1609: Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Cisco Small Business VPN Routers

Tenable

According to Cisco, the flaw exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests. While both flaws exist due to improper validation of HTTP requests and can be exploited by sending specially crafted HTTP requests, CVE-2021-1610 can only be exploited by an authenticated attacker with root privileges. Identifying affected systems.

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The 8 Best Practices for Reducing Your Organization’s Attack Surface

Ivanti

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines zero trust as follows: “A collection of concepts and ideas designed to minimize uncertainty in enforcing accurate, least privilege per-request access decisions in information systems and services in the face of a network viewed as compromised.”

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CVE-2021-20016: Zero-Day Vulnerability in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) Exploited in the Wild

Tenable

On January 22, SonicWall published a product notification regarding a “coordinated attack on its internal systems” conducted by “highly sophisticated threat actors.” Warren specifically suggested reviewing log files to identify “anomalous requests” to the vulnerable device. Identifying affected systems. Background.

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Modernizing Critical Infrastructure Requires Security Transformation

Palo Alto Networks

There are many sources of vulnerabilities within our critical infrastructure, including the typically unsegmented networks, open policies and the software vulnerabilities within the often unpatched/unpatchable legacy systems themselves (e.g. HMI, PLC, ICS, SCADA, DCS, MES).

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Securing the Digital-First Model for Retail

CIO

Retail security is further complicated by the broader threat surface due to digital POS systems, eCommerce platforms, digital supply chains with third-party partners, and digital loyalty programs. WiFi and SD-WAN for flexible and enhanced connectivity. Enabling new customer experiences through SD-WAN and SASE.

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Enabling Digital Transformation, Securely

CIO

SASE is SD-WAN-as-a-service and security-as-a-service. Offering more flexibility at low cost, software-defined networking, or SD-WAN, abstracts network control from the connectivity layer and enables real-time monitoring, reporting, and analytics across network nodes. Let’s look at each: Software-defined wide area networking.

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