Russian hackers targeting network devices
Malicious cyber actors carried out by the Russian Government are targeting network infrastructure devices (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, Network-based Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) devices).
Network Security
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Cyber attack on Cisco switches
A “massive attack” going on now against Cisco switches, which are used in data-centers worldwide.
Slingshot APT targets routers
A highly sophisticated cyberespionage campaign dubbed Slingshot has been uncovered by Kaspersky security researchers. The campaign targets MikroTik routers to compromise them and use as a springboard to attack victims’ computers, as the company revealed in last week’s Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit (SAS).
Lenovo warns of critical WiFi vulnerabilities
Lenovo warned its customers about two critical Broadcom WiFi vulnerabilities that affect 25 ThinkPad models. The firmware vulnerabilities impact Broadcom’s BCM4356 Wireless LAN Driver for Windows 10 and contain buffer overflow flaws.
MaMi DNS hijacking malware targets Mac OS X
A security researcher has spotted a new strain of malware dubbed “MaMi” (OSX/MaMi) that targets Mac OS X DNS settings.
WPA3 – new WiFi standard
The Wi-Fi Alliance introduced a new WiFi protocol and standard WPA3 that will enhance Wi-Fi network security protections and simplify Wi-Fi security configuration for users and service providers. The Wi-Fi Alliance organization sets the standards for Wi-Fi safety and has certified 35,000 Wi-Fi products. The new standard will be the first since WPA2 was established over a decade ago …
Hackers exploit Huawei Routers RCE vulnerability (CVE-2017-17215)
Security researchers have discovered a zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability (CVE-2017-17215) in the Huawei home router HG532.
New Mirai campaign targets new IoT devices
Security researchers spotted an increase in new activity from the Mirai IoT botnet. This new campaign targets organizations in Argentina, but has spread to other parts of South America and North Africa.
Variant of Mirai botnet targets ZyXEL devices
Researchers from Qihoo 360 Netlab have reported a big uptick in botnet activity targeting internet connected devices made by ZyXEL Communications.
Quad9 DNS tool
There is a new free tool dubbed Quad9 now available to help protect businesses and users from internet threats.