Check your Sophos firewalls are up to date – Sophos issued patches last week for a critical vulnerability in the software. The issue is with the Webadmin and Portal user interfaces. Sophos fixes critical hijack flaw in firewall product • The Register
Another attack by a Russian hacking group – here is some important advice about malware
New Sandworm malware Cyclops Blink replaces VPNFilter – NCSC.GOV.UK Russia’s most cutthroat hackers infect network devices with new botnet malware | Ars Technica US and UK expose new Russian malware targeting network devices – The Record by Recorded Future Protect yourself from malware – some general advice Malware in general …
Have you got a Cisco firewall – if so it may need a critical patch
You may only get a four day window – it may be less when you read this – to patch Cisco’s Firepower firewall products both physical and virtual. So check it now or get whoever manages your IT or security to check if this impacts you. Field Notice: FN – …
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Building a botnet – this can impact you!
This is a story from a few days back but it came to mind following a discussion yesterday with a client who questioned “changing their router/modem/firewall” in a report a prepared for them. This is not the whole answer – which included VPN – but is some of it. SANS …
