NextGen Firewall Flaw Uncovered
The recently added BugSec blog¹ on Security News Analyzed page at #30 is the source. Apparently there are several NGFW (Next generation FireWalls) systems that allow the initial handshake to…
Hackers Buy Christmas Presents Too
What is your weakest point in your security(People, Process & Technology)? Safe to say that people are the weakest link. And by that I mean social engineering your workforce to…
SmartTV Can Get Malware & Ransomware
Are you considering buying a SmartTV for the office? Here is Symantec’s Blogpost discussing a Smart TV infection: (Symantec Blog is #26 on our Security News Analyzed page) http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/how-my-tv-got-infected-ransomware-and-what-you-can-learn-it Now…
Another Java Cybersecurity Mess
Foxglovesecurity has found a problem in Java(From 11/6): http://foxglovesecurity.com/2015/11/06/what-do-weblogic-websphere-jboss-jenkins-opennms-and-your-application-have-in-common-this-vulnerability/ And the interesting thing is that Oracle is trying to sell their products and services to everyone as cloud Applications. What…
Torte Botnet Infected 83k WordPress Hosting Servers
It is an interesting document from the stateoftheinternet.com https://www.stateoftheinternet.com/downloads/pdfs/SpamBot-Investigation-whitepaper-R3.pdf This botnet had 83,000 unique infections (which include webservers running all operating systems) And on page 6 where the researchers revealed…