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AWS makes it easier to spot firewall rules that have gone quiet

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AWS makes it easier to spot firewall rules that have gone quiet 2026-08-24 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec AWS Network Firewall’s rule hit count capability gives security teams visibility into which stateful firewall rules are matching traffic, helping them identify unused or redundant rules and validate whether security controls are working as intended. The capability […]

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Cisco Patches Firewall Zero-Day Exploited for DoS Attacks

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Cisco Patches Firewall Zero-Day Exploited for DoS Attacks 2026-08-12 at 08:10 By Eduard Kovacs CVE-2026-20349 can be exploited remotely without authentication against Secure Firewall ASA and FTD devices. The post Cisco Patches Firewall Zero-Day Exploited for DoS Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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AWS to retire Shield Advanced L7 automatic mitigation on January 1, 2027

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AWS to retire Shield Advanced L7 automatic mitigation on January 1, 2027 2026-07-28 at 12:23 By Anamarija Pogorelec AWS Shield Advanced, a managed service that protects applications from external threats, is adding the Anti-DDoS managed rule group, designed for application-layer (L7) DDoS protection, to eligible web access control lists (ACLs) in Count mode. The addition

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Attackers exploit critical Check Point flaw to take over firewall management (CVE-2026-16232)

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Attackers exploit critical Check Point flaw to take over firewall management (CVE-2026-16232) 2026-07-23 at 13:42 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers are exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-16232) that affects Check Point Security Management and Multi-Domain Security Management, the management servers that push policy to Check Point security gateways (i.e., firewalls). “An unauthenticated attacker can obtain

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20 open-source cybersecurity tools to keep your team ready for anything

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20 open-source cybersecurity tools to keep your team ready for anything 2026-07-08 at 08:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec AI is changing how security teams find vulnerabilities, analyze code, test applications, and protect infrastructure. Developers are building tools to secure AI systems themselves, from coding agents and memory protection to model exposure discovery. This roundup covers recent

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74,000 Fortinet firewall credentials exposed in FortiBleed data leak

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74,000 Fortinet firewall credentials exposed in FortiBleed data leak 2026-06-18 at 15:10 By Zeljka Zorz A Russian-speaking cybercriminal group has stolen credentials contained in the configuration files of nearly 74,000 Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways around the world. The data was accidentally exposed by the group on a server, along with other artifacts and tools,

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Product showcase: NetGuard open-source firewall for Android

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Product showcase: NetGuard open-source firewall for Android 2026-05-08 at 08:17 By Anamarija Pogorelec NetGuard is a free, open-source firewall for Android phones and tablets that provides users with a simple way to block internet access. Android does not allow VPN services to be chained, so the app uses the Android VPN service to route all

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State-sponsored hackers likely behind zero-day attacks on Palo Alto firewalls

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State-sponsored hackers likely behind zero-day attacks on Palo Alto firewalls 2026-05-08 at 01:14 By Zeljka Zorz Palo Alto Networks believes the in-the-wild exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-0300) in its firewalls is likely the work of state-sponsored threat actors. A flaw with no patch (yet) CVE-2026-0300 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the User-ID Authentication

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Palo Alto Zero-Day Exploited in Campaign Bearing Hallmarks of Chinese State Hacking

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Palo Alto Zero-Day Exploited in Campaign Bearing Hallmarks of Chinese State Hacking 2026-05-07 at 19:01 By Eduard Kovacs The cybersecurity firm has not explicitly accused China of being behind the attack, but the evidence suggests it was.  The post Palo Alto Zero-Day Exploited in Campaign Bearing Hallmarks of Chinese State Hacking appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Palo Alto Networks to Patch Zero-Day Exploited to Hack Firewalls

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Palo Alto Networks to Patch Zero-Day Exploited to Hack Firewalls 2026-05-06 at 09:24 By Eduard Kovacs CVE-2026-0300 affects the Captive Portal service of PAN-OS software on PA and VM series firewalls. The post Palo Alto Networks to Patch Zero-Day Exploited to Hack Firewalls appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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Pipelock: Open-source AI agent firewall

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Pipelock: Open-source AI agent firewall 2026-05-04 at 09:46 By Mirko Zorz AI coding agents run with shell access, environment variables containing API keys, and unrestricted internet connectivity, creating a single point of failure where one compromised tool call can leak credentials to an attacker-controlled domain. Pipelock, an open-source security harness developed by Joshua Waldrep under

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SonicWall Urges Immediate Patching of Firewall Vulnerabilities

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SonicWall Urges Immediate Patching of Firewall Vulnerabilities 2026-04-30 at 18:18 By Ionut Arghire The bugs could be exploited to bypass security controls, access restricted services, and crash firewalls. The post SonicWall Urges Immediate Patching of Firewall Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Product showcase: LuLu reveals unauthorized outbound connections from Mac apps

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Product showcase: LuLu reveals unauthorized outbound connections from Mac apps 2026-04-27 at 07:03 By Anamarija Pogorelec LuLu is a free, open-source firewall for macOS that lets you control which apps are allowed to send data from your computer. macOS includes a built-in firewall, but it mainly handles incoming connections. LuLu also monitors outgoing traffic. Installing

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New Cisco firewall malware can only be killed by pulling the plug

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New Cisco firewall malware can only be killed by pulling the plug 2026-04-24 at 13:17 By Zeljka Zorz Suspected state-sponsored attackers are using a custom backdoor to persistently compromise Cisco security devices (firewalls), the US CISA and the UK National Cyber Security Centre warned on Thusday. “The [Firestarter] malware (…) is relevant for both Cisco

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Progress Software fixes sneaky WAF bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-21876)

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Progress Software fixes sneaky WAF bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-21876) 2026-04-22 at 14:47 By Zeljka Zorz Progress Software has fixed a slew of high-severity vulnerabilities in MOVEit WAF and LoadMaster, including a flaw (CVE-2026-21876) that may allow attackers to bypass firewall detection. MOVEit WAF (web application firewall) is designed to protect Progress’s managed file transfer platform MOVEit

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Cisco FMC flaw was exploited by Interlock weeks before patch (CVE-2026-20131)

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Cisco FMC flaw was exploited by Interlock weeks before patch (CVE-2026-20131) 2026-03-20 at 15:21 By Zeljka Zorz A critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-20131) in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) that Cisco disclosed and patched in early March 2026 has been exploited as a zero-day by the Interlock ransomware gang, Amazon CISO and VP of Security Engineering

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Cisco Firewall Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day in Interlock Ransomware Attacks

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Cisco Firewall Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day in Interlock Ransomware Attacks 2026-03-19 at 11:01 By Eduard Kovacs Amazon found evidence that the FMC software vulnerability has been exploited since late January, and found links to Russia. The post Cisco Firewall Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day in Interlock Ransomware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Cisco warns of SD-WAN Manager exploitation, fixes 48 firewall vulnerabilities

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Cisco warns of SD-WAN Manager exploitation, fixes 48 firewall vulnerabilities 2026-03-05 at 15:59 By Zeljka Zorz Cisco has confirmed that two Catalyst SD-WAN Manager vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-20128 and CVE-2026-20122) patched in late February 2025 are being exploited by attackers. The exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-20128, CVE-2026-20122) CVE-2026-20128 is a bug in the Data Collection Agent (DCA) feature of

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IPFire ships its 200th core update with a new domain blocklist and kernel upgrade

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IPFire ships its 200th core update with a new domain blocklist and kernel upgrade 2026-03-02 at 18:31 By Anamarija Pogorelec Network firewall distribution IPFire released Core Update 200, marking the 200th incremental update to the 2.29 branch. The release bundles a kernel upgrade, a beta domain blocklist service, security patches for OpenSSL and glibc, and

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CISA orders US federal agencies to replace unsupported edge devices

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CISA orders US federal agencies to replace unsupported edge devices 2026-02-06 at 18:24 By Zeljka Zorz The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a new binding operational directive aimed at reducing a long-standing cyber risk across federal networks: outdated “edge devices” that are not longer supported by vendors and aren’t receiving timely security

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