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Attackers hit Check Point Management Servers and Spark firewalls, F5 BIG-IP APM instances

Check Point Software has released emergency fixes for a critical Check Point Management Server vulnerability (CVE-2026-93616) that has been exploited as far back as July 23, …

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F5 Bot Defense uses real-time risk scoring to detect fraud and abuse

F5 has announced enhancements to F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense, introducing new device intelligence capabilities and specialized agentic AI protections. These capabilities …

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Hackers deploy Linux rootkit on F5 BIG-IP APM devices, hiding web shell in memory

A rootkit found on hacked F5 BIG-IP APM devices skips the usual step of writing a web shell to disk, hiding it in memory instead, according to Sophos. F5 BIG-IP APM provides …

Infosec products of the week
New infosec products of the week: September 4, 2026

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from BugBase, F5 Networks, Ping Identity, and Superna. F5 speeds up virtual patching to …

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F5 speeds up virtual patching to counter AI-driven threats

F5 announced innovations to block frontier AI-driven threats in the data path and enable faster virtual patching, giving security leaders time to make intelligent risk-based …

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New infosec products of the month: August 2026

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from A10 Networks, Abnormal AI, F5 Networks, Intezer, Netscout, ScienceLogic, Searchlight …

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New infosec products of the week: August 21, 2026

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from F5 Networks, Intezer, Netscout, and Tufin. NETSCOUT expands Adaptive DDoS Protection …

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F5 enhances AI Gateway to control AI costs, access, and security

F5 has introduced enhancements to the F5 AI Gateway and integrated the solution into the F5 AI Security Platform. The enhanced F5 AI Gateway seamlessly enforces policies on …

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What the identity attack surface looks like when trust becomes the target

In this Help Net Security video, Joel Moses, VP, Strategic Engineering at F5, explains how attackers use identity instead of breaking through it. He walks through MFA fatigue, …

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F5 Insight for ADSP enhances BIG-IP operations with guided updates and AI audit trails

F5 has announced new fleet management capabilities for F5 Insight for ADSP that help enterprises reduce risk exposure across F5 BIG-IP environments as frontier AI compresses …

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F5 launches AI Security Platform to uncover and secure shadow AI

F5 has introduced the F5 AI Security Platform to give CISOs continuous visibility, governance, and protection across enterprise AI applications, models, agents, and the APIs …

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F5 adds AI-powered threat detection and API security for on-premises environments

F5 has introduced new web application and API protection (WAAP) capabilities for its Application Delivery and Security Platform. The company said the updates are intended to …

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