US, UK warn Russians hackers are compromising networking devices worldwide
Russian state-sponsored hackers are targeting network infrastructure devices worldwide, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), …
Critical vulnerability opens Cisco switches to remote attack
A critical vulnerability affecting many of Cisco’s networking devices could be exploited by unauthenticated, remote attackers to take over vulnerable devices or trigger …
WPA3 to feature much needed security enhancements
The Wi-Fi Alliance, a non-profit organization that tests and slaps the “Wi-Fi Certified” logo on products that meet certain standards of interoperability, has …
PacketTotal: Free online tool for analyzing packet captures
PacketTotal is a free tool for analyzing packet captures that has recently been offered to the infosec community. Available online, the tool is powered by a Python-based …
Cisco Prime Home flaw allows hackers to reach into people’s homes
Cisco has patched a critical authentication bypass vulnerability that could allow attackers to completely take over Cisco Prime Home installations, and through them mess with …
SAMRi10: Windows 10 hardening tool for thwarting network recon
Microsoft researchers Itai Grady and Tal Be’ery have released another tool to help admins harden their environment against reconnaissance attacks: SAMRi10 (pronounced …
Key causes of network outages and vulnerabilities
A new global study, conducted by Dimensional Research, surveyed 315 network professionals about their experiences with network outages, vulnerabilities and compliance. How …
Net Cease: Microsoft researchers unveil anti-reconnaissance tool
Microsoft researchers Itai Grady and Tal Be’ery have released Net Cease, a PowerShell script that prevents attackers who have already compromised an endpoint from …
BENIGNCERTAIN-like flaw affects various Cisco networking devices
The leaking of BENIGNCERTAIN, an NSA exploit targeting a vulnerability in legacy Cisco PIX firewalls that allows attackers to eavesdrop on VPN traffic, has spurred Cisco to …
End-to-end network segmentation essential for security, yet few deploy
As point-of-sale breaches, ransomware attacks and various other customer data breaches continue to make local and national headlines, IT professionals agree that network …
Flaws in Network Management Systems open enterprise networks to attacks
For quite a while now, Rapid7 researchers Tod Beardsley and Deral Heiland have been looking for vulnerabilities in various Network Management Systems (NMSs). With the help of …
Cisco, Fortinet validate exploits leaked by the Shadow Brokers
Cisco and Fortinet have released security advisories confirming that some of the exploits leaked by the Shadow Brokers work as intended. The entity released the batch as proof …