Firewall

Cybercriminals Target SonicWall Firewalls to Deploy Akira Ransomware via Malicious Login Attempts

Security teams face a rapidly evolving campaign that abuses compromised SonicWall SSL VPN credentials to deliver Akira ransomware in under…

1 year ago

Microsoft Windows Defender Firewall Vulnerabilities Allow Privilege Escalation

Microsoft has released security advisories for four newly discovered vulnerabilities in its Windows Defender Firewall Service that could enable attackers…

1 year ago

Web Application Firewall Bypassed via JS Injection with Parameter Pollution

In a recent autonomous penetration test, a novel cross-site scripting (XSS) bypass that sidesteps even highly restrictive Web Application Firewalls…

1 year ago

Cisco IOS, IOS XE, and Secure Firewall Flaws Allow Remote DoS Attacks

Cisco Systems has issued a high-priority security advisory addressing multiple critical vulnerabilities in the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2)…

1 year ago

Researchers Detail Script-Masking Tactics That Bypass Defenses

Security researchers and cybersecurity professionals are highlighting the growing sophistication of payload obfuscation techniques that allow malicious actors to bypass…

1 year ago

Cloudflare Accuses Perplexity AI of Bypassing Firewalls with User-Agent Spoofing

Cloudflare has publicly accused Perplexity AI of employing deceptive crawling practices that violate established web crawling protocols and deliberately circumvent…

1 year ago

SonicWall Alerts on Surge of Attacks Against Gen 7 Firewalls Over Past 72 Hours

SonicWall has issued an urgent security advisory following a significant escalation in cyberattacks targeting Generation 7 firewalls with enabled SSLVPN…

1 year ago

Akira Ransomware Exploits 0-Day Vulnerability in SonicWall Firewall Devices

Cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf has identified a significant increase in ransomware attacks targeting SonicWall firewall devices in late July 2025,…

1 year ago

WAFFLED: New Technique Targets Web Application Firewall Weaknesses

Cybersecurity researchers at Northeastern University and Dartmouth College have unveiled a groundbreaking attack technique that exploits fundamental parsing discrepancies in…

1 year ago

Researchers Bypass Meta’s Llama Firewall Using Prompt Injection Vulnerabilities

Researchers at Trendyol, a leading e-commerce platform, have uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in Meta's Llama Firewall, a suite of tools designed…

1 year ago