NATO Cyber Security Centre experiments with secure network capable of withstanding attack by quantum computers

Scientists have predicted that quantum computers will one day be able to break some commonly used encryption methods. That’s why NATO and Allies are already testing post-quantum solutions. The NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has successfully tested secure communication flows Read More …

CISA Compiles Free Cybersecurity Services and Tools for Network Defenders

CISA has compiled and published a list of free cybersecurity services and tools to help organizations reduce cybersecurity risk and strengthen resiliency. This non-exhaustive living repository includes services provided by CISA, widely used open source tools, and free tools and Read More …

Singapore to build quantum-safe network for critical infrastructure trials

Singapore is aiming to build a quantum-safe network that it hopes will showcase “crypto-agile connectivity” and facilitate trials with both public and private organisations. The initiative also includes a quantum security lab for vulnerability research. The three-year initiative is led Read More …

Critical MQTT-Related Bugs Open Industrial Networks to RCE Via Moxa

Critical security vulnerabilities in Moxa’s MXview web-based network management system open the door to an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) as SYSTEM on any unpatched MXview server, researchers warned this week. The five bugs, affecting versions 3.x to 3.2.2, score Read More …

Make sure you’re up-to-date with Sonicwall SMA 100 VPN box patches – security hole exploit info is now out

Technical details and exploitation notes have been published for a remote-code-execution vulnerability in Sonicwall SMA 100 series VPN appliances. The information was released today by infosec outfit Rapid7. This comes about a month after Sonicwall issued a patch for the Read More …

Hundreds of thousands of MikroTik devices still vulnerable to botnets

Approximately 300,000 MikroTik routers are vulnerable to critical vulnerabilities that malware botnets can exploit for cryptomining and DDoS attacks. MikroTik is a Latvian manufacturer of routers and wireless ISPs who has sold over 2,000,000 devices globally. In August, the Mēris Read More …

Multiple Vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server Affecting Cisco Products

On September 16, 2021, the Apache Software Foundation disclosed five vulnerabilities affecting the Apache HTTP Server (httpd) 2.4.48 and earlier releases. For a description of these vulnerabilities, see the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.49 section of the Apache HTTP Server 2.4 Read More …

SonicWall ‘strongly urges’ customers to patch critical SMA 100 bugs

SonicWall ‘strongly urges’ organizations using SMA 100 series appliances to immediately patch them against multiple security flaws rated with CVSS scores ranging from medium to critical. The bugs (reported by Rapid7’s Jake Baines and NCC Group’s Richard Warren) impact SMA Read More …