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SonicOS: Vulnerability Can Crash Firewall
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Sonicwall reports a highly dangerous vulnerability in its firewall operating system SonicOS: A stack-based buffer overflow allows remote attackers with a Denial of Service (DoS) to crash the affected firewall. Sonicwall is required to report a dangerous vulnerability in SonicOC with a rating of 7,5 High. CVE-2023-0656 describes the dangerous issue: "The stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in SonicOS allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to trigger Denial of Service (DoS), which could lead to an affected firewall crashing." However, Sonicwall states that the vulnerability has not yet been actively exploited. But this is well known...

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Threat Report: 2,8 billion malware attacks in Q1 and Q2 2022
Threat Report: 2,8 billion malware attacks in Q1 and Q2 2022

Latest Sonicwall Threat Report Uncovers Massive Shifts In Cyber ​​Arms Race Due To Geopolitical Tensions And Increased Cyber ​​Attacks. 2,8 billion malware attacks already registered in the first half of 2022. Financial sector is under heavy fire. SonicWall, publisher of the world's top-cited ransomware threat metrics, today released the mid-year update for the 2022 SonicWall Cyber ​​Threat Report. According to the latest report, analyzed and compiled by SonicWall Capture Labs, the global malware tally is up 11 %, IoT malware attacks up 77% and encrypted threats up 132%. In addition, in the case of ransomware, there have been geographic shifts,…

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Sonicwall firewalls with critical vulnerabilities 
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Sonicwall uses a vulnerability list on its Security Advisory information page to point out security gaps in various firewalls. Attackers could inject code with manipulated packets or even paralyze the firewall. Vulnerabilities exist in some Sonicwall firewalls, allowing remote attackers to even inject malicious code. as a result, devices can also be paralyzed by a DoS attack. The manufacturer Sonicwall already provides information on the security gap and patches. Many firewalls affected by vulnerabilities Administrators should close the gaps quickly, since the problem with the CVE-2022-22274 with a score of 9.4 as a critical...

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Over 300 million ransomware attacks in just 6 months

The new throat year update of the SonicWall Cyber ​​Threat Report 2021 shows that over 2021 million ransomware attacks have already occurred in 300. That is more than in all of 2020. Since the beginning of the year, the numbers have increased particularly in the USA (185%) and Great Britain (144%). In the first half of 2021, the number of ransomware attacks skyrocketed and in just six months is already higher than in 2020 as a whole, as can be read in the half-yearly update for the SonicWall Cyber ​​Threat Report 2021 published today. SonicWall analyzed how cyber criminals ...

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