Security
SSHStalker botnet brute-forces its way onto 7,000 Linux machines
A newly discovered botnet is compromising poorly-protected Linux servers by brute-forcing weak SSH password login authentication. Researchers at Canada-based Flare Systems, who discovered the botnet, got into its staging server and believe at least 7,000 servers had been compromised by the end of January, half of them in the US. The botnet’s weapons include exploits for unpatched Linux vulnerabilities going…
Intel says Google engineers spotted Xeon vulnerabilities
Intel said it was able to identify five vulnerabilities in the one of the most important confidential computing elements of its Xeon CPUs with help from Google’s cloud security team. The work was part of a five-month joint security review between Intel’s INT31 team (Intel’s offensive security research) and Google’s Cloud Security team. The partnership identified five vulnerabilities and 35…
Security Observability Improvements in Cisco Secure Firewall 10.0
Improvements in Secure Firewall 10.0 provide better observability and detection for threats and security monitoring overall.
Versa bolsters data protection, AI-powered operations in SASE upgrade
Versa Networks upgraded its SASE platform with advanced data protection and AI-powered operations, reducing threat detection times by 25%. Key enhancements include zero-trust controls, quantum-resistant encryption, and predictive analytics that…