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SonicWall customers confront resurgence of actively exploited vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities are proliferating in SonicWall devices and software this year, putting the vendor’s customers at risk of intrusion via secure access gateways and firewalls. The year started off on a sour note for the California-based company when it released security advisories for nine vulnerabilities on Jan. 7. The total number of vulnerabilities publicly disclosed by…

Independent tests show why orgs should use third-party cloud security services

Businesses don’t always get what they pay for in cybersecurity. Some of the most expensive cloud network firewall vendors are among the worst performers against exploits and evasions, according to the most comprehensive, independent testing CyberRatings.org has conducted to date. Cisco, by far the most expensive cloud network firewall offering across the top 10 vendors…

X suffered a DDoS attack. Its CEO and security researchers can’t agree on who did it.

Social media service X was hit by a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks Monday, which rendered the platform formerly known as Twitter inaccessible at times for users with intermittent outages and errors, according to researchers. The cause of those attacks has been much harder to discern. Elon Musk, the site’s owner, described the incident as…