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Securing Networks: Addressing pfSense Vulnerabilities
In recent findings by Sonar, critical security vulnerabilities have emerged within the widely-used open-source Netgate pfSense firewall solution, potentially exposing susceptible appliances to unauthorized command execution. These pfSense vulnerabilities, comprising two reflected ...
BIG-IP Vulnerability Alert: Remote Code Execution Risk
In recent news, F5 has issued a critical security alert regarding a significant BIG-IP vulnerability that poses a severe risk to their BIG-IP systems. This vulnerability, rated at 9.8 out of 10 ...
Protect Your Servers: JetBrains TeamCity Flaw Alert
In recent news, Microsoft has issued a warning about a JetBrains TeamCity flaw being exploited by North Korean threat actors. These attacks, linked to the infamous Lazarus Group, pose a significant risk ...

Let’s Stop Talking About the ‘Largest’ DDoS Attack
There have been a slew of DDoS attacks recently that are serious, but to focus on the size of the latest attack is the wrong thing to do. What we need to ...

Defense in Depth to minimize the impact of ransomware attacks
Ransomware attacks continue to plague organizations globally regardless of their size. In a press release by the NCC group that preceded the Annual Threat Monitor Report 2021 published for the year 2021, ...

Inter-Chip Communication: Design Considerations to Mitigate Commonly Overlooked Attack Paths
Introduction At Praetorian, we perform security assessments on a variety of Internet of Things (IoT) devices ranging from commodity home “smart” devices, medical devices, critical infrastructure, and autonomous vehicles. While previous blog ...

UPDATED: Cybereason Log4Shell Vaccine Offers Permanent Mitigation Option for Log4j Vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046)
UPDATE 12/17/21: The Logout4Shell Vaccine has been updated to add a persistent option in addition to the existing one which reverted upon server restart. The previous version of the Vaccine used the ...

UPDATED: Cybereason Log4Shell Vaccine Offers Permanent Mitigation Option for Log4j Vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046)
UPDATE 12/17/21: The Logout4Shell Vaccine has been updated to add a persistent option in addition to the existing one which reverted upon server restart. The previous version of the Vaccine used the ...
The Digital Pandemic – Ransomware
In 2021, there are two words that can send a cold chill down the spine of any Cybersecurity professional and business leader; Phishing and Ransomware. Research carried out by the Data Analytics ...
Insurance and Ransomware
As ransomware becomes more common, I’m seeing more discussions about the ethics of paying the ransom. Here’s one more contribution to that issue: a research paper that the insurance industry is hurting ...