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F5 Networks and Volterra announced a definitive agreement under which F5 will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of privately held Volterra for approximately $440 million in cash and approximately $60 million in deferred consideration and assume… Continue reading F5 Networks acquires Volterra to create an edge platform for enterprises and service providers
F5 Networks announced that Haiyan Song will be joining the company as Executive Vice President of Security, starting January 4, 2021. Song joins F5 from Splunk where she led the Security business as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Security… Continue reading Haiyan Song joins F5 Networks as Executive Vice President of Security
COVID-19 continues to significantly embolden cybercriminals’ phishing and fraud efforts, according to research from F5 Labs. The report found that phishing incidents rose 220% during the height of the global pandemic compared to the yearly average. The… Continue reading Fraudsters increasingly creative with names and addresses for phishing sites
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a list of 25 vulnerabilities Chinese state-sponsored hackers have been recently scanning for or have exploited in attacks. “Most of the vulnerabilities […] can be e… Continue reading 25 vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese state-sponsored hackers
U.S. defense contractors should be wary of Chinese government-backed hackers who are actively exploiting a multitude of known vulnerabilities to target — and successfully breach — victim networks, the National Security Agency said in an advisory Tuesday. The hackers are specifically going after 25 known vulnerabilities that primarily affect products used for remote access or for external web services, which the NSA lays out in detail in the advisory. Vulnerabilities the Chinese hackers are exploiting include those of Pulse Secure VPNs, which could allow attackers to steal victim passwords, as well as F5 Networks’ Big-IP Traffic Management User Interface, Windows Domain Name System servers, a series of flaws in Citrix ADC and Gateway devices, and several others. System administrators in the defense industrial base should immediately patch the vulnerabilities the Chinese hackers are exploiting, the NSA warned. “NSA is aware that National Security Systems, Defense Industrial Base, and Department of Defense networks are consistently […]
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F5 introduced Shape AI Fraud Engine (SAFE), a new SaaS solution that eliminates fraudulent online transactions that get past existing fraud tools. Leveraging Shape’s industry leading expertise, SAFE utilizes a battle-tested AI engine to evaluate each o… Continue reading F5 SAFE: Protecting businesses and consumers while reducing workloads for fraud teams
F5 Networks announced the appointment of Elizabeth Buse, former CEO of Monitise PLC, to its Board of Directors. Ms. Buse, 59, joins F5’s Board, effective today, and brings broad financial services industry expertise and public company board experience…. Continue reading Elizabeth Buse joins F5 Networks Board of Directors
Hackers connected to a Chinese intelligence agency have infiltrated U.S. government and the private sector entities in recent months by exploiting a series of common vulnerabilities, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity agency announced Monday. Attackers tied to China’s civilian intelligence and counterintelligence service, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), have been using phishing emails with malicious links to infiltrate victim organizations, according to the alert. By including malicious software in those messages, hackers are exploiting software flaws in commercial technologies and open-source tools, including services with known fixes. F5 Networks’ Big-IP Traffic Management User Interface, Citrix VPN Appliances, Pulse Secure VPN appliances, and Microsoft Exchange Server are among those affected, says the report from the FBI and DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). All of these are tools are open source and commercially available, making potentially high value espionage targets in the U.S. government relatively easy and low-cost for state-sponsored hackers […]
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BT Security has announced the key partners that it will work with going forward to provide industry-leading managed security services to customers. The decision follows BT’s largest-ever appraisal of its security suppliers, and a comprehensive review o… Continue reading BT Security announces critical security partners for global portfolio
The Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity division said Friday it had responded to at least two hacking incidents at U.S. government and private-sector organizations that exploited a critical vulnerability in enterprise software to take control of the victim’s computer systems. DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the unidentified malicious hackers had for weeks been scanning federal agencies’ networks for a flaw in a popular software made by F5 Networks, which was revealed earlier this month. CISA said it was working with multiple sectors to investigate possible breaches related to the vulnerability, with two compromises confirmed as of Friday. The vulnerability allows hackers to execute code remotely on target systems, opening up a pathway to deleting files or disabling services. Hackers will continue to exploit the bug, CISA warned. The agency “strongly urg[ed] users and administrators to upgrade their software to the fixed versions.” The disclosure shows how, once a […]
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