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Juniper firewalls compromised by bad code: What you need to know
Juniper Networks is warning customers to patch their NetScreen enterprise firewalls against bad code that enables attackers to take over the machines and decrypt VPN traffic among corporate sites and with mobile employees.
The danger is that attackers could exploit the code “to gain administrative access to NetScreen devices and to decrypt VPN connections,” Juniper says in a security announcement.
It would enable smart attackers to exploit the vulnerability and wipe out log files, making compromises untraceable, the company says.
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Juniper warns of spying code in firewalls
Juniper, a major manufacturer of networking equipment, said on Thursday it found spying code planted in certain models of its firewalls, an alarming discovery that echoes of state-sponsored tampering.
The affected products are those running ScreenOS, one of Juniper’s operating systems that runs on a range of appliances that act as firewalls and enable VPNs. ScreenOS versions 6.2.0r15 through 6.2.0r18 and 6.3.0r12 through 6.3.0r20 are vulnerable, according to an advisory.
The unauthorized code was found during a recent internal review, wrote Bob Worrall, Juniper’s chief information officer. He did not indicate where Juniper thinks the code originated.
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Cloud threats and firewalls: Internet guru demystifies cyber security – CNN
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Cloud threats and firewalls: Internet guru demystifies cyber security
CNN He got his first job writing software at the age of 12, and by 1993, at the age of 24, he formed the Internet security company Check Point with two business partners and a borrowed computer in his associate's grandmother's apartment in Tel Aviv. Check … |