US sounds alarm over hackers targeting Cisco firewalls

US sounds alarm over hackers targeting Cisco firewalls

Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters The US government’s cyberdefence agency has issued urgent guidance to other federal agencies over hackers exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Cisco security devices. In an emergency directive issued on Thursday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said government cyber workers had just over one day to account for all such devices plugged…

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More firewalls won’t hold back growing cyber attacks

More firewalls won’t hold back growing cyber attacks

Graham Turnbull Cyber attacks are proliferating in Africa, and organisations across the continent are finding it increasingly difficult to mitigate this risk. This is according to Graham Turnbull, Account Executive: Sub-Saharan Africa at Cloudflare, who was speaking during a webinar hosted by Cloudflare in partnership with ITWeb. Turnbull said: “A new Interpol report has warned of…

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