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Security: IPFire 2.25 - Core Update 147, ASUS Home Router Bugs and New DDoS Primer

Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 24th of July 2020 07:16:40 AM Filed under
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  • IPFire 2.25 - Core Update 147 released

    Another update is available for IPFire: IPFire 2.25 - Core Update 147. It contains a vast amount of package updates and brings some security updates.

  • ASUS Home Router Bugs Open Consumers to Snooping Attacks

    The two flaws allow man-in-the-middle attacks that would give an attacker access to all data flowing through the router.

    A pair of flaws in ASUS routers for the home could allow an attacker to compromise the devices – and eavesdrop on all of the traffic and data that flows through them.

    The bugs are specifically found in the RT-AC1900P whole-home Wi-Fi model, within the router’s firmware update functionality. Originally uncovered by Trustwave, ASUS has issued patches for the bugs, and owners are urged to apply the updates as soon as they can.

  • What Is DDoS Attack?

    A Denial of Service attack is any attempt/attack that is aimed at making the web resource unavailable to its users (denying service, hence the name), mainly by flooding the website’s URL with so many requests that the server can handle. During a successful DoS attempt, regular traffic on the website will be slowed down or completely unavailable.

    A DDoS attack, on the other hand, is a DoS attack that comes from more than one source which is distributed. A DDoS attack can involve thousands or even hundreds of thousands of computers. These computers/devices might not know that their resources are used to attempt a DDoS attack, but they have been previously infected with malware and are collectively known as “botnets”.

    It is suspected that there are tens of millions of machines that have been compromised and used in DDoS attacks, which can include traditional computers to smartphones and even IoT devices.

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Latest IPFire Linux Firewall Release Adds Security Updates

Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Friday 24th of July 2020 01:44:12 PM.
  • Latest IPFire Linux Firewall Release Adds Security Updates, Support for More Hardware

    IPFire 2.25 Core Update 147 has been announced today by project maintainer Michael Tremer. This release comes about a month after the previous version, which deprecated support for 32-bit system with PAE, to update several core components and add-ons, as well as to patch some security vulnerabilities and fix other bugs.

    First, security, because it’s important for every operating system. IPFire 2.25 Core Update 147 includes a recent version of the Squid web proxy software that was patched against HTTP Request Smuggling and Poisoning attacks (CVE-2020-15049).

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