{"id":12862,"date":"2019-06-17T22:45:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T22:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?p=12862"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:28:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:28:45","slug":"hackers-now-attacking-sd-wan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/sd-wan\/hackers-now-attacking-sd-wan.html","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Now Attacking SD-WAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Out parent company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmcnet.com\">TMC<\/a> has covered the Mirai botnet before &#8211; it targets IoT devices and enables them to form a botnet which can be leveraged to launch DDoS attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discussed the threat and how to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmcnet.com\/voip\/features\/articles\/436025-understanding-mitigating-mirai.htm\">mitigate <\/a>it, the need for <a href=\"http:\/\/next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com\/topics\/nextgen-voice\/articles\/426745-mirai-ddos-highlights-need-iot-security.htm\">IoT security<\/a> and some of the latest targets &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/next-generation-communications.tmcnet.com\/topics\/nextgen-voice\/articles\/426745-mirai-ddos-highlights-need-iot-security.htm\">Poly endpoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, there is somewhat scary news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attacks are spreading from simple endpoint devices to SD-WAN networking gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palo Alto Networks <a href=\"https:\/\/unit42.paloaltonetworks.com\/new-mirai-variant-adds-8-new-exploits-targets-additional-iot-devices\/\">discovered <\/a>a new variant of Mirai that has eight new exploits against a wide range of embedded devices. These newly targeted devices range from wireless presentation systems to set-top-boxes, SD-WANs, and even smart home controllers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The target, VMware\u2019s SDX line of SD-WAN appliances \u2013 now has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/3403016\/report-mirai-tries-to-hook-its-tentacles-into-sd-wan.html\">updated software version <\/a>that fixes the vulnerability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sheer firepower of networking equipment, as opposed to simple cameras, marks a scary escalation of this malware. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sad irony is SD-WAN is typically implemented for numerous reasons but security is one of them. The fact the security devices are now being attacked is of grave concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IT departments and CSOs need to stay vigilant to protect themselves from Mirai and other threats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New technologies like SD-WAN are constantly evolving and there is only one expo dedicated to bringing you everything you need to know&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdwanexpo.com\/\">SD-WAN Expo<\/a><\/strong>, part of the&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itexpo.com\/\">ITEXPO<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong><em>#TechSuperShow,&nbsp;Feb 12-14, 2020 Fort Lauderdale, FL.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/itexpo-2019-hall-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/itexpo-2019-hall-6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/itexpo-2019-hall-6-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Out parent company TMC has covered the Mirai botnet before &#8211; it targets IoT devices and enables them to form a botnet which can be leveraged to launch DDoS attacks. We discussed the threat and how to mitigate it, the need for IoT security and some of the latest targets &#8211; Poly endpoints. Now, there<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":12214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1829],"tags":[1616,1796,2034,2095,1808],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12862"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12957,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12862\/revisions\/12957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}