Seriously? SonicWall. *Again*.

Oh, joy. Another security vendor getting pwned. This time it’s SonicWall, and they’ve managed to pull off the impressive feat of potentially compromising 100% of their firewall backups. Yes, you read that right. Every single one. Apparently, someone decided storing unencrypted backups was a *good idea*. Idiots.

The attackers – likely UNC4221 (because naming things is hard) – exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the SMA appliance back in January. They didn’t just grab configs; they went for the backups themselves. Which means, if you’re running one of these firewalls, assume your entire security posture is compromised. Passwords, keys, everything. It’s like leaving the blueprints to Fort Knox lying around with a note saying “Please steal this.”

SonicWall claims they patched it, but honestly? The damage is done. They’re telling customers to rebuild their firewalls from scratch and *not* restore from backups. Fantastic advice, after letting them get compromised in the first place. They’ve been slow on disclosure too, naturally.

So yeah, if you use SonicWall, start panicking now. And maybe consider a different vendor. One that doesn’t treat security like a suggestion box. This isn’t just bad; it’s spectacularly negligent.

Source: SonicWall: 100% of Firewall Backups Possibly Breached

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Reminds me of this one time, back in ’98, some sysadmin thought it was brilliant to store all the root passwords on a floppy disk labeled “Important Stuff.” Guess what happened? Yeah. Exactly. Some people just shouldn’t be allowed near computers. SonicWall is clearly one of those people.

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