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November 21, 2022 | Ferry Wang

Secure Challenging Cloud Migrations with Hillstone CloudHive V2.9

“Cloud” has gradually become an indispensable part of our work. However, while bringing convenient computing and flexible expansion, it also provides heavier challenges to security, such as network paralysis caused by the...

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Breaking the Mold: Halting a Hacker’s Code ep. 7 – Text4shell
October 31, 2022 | Junyi Duanmu
Introduction Apache Commons Text is a library dedicated to string-processing algorithms. A severe 9.8 severity rating has been assigned to the Apache Commons Text remote code...

Achieving Insightful and Integrated XDR Solution with Hillstone iSource V2.0R8
October 25, 2022 | Junyi Duanmu
Extended detection and response, or XDR, stands out as the most effective and cost-efficient option in the D&R product area. Hillstone Networks now presents our updated XDR...

Breaking the Mold: Halting a Hacker’s Code ep. 6 – Worok
October 20, 2022 | Ferry Wang
Introduction What enemy is the most invincible, and what attack is the most unavoidable? Worok, a formidable adversary in malware, has given us the answer – an enemy disguised in...

What is XDR? Top 3 Benefits.
October 17, 2022 | Hillstone Marketing
Data, the lifeblood of the network and, by extension, cybersecurity, is collected, but not analyzed and correlated in an effective manner that can generate actionable reports. As...

TOP 5 Reasons for SD-WAN — Unifying Networking and Security into One Platform
September 26, 2022 | Hillstone Marketing
Hillstone’s SD-WAN solution provides robust, comprehensive enterprise security to mitigate SD-WAN risks. The solution offers not only the visibility to see into network...

ADC V3.0 Delivers Traffic and Balances Links at an Unmatched Level
September 25, 2022 | Ferry Wang
The first-generation application delivery controllers (ADC) mainly dealt with application acceleration and load balancing between servers. The latest ADCs, such as...

The Past, Present, and Future of the XDR
September 23, 2022 | Adib Manssur
X. D. R. This amalgamation of letters has been splattered all over the booths and walls of expos, international and national alike. Is this just hype, or is this new method of...

Simplifying SIEM, EDR, XDR & SOAR
September 21, 2022 | Jeroen Dubbelman
Author: Jeroen Dubbelman from Bitrate (PTY) LTD There is much hype around these acronyms within the market today and I think the frustration for most large enterprises is the...

Establish Broader Secure Network Edge with Hillstone A6800 and A7600
September 14, 2022 | Ferry Wang
Hillstone Networks is pleased to announce the two new models of its A-series NGFW product line — A6800 and A7600 — Hillstone’s most high-end throughput...

Increase Your Resilience Through Layered Security with NIPS V4.5
September 13, 2022 | Junyi Duanmu
Threats to networks are becoming more complicated and numerous today. Hence, NIPS is critical to any enterprise security system as the first line of defense regarding securing...

Hillstone sBDS Included in 2022 Gartner® Emerging Trends: Adoption Growth Insights for Network Detection and Response
September 12, 2022 | Gary Wang
The Hillstone team is very pleased that our Server Breach Detection System (sBDS) has been included in the 2022 Gartner “Emerging Trends: Adoption Growth Insights for Network...

Breaking the Mold Halting a Hacker’s Code ep. 5 –Apache Spark Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
September 6, 2022 | Junyi Duanmu
Introduction Apache Spark is a distributed open-source system for large-scale data processing and fast general-purpose calculation. It also...

DEFCON 30: Skytalks, Villages and Infosec Research
August 24, 2022 | Hao Dong
It was announced at the end of my last Defcon (Defcon 27) that future iterations of said event would be moved to a new venue in Caesar’s Forum. 3 years have passed since then,...

Hillstone Networks Included on the MSRC 2022 Global Most Valuable Security Researcher List
August 19, 2022 | RuoShan Wang
On August 9, 2022, during the opening of the “Black-hat USA” conference, Microsoft officially released the top 100 global most valuable security researchers list...

iSource V2.0R7: Immediately Experience Security that Works
August 16, 2022 | Gary Wang
The purpose of cybersecurity is to…well, secure an enterprise from vulnerabilities. As such, the most logical and productive way of doing this is by being able to detect threats,...

Breaking the Mold: Halting a Hacker’s Code ep. 4 – Black Basta
August 5, 2022 | Ferry Wang
Introduction “Your network is encrypted by the Black Basta group.” “The data will be published on TOR website if you do not pay the ransom…” Ransomware. This is the word that...

OT and IoT security will be a topic of concern
| Hillstone Marketing
Hillstone’s Tim Liu recently spoke to Cybernews about the latest in the cybersecurity world and its impact on IT teams and businesses. The full article can be discovered in...

Inhibit Application Threats (OWASP) with Hillstone WAF V3.0
August 4, 2022 | Gary Wang
API integrations and advancements in the application area are prominent. As such, deploying solutions that can specialize in these areas is of the utmost importance. True to our...

Breaking the Mold: Halting a Hacker’s Code ep. 3
July 31, 2022 | Junyi Duanmu
VMWare officially issued a security bulletin, disclosing the authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2022-22978). The Hillstone sBDS Solution can support the detection of this...

Simplify and Virtualize Your SD-WAN Implementation with HSM V5.2
July 26, 2022 | Gary Wang
Ever since the onslaught of COVID-19, hybrid workforce technologies went from a dispensable commodity to a necessity.  As such, the SD-WAN for distributed enterprises is needed...

Hillstone Networks Included in 2022 Gartner® Emerging Technologies: Adoption Growth Insights for Cloud Workload Protection Platforms Report
July 18, 2022 | Gary Wang
We think it is an honor for Hillstone Networks to be included in 2022 Gartner “Emerging Technologies: Adoption Growth Insights for Cloud Workload Protection Platforms” report. ...

Breaking the Mold: Halting a Hacker’s Code ep. 2 – F5 BIG-IP
July 17, 2022 | Thomson Li
Introduction F5 BIG-IP is an application delivery platform of F5, which provides network traffic management, application security management, load balancing and other functions....

Getting from ‘Good Enough’ to Great in Cybersecurity
July 13, 2022 | Gary Wang
For cybersecurity professionals, it’s easy to become almost numbed by the constant barrage of headlines about ransomware attacks, data breaches, vulnerabilities and other...

Hillstone Networks sBDS Included in 2021 Gartner® Emerging Trends: Top Use Cases for Network Detection and Response
July 12, 2022 | Gary Wang
The Hillstone team is very pleased that our Server Breach Detection System (sBDS) has been included in the 2021 Gartner “Emerging Trends: Top Use Cases for Network Detection and...

Build Zero Trust into Your Security with Hillstone
July 6, 2022 | RuoShan Wang
The expo season is here, and slathered on countless booths and walls is the term “Zero Trust Network Access”, or ZTNA, for short. Why is this the case? Explore below to learn...

Trending in 2022: Big Data is a Big Deal
June 29, 2022 | Gary Wang
Previously, on Trending in 2022, we discussed how AI’s maturation in the cybersecurity field can help drive improvements in the detection, protection, and response capabilities...

Reframe and Simplify, Consolidate Your Security
June 18, 2022 | Zhao Zhang
Nowadays, enterprises keep improving their business through digitalization by adopting a cloud-first approach, which significantly increases their risk profiles and attack...

“Transform” at RSA 2022: New Tech, Old Terms

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June 17, 2022 | ChengHuai Lu
The theme of RSA conference 2022 is “Transform”. Our lives have transformed. Remote work became the new paradigm. Threat landscapes are becoming increasingly complex and vast....

Hillstone NIPS v4.4 Eases the Burden of Security on Users
May 27, 2022 | Tracy Ding
As the core foundation of any enterprise, the network faces more and more unknown digital challenges. As such, it is essential for a team, regardless of its nature or size, to...

We Have Security that Works! Hillstone Recognized in Gartner Peer Insights
May 25, 2022 | Zeyao Hu
The Hillstone team is delighted – and humbled – that once again Hillstone has received the “Customers’ Choice” distinction in the 2022 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the...

The Future of the Cyber Kill Chain Model
May 9, 2022 | ChengHuai Lu
1.   Introduction The cyber kill chain[1], put forth by Lockheed Martin, is essentially a cybersecurity model that traces the stages of a cyber-attack. It has been remarkably...

Application Modernization and Workload Protection
May 1, 2022 | XiaoDong Liu
Application Modernization The IT landscape has transformed digitally beyond our recognition during the COVID-19 pandemic which forced many businesses and organizations to speed...

Website/Email SSL Upgrade: High Performance and Easy Deployment
April 27, 2022 | Gary Wang
Before discussing SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption, recall when you’ve visited websites, and wondered why a domain name starting with HTTP is denoted as unsafe, whereas a...

Hillstone LSM v3.5 Reshapes the License Management Landscape
April 26, 2022 | Gary Wang
As compliance standards and enforcement of said standards are increasing both in complexity and volume, license management is becoming more important than ever in streamlining...

Breaking the Mold: Halting a Hacker’s Code ep. 1
April 19, 2022 | Thomson Li
Introduction On March 2022, SuiteCRM discovered an email-template remote code execution vulnerability. SuiteCRM is a free open-source customer relationship management application...

Looking Ahead: Hillstone Networks Channel Partner Summit 2022
April 18, 2022 | Zeyao Hu
The global pandemic and unrest of the past few years has both challenged us as well as brought us together in many innovative ways. One specific area of innovation is in how the...

Trending in 2022: AI’s Evolution in Cyber Security
April 13, 2022 | Frank Wei
New trends in cybersecurity are popping up left and right like moles in whack-a-mole. Some are knocked aside, but some are here to stay. In this blog series, we will discuss the...

Cybersecurity, Is It an Asset or a Liability? Shifting the Paradigm with XDR
April 11, 2022 | Gary Wang
If you’ve been keeping up, in the past weeks. We’ve discussed various game-changing reasons for adopting XDR, namely solving alert fatigue, modernizing security, and adapting to...

Hillstone Offers Protection for Spring Framework RCE Vulnerability
April 6, 2022 | Thomson Li
Introduction New Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities were announced in Spring Framework, which is a lightweight open-source application framework that provides a...

A5100: The mid-large enterprise NGFW defensive juggernaut
April 5, 2022 | Gary Wang
The expansion of Hillstone Networks’ award-winning NGFW product line continues with the release of A5100, completing its A5000-series. The latest A5100 model has similarities...

VPN: Moving Beyond for Secure Remote Access
March 31, 2022 | Linyang Shu
In our previous posts in this series, we’ve given a brief overview of the two dominant technologies for secure remote access today: IPsec and SSL VPNs. While both can be used to...

Too Much of a Good Thing: The Problem with Data in Cybersecurity
March 23, 2022 | Gary Wang
Previously, in our XDR whitepaper chapter series, we discussed how XDR is a cyber-resilient solution that can adapt to the rapidly changing threat landscape. In part 3 of this...

Charting a Step-Wise Transition to SASE from SSL VPN
March 21, 2022 | Linyang Shu
In our first post in this series, we discussed how the changing security landscape and the shift to remote working have dramatically altered the way we work. Securing the...

The Evolving Enterprise Environment and the Pressing Need for Next-Gen Cybersecurity
March 14, 2022 | Gary Wang
Last week, we discussed how enterprises’ modernization needs have resulted in rapid adoption of XDR technology. Today, we’ll evaluate the adoption of XDR from a different...

XDR: Invest Your Security Budget on Modernization
March 9, 2022 | Gary Wang
Are you looking to modernize your application security? Advance your access management policies? Or elevate the security posture of your data, devices, and network? If the answer...

VPN: The Legacy Technology of Secure Remote Access
March 7, 2022 | Linyang Shu
Recently, we wrote a series of posts on our predictions for the top trends in cybersecurity for 2022, including the need to secure the distributed workforce. In this brief blog...

Hillstone Networks Unveils Improved NIPS v4.3 as Frontline Perimeter Defense
February 24, 2022 | Gary Wang
In this digital age, the network is and always will be the core foundation of any enterprise. As such, it is imperative for security teams to deploy systems capable of mitigating...

Cyber Resilience: Getting Ahead of the Cybersecurity Game
February 22, 2022 | Tim Liu
This marks the final post in our series on the top trends we see in cybersecurity for 2022: cyber resilience. Much like our last post on compliance, resilience spans most of our...

Hillstone Networks Included on MSRC Global Security Researcher List
February 14, 2022 | Gary Wang
Hillstone Networks begins the Lunar New Year of 2022 with marvelous news. On February 2nd 2022, the Microsoft Emergency Security Response Center (MSRC) released its list of...

4 Ways Security Tech Helps Achieve Regulatory Compliance
February 9, 2022 | Tim Liu
Superimposed over every key cybersecurity trend we’ve identified for 2022 – including the threat landscape, the cloud, the new distributed workforce, and artificial intelligence...

Securing the Distributed Workforce in 2022
February 7, 2022 | Tim Liu
In another installment in our series on the top things to watch in cybersecurity for 2022, the distributed or hybrid workforce has evolved from a phenomenon of the early pandemic...

Hillstone’s HSM v5.1: Master the “Branch of One” and Merge Connectivity with Security
January 31, 2022 | Gary Wang
The economy has found a way to survive COVID, but the resulting pandemic-laden landscape has changed drastically, namely via the adjustment to a hybrid workforce reality. With...

Cloud Security in 2022: A Subtle Metamorphosis
January 27, 2022 | Tim Liu
Continuing on with our series on the top trends we see for cybersecurity in 2022, cloud security is of utmost priority for almost all security professionals. Early on in the...

Augment your NGFW Performance with A5000 Series
January 25, 2022 | Gary Wang
Hillstone Networks is delighted to announce the 4 newest models of its A-series product line: The A5000 series – ranging from the 32Gbps firewall throughput A5200 all the way up...

AI in Security: A Spear and Shield Inevitability
January 19, 2022 | Tim Liu
Late last year, we gave a preview of the six biggest topics we think will be at the forefront of cybersecurity for 2022. Earlier, we talked in-depth about what we see happening...

Threat Landscape in 2022: The Need for Security that Works!
January 11, 2022 | Tim Liu
In our previous post, we gave a little insight into what we believe will be the dominant topics in cybersecurity for 2022. In this blog series we’ll dive a little deeper into...

6 Forecasts on the Dynamic Cybersecurity Industry

6 forecasts on the dynamic cybersecurity industry.
December 23, 2021 | Tim Liu
We at Hillstone Networks would like to wish you happy holidays to you and your loved ones. Today, we’d like to discuss 6 dynamic topics we believe will be forthcoming in 2022....

Hillstone Networks A2700 and A2800 NGFW Elevate Performance through SW and HW Upgrades

Hillstone Networks A2700 and A2800 NGFW Elevate performance through SW and HW updgrades.
December 13, 2021 | Gary Wang
Hillstone Networks is delighted to announce their latest installment in their award winning next-gen firewalls. Hillstone continues to advance its next gen firewall line by...

Large-scale intrusion caused by Log4j2 vulnerability

Large-scale intrusion caused by Log4j2 vulnerability.
| Thomson Li
Introduction Recently, the details of a remote code execution vulnerability in Apache Log4j2 have been disclosed. Once the vulnerability is exploited by an attacker, it will...

Hillstone ADC V2.10 Combines Comprehensive Load Balancing Capabilities with an Enterprise-grade Secure Foundation

Hillstone ADC v2.10 combines comprehensive load balancing capabilities with an Enterprise-grade secure foundation.
November 30, 2021 | Thomson Li
Hillstone Networks’ Application Delivery Controller (ADC) version 2.10 is here. This updated release adds new features to our ADC. Namely, our ADC will now integrate with K8S,...

Hillstone NGFWs Recognized for 8th Straight Year in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™, Named as a “Visionary”

Hillstone NGFWs Recognized for 8th straight year in Gartner Magic Quadrant, Named as a Visionary.
November 21, 2021 | Zeyao Hu
We are delighted to announce that Hillstone’s next-gen firewalls have been recognized for the eighth straight year in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls*. For...

Hillstone Networks Wins 2021 CybersecAsia Readers’ Choice Award

Hillstone Networks wins 2021 CybersecAsia Readers' Choice Award: Best Critical Infrastructure Protection.
November 3, 2021 | Zeyao Hu
CybersecAsia has just announced the results of its 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards and Hillstone has been selected as “Best in Critical Infrastructure Protection.”...

ZTNA: A Better Way to Control Access, Boost Security
October 29, 2021 | Zhao Zhang
In the era of digital transformation, enterprises are adapting their network and security strategies in light of two key trends that accelerated with the arrival of the COVID-19...

Hillstone sBDS V3.4 Extends Supplementary Detection Capabilities
October 27, 2021 | Gary Wang
Hillstone Networks has long been known to specialize in cybersecurity from a network perspective. In fact, our focus on NDR has historically been prominent and recognized by top...

Kudos to the Hillstone Security Research Team for Being Acknowledge by Microsoft for Vulnerability Discovery

Microsoft acknowledges Hillstone Security Research Team
October 20, 2021 | HaiDong Deng
Last week, Microsoft released the its October security update patch. A vulnerability reported by three security researchers from the Hillstone Security Research Team was amended,...

Hillstone Releases iSource, an Extended Detection and Response Platform

iSource Extended Detection and Response Platform
October 19, 2021 | Thomson Li
Hillstone Networks recently announced iSource, our new data-driven and AI-powered extended detection and response (XDR) platform. Amid the acronym-powered world that...

Hillstone’s A200W streamlines deployment of cost-effective perimeter solution

Hillstone A200W
October 14, 2021 | Thomson Li
Hillstone Networks is excited to release our new product – the A200W. It is another installment in our A-series NGFW, with this one supporting Wi-Fi connectivity capabilities,...

Endpoint Detection and Response: Getting from Good to Great

Endpoint Detection
October 6, 2021 | Hao Dong
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions are tools that assist in the detection and investigation of suspicious activities across all the endpoints in an organization. EDR...

ADC V2.9 delivers traffic and balances links at an unprecedented level
October 4, 2021 | Thomson Li
In a world where the integrity of our databases and servers is integral to the smooth functioning of our business operational workflows, security and efficiency are both equally...

Cybersecurity Red Teams, Blue Teams: Rivals or Allies?

Cybersecurity Rivals or Allies
September 21, 2021 | HaiDong Deng
Cybersecurity teams for large enterprises and other organizations are typically divided into two “teams,” red and blue. The blue team is usually focused solely on defensive...

From NGFW to SD-WAN to SASE – A Stepwise Journey

NGFW, SD-WAN, SASE - A Stepwise Journey
September 20, 2021 | Roy Chua
In my first blog in this series, I touched on how SD-WAN and next-generation security solutions were a natural pairing. And in my second, I discussed the importance of zero-touch...

Hillstone’s New WAF Solution Offers Comprehensive Security for Web Assets and APIs

Hillstone WAF Solution
September 15, 2021 | Gary Wang
Earlier this month, Hillstone Networks released the new W-Series Web Application Firewall (WAF), which provide enterprise-class, comprehensive security for web servers,...

Key Takeaways from Forrester’s Micro-segmentation Solution Analysis

Forrester's Micro-Segmentation Solution Analysis
September 14, 2021 | Gary Wang
Micro-segmentation is a leading technology that is imperative to allow greater visibility and control in regards to the granular east-west traffic within a network. We are...

Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) Accelerates Enterprise SD-WAN Uptake

ZTP
September 8, 2021 | Roy Chua
What is Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP)? When we explain zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) to enterprises, some remark that ZTP is a misnomer. They point out that someone needs to...

Launching Hillstone’s Modernized NIPS V4.1

Hillstone Modernized NIPS
August 30, 2021 | Gary Wang
Latest NIPS Hardware Platform Maximizes Your Threat Detection Capability The recently released V4.1 offers a new generation of NIPS hardware that utilizes the latest multi-core...

SD-WAN and Next-Gen Security – Natural Bedfellows

SD-WAN Next Gen Security
August 29, 2021 | Roy Chua
Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) represents the modernization of the enterprise edge. Regardless of which SD-WAN market or analyst report we look at, SD-WAN is a...

Announcing First Dedicated SD-WAN Solution for Hillstone NGFWs

Hillstone Dedicated SD-WAN Solution
August 17, 2021 | Gary Wang
Hillstone recently introduced a new, stand-alone SD-WAN solution, called HSM for SD-WAN. This is an important milestone for both Hillstone and our customers. It expands upon...

Introducing Hillstone New Entry-level NGFW – An Affordable Solution for Comprehensive Protection

Hillstone NGFW
August 16, 2021 | Zeyao Hu
Recently, we announced our newest release in Hillstone’s A-Series NGFW product line. This release offers advanced threat protection for small and midsize businesses (SMBs) to...

Getting started with MicroSegmentation

Micro-Segmentation
August 9, 2021 | Gary Wang
In our previous post we provided a high-level overview of what micro-segmentation is, how it works, and its importance in overall cybersecurity strategy. Properly implementing...

Microsegmentation in Layman’s Terms

Micro-Segmentation
August 2, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
Micro-segmentation is a key technology in network and cloud security, but too often it’s not as well understood as other security technologies. In this blog we’ll provide a quick...

Microsoft Acknowledges Hillstone Security Research Team Once More for the Discovery of an Important Vulnerability

Microsoft acknowledges Hillstone Security Research Team
July 21, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
Last week, Microsoft released its July security update patch. A vulnerability reported by three security researchers from the Hillstone Security Research Team was amended, and an...

New Models, Clustering and other Enhancements for Hillstone ADCs

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June 28, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
Recently, Hillstone announced the release of its Application Delivery Controller (ADC) version 2.8. This release offers new models that address high-volume, high-performance...

Active Defense with MITRE Shield Framework

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June 22, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
MITRE’s introduction of Shield late last year has received widespread industry attention. Affectionately referred to as the “younger cousin” of the renowned MITRE...

New sBDS Enhancements Extend Data Center Security, Expand Threat Recognition Capabilities

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June 21, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
Recently, Hillstone announced version 3.3 of its Server Breach Detection System (sBDS). This release offers important enhancements to threat detection capabilities and security...

Reduce Upfront Barriers with Pay-per-Usage Licensing and Virtual License Management System

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June 9, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
We’re very excited about the release this week of version 3.4 of our License Management System (LMS). The new version offers pay-as-you-go licensing for multi-tenant environments...

How to Protect Your Network From Ransomeware

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June 8, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
In previous posts, we’ve reviewed how ransomware works, how it’s evolving, and how it’s becoming a pervasive, costly, and challenging threat to networks throughout the world. The...

Beware Ransomware: The Costs and the Dilemma

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June 2, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
In our previous post, we discussed the anatomy of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, the alarming new trends and techniques used by cybercriminals, and the new targets and...

Beware Ransomware: What You Need to Know

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May 23, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
Ransomware has made big headlines recently, including the attacks on Colonial Pipeline, the Washington, D.C. police department and other victims. These attacks are becoming more...

The Future of Cyber Security: Artificial Intelligence

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May 3, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
Before the world turned upside down in 2020, the cyber security industry was beginning to go through a new stage of innovation – utilizing groundbreaking technology to...

Announcing Hillstone’s Network Intrusion Prevention System (NIPS) V4.0
April 17, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
Just a few weeks ago, we announced the release of Network Intrusion Prevention System (NIPS), version 4.0. IPS technology is widely deployed as an integral tool in protecting the...

Microsoft Acknowledges Hillstone Security Research Team for Discovering a Vulnerability

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April 16, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
Recently, Microsoft released their first April security update patch, including a vulnerability reported by two security researchers from the Hillstone Security Research Team....

What Some Forget in Network Security – the Customer
April 15, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
For decades, security companies and experts, myself included, have pushed the mantra “Security first.” We prided ourselves in studying and predicting the evolution of threats...

Fighting ‘Alert Fatigue’? How ATT&CK can Help! (Part 2)

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April 6, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
MITRE ATT&CK is a great common-knowledge framework to learn and communicate about adversarial behaviors. It can be used to guide threat detection, investigation and response...

Fighting ‘Alert Fatigue’? How ATT&CK can Help!

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March 31, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
Enterprises are armed with many cybersecurity weapons to fight system intrusions. Tools like EDR, NDR, NIDS, and SIEM are widely deployed. They continuously record system...

Protecting Exchange Servers from Recent Vulnerabilities

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March 24, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
On March 2, Microsoft released emergency security updates for four Exchange Server vulnerabilities. Exchange server versions ranging from 2013 through 2019 are all affected. Upon...

Why You Need Anti-Spam in Your NGFW

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March 16, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
Most businesses rely upon email to get work done. However, as important as email is to overall business processes, more than 50% of all emails in 2020 were spam, or bulk...

Top 5 Cloud Security Challenges Enterprise Organizations Face

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March 9, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
Moving into the cloud or expanding cloud services, gives businesses the scalability and flexibility they need to stay competitive in the modern landscape. However, the cloud also...

Sandboxing the MITRE ATT&CK Framework

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March 2, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
The threat environment is constantly evolving; both attack types and volumes increase dramatically each year. As a result, security breaches are increasing accordingly. After...

The Key Benefits of URL Filtering

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February 23, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
What is URL filtering and why should you care? Many employees rely on the internet for information and services needed to do their respective jobs, but websites can harbor...

How to Choose a Firewall

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February 16, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
In a previous post, we discussed the evolution of types of firewalls, what they do, and why they are important in your network. Within the broader category of next-generation...

The Different Types of Firewalls and Which One to Use for Network Security

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February 10, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
Different types of firewalls are available on the market today, but which one should you choose to protect your network? Firewalls are an indispensable tool in network security,...

New HSM Release Improves Security Management, Optimizes SD-WAN Controller
February 3, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
Hillstone Security Management Platform (HSM) version 4.7.0 introduces several key improvements in security management as well as in its SD-WAN controller function. As a security...

Adapting to a Changing World: Top 4 Network Security Trends for 2021

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January 13, 2021 | Hillstone Marketing
The year 2020 saw a dramatic shift in the workplace environment. New IT technologies and infrastructure that support a remote and distributed workforce will continue to be major...

Hillstone Defends Against Leaked FireEye’s Red Team Tool

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December 30, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
Summary: FireEye, a leading cybersecurity company, reported a breach and data exfiltration attack on its Red Team assessment tool on December 8, 2020. It is believed that the...

Enriched User Experience with an Intuitive Design
December 28, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
We’ve previously discussed the significant new features and capabilities delivered by the latest StoneOS, version 5.5R8, for Hillstone’s NGFWs. Among them are expanded botnet...

Consolidating Security with the Power of Virtualization

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December 21, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
As we’ve mentioned in previous posts, the ongoing pandemic has placed unprecedented demands on IT teams to adapt in an ever-changing environment. Virtualization, a key strategy...

Hillstone Expands Its Virtual Product Portfolio with a High-End ADC Model

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December 17, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
Hillstone Networks is pleased to announce a new virtual appliance, vAX12, for its Application Delivery Controller (ADC). The vAX12 is the highest performance model among the...

Next Generation Firewall for Data Centers Offers Extended Security

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December 16, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
Enterprise data center admins must constantly reassess and revise their security posture to protect against a rapidly evolving threat landscape. The stakes are even higher given...

Agile Configurations for Hillstone NGFW Policy Management
December 14, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
For many organizations, network resources must expand or contract rapidly to meet changing business requirements. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a massive shift to remote working,...

How Hillstone Can Help Maintain Security When Employees Work Remotely
December 11, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
  Hillstone Networks is listed as a Representative Vendor in Gartner2020 Market Guide for Virtual Private Networks   Recently Gartner released its 2020 Market Guide for...

Botnet Command & Control Protection from Edge to Cloud
December 7, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
Botnets are insidious. They’re the invisible, ever-growing and polymorphic ‘army’ that enterprise network admins must defend against. While there are some legitimate and...

Hillstone Networks Recognized for 7th Straight Year in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls
November 24, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
We’re very excited that, for the seventh year in a row, Gartner has named Hillstone Networks in their 2020 Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls*. This year, Hillstone positioned...

Continued Enhancement to Hillstone’s Security Management Platforms: HSA, HSM
November 12, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
We are proud to announce the release of the Hillstone Security Audit (HSA) platform 2.10.0 and Hillstone Security Manager(HSM) 4.6.0. HSA 2.10.0 release comes with a new high-end...

Hillstone CloudHive Simplifies the Management of Cloud Security
October 13, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
Hillstone Networks is pleased to announce version 2.7.2 of CloudHive. In this release, CloudHive improves its availability of orchestration module and comes with features to...

VPN to ZTNA – A Paradigm Shift in Secure Remote Access
September 28, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
Before this year’s Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit even started, I had a sense that given the extraordinary events that occurred across the world this year,...

Unleash the Power of X10800 With New Service and I/O Modules

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September 16, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
Hillstone Networks is pleased to announce the release of new service and I/O modules (SIOM*) for Hillstone’s innovative Data Center Firewall X10800. The modules greatly...

Strengthen the Log Management with New HSA Platform
September 10, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
We are proud to announce the release of the Hillstone Security Audit (HSA) platform, version 2.9.0. This new version comes with a new high-end hardware model which completes our...

ARP: Staying Ahead of the Attack Curve

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August 24, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
With everything digital today, various attack methods have emerged, most of which are targeted at the network layer of the TCP/IP stack. Common attack methods include but are not...

Microsoft Recognizes Hillstone Networks Security Researchers in its 2020 World’s Most Valuable Security Researcher List
August 12, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
Every year, Microsoft officially releases its Microsoft Security Response Center Most Valuable Researchers, formerly MSRC TOP 100, during BlackHat in recognition of security...

Apple Officially Expresses Gratitude to the Hillstone Security Research Team for Detecting a Vulnerability in Apple iOS and iPadOS
August 6, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
On July 24, 2020, Apple released the security content of iOS 13.6 and iPadOS 13.6. The Hillstone Security Research team made a discovery of a vulnerability that is of great...

Hillstone sBDS Expands Its Product Portfolio for Broader Spectrum

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August 4, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
Hillstone Networks is pleased to announce version 3.0 of its Server Breach Detection System (sBDS). Included in this release are two new hardware models to address the needs of...

Gartner Hype Cycle for Network Security: What You Need to Know
July 21, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
On June 30th, 2020 Gartner published the report, Hype Cycle for Network Security, 2020.* In this article, Gartner explains how enterprise IT has evolved into hybrid and...

Network Detection and Response – Future Trends

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July 13, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
In this blog series, I have covered various topics under Network Detection Response (NDR): the building blocks and its core components and how Hillstone NDR differentiates itself...

Network Detection and Response – The Building Blocks

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July 7, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
In a previous article on this topic, I introduced NDR as a technology, and the key requirements for an NDR product or solution. In this article, I will explain the core...

Network Detection and Response – The Differences with Others

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June 30, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
Network traffic analysis tools are not new; in fact, they have been around for a long time and can be considered a mature sector within cyber security. In this article, I will...

Network Detection and Response – What You Need to Know

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June 23, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
Recently, Gartner published its Market Guide for Network Detection and Response (NDR)*, previously named Network Traffic Analysis (NTA). This is the second year that Gartner has...

Vulnerability: Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Found by Hillstone Networks
June 10, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
Today, Microsoft released the June product updates, which fixed two Windows kernel privilege escalation vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-1247, CVE-2020-1253) reported by Hillstone...

Navigating Cloud Workload Protection: What You Should Know
May 19, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
The complexity and diversity of hybrid cloud architectures present special challenges for IT and security teams. The recently released Gartner “Market Guide for Cloud Workload...

Secure SD-WAN for Broader Business Scenarios with Hillstone HSM 4.4.0

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May 6, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
We have reached another milestone of Secure SD-WAN Solution with this new release of the Hillstone Security Management (HSM) platform – version 4.4.0. The enhanced Secure...

Vulnerability Notification and Hillstone Networks Solution: SMBv3 Protocol Remote Code Execution

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March 20, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] The SMB protocol is a network sharing protocol used in Microsoft Windows, and is often used to share files and printers within a local area network; SMBv3 is version 3...

Stay Safe. Stay Connected. Stay Protected.

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March 16, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
In difficult times such as today’s health pandemic, we must protect our health, the safety of our loved ones. We must also keep sight of our business, our critical assets, and...

Microsoft DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Found by Hillstone Networks

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March 11, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
In the early morning of March 11, Beijing time, Microsoft released the last round of security updates before the Pwn2own World Hacking Contest, which fixed the DirectX Elevation...

Continued Enhancements in Threat Detection Capabilities

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March 4, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
Server Breach Detection System (sBDS) from Hillstone Network is an effective cyber defense tool to detect threat attacks and protect critical servers and other assets inside the...

The “Human Element” – It’s What Cyber Security Is All About
February 25, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
For RSA conference (RSAC), in addition to being the global cyber security technological fusion point and center stage of showcases, it is also interesting to observe how its...

Vulnerability Notification: Apache Tomcat File Inclusion Vulnerability
February 22, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Apache Tomcat is a free open source web application server. It is a relatively popular web application server, being widely used in the framework of web application...

Hillstone Networks Named a 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Network Firewalls
January 22, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
The Hillstone team is excited to announce that we have been recognized as a 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Network Firewalls . According to Gartner, “The...

Not just SD-WAN, this is Hillstone Secure SD-WAN
January 14, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
To continue to serve customer and market needs, today we announce multiple new features in Hillstone Security Management Platform (HSM), with the spotlight on the Hillstone’s...

Cyber security is as important as the air we breathe
January 4, 2020 | Hillstone Marketing
It’s Day Two of 2020, and security breaches continue to garner headlines across every geo and industry. Organizations who have been lax with or unaware of their network security...

Hillstone License Management System (LMS) Simplifies Your Virtual Firewall License Distribution and Recycling
December 12, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
We are proud to announce the release of the Hillstone CloudEdge License Management (LMS), version 3.2. The LMS solution provides a flexible, efficient and automatic solution to...

People, Data and AI
October 28, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
Each year, through its well recognized industry market research, Gartner lays out the strategic technology trends for the upcoming year. Recently, Gartner published the top 10...

Faster Response to Intranet Threat with the sBDS 2.8.1
October 17, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
We are proud to announce the release of the Hillstone Server Breach Detection System (sBDS), version 2.8.1. The sBDS 2.8.1 greatly improves its capabilities of fast detecting and...

Announcing a Further Enhanced Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (NIPS)
September 17, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
The latest NIPS version 3.2.1 delivers an important update to help security admins better understand threats for more targeted action. This update launches a cloud-based threat...

The Benefits of True High Availability, in Virtual Form Factor
September 16, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
Today, if an enterprise hasn’t moved their business to cloud, it’s an anomaly. However, the cloud, despite such benefits as low cost, convenience to use resource by need, ease of...

VMWorld 2019: VMware Propose the Modern Applications Portfolio Concept
September 3, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
VMWorld 2019 happened in San Francisco last week. The number and variety of sessions surpassed 500, and the main partners associated with VMware occupied the entire exhibition...

Security Management and Auditing— New updates!
August 19, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
We are constantly improving our platforms to protect against the changing and expanding threat landscape. This round, we have focused our efforts around network security...

Think In Graph!
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Defcon is one of world’s largest hacker conference, often referred to as “hacker summer camp”. It is usually hosted in the summer time in Las Vegas, right after the Black Hat...

Vulnerability Notification: Windows RDP Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution
August 16, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Once the Windows RDP Remote Desktop Services worm-level remote code execution vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-1181, CVE-2019-1182) appeared, Hillstone Networks immediately...

Capital One Data Breach – What should we learn from it
August 14, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
A few days ago, a hacker breached and accessed the personal information of 106 million Capital One credit card holders or applicants across the US and Canada, in the latest...

Creating an IPSEC Tunnel with Microsoft Azure
July 24, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
Today, more and more customers are using public cloud service providers such as Microsoft Azure to deploy their server or services, to get high performance, reliable services...

Automate the Security Operation and Maintenance with Hillstone Security Management (HSM)
July 10, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
We are proud to announce the release of the Hillstone Security Management Platform (HSM), version 4.0.0. The UI architecture has been fully redesigned to greatly elevate the user...

Introducing StoneOS 5.5R7: Address the Latest Challenges in Cyber Security
July 2, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
Today, we’re excited to announce StoneOS 5.5R7, the latest version of the software that powers our next-generation firewalls. Stone0S 5.5R7 delivers more than 100 critical...

Gartner Delivers Clarity and Guidance for Micro-Segmentation Technology
July 1, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
Micro-segmentation has been discussed in the Gartner Security Summits over the past several years, but this time, the topic has been placed in the spotlight during the Gartner...

Protecting Your Assets Against Invisible Stealth Attacks
June 7, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
Malware is becoming increasingly sophisticated in concealing itself, lurking in places in your network, servers and endpoints to deliberately avoid detection by traditional...

Vulnerability Notification: Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution
May 24, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Remote Desktop Services (RDS) is one of the components of Microsoft Windows that allow users to remotely access and take control of a computer or virtual machine....

Announcing the New Future-Oriented Data Center Firewall X9180!
May 2, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
The Hillstone X10800 has been proved to be a successful platform. Today, we are excited to announce the release of the X9180 Data Center Firewall that shares the same innovative,...

Wikileaks, Assange and Cyber Security
April 24, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London after Ecuador withdrew their asylum status after seven years. In response to the arrest,...

Modernize the Log Management with Hillstone Security Audit Platform (HSA)
April 8, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
HSA2.5.0 : Embrace IPv6 Hillstone’s Security Audit Platform(HSA) gives a unified overview of the network and system vulnerability to ensure risk visibility, guarantee account...

Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)
March 18, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) was first created and defined by Gartner as an emerging category of security solutions that use network communications as the foundational data...

Threat and incident response – closing the loop in cyber defense
March 6, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
Two of the Gartner’s 2019 top 10 security projects involve threat detection response and incident response. This highlights the importance of remediation and response aspects in...

Vulnerability Notification: Apache Subversion mod_dav_svn Denial of Service
March 1, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Subversion is an open source version control and software version control system that runs as a standalone server or as a module of the Apache HTTPD server. Recently,...

Ransomware: Are we really prepared for cyber attacks?
January 30, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
On Black Friday of 2018, a powerful ransomware attack hit the San Francisco light rail system, threatening to destroy more than 30 GB of critical databases such as email, staff...

Announcing the Hillstone Security Management Platform (HSM) 3.2.0
January 15, 2019 | Hillstone Marketing
We’ve amped up network protection with the latest updates to the Hillstone Security Management Platform (HSM/vHSM) with version 3.2.0. HSM is the centralized security...

Vulnerability Notification: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution
December 26, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Microsoft Office is an office software developed by Microsoft Corporation that can perform word processing, form editing, slide show production, and Email service....

New Release of Hillstone Server Breach Detection System 2.6
December 14, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
Because cybersecurity is a constant beast, Hillstone continuous to update solutions to address these types of malware and their variants. Today, Hillstone delivers a new version...

A ransomware variant is spreading – Hillstone has established a solid shield!
November 26, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
Recently, the GandCrab ransomware family has widely spread in China. The databases, pictures, documents, and compressed files on infected hosts are encrypted, causing a shutdown...

Releasing Hillstone CloudView 2.6
November 20, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
Hillstone is releasing an update to CloudView, with more added intelligence. With version 2.6, customers can now more effectively and conveniently monitor their network through...

Micro-segmentation – The solution for security and management in virtual environments
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Every day we hear, see or read in the news that a new cyber attack has hit the headlines, affecting busineses small and large, across the world. The penalty is usually ransom in...

Announcing the Hillstone License Management System 3.0
November 13, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
Today, Hillstone released a new version of the hardware-based License Management System (LMS), with enhanced license management capabilities, as well as the ability to update...

Vulnerability Notification: Oracle WebLogic Server RemoteObject Insecure Deserialization
November 11, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] WebLogic Server is a Java application server platform for developing, integrating, deploying, and managing large distributed web applications, network applications,...

Vulnerability Notification: Zoho ManageEngine OpManager oputilsServlet Authentication Bypass
October 24, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] As a next-generation network management software, Zoho OpManager provides network performance monitoring, physical and virtual server monitoring, network traffic...

Visualize. Control. Secure
October 18, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
Releasing NIPS 3.0 and High-end Models To keep the perimeter of networks safe, a new version of Hillstone NIPS 3.0, in addition to three high-end models S3560, S3860, S5560 are...

Vulnerability Notification: Red Hat 389 Directory Server nsslapd ldapsearch Buffer Overflow
October 8, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] 389 Directory Server is an OpenLDAP-based enterprise LDAP server developed by Red Hat. It is an open source Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) service...

Hackers don’t sleep; and neither does Hillstone
September 27, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
Breach detection systems focus on malicious activity in a network, therefore they protect entire networks – not isolated endpoints or devices. They can be expensive and...

Vulnerability Notification: Apache Struts 2 namespace Expression Language Injection
September 20, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Apache Struts2 is an MVC framework for building Java-based web applications. In the MVC design pattern, Struts2 acts as a controller to establish data interaction...

Getting the Right Firewall Protection for Your Data Center
September 12, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
The explosive growth in data creation and data storage is set to continue, with Asia Pacific’s data center market increasing significantly and even surpassing the European market...

Vulnerability Notification: Mining Trojans
September 5, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] With the rise of virtual currency, a new type of attack – mining Trojans quietly prevailed. Different from the ransomware encrypting user key data and virus...

Announcing the Hillstone CloudView 2.5
September 4, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
To drive compliance, ease of use and to mitigate threats real time, we are releasing a new version of Hillstone CloudView. In CloudView v2.5, to streamline and ensure compliance...

Vulnerability Notification: Jenkins CI Server getOrCreate Policy Bypass
August 22, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Jenkins is an open source, continuous integration and delivery application based on Java development that runs in a Servlet container. Jenkins allows developers to...

Vulnerability Notification: Oracle WebLogic Server Activator Insecure Deserialization
August 6, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] WebLogic Server is a Java application server platform for developing, integrating, deploying, and managing large distributed Web applications and database...

Vulnerability Notification: Asterisk PJSIP Endpoint Presence Disclosure
July 24, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Asterisk is an open source software that implements the Private Branch eXchange (PBX) of telephone, allowing multiple affiliated telephones or user agents to call each...

Announcing the Hillstone Security Audit platform (HSA) 2.0R4
July 17, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
We are proud to announce the release of the Hillstone Security Audit platform, HSA 2.0R4 This new version is based on a new architecture, has a new web user interface, and is...

Vulnerability Notification: Adobe ColdFusion DataServicesCFProxy ROME Framework Insecure Deserialization
July 10, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Adobe ColdFusion is an application development platform. The Flex integration service includes ColdFusion, which allows Flash applications to communicate with the...

Challenges Impacting Advanced Threat Prevention for the Software-Defined Data Center
July 6, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
Few technologies have enhanced business agility and economics as much as data centre virtualization. By abstracting physical servers as software running on a hypervisor, server...

Announcing the Hillstone X10800 Next-Gen Data Center Firewall Platform
June 28, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
We are proud to announce the release of the X10800, a Next-Gen Data Center Firewall delivers up to 1 Tbps throughput, and supports the full suite of security services. Hillstone...

Vulnerability Notification: Microsoft Office Graph Chart Out-Of-Bounds Write
June 22, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Microsoft Office is an office software suite based on the Windows operating system, including Word, Excel, etc. Microsoft Graph is a component for document insertion...

Vulnerability Notification: Oracle WebLogic Server deserialization
June 13, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Oracle WebLogic is an enterprise multi-layer application server based on Java architecture. It is commonly used to develop, integrate, deploy, and manage web...

Vulnerability Notification: Apache HTTP Server Denial of Service
June 2, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] The Apache HTTP server is currently the most popular web server, which supports the use of various runtime loaded modules to extend its functionality. Recently, Apache...

Electron Vulnerability Notification: Electron setAsDefaultProtocolClient Command Injection
May 14, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Electron is an open source framework for developing desktop GUI applications that enables developers to build native programs across MAC, Windows, and Linux using web...

Vulnerability Notification: Samba LDAP AD DC Privilege Escalation
April 25, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] LDAP is an Internet standard protocol designed for directory services. Active Directory is the directory service used by Microsoft system on Windows domain networks,...

Hillstone Adds Botnet C&C Prevention to StoneOS
April 10, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
Today, botnet requires more than just static signature based security protection. The modern botnet is essentially a collection of proxies and hosts that are the battleground for...

Vulnerability Notification: Microsoft Windows Shell Zip File Remote Code Execution
April 9, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Microsoft Windows supports the use of ZIP documents as “compressed folders,” allowing users to browse the contents of ZIP documents through folders....

Vulnerability Notification: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Webvpn XML Parser Double Free
March 26, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software is the core operating system of the Cisco ASA Series. It provides enterprise-class firewall functionality for physical...

Announcing the Hillstone Server Breach Detection System 2.1
March 7, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
Advanced, Robust Threat Management Features with an Enhanced GUI We are excited to announce the latest software update for the Hillstone Networks Server Breach Detection System,...

Vulnerability Notification: Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization
February 8, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Adobe ColdFusion is a dynamic web server, a rapid application development platform offered by Adobe Systems that contains advanced features for enterprise integration...

Vulnerability Notification: Oracle WebLogic Server XmlAdapter Deserialization
January 19, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
[Overview] Oracle WebLogic Server is an enterprise multi-tiered Java application service, commonly used as a large enterprise web application platform. [Vulnerability Details]...

Statement on Vulnerability: Hillstone Networks does not use Intel Processors in its NGFW
January 7, 2018 | Hillstone Marketing
At beginning of 2018, a CPU vulnerability news shocking the whole security industry. According to the Register, a fundamental design flaw in Intel’s processor chips has...

Hillstone Responds to Bad Rabbit Ransomware
October 26, 2017 | Hillstone Marketing
Overview of Bad Rabbit Ransomware As of October 24, a new ransomware “Bad Rabbit” is raging in Russia, Ukraine, Germany, and other countries. Unlike WannaCry,...

Protections of NEW Variant of Petya Ransomware Using Hillstone Network’s Layered Security Solution
June 28, 2017 | Hillstone Marketing
On Jun. 27th, 2017, The Petya ransomware is receiving worldwide attention by attacking the governments, banks, electrical systems, communication systems, enterprises, and...

Detecting Industroyer with Hillstone Advanced Threat Detection Solution
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If the headlines can remind us anything, it’s that hackers are always on the hunt, using the most cutting edge tools to breach and infiltrate networks and assets. This week,...

Malware Attack and Detection is a Cat and Mouse Game
May 22, 2017 | Hillstone Marketing
Malware outbreaks have several characteristics: First, the vulnerabilities that are being used are 0-day or n-day exploits on commonly used software. The widespread use of these...

With Hillstone Multilayered Ransomware Defense, We Don’t “WannaCry”
May 14, 2017 | Hillstone Marketing
In the morning of May 12th, a global outbreak of a large-scale extortion software incident made headlines, impacting a total of 99 countries, and at least 75,000 Windows computer...

2017 Security Trends
November 4, 2016 | Hillstone Marketing
Enterprise Security In enterprise security investment, more emphasis has been put on post breach detection and incident response for this passing year. We will see this trend...

Detection of the Locky Ransomware with Hillstone iNGFW
April 9, 2016 | Hillstone Marketing
The Characteristics of the Locky Ransomware Locky is a ransomware that is usually contained within a Microsoft Word document sent by email as an attachment – often as an invoice...

A Hybrid Approach to Detect Malicious Web Crawlers
April 7, 2016 | Hillstone Marketing
What is a web crawler? A web crawler (also called web spider, web robot) is typically a script or computer program that browses the targeted website in an orderly and automated...

More Solutions, More Integrations – RSA 2016
March 3, 2016 | Hillstone Marketing
RSA 2016 put out the slogan “Connect to Protect”. This is a rather naïve but very true statement. The world today is even more connected over the internet. It has not only...

RSA 2016. It’s a big year for Hillstone – Product Announcements; Awards; plus, NSS Labs Recommends us!
March 1, 2016 | Hillstone Marketing
If you are not at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, security must not be very top of mind for you! This year, we are back to Moscone and we have a lot of exciting news to...

Unsung Hero: Hillstone Networks Protects Cyber Security and Celebrations on Chinese New Year’ Eve
February 11, 2016 | Hillstone Marketing
On February 7, 2016, – on the eve of the Chinese New Year – 420 million global users of WeChat, China’s top messaging and calling app developed by Tencent, were sending and...

2016: New Opportunities for Security in SDN, Cloud, Data Centers and Container Technology
October 23, 2015 | Hillstone Marketing
Security continues to be top of mind for businesses as we head into 2016. The continued adoption of cloud and virtualization technologies has resulted in new security concerns...

Reflections on the Excellus Breach
September 19, 2015 | Hillstone Marketing
Today’s hackers harness numerous advanced attack strategies to get past traditional security solutions, including multi-vector attacks that exploit multiple security...

Garrat-Callahan Dramatically Increases Network Performance

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June 29, 2015 | Hillstone Marketing
The Garratt-Callahan IT department saw a dramatic increase in network and application performance with the Hillstone solution. The better network performance allowed the IT...

Combining the Best-Of-Breed in Threat Defense
May 17, 2015 | Hillstone Marketing
The tactics used by today’s advanced threat creators have evolved from isolated, random, single type of attacks to more organized, targeted and sophisticated attacks,...

A Great RSA Conference 2015

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April 24, 2015 | Hillstone Marketing
Wow, what a week it’s been! This year’s RSA Conference was one of the best we’ve seen in years. The South Expo (where we were) was almost constantly busy during the main days of...

Hillstone on Gartner Enterprise Firewalls Magic Quadrant Again
April 23, 2015 | Hillstone Marketing
Yesterday, Gartner published an updated Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls, and Hillstone’s on it again! We’re proud to have sustained our strong entry last year...

Find Threats in Minutes with Behavioral Intelligence
April 21, 2015 | Hillstone Marketing
At this year’s RSA Conference, we’re showing the latest version of our Stone OS security platform. It combines our traditional high-performance networking with new advanced...

Come See What Makes Firewalls Intelligent at RSA Conference 2015
April 20, 2015 | Hillstone Marketing
We’re very excited to be exhibiting again at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. This year, we’re showing two of our latest technologies, both of which have been getting a lot...

Hillstone Networks CTO Tim Liu’s Top Security Predictions For 2015
January 10, 2015 | Hillstone Marketing
Internet of Everything = Increased Threat of Everything Forrester predicts that 42% of the total global population will own a smartphone by end of 2015. In the meantime, more...

Welcome to the New Age of Threat Intelligence
January 5, 2015 | Hillstone Marketing
Sony PlayStation Networks and Microsoft Xbox Live experienced user connection problems on Christmas Day, 2014, for which a hacker group claimed responsibility. This time, hackers...

The Benefits of Behavior Analysis in Threat Detection
September 10, 2014 | Hillstone Marketing
The next generation of security needs to “identify attacks as they are happening”. This is where behavior analysis can step in and be used as a real-time security...

Guarding the Data Center

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June 13, 2014 | Hillstone Marketing
Data center operators – especially those who offer space and services to the public – are constantly guarding their infrastructure. Not an hour goes by that doesn’t bring a new...

Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Network Firewalls – Hillstone is in!
April 19, 2014 | Hillstone Marketing
We are proud to announce that Hillstone Networks has been positioned in the Enterprise Network Firewalls Magic Quadrant released by Gartner, Inc*. According to Gartner, Hillstone...

Announcing Enhancements to Hillstone Networks CloudView
January 1, 1970 | Hillstone Marketing
Today we are announcing the release of Hillstone Networks CloudView, version 2.2. With this new upgrade, CloudView further enhances the security posture of the network and...