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MOVEit, Barracuda ESG CVEs, Alexa-Ring FTC case, MCNA, PYPI - May29 -June4 F5 SIRT This Week in Security
F5 SIRT This Week in Security MOVEit, Barracuda ESG CVEs, Alexa-Ring FTC case, MCNA breach, PYPI PYC malware evasion - May 29th-June 4th 2023 Introduction Arvin is your editor for F5 SIRT's This Week in Security covering 29th May to 4th June 20...
Community Highlights, Week 22 '23
Update: JimmyPackets has been busy! Over the last several days, he's been cleaning up all those ugly compressed code blocks that were artifacts from the data migration when we moved from the old platform to the current one. This process was started...
Legal Filing Written by ChatGPT, Roundup - May 22nd - 28th, 2023 - F5 SIRT - This Week in Security
Introduction Hello again, Kyle Fox here. This week has been somewhat quiet, so I only have one main story and the usual round-up. Lawyers File Motion Written By AI, Face Sanctions and Possible Disbarment As reported in the New York Times, ...
Integrating SSL Orchestrator with McAfee Web Gateway-Transparent Proxy
Introduction SSL Orchestrator centralizes & manages decryption of SSL/TLS traffic. This enables security and monitoring tools to view the decrypted content and analyze it for threats and other anomalies. SSL Orchestrator removes the burden of decry...
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F5 BIG-IP in Cisco ACI Multi-Site and Multi-Pod - Design Options
F5 BIG-IP Design Options in Cisco ACI Multi-Site and Multi-Pod There are options to integrate F5 BIG-IP DNS and LTM into Cisco ACI Multi-Site or Multi-Pod. Figure 1 illustrates the common BIG-IP design options for north-south traffic flows (traffic ...
F5 BIG-IP in Cisco ACI Multi-Site and Multi-Pod - Design Considerations
F5 BIG-IP Design Considerations in Cisco ACI Multi-Site and Multi-Pod When we integrate F5 BIG-IP DNS and LTM into Cisco ACI Multi-Site or Multi-Pod, we should consider the following: F5 BIG-IP DNS and LTM communication path via iQuery This is impor...
F5 BIG-IP in Cisco ACI Multi-Site and Multi-Pod - Understand Your Requirements
Application Delivery Challenges As an application user, we want to access applications whenever and wherever we can - whether it is in the middle of the day or at owl hours; whether we are in our home or while we are traveling in a different state o...
Let's talk malware!
There’s been a lot of talk about malware in the security news of the last few weeks and whether it is Windows oriented (like LockBit 3.0/Black featured in CISA’s alert) or Linux oriented (like the new variant of BPFDoor), all malware is just one thi...
Enabling F5 Distributed Cloud Client-Side Defense in BIG-IP 17.1
Introduction In the freshest BIG-IP release, version 17.1, we continue to expand, enrich, and streamline the realm of application security, delivery, and automation that BIG-IP platforms provide for applications. In this article we'll be zooming in...
Everything old is still happening - May 15th - 21st, 2023 - F5 SIRT - This Week in Security
Editor's introduction I, MegaZone, am once again your editor this week. I hope you're doing well. Sitting comfortably? Good, let's see what this week brought us. Some weeks just feel, not slow, but dull. It is always fun to write (and read)...
Deploy WAAP Anywhere with F5 Distributed Cloud
Introduction The target deployment environment has long been a critical factor in selecting WAAP (Web Application and API Security) products as, typically, specific WAAPs were better suited for some but not all environments. Appliance-based WAAPs, w...
KubeHuddle 2023 in Toronto, Canada - Intimate Gathering with Engaged Engineers
Last week I had the pleasure of getting out to the KubeHuddle 2023 event in Toronto. If you haven't heard of it before, it's because KubeHuddle is just in it's second year but don't let it's newness fool you. This event was packed with an all-star l...
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Introducing F5 BIG-IP Next CNF Solutions for Red Hat OpenShift
5G and Red Hat OpenShift 5G standards have embraced Cloud-Native Network Functions (CNFs) for implementing network services in software as containers. This is a big change from previous Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) or Physical Network Functions...
Security Automation with F5 BIG-IP and Event Driven Ansible
INTRODUCTION TO EVENT DRIVEN SECURITY: Event Driven Security is one of the projects I have been working on for the last year or so. The idea of creating automated security that can react similarly to how I would react in situations is fascinating to...
Setting up F5 Telemetry Streaming with Splunk Cloud
As we automate more and more, having visibility into how your F5 infrastructure is running is even more important. F5 BIG-IP Telemetry Streaming can help gather and send all the telemtry data one could want to know, including syslog, device stats, ...
DevCentral to celebrate our 20th anniversary in June!
DevCentral is celebrating our 20th anniversary for the month of June, and we want to celebrate our community and amplify your voices! As part of our month-long celebration of this milestone, the team will be sharing stories and quotes from the com...
A story of malware and misplaced keys - May 8th-14th, 2023 - F5 SIRT - This Week in Security
Aaron here in the editor's chair again this week, and this week I think I'm going to spend a lot of time talking about malware. Articles on Malware were everywhere last week (and continue to be, this week, with coverage of MichaelKors[1], ZXShel...
Community Highlights, Week 19 '23
Tip of the week: Got a story about how DevCentral has brought value to your experience as an F5 user? Drop me a few lines if you'd like us to quote you as we celebrate our 20th anniversary throughout the month of June! Some content you may have miss...
Easily Deploy Your Palo Alto NGFW with F5 Distributed Cloud Services
Introduction In this article, I will show you how to easily deploy your Palo Alto firewall in a Security Services VPC using F5 Distributed Cloud (XC) Security Service Insertion. Security service insertion from F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect sim...
Integrating SSL Orchestrator with McAfee Web Gateway-Explicit Proxy
Introduction The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol and its successor, Transport Layer Security (TLS), are being widely adopted by organizations to secure IP communications. While SSL/TLS provides data privacy and secure communications, it also cre...
Living on the AWS Edge - BIG-IP on AWS Outposts
Many organizations are looking at AWS Outposts to use in hybrid or edge computing scenarios. For F5 customers, if they are running AWS Outpost in their Data Center (DC), they can use their existing BIG-IP fleet to provide security, traffic managemen...
F5 QSN, ChatGPT Malware, and Crypto Hacks - May 1 to May 7, 2023- F5 SIRT - This Week in Security
Jordan here as your editor this week. This week I reviewed the F5 Quarterly Security Notification, ChatGPT Malware, and Cryptocurrency Hacks. Keeping up to date with new technologies, techniques and information is an important part of our role in t...
F5 Distributed Cloud Services to Connect and Secure Multi-Cloud OpenShift Workloads
This article serves as an update to a previous post, reflecting the latest information and updates in the "OpenShift Anywhere with F5 Distributed Cloud" video series. Introduction Creating and managing an OpenShift environment can be complex. To hel...
Adaptive Apps: Identify underlying issues in a complex app portfolio - Demo Kit
Introduction Adaptive applications utilize an architectural approach that facilitates rapid and often fully-automated responses to changing conditions—for example, new cyberattacks, updates to security posture, application performance degradations, ...
Secure Your Epic Applications in a Flash with F5 FAST Templates & Declarative AWAF Policies
Introduction: Epic Systems offer a variety of applications for the healthcare industry which play a critical role in patient care, operations, and revenue management. These applications have complex configurations making their management and scaling...
Community Highlights, Week 18 '23
Tip of the week: DevCentral will be celebrating our 20th (!!!) anniversary for the month of June! Part of our celebration will include regularly featuring stories from members who've found the community helpful over the years. Drop me a few lines ab...
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) - Google Authenticator and Microsoft Authenticator
IntroductionLab guidePhase 1: Token GenerationPhase 2: Token verificationRelated Content Introduction In our walkthrough we are refreshing an existing time-based one-time password (TOTP) deployment Two-Factor Authentication With Google Authenticator ...
