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Application security company F5 Networks on Wednesday published an advisory warning of four critical vulnerabilities impacting multiple products that could result in a denial of service attack and even unauthenticated remote code execution on target networks. The four critical flaws affect BIG-IP versions 11.6 or 12.x and newer, with a critical pre-auth remote code execution also affecting BIG-IQ versions 6.x and 7.x. F5 said it's not aware of any public exploitation of these issues.
Application services and network delivery firm F5 on Wednesday announced the release of patches for seven related vulnerabilities in BIG-IP, including four with a "Critical" severity rating. On March 10, F5 announced the release of fixes for multiple vulnerabilities in BIG-IP, some of which also impact BIG-IQ, a framework designed to help with the management of BIG-IP devices and application services.
F5 Networks, a leading provider of enterprise networking gear, has announced four critical remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting most BIG-IP and BIG-IQ software versions. F5 BIG-IP software and hardware customers include governments, Fortune 500 firms, banks, internet service providers, and consumer brands, with the company claiming that "48 of the Fortune 50 rely on F5.".
F5 Networks, a leading provider of enterprise networking gear, has announced four critical remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting most BIG-IP and BIG-IQ software versions. F5 BIG-IP software and hardware customers include governments, Fortune 500 firms, banks, internet service providers, and consumer brands, with the company claiming that "48 of the Fortune 50 rely on F5.".
A vulnerability discovered by a researcher in a BIG-IP product from F5 Networks can be exploited to launch remote denial-of-service attacks. The security flaw was discovered by Nikita Abramov, a researcher at cybersecurity solutions provider Positive Technologies, and it impacts certain versions of BIG-IP Access Policy Manager, a secure access solution that simplifies and centralizes access to applications, APIs and data.
F5 Networks and Volterra announced a definitive agreement under which F5 will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of privately held Volterra for approximately $440 million in cash and approximately $60 million in deferred consideration and assumed unvested incentive compensation to founders and employees. With the addition of Volterra's technology platform, F5 is creating an edge platform built for enterprises and service providers that will be security-first and app-driven with unlimited scale.
F5 Networks announced on Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Volterra, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of tools that help customers deploy applications and build clouds across multiple cloud providers or their own edge locations. Under the terms of the agreement, F5 will pay roughly $440 million in cash and approximately $60 million in deferred incentive compensation to Volterra's founders and employees.
F5 Networks announced that Haiyan Song will be joining the company as Executive Vice President of Security, starting January 4, 2021. Song joins F5 from Splunk where she led the Security business as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Security Markets.
F5 introduced Shape AI Fraud Engine, a new SaaS solution that eliminates fraudulent online transactions that get past existing fraud tools. SAFE typically identifies twice as much fraud per month when compared to other current fraud tools.
F5 Networks announced the appointment of Elizabeth Buse, former CEO of Monitise PLC, to its Board of Directors. Ms. Buse, 59, joins F5's Board, effective today, and brings broad financial services industry expertise and public company board experience.