Firmware updates?

So what part of firmware updates do you believe is a cyberattack?

I was reading this article as well and I thought it would be wise to doublecheck.

https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2020/04/26/asnarok/

Those updates are usually shown after a restart or a firmware upgrade eg v19.5.0 to v19.5.1.

ian

Thanks rfcat_vk. I did not do an update on that day I probably did a re-boot. Sounds great to hear that that is normal. That was the only question I had. After reading that story about the firmware updates and those little unexplained firmware notices in the system and this is the first time I had a major attack like this. Just about every IP address hitting my network had at least 5 security venders at VirusTotal warning about them and I have been hit with 1000's of bad IP's an hour. Its still not over but I have more confidence than ever in Sophos Firewall. 

Thanks rfcat_vk. I did not do an update on that day I probably did a re-boot. Sounds great to hear that that is normal. That was the only question I had. After reading that story about the firmware updates and those little unexplained firmware notices in the system and this is the first time I had a major attack like this. Just about every IP address hitting my network had at least 5 security venders at VirusTotal warning about them and I have been hit with 1000's of bad IP's an hour. Its still not over but I have more confidence than ever in Sophos Firewall. 

Try looking up creating a dead end Nat to block the attacks.

ian