Tag: infrastructure
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CISA Alerts on RESURGE Malware Exploiting Ivanti Connect Secure Zero-Days
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a Malware Analysis Report (MAR) detailing a new malware family dubbed RESURGE, which is actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Ivanti Connect Secure devices. According to CISA, RESURGE builds upon the functionality of the earlier SPAWNCHIMERA malware strain, introducing new commands designed to enhance persistence and…
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Things Were Even Worse at CISA Than We Thought
Just last week I wrote that CISA was on life support. That was before we knew how bad it really was. When Jen Easterly stepped down and the agency was left without a Senate-confirmed director, it was already troubling. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the nerve center for defending federal networks and coordinating.. First…
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Gambit Security Lands $61M to Bolster Enterprise Resilience
Startup’s Resilience Platform Focuses on Continuous Monitoring and Remediation. Backed by Spark Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and Cyberstarts, Gambit Security is launching a platform designed to give CISOs real-time visibility into resilience risks, automate remediation, and manage hybrid infrastructure in the face of AI-enabled cyberattacks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/gambit-security-lands-61m-to-bolster-enterprise-resilience-a-30881
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Aeternum botnet hides commands in Polygon smart contracts
Aeternum botnet uses Polygon blockchain smart contracts for C&C, making its infrastructure harder to detect and disrupt. Qrator Labs researchers uncovered Aeternum, a botnet that runs its command-and-control infrastructure through smart contracts on the Polygon blockchain. By decentralizing its C2, the malware avoids traditional server-based takedowns and becomes far harder to disrupt or shut down,…
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CISA warns that RESURGE malware can be dormant on Ivanti devices
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released new details about RESURGE, a malicious implant used in zero-day attacks exploiting CVE-2025-0282 to breach Ivanti Connect Secure devices. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-that-resurge-malware-can-be-dormant-on-ivanti-devices/
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Operationalizing Risk: Automating Cyber Risk Processes
<div cla Modern organizations operate in environments where cyber risks evolve daily, cloud infrastructure changes continuously, and compliance expectations intensify across jurisdictions. In this environment, traditional risk management that relies on staticrisk assessments and manual effort is no longer sufficient. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/operationalizing-risk-automating-cyber-risk-processes/
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Researchers Unveil Aeternum C2 Infrastructure with Advanced Evasion and Persistence Tactics
For years, defenders have relied on a simple strategy to dismantle botnets find and seize their command-and-control (C2) servers. That weakness enabled global law enforcement operations to disrupt massive botnets such as Emotet, TrickBot, and QakBot. But a newly identified C2 framework,Aeternum, may render those tactics obsolete. Instead of using centralized servers or domains, Aeternum…
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Why application security must start at the load balancer
Tags: application-security, attack, authentication, breach, business, compliance, control, credentials, defense, detection, encryption, exploit, finance, guide, healthcare, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, nist, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, waf, zero-trustInternet traffic hits the load balancerThe load balancer forwards traffic as fast as possibleSecurity happens laterThe problem is simple. If the first system doesn’t enforce trust, everything behind it is already compromised by design. Example 1: Financial services: The team invested heavily in downstream security tools. But the load balancer accepted weak TLS versions and…
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Juniper Networks PTX Vulnerability Allows Full Router Takeover, Exposing Networks
Juniper Networks has issued an out-of-cycle critical security bulletin addressing a severe vulnerability affecting its PTX Series routers running Junos OS Evolved. The flaw allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to execute malicious code with root privileges, potentially leading to complete device takeover. This critical security issue underscores the importance of securing core network infrastructure against…
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How to Move from Clusters that Mostly Work to Production”‘Ready EKS
<div cla Kubernetes on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is powerful, but it is not simple. Many teams I talk to are stuck somewhere between “we are only 2 versions behind” and “I’m terrified to touch anything.” The Fairwinds Amazon EKS Infrastructure Design Assessment exists to close that gap and give you production”‘ready Kubernetes infrastructure…
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Preventing Breaches MFA on Remote Access to Linux, Unix, and Infrastructure Systems
Most breaches don’t start with malware or zero-day exploits. They start with a login. An attacker gets hold of a password, maybe through phishing, reuse, or a leaked credential dump. They test it against a remote system. An SSH prompt appears. The credentials work. From there, everything unfolds quietly privilege escalation, lateral movement, persistence. By the time anyone notices, the damage is already done. ……
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Microsoft Copilot DLP Bypass: A Data Trust Wake-Up Call for AI Security
Tags: access, ai, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, data, data-breach, detection, email, endpoint, infrastructure, leak, microsoft, monitoring, risk, risk-management, saas, toolWhen Microsoft confirmed that a bug allowed Copilot to surface and summarize emails marked confidential despite existing DLP controls, it reignited urgent questions about Microsoft Copilot security, DLP bypass risk and enterprise AI data protection. The reaction was immediate. For many CISOs and security leaders responsible for Microsoft 365 security and AI risk management, it…
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Aeternum C2 Botnet Stores Encrypted Commands on Polygon Blockchain to Evade Takedown
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet loader called Aeternum C2 that uses a blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) infrastructure to make it resilient to takedown efforts.”Instead of relying on traditional servers or domains for command-and-control, Aeternum stores its instructions on the public Polygon blockchain,” Qrator Labs said in a report shared with The First…
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Suspected Chinese Cyberespionage Operation Hits 53 Telecoms
Google Unmasks, Disrupts Group Using Sheets for Command-and-Control Purposes. Likely Chinese nation-state hackers used online spreadsheets as infrastructure for hacking campaigns that affected at least 53 telecom operators across 42 countries, Google disclosed Wednesday. Incident responders discovered a backdoor being remotely controlled through Google Sheets. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/suspected-chinese-cyberespionage-operation-hits-53-telecoms-a-30857
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Securing Digital Governance: Building Cyber Resilience for the Public Sector
Tags: cloud, cyber, governance, government, identity, infrastructure, resilience, service, technology, threatStrengthening Digital Trust in an Era of Expanding Threats Government and public sector organizations are undergoing rapid digital transformation. From citizen service portals and digital identity systems to smart infrastructure and cloud-enabled collaboration, technology now underpins nearly every public function. While this modernization improves efficiency and accessibility, it also expands the cyber threat landscape and…
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U.S. CISA adds Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: This week, Cisco warned of a critical Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability, tracked…
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U.S. CISA adds Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: This week, Cisco warned of a critical Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability, tracked…
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U.S. CISA adds Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: This week, Cisco warned of a critical Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability, tracked…
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China-linked hackers used Google Sheets to spy on telecoms and governments across 42 countries
Tags: access, api, apt, china, cloud, communications, cyber, cyberespionage, data, defense, endpoint, espionage, google, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, linux, mandiant, monitoring, network, phone, radius, service, spy, theft, threat, vpnHow Mandiant found it: The campaign came to light during a Mandiant Threat Defense investigation, when analysts flagged unusual activity on a CentOS server. A binary named xapt, designed to masquerade as the apt package manager on Debian-based Linux systems, had already escalated to root and was running shell commands to confirm its access level,…
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Malicious Ads Bypass Google Ads Screening via New Campaign Platform Exploit
A sophisticated cloaking platform called 1Campaign, designed to help attackers run malicious Google Ads campaigns while evading detection. The service acts as a full”‘service infrastructure for malvertising, filtering out researchers and automated scanners to keep phishing and cryptocurrency drainer sites online for extended periods. Operated by a developer using the alias DuppyMeister, 1Campaign has been…
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Google GTIG disrupted China-linked APT UNC2814 halting attacks on 53 orgs in 42 countries
Google and partners disrupted UNC2814, a suspected China-linked group that hacked 53 organizations across 42 countries. Google, with industry partners, disrupted the infrastructure of UNC2814, a suspected China-linked cyber espionage group that breached at least 53 organizations in 42 countries. The group has been active since at least 2017, and was spotted targeting governments and…
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Hydra Saiga Espionage Campaign Targets Critical Utilities Using Telegram C2 for Data Theft
Hydra Saiga is running a long-running espionage campaign that abuses Telegram as command-and-control (C2) to infiltrate critical utilities in Central Asia and exfiltrate sensitive data from government and infrastructure networks. The first known Hydra Saiga activity dates to December 2024, when an executable named “Letter from the Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to the UN addressed…
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Google Disrupts Chinese Hacker Network Behind 53 Telecom, Gov’t Breaches
Tags: breach, china, cyber, espionage, google, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, mandiant, network, threatGoogle and its partners have disrupted a major Chinese state-linked cyber espionage campaign that breached at least 53 telecommunications and government entities across 42 countries on four continents. The operation, led by Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) alongside Mandiant and industry partners, dismantled the infrastructure of a suspected People’s Republic of China (PRC) nexus group…
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KI wächst schneller als IT-Security
Schnelle KI-Adaption hat ihren Preis: 123 Tage längere Recovery-Zeiten, höhere Schadenskosten und eine wachsende Angriffsfläche. Der aktuelle Global Security Research Report zeigt: Viele Unternehmen modernisieren ihre Sicherheitsarchitektur nicht im gleichen Tempo wie ihre KI-Infrastruktur [1]. Die Edge-Cloud-Plattform Fastly Inc. hat die Ergebnisse ihres vierten jährlichen Global Security Research Reports veröffentlicht. Der Bericht belegt, dass… First…
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Feds Scramble Amid Shutdown to Secure Cisco SD-WAN Systems
Emergency CISA Directive Lands as DHS Shutdown Strains Cyber Operations. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a directive Wednesday ordering civilian agencies to secure and hunt for compromise in vulnerable Cisco SD-WAN systems after officials observed active exploitation – while warning that shutdown-related disruptions heighten operational risk. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…