Tag: infrastructure
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Microsoft’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday Addresses 83 CVEs (CVE-2026-21262, CVE-2026-26127)
8Critical 75Important 0Moderate 0Low Microsoft addresses 83 CVEs including two vulnerabilities that were publicly disclosed prior to a patch being released. Microsoft patched 83 CVEs in its March 2026 Patch Tuesday release, with eight rated critical and 75 rated as important. Our counts omitted one CVE (CVE-2026-26030) assigned by GitHub. This month’s update includes patches…
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CISA Warns SolarWinds and Ivanti Vulnerabilities Are Actively Exploited
Organizations often prioritize patching vulnerabilities based on severity scores, assuming that lower-rated issues pose limited risk. In practice, attackers frequently exploit vulnerabilities that remain unpatched in real environments, regardless of their official severity rating. New reporting from The Hacker News highlights that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added multiple vulnerabilities affecting products…
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Iranian APT Hack Targets US Airport Bank and Software Company
Critical infrastructure organizations continue to face sustained pressure from nation-state cyber operations. Airports, financial institutions, and software companies represent high-value targets because of the operational and economic disruption that a successful intrusion can create. New reporting from SecurityWeek details how an Iranian advanced persistent threat group conducted cyber intrusions against organizations, including a U.S. airport,…
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Data Diodes Have Become Essential to Modern OT Cybersecurity
Segmentation Mandates Make One-Way Data-Flow Architectures Essential Data diodes are re-emerging as a preferred control as IT-OT convergence expands the industrial attack surface and regulators tighten segmentation mandates. Hardware-enforced, one-way data flow offers provable isolation for critical infrastructure and growing executive accountability. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/data-diodes-have-become-essential-to-modern-ot-cybersecurity-p-4063
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US entities face heightened cyber risk related to Iran war
The military campaign against Iran is putting local governments, critical infrastructure providers and major U.S. companies at heightened risk of disruptive attacks. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/us-entities-cyber-risk-iran-war/814313/
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Inside a bot operator’s email verification infrastructure
During an investigation into a large-scale automated account creation attack targeting one of our customers, we observed a burst of suspicious registration activity. In less than a week, the attackers attempted more than 80,000 registrations. While investigating the registrations, we identified several unusual email domains being used during the First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to…
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CISA shortens patch deadline for critical Ivanti, SolarWinds bugs
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) gave all federal civilian agencies until Thursday to patch CVE-2025-26399, a critical vulnerability impacting the popular SolarWinds Web Help Desk. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cisa-shortens-patch-deadline-ivanti-solarwinds
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CISA Alerts on Ivanti Endpoint Manager Vulnerability Auth Bypass Exploited in the Wild
Tags: access, authentication, cisa, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, exploit, infrastructure, ivanti, kev, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a newly disclosed security vulnerability affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, warning that the issue is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1603, allows attackers to bypass authentication protections and potentially access sensitive credential data…
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The OT security time bomb: Why legacy industrial systems are the biggest cyber risk nobody wants to fix
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, exploit, firewall, incident, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, ISO-27001, metric, mfa, monitoring, network, office, phishing, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, siem, soc, stuxnet, supply-chain, tool, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayWhy everyone knows it’s burning, but nobody pulls the fire alarm: When I talk to OT managers, production leads or plant engineers, I rarely hear, “We didn’t know we had a problem.” Far more often, it’s, “We know it’s critical, but we can’t just shut it down.” This gap between awareness and action is the…
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U.S. CISA adds Ivanti EPM, SolarWinds, and Omnissa Workspace One flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds EPM, SolarWinds, and Omnissa Workspace One flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple, Rockwell, and Hikvision flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: The first vulnerability added to the catalog is…
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Law enforcement disrupted Tycoon 2FA phishing-as-a-service platform
Authorities disrupted the Tycoon 2FA phishing-as-a-service platform used to send millions of phishing emails to over 500,000 orgs worldwide. The joint effort, led by Microsoft, Europol, and industry partners, aimed to target the infrastructure of Tycoon 2FA phishing-as-a-service platform responsible for tens of millions of fraudulent emails reaching over 500,000 organizations each month worldwide. By…
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Warum Telekommunikationsnetze zum Top-Ziel für Cyberangriffe geworden sind
Cyberangriffe auf Telekommunikationsnetze treffen nicht nur einzelne Unternehmen. Sie betreffen eine zentrale Infrastruktur für Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Politik eine digitale Lebensader, auf die heute nahezu alles angewiesen ist. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/warum-telekommunikationsnetze-zum-top-ziel-fuer-cyberangriffe-geworden-sind/a44036/
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I replaced manual pen tests with automation. Here’s what I learned.
Tags: access, attack, breach, control, cvss, detection, exploit, infrastructure, intelligence, password, penetration-testing, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, service, siem, soc, tactics, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayThe remediation black hole: Perhaps most frustrating was what happened after we received findings. Our teams would work diligently to implement fixes, but we rarely had the budget or opportunity to bring testers back to validate remediation. We were left with uncertainty. This gap between identification and verification created a dangerous blind spot in our…
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Signal Confirms Sophisticated Phishing Scheme Caused Account Compromises
The secure messaging platform Signal recently confirmed active, targeted phishing campaigns resulting in severe account takeovers. These sophisticated attacks have successfully compromised the accounts of high-profile individuals, specifically targeting government officials and journalists. Despite these high-profile breaches, Signal explicitly clarified that its underlying infrastructure and end-to-end encryption protocols remain robust and completely uncompromised. The breaches…
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CISA Flags SolarWinds, Ivanti, and Workspace One Vulnerabilities as Actively Exploited
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added three security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerability list is as follows -CVE-2021-22054 (CVSS score: 7.5) – A server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Omnissa Workspace One UEM (formerly VMware Workspace One UEM) that First…
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President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America: What It Means for the U.S. and Why It Matters Globally
Tags: access, ai, awareness, business, ceo, cloud, compliance, computing, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, governance, government, healthcare, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, international, malicious, network, regulation, resilience, risk, skills, startup, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, zero-trustPresident Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America signals a shift toward risk-based security and cooperation across emerging technologies. While centered on U.S. interests, the strategy provides a blueprint to collectively strengthen global cyber resilience. Key takeaways Cybersecurity as a global security imperative: The strategy signals that cybersecurity has evolved beyond a mere “IT issue” to become…
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Trump administration will test infrastructure cybersecurity approaches in pilot program
The government can’t rely on a “universal solution” to the challenges facing infrastructure operators, a top White House official said. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/critical-infrastructure-pilot-program-trump-cyber-oncd/814248/
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Attackers Probe Critical Infrastructure for Low-Cost Entry
CS4CA USA Summit Speaker Daryl Haegley on Zero Trust and OT Visibility. Critical infrastructure operators face constant cyber probing from state adversaries targeting energy, water and industrial systems. A U.S. Air Force cyber resiliency leader explains why zero trust, IT-OT separation and stronger anomaly detection are essential to defend mission-critical operations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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CVE program funding secured, easing fears of repeat crisis
Transparency questions remain: Despite the apparent funding stability, the contract itself remains largely opaque, even to members of the CVE board.A source close to the CVE program, who requested anonymity to preserve working relationships with CISA and MITRE, described the agreement as reassuring but lacking transparency.”It’s a mystery contract with a mystery number that has…
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Report Surfaces Higher Correlation Between API and AI Security
An analysis of 67,058 published vulnerabilities from 2025 finds 11,053, or 17%, are related to application programming interfaces (APIs). Conducted by Wallarm, the 2026 API ThreatStats Report also notes that 43% of the additions made in 2025 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog maintained by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) involved API……
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AI-Based Cybersecurity Monitoring
Tags: ai, cloud, cybersecurity, detection, endpoint, infrastructure, login, monitoring, network, saas, threatTransforming Security Operations with Intelligent, Real-Time Threat Detection The Growing Need for Intelligent Security Monitoring Modern enterprises operate in highly dynamic digital environments where cloud platforms, SaaS applications, remote work infrastructure, and connected devices continuously generate vast volumes of security data. Every login attempt, network request, endpoint activity, and application interaction contributes to an expanding…
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Iran-Linked Hackers Target U.S. Critical Infrastructure Amid Rising Cyber Threats
Iran-linked threat actors are escalating cyber operations against U.S. and allied networks, with Seedworm recently deploying new backdoors against critical infrastructure and high-value organizations amid the current regional conflict. Activity associated with the Iranian APT group Seedworm (aka MuddyWater, Temp Zagros, Static Kitten) has been observed on the networks of multiple U.S. organizations since early…
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Cyber Espionage Group CL-UNK-1068 Linked to China Targets Asian Infrastructure
Tags: china, cyber, espionage, government, group, infrastructure, law, malware, open-source, technology, threatA highly sophisticated cyber espionage group, designated as CL-UNK-1068, has been actively targeting critical infrastructure across South, Southeast, and East Asia since at least 2020. Originating from China, the threat actors focus on high-value sectors, including aviation, energy, government, law enforcement, technology, and telecommunications. The attackers use a versatile mix of custom malware, open-source utilities,…
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Tausende reißen BSI-Frist und riskieren Strafen
Das deutsche Gesetz zur Umsetzung der NIS-2-Richtlinie ist am 6. Dezember 2025 in Kraft getreten.Welche Auswirkungen IT-Sicherheitsvorfälle für die Bevölkerung haben können, hat sich etwa gezeigt, als im vergangenen Herbst ein Flughafen-Dienstleister Opfer eines Cyberangriffs wurde. Betroffen waren mehrere Flughäfen in Europa. Der Hackerangriff legte am Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg (BER) elektronische Systeme lahm, die für die…
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Web Server Exploits and Mimikatz Used in Attacks Targeting Asian Critical Infrastructure
High-value organizations located in South, Southeast, and East Asia have been targeted by a Chinese threat actor as part of a years-long campaign.The activity, which has targeted aviation, energy, government, law enforcement, pharmaceutical, technology, and telecommunications sectors, has been attributed by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 to a previously undocumented threat activity group dubbed First…
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PQC roadmap remains hazy as vendors race for early advantage
Tags: attack, cisco, communications, control, crypto, cryptography, data, encryption, finance, firmware, gartner, google, grc, guide, Hardware, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, monitoring, network, nist, risk, software, technology, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerabilitySome are already ahead as the migration question looms: One of the earliest vendors to operationalize cryptographic discovery specifically for PQC readiness was Sandbox AQ, which emerged from Google’s quantum research efforts. As early as 2022, the company argued that enterprises needed to inventory cryptography assets long before post-quantum algorithms could be deployed at scale.Initially…
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Hikvision Multiple Product Vulnerability Could Let Attackers Escalate Privileges
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has officially added a critical security flaw affecting multiple Hikvision products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This urgent addition, made on March 5, 2026, serves as a stark warning to network defenders after federal authorities confirmed that threat actors are actively exploiting the bug in real-world…
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Warum DDoS-Abwehr heute geschäftskritisch ist Digitale Resilienz stärken
Gezielte DDoS-Angriffe auf Unternehmen und öffentliche Verwaltungen nehmen rasant zu und bedrohen nicht nur die technische Infrastruktur, sondern auch Geschäftserfolg und Reputation Standardlösungen stoßen dabei zunehmend an ihre Grenzen. Nur dedizierte, intelligente und skalierbare Abwehrsysteme sichern digitale Resilienz und schützen nachhaltig vor finanziellen Schäden und Vertrauensverlust. First seen on ap-verlag.de Jump to article: ap-verlag.de/warum-ddos-abwehr-heute-geschaeftskritisch-ist-digitale-resilienz-staerken/102825/