Tag: infrastructure
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Critical React2Shell Flaw Added to CISA KEV After Confirmed Active Exploitation
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday formally added a critical security flaw impacting React Server Components (RSC) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog following reports of active exploitation in the wild.The vulnerability, CVE-2025-55182 (CVSS score: 10.0), relates to a case of remote code execution that could be triggered by an…
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Critical React2Shell Flaw Added to CISA KEV After Confirmed Active Exploitation
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday formally added a critical security flaw impacting React Server Components (RSC) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog following reports of active exploitation in the wild.The vulnerability, CVE-2025-55182 (CVSS score: 10.0), relates to a case of remote code execution that could be triggered by an…
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China Hackers Using Brickstorm Backdoor to Target Government, IT Entities
Chinese-sponsored groups are using the popular Brickstorm backdoor to access and gain persistence in government and tech firm networks, part of the ongoing effort by the PRC to establish long-term footholds in agency and critical infrastructure IT environments, according to a report by U.S. and Canadian security offices. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article:…
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No Vote, No Leader: CISA Faces 2026 Without a Director
US Cyber Defense Agency Faces Procedural Delays Blocking Director Confirmation. Sean Plankey’s stalled nomination leaves the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency without a Senate-confirmed director amid rising state-linked threats, as unrelated congressional holds tied to telecom and contracting fights freeze the process with no resolution in sight. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/no-vote-no-leader-cisa-faces-2026-without-director-a-30208
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Salt Security Unveils New AI-Powered Capabilities, Expanding API Visibility and Protecting Emerging MCP Infrastructure
Salt Security used the stage at AWS re:Invent this week to unveil two major enhancements to its API Protection Platform, introducing a generative AI interface powered by Amazon Bedrock and extending its behavioural threat protection to safeguard Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers via AWS WAF. The announcements highlight the company’s growing focus on visibility, risk…
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On cyber, Trump’s national security strategy emphasizes industry and regional partners
President Donald Trump’s new 33-page national security strategy sets cybersecurity within the broader context of protecting critical infrastructure and managing regional affairs in the Western Hemisphere. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/trump-national-security-strategy-cyber-elements
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Warum Unternehmen Technologie-Stack und Datenarchitektur überdenken sollten
Tags: infrastructureSeit Jahren sehen sich Unternehmen mit einem grundlegenden Datenproblem konfrontiert: Systeme (Online-Transaction-Processing, OLTP), die alltägliche Anwendungen ausführen, und Analysesysteme (Online-Analytical-Processing, OLAP), die Erkenntnisse liefern. Diese Trennung entstand aufgrund traditioneller Beschränkungen der Infrastruktur, prägte aber auch die Arbeitsweise von Unternehmen. Sie führte zu doppelt gepflegten Daten, isolierten Teams und langsameren Entscheidungsprozessen. Entwickler konzentrieren sich darauf, Anwendungen…
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BRICKSTORM backdoor exposed: CISA warns of advanced China-backed intrusions
Tags: apt, backdoor, china, cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, espionage, infrastructure, threatCISA details BRICKSTORM, a China-linked backdoor used by China-linked APTs to secure long-term persistence on compromised systems. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has disclosed technical details on BRICKSTORM, a backdoor used by China state-sponsored threat actors to gain and maintain long-term persistence on compromised systems, highlighting ongoing PRC cyber-espionage activity. >>The Cybersecurity…
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Predator Spyware Maker Intellexa Evades Sanctions, New Victims Identified
Data leaks have shed a new light on Intellexa’s flagship spyware infrastructure and attack vectors First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/predator-spyware-intellexa-evades/
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CISA Reports PRC Hackers Using BRICKSTORM for Long-Term Access in U.S. Systems
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday released details of a backdoor named BRICKSTORM that has been put to use by state-sponsored threat actors from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to maintain long-term persistence on compromised systems.”BRICKSTORM is a sophisticated backdoor for VMware vSphere and Windows environments,” the agency said. “…
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15 years in, zero trust remains elusive, with AI rising to complicate the challenge
Legacy systems that weren’t designed for zero trust principles,Fragmented identity and access tools that make unified enforcement difficult, andCultural and organizational resistance to changing long-standing trust models.Kyle Wickert, field CTO at AlgoSec, says zero trust remains one of the most misunderstood transformations in cybersecurity.”Many organizations still hesitate to pursue it because they associate zero trust…
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CISA, NSA Alert on BRICKSTORM Malware Targeting VMware ESXi and Windows Systems
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA), joined by Canadian cyber authorities, have issued a joint alert warning of a sophisticated new malware campaign dubbed >>BRICKSTORM.
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CISA, NSA Alert on BRICKSTORM Malware Targeting VMware ESXi and Windows Systems
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA), joined by Canadian cyber authorities, have issued a joint alert warning of a sophisticated new malware campaign dubbed >>BRICKSTORM.
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Das CISO-Paradoxon: Innovation ermöglichen und Risiken managen
Tags: ai, api, authentication, ciso, cyberattack, edr, encryption, firewall, governance, infrastructure, least-privilege, risk, siem, soc, update, vulnerability, waf, zero-dayCISOs sollten eng mit anderen Teams zusammenarbeiten.Eine der Hauptaufgaben von CISOs besteht darin, nicht mehr die ‘Abteilung des Neins” zu sein. Sie müssen Wege finden, die schnelle Bereitstellung von Produkten und Dienstleistungen für das Unternehmen zu ermöglichen, ohne gleichzeitig neue Risiken einzuführen.Das ist, kurz gesagt, das Paradoxon. In einem Umfeld, in dem Produktteams ständig neue…
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Suspicious traffic could be testing CDN evasion, says expert
“Cf-Warp-Tag-Id,” which is associated with Cloudflare’s Warp VPN service;”X-Fastly-Request-Id,”, which is associated with the Fastly CDN;”X-Akamai-Transformed,” a header added by Akamai;and a puzzler: “X-T0Ken-Inf0.” Ullrich thinks it might contain a form of authentication token, but isn’t sure.In an interview, he said one explanation is that a threat actor is trying to get around a CDN’s…
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Suspicious traffic could be testing CDN evasion, says expert
“Cf-Warp-Tag-Id,” which is associated with Cloudflare’s Warp VPN service;”X-Fastly-Request-Id,”, which is associated with the Fastly CDN;”X-Akamai-Transformed,” a header added by Akamai;and a puzzler: “X-T0Ken-Inf0.” Ullrich thinks it might contain a form of authentication token, but isn’t sure.In an interview, he said one explanation is that a threat actor is trying to get around a CDN’s…
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U.S. CISA adds a new an OpenPLC ScadaBR flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a new OpenPLC ScadaBR flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an OpenPLC ScadaBR flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-26828 (CVSS Score of 8.7), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability is an unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability. >>OpenPLC…
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Brickstorm Malware Hits US Critical Systems, CISA Warns
Chinese-Linked Malware Campaign Targets Critical Environments With Weak Monitoring. U.S. and Canadian cyber authorities say Chinese state-backed actors used a backdoor dubbed BRICKSTORM to maintain long-term access into critical infrastructure, exploiting VMware environments to exfiltrate credentials and evade detection through encrypted covert channels. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/brickstorm-malware-hits-us-critical-systems-cisa-warns-a-30195
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CISA, NSA warn of China’s BRICKSTORM malware after incident response efforts
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), NSA and Canadian Centre for Cyber Security published an advisory on Thursday outlining the BRICKSTORM malware based off an analysis of eight samples taken from victim organizations. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cisa-nsa-warn-brickstorm-china
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Cloudflare Has Blocked 416 Billion AI Bot Requests Since July 1
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince claims the internet infrastructure company’s efforts to block AI crawlers are already seeing big results. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/big-interview-event-matthew-prince-cloudflare/
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AI creates new security risks for OT networks, warns NSA
Tags: ai, cisa, compliance, control, cyber, data, data-breach, government, healthcare, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, LLM, network, risk, technology, trainingPrinciples for the Secure Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Operational Technology, authored by the NSA in conjunction with the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) and a global alliance of national security agencies.While the use of AI in critical infrastructure OT is in its early days, the guidance reads like an attempt…
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AI creates new security risks for OT networks, warns NSA
Tags: ai, cisa, compliance, control, cyber, data, data-breach, government, healthcare, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, LLM, network, risk, technology, trainingPrinciples for the Secure Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Operational Technology, authored by the NSA in conjunction with the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) and a global alliance of national security agencies.While the use of AI in critical infrastructure OT is in its early days, the guidance reads like an attempt…
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LummaC2 Infects North Korean Hacker Device Linked to Bybit Heist
LummaC2 infostealer infects North Korean hacker’s device, exposing ties to $1.4B Bybit heist and revealing tools, infrastructure and OPSEC failures. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/north-korean-hacker-device-lummac2-infostealer-bybit/
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US, Allies Warn AI in OT May Undermine System Safety
AI in OT May Trigger Cascading Infrastructure Failures. The U.S. cyber defense agency warned that machine learning and large language model deployments can introduce new attack surfaces across critical infrastructure sectors in a document setting out principles for safely integrating AI into operational technology. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/us-allies-warn-ai-in-ot-may-undermine-system-safety-a-30193
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5 Things To Know On VMware ‘Brickstorm’ Attacks
A wave of China-linked espionage attacks has been observed targeting VMware vSphere systems, and have gained long-term persistence in some cases, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/5-things-to-know-on-vmware-brickstorm-attacks
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US, allies urge critical infrastructure operators to carefully plan and oversee AI use
New guidance attempts to temper companies’ enthusiasm for the latest exciting technology. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-critical-infrastructure-government-guidance/807052/
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CISA warns of Chinese “BrickStorm” malware attacks on VMware servers
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned network defenders of Chinese hackers backdooring VMware vSphere servers with Brickstorm malware. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-chinese-brickstorm-malware-attacks-on-vmware-servers/
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From feeds to flows: Using a unified linkage model to operationalize threat intelligence
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, finance, firewall, framework, github, government, iam, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, ISO-27001, malicious, metric, mitre, monitoring, network, nist, open-source, phishing, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, saas, service, siem, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-trustwhat to watch for, but not why it matters or how it moves through your environment.The result is a paradox of abundance: CISOs have more data than ever before, but less operational clarity. Analysts are overwhelmed by indicators disconnected from context or mission relevance.Each feed represents a snapshot of a potential threat, but it does…
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CISA and International Partners Issue Guidance for Secure AI in Infrastructure
Cybersecurity agencies have issued guidance for securely integrating AI into OT systems First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-guidance-secure-ai-ot/