Tag: network
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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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React Flaw Mitigation Leads to Cloudflare Outage
Outage Briefly Took Down Zoom, LinkedIn and Other Websites. Content delivery network giant Cloudflare is investigating a brief outage early Friday that took down multiple websites. The incident marks the second outage in the span of a month, although the causes are unrelated. It stemmed from how Cloudflare’s web application firewall parses requests. First seen…
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Hardening browser security with zero-trust controls
Tags: access, api, authentication, automation, browser, chrome, cisa, cloud, compliance, container, control, corporate, credentials, crowdstrike, data, data-breach, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, fido, finance, framework, google, governance, group, Hardware, identity, kubernetes, least-privilege, login, malicious, malware, mfa, microsoft, network, nist, okta, passkey, password, phishing, phone, risk, risk-assessment, sap, service, soar, theft, threat, tool, update, wifi, windows, zero-trust1. Identity-first access control Network proximity is now an inferior trust signal. Only federated, cryptographically verifiable identity tokens issued by centralized enterprise IdPs using OIDC or SAML are permitted as gates to corporate resources. This transition, well-documented by FIDO Alliance and Microsoft research, transfers the very concept of “inside” the organization from the network to…
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Is Indonesia’s Gambling Empire a Front for State Cyber Activity?
Research suggests Indonesia’s massive gambling network may be an APT-level operation using large-scale, stealthy infrastructure. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/is-indonesias-gambling-empire-a-front-for-state-cyber-activity/
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Exclusive Networks UK boss looking for growth
Recently installed country manager shares his thoughts about how he can make an impact at the distributor First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/366635973/Exclusive-Networks-UK-boss-looking-for-growth
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CrowdStrike Identifies New China-Nexus Espionage Actor
CrowdStrike’s investigation shows that WARP PANDA initially infiltrated some victim networks as early as late 2023, later expanding operations. The post CrowdStrike Identifies New China-Nexus Espionage Actor appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-china-nexus-espionage-actor/
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PRC spies Brickstormed their way into critical US networks and remained hidden for years
Tags: network‘Dozens’ of US orgs infected First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/12/04/prc_spies_brickstorm_cisa/
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JPCERT/CC Reports Widespread Exploitation of Array Networks AG Gateway Vulnerability
Array Networks AG gateways have been under active exploitation since August 2025 due to a command injection flaw, JPCERT/CC warns. A command injection flaw in Array Networks AG Series gateways, affecting DesktopDirect, has been exploited in the wild since August 2025; it was patched in May 2025. An attacker can exploit the flaw to execute…
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Hackers Exploiting ArrayOS AG VPN Vulnerability to Deploy Webshells
A critical command injection vulnerability in Array Networks’ ArrayOS AG systems has become the focus of active exploitation campaigns, with Japanese organizations experiencing confirmed attacks since August 2025. According to alerts from JPCERT/CC, threat actors are leveraged the vulnerability to install webshells and establish persistent network access, marking a significant escalation in targeting enterprise VPN infrastructure. The…
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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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Building the missing layers for an internet of agents
Cybersecurity teams are starting to think about how large language model agents might interact at scale. A new paper from Cisco Research argues that the current network stack … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/05/cisco-research-internet-of-agents-architecture/
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JPCERT Confirms Active Command Injection Attacks on Array AG Gateways
A command injection vulnerability in Array Networks AG Series secure access gateways has been exploited in the wild since August 2025, according to an alert issued by JPCERT/CC this week.The vulnerability, which does not have a CVE identifier, was addressed by the company on May 11, 2025. It’s rooted in Array’s DesktopDirect, a remote desktop…
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JPCERT Confirms Active Command Injection Attacks on Array AG Gateways
A command injection vulnerability in Array Networks AG Series secure access gateways has been exploited in the wild since August 2025, according to an alert issued by JPCERT/CC this week.The vulnerability, which does not have a CVE identifier, was addressed by the company on May 11, 2025. It’s rooted in Array’s DesktopDirect, a remote desktop…
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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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PRC spies Brickstromed their way into critical US networks and remained hidden for years
Tags: network‘Dozens’ of US orgs infected First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/12/04/prc_spies_brickstrom_cisa/
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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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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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Aisuru botnet turns Q3 into a terabit-scale stress test for the entire internet
Cloudflare data shows 29.7 Tbps record-breaker landed amid 87% surge in network-layer attacks First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/12/04/cloudflare_aisuru_botnet/
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Coach or mentor: What you need depends on where you are as a cyber leader
Tags: access, ai, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, government, jobs, network, programming, risk, risk-management, skills, technologyA good technical base can last decades: While mentees need the most help with aligning to the business, some argue that a technical baseline is equally as important to the role for managing technical staff and enabling business operations, particularly through innovative technologies like cloud and AI.One of those is Cynthia Madden, founder of Artemis…
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A day in the life of the internet tells a bigger story
On any given day, the internet carries countless signals that hint at how networks behave behind the scenes. Researchers from RIPE NCC and several universities found a way to … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/04/ripe-atlas-network-measurements/
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Cybersicherheit im Jahr 2026: Sechs entscheidenden Trends für die digitale Wirtschaft
Die rasante Entwicklung von künstlicher Intelligenz (KI), die fortschreitende Cloud-Migration und die zunehmende Komplexität digitaler Geschäftsmodelle stellen Unternehmen vor neue Herausforderungen. Palo Alto Networks hat sechs zentrale Trends identifiziert, die im kommenden Jahr die Sicherheitslandschaft maßgeblich beeinflussen werden. Das neue Zeitalter der Täuschung: Die Bedrohung durch KI-Identitäten Identität wird im KI-Zeitalter zur zentralen Angriffsfläche…. First…
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Developers urged to immediately upgrade React, Next.js
create-next-app and built for production is vulnerable without any specific code modifications by the developer,” Wiz also warns.The problem in React’s server package, designated CVE-2025-55182, is a logical deserialization vulnerability allowing the server to processes RSC payloads in an unsafe way. When a server receives a specially crafted, malformed payload, say Wiz researchers, it fails to validate the…