Tag: network
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Meet ARGUS, the robot built to catch hackers and physical intruders
Hospitals, airports, and campuses are no longer dealing with separate security problems. Someone can slip past a checkpoint while another actor launches a network scan, and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/06/argus-robotic-security-system/
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Hackers Turn AWS X-Ray into Command-and-Control Platform
Tags: cloud, control, cyber, framework, hacker, infrastructure, monitoring, network, RedTeam, serviceRed team researchers have unveiled XRayC2, a sophisticated command-and-control framework that weaponizes Amazon Web Services’ X-Ray distributed application tracing service to establish covert communication channels. This innovative technique demonstrates how attackers can abuse legitimate cloud monitoring infrastructure to bypass traditional network security controls. Diagram explaining command and control (C2) servers used by attackers to control…
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Oracle Rushes Patch for CVE-2025-61882 After Cl0p Exploited It in Data Theft Attacks
Oracle has released an emergency update to address a critical security flaw in its E-Business Suite that it said has been exploited in the recent wave of Cl0p data theft attacks.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-61882 (CVSS score: 9.8), concerns an unspecified bug that could allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 544 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. GreyNoise detects 500% surge in scans targeting Palo Alto Networks portals U.S. CISA adds Smartbedded Meteobridge,…
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Week in review: Many Cisco ASA firewalls still unsecure, hackers claim Red Hat’s GitLab breach
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Keeping the internet afloat: How to protect the global cable network The … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/05/week-in-review-many-cisco-asa-firewalls-still-unsecure-hackers-claim-red-hats-gitlab-breach/
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Week in review: Many Cisco ASA firewalls still unsecure, hackers claim Red Hat’s GitLab breach
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Keeping the internet afloat: How to protect the global cable network The … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/05/week-in-review-many-cisco-asa-firewalls-still-unsecure-hackers-claim-red-hats-gitlab-breach/
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GreyNoise detects 500% surge in scans targeting Palo Alto Networks portals
GreyNoise saw a 500% spike in scans on Palo Alto Networks login portals on Oct. 3, 2025, the highest in three months. Cybersecurity firm GreyNoise reported a 500% surge in scans targeting Palo Alto Networks login portals on October 3, 2025, marking the highest activity in three months. On October 3, the researchers observed that…
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Struggling to heat your home? How about 500 Raspberry Pi units?
UK Power Networks trials Thermify’s HeatHub boilers, swapping gas flames for clustered compute First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/03/thermify_heathub_raspberry_pi/
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Massive surge in scans targeting Palo Alto Networks login portals
A spike in suspicious scans targeting Palo Alto Networks login portals indicates clear reconnaissance efforts from suspicious IP addresses, researchers warn. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-surge-in-scans-targeting-palo-alto-networks-login-portals/
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Scanning Activity on Palo Alto Networks Portals Jump 500% in One Day
Threat intelligence firm GreyNoise disclosed on Friday that it has observed a spike in scanning activity targeting Palo Alto Networks login portals.The company said it observed a nearly 500% increase in IP addresses scanning Palo Alto Networks login portals on October 3, 2025, the highest level recorded in the last three months. It described the…
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Hundreds of Free VPN Apps Expose Android and iOS Users’ Personal Data
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are trusted by millions to protect privacy, secure communications, and enable remote access on their mobile devices. But what if the very apps designed to safeguard your data are riddled with dangerous security flaws that expose the exact information they promise to protect? A comprehensive security and privacy analysis by Zimperium…
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Cl0p-linked threat actors target Oracle E-Business Suite in extortion campaign
Execs: Don’t ‘engage rashly’: There are no common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) for this attack; the issue “stems from configuration and default business logic abuse rather than a specific vulnerability,” according to Halcyon.The firm advises organizations to check if EBS portals are publicly accessible (via /OA_HTML/AppsLocalLogin.jsp#) and if so, immediately restrict exposure. It is also…
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Hospital Chain to Pay $7.6M to Settle Breach Litigation
Hospital Sisters Health System’s 2023 Hack Affected Nearly 900,000 People. A network of 13 Catholic hospitals, community health centers and clinics in the Midwest will pay $7.6 million and implement improvements to its data security practices to settle consolidated class action litigation filed in the aftermath of a 2023 hacking incident affecting nearly 900,000 people.…
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Building a Full-Lifecycle Defense System for Large Language Model Security
Santa Clara, Calif. Oct 2, 2025 Recently, NSFOCUS held the AI New Product Launch in Beijing, comprehensively showcasing the company’s latest technological achievements and practical experience in AI security. With large language model security protection as the core topic, the launch systematically introduced NSFOCUS’s concept and practices in strategy planning, scenario-based protection, technical products, and…The…
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Cybercrime group claims to have breached Red Hat ‘s private GitHub repositories
The cybercrime group calling itself the Crimson Collective claimed to have compromised Red Hat ‘s private GitHub repositories. The Crimson Collective claimed it had stolen 570GB from Red Hat ‘s private GitHub repositories, including 28,000 projects and approximately 800 Customer Engagement Reports (CERs) with sensitive network data. CERs often contain sensitive info, including infrastructure details,…
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Sicherer Fernzugriff neu gedacht – Warum Zero Trust Network Access das klassische VPN ablöst
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/zero-trust-abloesung-vpn-a-810f1aa6f42690a1c2b38816ba3f4505/
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Termix Docker Image Leaking SSH Credentials (CVE-2025-59951)
A critical vulnerability in the official Termix Docker image puts users at risk of exposing sensitive SSH credentials. The flaw allows anyone with network access to retrieve stored host addresses, usernames, and passwords without logging in. How the Vulnerability Works Termix provides a Docker image that runs a Node.js backend behind an Nginx reverse proxy.…
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USENIX 2025: PEPR ’25 Network Structure And Privacy: The Re-Identification Risk In Graph Data
Creator, Author and Presenter: Daniele Romanini, Resolve Our thanks to USENIX for publishing their Presenter’s outstanding USENIX Enigma ’23 Conference content on the organization’s’ YouTube channel. Permalink First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/usenix-2025-pepr-25-network-structure-and-privacy-the-re-identification-risk-in-graph-data/
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Intel and AMD trusted enclaves, a foundation for network security, fall to physical attacks
The chipmakers say physical attacks aren’t in the threat model. Many users didn’t get the memo. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/09/intel-and-amd-trusted-enclaves-the-backbone-of-network-security-fall-to-physical-attacks/
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Chinese APT Phantom Taurus Targeted MS Exchange Servers Over 3 Years
Cybersecurity researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 say Chinese APT Phantom Taurus breached Microsoft Exchange servers for years using a backdoor to spy on diplomats and defense data. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/chinese-apt-phantom-taurus-ms-exchange-servers/
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Docker APIs Targeted FireTail Blog
Sep 30, 2025 – Lina Romero – In 2025’s fast-moving cyber landscape, attacks are everywhere and AI and APIs are the biggest targets. We’ve spoken before about hackers exploiting Docker Swarm to launch cryptomining attacks, but now attackers are using Docker APIs for other malicious purposes. It started this June. Trend Micro noticed abnormal activity…
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Phantom Taurus: New China-Linked Hacker Group Hits Governments With Stealth Malware
Government and telecommunications organizations across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia have emerged as the target of a previously undocumented China-aligned nation-state actor dubbed Phantom Taurus over the past two-and-a-half years.”Phantom Taurus’ main focus areas include ministries of foreign affairs, embassies, geopolitical events, and military operations,” Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Afghanistan plunged into nationwide internet blackout, disrupting air travel, medical care
The shutdown, confirmed by internet monitoring groups NetBlocks, Kentik and Proton VPN, began late Monday and continued into Tuesday, affecting both mobile and fixed-line services. Telephone networks were also disrupted. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/afghanistan-plunged-into-nationwide-internet-blackout
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Databricks enters the cybersecurity arena with an AI-driven platform
A crowded field of AI Security Platforms: Databricks’ latest move puts it in competition with established security players who’ve been leaning heavily on AI-driven analytics, including Splunk (now part of Cisco), Microsoft Sentinel, Google Chronicle, and startups like Securonix. Each offers some flavors of unifying data streams, layering AI detection, and reducing analyst fatigue.For Databricks,…
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Hackers Use Cellular Router API to Send Malicious SMS with Weaponized Links
The monitoring and analysis of vulnerability exploitations are among the primary responsibilities of Sekoia.io’s Threat Detection & Research (TDR) team. Using honeypots, the team monitors traffic targeting edge devices and internet-facing applications. On 22 July 2025, suspicious network traces appeared in our honeypots, reveals that a cellular router’s API was exploited to deliver smishing campaigns…
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Beer Maker Asahi Shuts Down Production Due to Cyberattack
Japanese beer and beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings has been forced to halt production at its domestic factories as a result of a cyberattack that struck on Monday. Asahi, known for its popular brands such as Asahi Super Dry Beer, Nikka Whisky, and Mitsuya Cider, has yet to resume operations across its network of 30…
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Hackers Actively Probe Palo Alto PAN-OS GlobalProtect Vulnerability for Exploitation
An uptick in internet-wide scanning activity indicates that threat actors are actively probing for systems vulnerable toCVE-2024-3400, a critical GlobalProtect flaw in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS. Security researchers at SANS ISC observed a single source IP address 141.98.82.26, systematically targeting the GlobalProtect portal’s file-upload endpoint in an attempt to place and retrieve session files on…