Tag: network
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Patch now: Attacker finds another zero day in Cisco firewall software
Tags: access, attack, best-practice, cisa, cisco, cve, cyber, defense, detection, exploit, firewall, firmware, Hardware, incident response, malware, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, router, software, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trustroot, which may lead to the complete compromise of the device.Affected are devices running Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) software, as well as devices running Cisco IOS, IOS XE and IOS XR software. There are two attack scenarios:an unauthenticated, remote attacker getting into devices running Cisco…
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Critical Cisco IOS/IOS XE Vulnerability Could Expose Networks
Cisco TACACS+ vulnerability threatens sensitive data. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/critical-cisco-ios-ios-xe-vulnerability-could-expose-networks/
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Black box penetration testing: pros and cons
Black box penetration testing is one method among many potential approaches to securing systems, applications, networks and cloud environments. As with anything, it has pros and cons. Black box penetration testing involves assessing an asset without any prior knowledge or access to its internals, for example authenticated features, application code, user credentials or network architecture.”¦…
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Chinese APT Drops ‘Brickstorm’ Backdoors on Edge Devices
The China-linked cyber-espionage group UNC5221 is compromising network appliances that cannot run traditional EDR agents to deploy new versions of the Brickstorm backdoor. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/chinese-apt-brickstorm-backdoors-edge-devices
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Vane Viper Generates 1 Trillion DNS Queries to Power Global Malware and Ad Fraud Network
The threat actor known as Vane Viper has been outed as a purveyor of malicious ad technology (adtech), while relying on a tangled web of shell companies and opaque ownership structures to deliberately evade responsibility.”Vane Viper has provided core infrastructure in widespread malvertising, ad fraud, and cyberthreat proliferation for at least a decade,” Infoblox said…
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Cloud Security Alliance launches framework to improve SaaS security
Tags: access, business, ceo, cloud, compliance, control, firewall, framework, governance, international, Internet, monitoring, network, privacy, risk, risk-assessment, saas, zero-trustChange control and configuration managementData security and privacy lifecycle managementIdentity and access managementInteroperability and portabilityLogging and monitoringSecurity incident management, e-discovery, and cloud forensicsThese domains are designed to map high-level business requirements into tangible SaaS security features that customers can actually configure and rely on, such as log delivery, SSO enforcement, secure configuration guidelines, and incident…
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Callous crims break into preschool network, publish toddlers’ data
Images of toddlers and home addresses leaked in reprehensible landmark attack First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/25/ransomware_gang_publishes_toddlers_images/
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Unmasking the Insider Seller: Dark Web Attribution
Nisos Unmasking the Insider Seller: Dark Web Attribution Most insider threat teams know what to watch for inside the network: unusual access requests, suspicious file movement, or behavior changes that trip internal tools… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/unmasking-the-insider-seller-dark-web-attribution/
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Thales Named a Leader in the Data Security Posture Management Market
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, encryption, finance, GDPR, google, Hardware, identity, intelligence, law, microsoft, monitoring, network, office, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, soc, software, strategy, technology, threat, toolThales Named a Leader in the Data Security Posture Management Market madhav Thu, 09/25/2025 – 06:15 Most breaches begin with the same blind spot: organizations don’t know precisely what data they hold, or how exposed it is. Value and risk sit side by side. Data Security Todd Moore – Global VP of Data Security Products…
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Cisco uncovers new SNMP vulnerability used in attacks on IOS devices
Cisco Systems has issued security updates to address a critical vulnerability in its widely deployed IOS and IOS XE network operating systems, after confirming the flaw is being exploited in active attacks. Designated CVE-2025-20352, the vulnerability resides in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco’s core network software. According to Cisco, the weakness…
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Netherlands establishes cyber resilience network to strengthen public-private digital defence
Network will connect organisations in a cyber crime defence initiative that goes way beyond information sharing First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366631894/Netherlands-establishes-cyber-resilience-network-to-strengthen-public-private-digital-defence
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Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Targeting Telecommunications Infrastructure to Steal Sensitive Data
Tags: china, communications, cyber, data, espionage, exploit, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, network, threatChinese state-sponsored cyber threat group Salt Typhoon has intensified long-term espionage operations against global telecommunications infrastructure, according to recent legal and intelligence reporting. Aligned with the Ministry of State Security (MSS) and active since at least 2019, Salt Typhoon has systematically exploited network edge devices to establish deep persistence and exfiltrate highly sensitive communications metadata,…
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Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Targeting Telecommunications Infrastructure to Steal Sensitive Data
Tags: china, communications, cyber, data, espionage, exploit, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, network, threatChinese state-sponsored cyber threat group Salt Typhoon has intensified long-term espionage operations against global telecommunications infrastructure, according to recent legal and intelligence reporting. Aligned with the Ministry of State Security (MSS) and active since at least 2019, Salt Typhoon has systematically exploited network edge devices to establish deep persistence and exfiltrate highly sensitive communications metadata,…
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Cisco IOS/XE Schwachstelle CVE-2025-20352
Cisco hat zum 24. September 2025 eine Sicherheitswarnung veröffentlicht, die sich auf Cisco IOS und IOS XE bezieht. Im Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Subsystem der genannten Produkte gibt es eine Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution Schwachstelle CVE-2025-20352, … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/09/25/cisco-ios-xe-schwachstelle-cve-2025-20352/
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Cisco fixed actively exploited zero-day in Cisco IOS and IOS XE software
Cisco addressed a high-severity zero-day in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software that is being actively exploited in attacks in the wild. Cisco fixed an actively exploited zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-20352, impacting Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software. The high-severity vulnerability resides in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of Cisco IOS Software and…
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Gcore Radar Report Reveals 41% Surge in DDoS Attack Volumes
Gcore, the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, today announced the findings of its Q1-Q2 2025 Radar report into DDoS attack trends. DDoS attacks have reached unprecedented scale and disruption in 2025, and businesses need to act fast to protect themselves from this evolving threat. The report reveals a significant escalation in…
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Cisco IOS 0-Day RCE Vulnerability Actively Targeted
Cisco has disclosed a critical zero-day vulnerability in its IOS and IOS XE software that is being actively exploited by threat actors in real-world attacks. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-20352, affects the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem and allows both denial-of-service attacks and remote code execution depending on the attacker’s privilege level. Critical SNMP Stack…
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Cisco IOS 0-Day RCE Vulnerability Actively Targeted
Cisco has disclosed a critical zero-day vulnerability in its IOS and IOS XE software that is being actively exploited by threat actors in real-world attacks. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-20352, affects the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem and allows both denial-of-service attacks and remote code execution depending on the attacker’s privilege level. Critical SNMP Stack…
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North Korean IT Worker Gains Access to Organization’s Network Through Innocent Job Application
In today’s complex threat landscape, adversaries increasingly favor “malware-less” intrusion methods that slip past traditional defenses. One particularly insidious scheme involves North Korean operatives posing as legitimate remote IT professionals to infiltrate corporate networks. Trellix researchers recently uncovered a campaign in which a fake applicant seamlessly advanced through hiring stages at a major U.S. healthcare…
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North Korean IT Worker Gains Access to Organization’s Network Through Innocent Job Application
In today’s complex threat landscape, adversaries increasingly favor “malware-less” intrusion methods that slip past traditional defenses. One particularly insidious scheme involves North Korean operatives posing as legitimate remote IT professionals to infiltrate corporate networks. Trellix researchers recently uncovered a campaign in which a fake applicant seamlessly advanced through hiring stages at a major U.S. healthcare…
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Secret Service Dismantles NY Telecom Threat Amid UN Meeting
Secret Service Disrupts Network of Telecom Devices Targeting Government Officials. The Secret Service announced Tuesday a major takedown of a telecommunications threat targeting senior U.S. government officials in New York just as President Donald Trump was delivering remarks to global leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/secret-service-dismantles-ny-telecom-threat-amid-un-meeting-a-29516
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Barracuda Hires Ex-RSA Chief Rohit Ghai As New CEO
Barracuda Networks announced Tuesday that it has hired longtime cybersecurity executive Rohit Ghai as its new CEO to succeed Hatem Naguib, who has stepped down. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/barracuda-hires-ex-rsa-chief-rohit-ghai-as-new-ceo
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‘SIM Farms’ Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say
The agency says it found a network of some 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards”, enough to knock out cell service in the NYC area. Experts say it mirrors facilities typically used for cybercrime. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/sim-farm-new-york-threatened-us-infrastructure-feds-say/
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US uncovers 100,000 SIM cards that could have “shut down” NYC cell network
Tags: networkA “nation-state” is said to be involved. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/09/us-uncovers-100000-sim-cards-that-could-have-shut-down-nyc-cell-network/
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U.S. Secret Service Seizes 300 SIM Servers, 100K Cards Threatening U.S. Officials Near UN
The U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday said it took down a network of electronic devices located across the New York tri-state area that were used to threaten U.S. government officials and posed an imminent threat to national security.”This protective intelligence investigation led to the discovery of more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM…
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SIM city: Feds say 100,000-card farms could have killed cell towers in NYC
Secret Service seizes 300-server network allegedly tied to nation-state hackers First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/23/secret_service_sim_bust/
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CISA says hackers breached federal agency using GeoServer exploit
CISA has revealed that attackers breached the network of an unnamed U.S. federal civilian executive branch (FCEB) agency last year after compromising an unpatched GeoServer instance. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-says-hackers-breached-federal-agency-using-geoserver-exploit/
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Secret Service says it disrupted illicit cellular network threatening UN conference
The Secret Service said it discovered a secret communications network of more than 100,000 SIM cards and 300 servers capable of carrying out “nefarious” attacks in the New York City area as leaders convened for the U.N. General Assembly. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/secret-service-cellular-network-disruption
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US Secret Service dismantled covert communications network near the U.N. in New York
Secret Service seizes a covert communications network near U.N. composed of sophisticated equipment, including 100K SIMs and 300 servers The U.S. Secret Service uncovered a covert communications network near the U.N. in New York, seizing 100,000 SIM cards and 300 servers. The operation, capable of sending 30 million texts per minute, could disable cellular towers…