Tag: network
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Real User Monitoring und synthetische Tests – Palo Alto Networks will Embrace übernehmen
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/palo-alto-networks-will-embrace-uebernehmen-a-d08ce157492a97c90d4191f980900624/
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TP-Link patches Omada ZTP flaws allowing hackers to breach networks
TP-Link has patched 15 vulnerabilities in the zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) mechanism of its Omada network devices that could be chained with previously disclosed flaws to achieve remote code execution (RCE). First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tp-link-patches-omada-ztp-flaws-allowing-hackers-to-breach-networks/
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Subscriber Security: Trust Is Telecom’s Most Valuable Asset
Why Protecting Subscriber Identity has Become Industry’s Cybersecurity Priority As subscriber identities become the foundation of digital services, telecom and DTH providers must move from protecting networks to safeguarding customer trust. Identity-centric security, stronger governance, AI-driven fraud detection and evolving regulations are reshaping cybersecurity priorities. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/subscriber-security-trust-telecoms-most-valuable-asset-p-4165
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20 Cool New AI And Security Products At Black Hat 2026
Cool new AI and security products announced at Black Hat 2026 include AI-powered cybersecurity tools from vendors including Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne and Abnormal AI. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/20-cool-new-ai-and-security-products-at-black-hat-2026
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OpenAI Shuts Down ChatGPT Accounts Powering a Cambodia-Based Scam Factory
OpenAI has shut down a coordinated network of ChatGPT accounts that powered a Cambodia-based scam factory running multi-vector fraud and trafficking-linked operations, and has shared indicators with industry peers and authorities to make the network’s reconstitution significantly harder. Earlier in 2026, OpenAI’s threat intelligence team disrupted a scam syndicate that weaponized ChatGPT to drive investment,…
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Russian Access Broker Sells Network Access to Ransomware Gangs While Spying on Ukraine
Tags: access, cyber, data-breach, defense, exploit, intelligence, network, ransomware, russia, ukraineAn exposed server linked to a Russian”‘speaking initial access broker (IAB) has revealed a sprawling operation that simultaneously fuels ransomware intrusions worldwide and supports Russian state-aligned intelligence collection against Ukrainian defense and aerospace targets. The artefacts show a mature, high”‘volume access brokerage pipeline that industrialises exploitation of internet”‘facing appliances, pivots to full Active Directory compromise,…
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Barracuda Networks Shows How AI Agents Can Compromise Business Email
Barracuda Networks shows how attackers could hijack Microsoft Copilot to access sensitive emails, impersonate executives and execute convincing business email compromise attacks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/barracuda-networks-shows-how-ai-agents-can-compromise-business-email/
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Russian hackers abuse hotel Wi-Fi networks to steal Microsoft 365 credentials and deploy malware
Midnight Blizzard, the Russian threat actor tied to the country’s foreign intelligence service, has spent months targeting users of public Wi-Fi networks at places like … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/04/midnight-blizzard-hotel-wi-fi-networks-hacking/
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ChocoShell Steals Microsoft 365 Tokens and Browser Sessions From Travelers
ChocoShell is a PowerShell-based infostealer used in Microsoft’s newly disclosed “CaptiveCrunch” campaign to steal Microsoft 365 tokens, browser sessions, and Wi”‘Fi credentials from travelers connecting to compromised hospitality networks worldwide. The operation, dubbed “CaptiveCrunch,” poisons DNS and HTTP flows on guest networks so that travelers attempting to reach legitimate Microsoft 365 or update endpoints are…
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Malware Can Steal Google’s Synced Passkeys Without Password or Fingerprint
Security researchers have revealed a series of attacks that could enable malware on a compromised Windows device to hijack accounts protected by Google-synced passkeys. This can occur without stealing a password, capturing a fingerprint, or requiring the victim to unlock their device. In research published on August 23, 2023, Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 detailed…
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Hotel Wi-Fi attacks use custom malware to breach Microsoft 365 accounts
Microsoft has linked a global campaign targeting hospitality Wi-Fi networks to the Russian threat actor Midnight Blizzard, also known as APT29. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hotel-wi-fi-attacks-use-custom-malware-to-breach-microsoft-365-accounts/
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Travelers Beware: Russian Intel Hacking Hotel Wi-Fi
Russian Intelligence Hackers Capture Captive Portals. Hackers are using hotel Wi-Fi networks across the United States, India and Saudi Arabia to steal credentials, exfiltrate data and spread malware onto personal devices, according to Microsoft and ReliaQuest. Microsoft’s threat intelligence arm began tracking the threat in early May. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/travelers-beware-russian-intel-hacking-hotel-wi-fi-a-32405
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Rogue AI Models, $88M Bitcoin Theft, Water-System Attacks and Dangling DNS Hijacks
This week kept coming back to permission. A model crossed a boundary. A wallet trusted bad randomness. Webmail kept an intruder around. Public systems, package feeds, hotel networks, and login flows all gave away more than intended.Some of it was clever. Most of it was just access left lying around: old bugs, exposed gear, poisoned…
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Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers
New security research offers a rare view inside residential proxy networks, which rely on apps that share a person’s internet connection with someone else. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/samsung-bans-smart-tv-apps-that-share-users-internet-connections-with-strangers/
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Russian hackers hijack hotel Wi-Fi networks to spy on travelers, Microsoft says
Russian state-sponsored hackers have been compromising hotel Wi-Fi networks around the world to steal travelers’ login credentials and infect devices with espionage malware, Microsoft said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russian-wifi-hackers-hotels
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North Korea Rebuilt Its Antivirus Using ClamAV and Gave It Four Different Names
North Korea’s national antivirus appears to have quietly pivoted to ClamAV’s open”‘source engine, recompiled it, and shipped it under four different domestic product names underscoring Pyongyang’s reliance on foreign code to secure tightly controlled networks while obscuring the software’s true origin. ClamAV is a widely used open”‘source antivirus engine maintained by the Cisco Talos team,…
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Kaspersky to scan AI agents for backdoors as shadow AI spreads
The security supplier will release a tool this month that vets agent skills, models and artificial intelligence development components before they reach corporate networks to defend against threats from shadow AI First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366646680/Kaspersky-to-scan-AI-agents-for-backdoors-as-shadow-AI-spreads
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OpenAI reveals how criminals used ChatGPT to run scams
OpenAI banned a coordinated network of ChatGPT accounts that likely originated in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province, a region reports have linked to online scam … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/03/openai-disrupts-chatgpt-scam-operation/
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OpenAI reveals how criminals used ChatGPT to run scams
OpenAI banned a coordinated network of ChatGPT accounts that likely originated in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province, a region reports have linked to online scam … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/03/openai-disrupts-chatgpt-scam-operation/
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What the Minnesota Water Attacks Reveal About Securing Remote Access to Critical Infrastructure
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, cisa, control, corporate, credentials, cyberattack, data-breach, exploit, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, law, least-privilege, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, password, risk, router, supply-chain, technology, vpn, zero-day, zero-trustWhen headlines break about cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure, the conversation often turns immediately to zero-day exploits, advanced malware, and other sophisticated techniques. The recent attacks on municipal water systems across at least seven US states, including more than 30 Minnesota water and wastewater utilities, illustrate why this assumption can be misleading. As a “recovering CISO” who…
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Critical N-able N-central Flaw Actively Exploited to Gain God-Mode Access to MSP Networks
Tags: access, authentication, control, cve, cyber, exploit, flaw, monitoring, msp, network, vulnerabilityN-able has issued an urgent hotfix to address a critical authentication-bypass vulnerability in its N-central remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform, following confirmation of active exploitation. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-18577, affects N-central servers running earlier than version 2026.3.1.7. It allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to take over accounts and gain administrative control of the…
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Hackers Exploit Critical Arista VeloCloud Flaw to Execute OS Commands
Arista Networks has issued a warning about attackers actively exploiting CVE-2026-16812, a critical unauthenticated OS command injection vulnerability in on-premises VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) deployments. This flaw carries a CVSS v3.1 and v4.0 severity score of 10.0, allowing a remote attacker with network access to the VCO web interface to access privileged internal functions and potentially…
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Writing Suricata rules to detect commandcontrol traffic
Command-and-control traffic is one of the more useful places to apply network detection, because it often leaves repeatable patterns even when the payload is encrypted. Suricata is well suited to this work when you treat it as part of a wider detection stack rather than a single answer. For UK SMEs, the practical goal is……
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Writing Suricata rules to detect commandcontrol traffic
Command-and-control traffic is one of the more useful places to apply network detection, because it often leaves repeatable patterns even when the payload is encrypted. Suricata is well suited to this work when you treat it as part of a wider detection stack rather than a single answer. For UK SMEs, the practical goal is……
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The Best Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) Providers, Compared and Priced (2026)
Firewall-asa-service moved from experiment to default: inspection, IPS, and policy delivered from the cloud, priced per user or per site instead of per appliance. The value answer up front: Cloudflare offers the most accessible entry economics, Cato Networks the best converged price-for-simplicity in the mid-market, and Prisma Access the deepest (and priciest) inspection stack, […]…
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The Best Cloud Firewall Solutions, Compared and Priced (2026)
Cloud firewalls bill three ways, usage-metered native services, licensed virtual appliances, and managed platform subscriptions, and picking the wrong shape costs more than picking the wrong brand. The value verdict up front: AWS Network Firewall and Azure Firewall win usage-priced single-cloud economics, Fortinet delivers the best licensed price-performance across every cloud, and Palo […] The…
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Public Water Systems Are Targeted by State Actors: How to Protect PLCs and HMIs in the Operational Technology Network
We hate to say I told you so, but in our recent blog post OT Cyber Resilience and Microsegmentation for AI Attacks, we discussed how hackers are increasingly targeting operational technology networks. And they’re doing so with good reason, tactically speaking; hacking OT doesn’t just compromise customer data or encrypt business systems for a ransom……
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To Ban or Not Ban Chinese Open-Weight AI Models
Tags: ai, backdoor, china, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, finance, government, infrastructure, international, malicious, microsoft, military, network, nvidia, open-source, openai, regulation, risk, software, supply-chain, technology, usaShould the US ban American companies from using Chinese open-weight AI models? That is the ugly question. US officials have openly expressed concerns and a desire to implement regulations. The technology community has aggressively responded, with over 20 leading AI companies, including Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta, and Dell, urging legislators not to rush imposing restrictions on…
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US authorities see ‘significant escalation’ in attacks on water system devices
Hackers have locked operators out of their own OT networks, modified passwords and changed IP addresses. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/us-authorities-escalation-attacks-water-system-devices/826715/
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Researchers Report 84 Flaws in 4G and 5G Cores, Including a Session Hijacking Flaw
An academic study has disclosed a “widespread class” of security vulnerabilities impacting 4G and 5G core networks that, if successfully exploited, could trigger denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and even session hijacking, allowing an attacker to seize control of a user’s network session.The findings have been released by a group of researchers from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University…