Tag: network
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Scientists Intro AirSnitch, Which Bypasses WiFi Isolation to Launch Attacks on Networks
Scientists from the University of California Riverside uncovered fundamental weaknesses in the client isolation security feature in WiFi networks that can be exploited to bypass the protections and allow threat actors to run machine-in-the-middle attacks, manipulate traffic, and steal data from others who are on the same network. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article:…
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North Korea’s APT37 Expands Toolkit to Breach Air-Gapped Networks
The security researchers from Zscaler ThreatLabz have also discovered five new tools deployed by the North Korean hacking group First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/north-korea-apt37-expands-toolkit/
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Why Tehran’s Two-Tiered Internet Is So Dangerous
Iran is slowly emerging from the most severe communications blackout in its history and one of the longest in the world. Triggered as part of January’s government crackdown against citizen protests nationwide, the regime implemented an internet shutdown that transcends the standard definition of internet censorship. This was not merely blocking social media or foreign…
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Juniper issues emergency patch for critical PTX router RCE
Juniper released an emergency patch for Junos OS Evolved to fix CVE-2026-21902, a critical RCE flaw affecting PTX routers. Juniper Networks issued an out-of-band security update for Junos OS Evolved to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21902 (CVSS score of 9.3), impacting PTX routers. The company urges customers to apply the…
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ScarCruft Uses Zoho WorkDrive and USB Malware to Breach Air-Gapped Networks
The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft has been attributed to a fresh set of tools, including a backdoor that uses Zoho WorkDrive for command-and-control (C2) communications to fetch more payloads and an implant that uses removable media to relay commands and breach air-gapped networks.The campaign, codenamed Ruby Jumper by Zscaler ThreatLabz, involves the…
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Europol goes after The Com’s ransomware and extortion networks
Law enforcement agencies across 28 countries have spent the past year building cases against a loosely organized collective known as The Com, a decentralized network of mostly … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/27/europol-the-com-network-arrests/
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Android 17 second beta expands privacy controls for contacts, SMS and local networks
Google’s second beta of Android 17 continues updates to platform behavior and introduces new APIs focused on protecting sensitive data. Protecting contact and local network … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/27/android-17-beta-privacy-updates/
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‘Project Compass’ Cracks Down on ‘The Com’: 30 Members of Notorious Cybercrime Gang Arrested
International law enforcement operation led by Europol targets network of teenagers and young adults involved in ransomware attacks, extortion and other crimes First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/project-compass-com-arrests/
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OpenClaw Insights: A CISO’s Guide to Safe Autonomous Agents FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, api, breach, ciso, compliance, control, data, data-breach, detection, endpoint, finance, firewall, framework, governance, guide, LLM, network, open-source, risk, risk-management, software, strategy, technology, tool, vulnerabilityFeb 27, 2026 – Alan Fagan – The “OpenClaw” crisis has board members asking, “Could this happen to us?” The answer isn’t to ban AI agents. It’s to govern them. By now, the dust is settling on the OpenClaw (aka MoltBot) incident. The technical post-mortems (including our own) have been written, the exposed ports have…
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Industrial networks continue to leak onto the internet
Industrial operators continue to run remote access portals, building automation servers, and other operational technology services on public IP address ranges. Palo Alto … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/27/ot-internet-exposure-cybersecurity-risk/
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Juniper Networks PTX Vulnerability Allows Full Router Takeover, Exposing Networks
Juniper Networks has issued an out-of-cycle critical security bulletin addressing a severe vulnerability affecting its PTX Series routers running Junos OS Evolved. The flaw allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to execute malicious code with root privileges, potentially leading to complete device takeover. This critical security issue underscores the importance of securing core network infrastructure against…
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Versa erneut Branchenführer und Outperformer im Bereich SASE
Neuer GigaOm-Report: Versa erzielt Höchstpunktzahl für wichtige SASE-Funktionen und Fünf-Sterne-Bewertungen in zehn Kategorien wie Sovereign SASE und Edge-Computing-Integration. Versa Networks wurde im neuen »GigaOm Radar for Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)« als Branchenführer und Outperformer bewertet [1]. Damit zeichnen die Analysten zum zweiten Mal in Folge Versa Secure Unified SASE als herausragende Lösung aus…. First…
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New AirSnitch attack bypasses Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises
That guest network you set up for your neighbors may not be as secure as you think. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/new-airsnitch-attack-breaks-wi-fi-encryption-in-homes-offices-and-enterprises/
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New AirSnitch attack bypasses Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises
That guest network you set up for your neighbors may not be as secure as you think. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/new-airsnitch-attack-breaks-wi-fi-encryption-in-homes-offices-and-enterprises/
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NDSS 2025 Retrofitting XoM For Stripped Binaries Without Embedded Data Relocation
Tags: attack, conference, control, data, Hardware, Internet, network, programming, software, threat, update, vulnerabilitySession 13D: Software Security: Code and Compiler Authors, Creators & Presenters: Chenke Luo (Wuhan University), Jiang Ming (Tulane University), Mengfei Xie (Wuhan University), Guojun Peng (Wuhan University), Jianming Fu (Wuhan University) PAPER Retrofitting XoM For Stripped Binaries Without Embedded Data Relocation System programs are frequently coded in memory-unsafe languages such as C/C++, rendering them susceptible…
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Don’t Bring a Knife to a Gunfight: How to Choose the Right Microsegmentation Enforcement for Your Enterprise
As the network security landscape matures, a consensus has emerged among CISOs and security architects that preventing lateral movement attacks through microsegmentation is a critical part of their overall cybersecurity strategy. Controlling east-west traffic to prevent lateral attacks has become increasingly important, especially as hackers now leverage AI-driven automation to multiply the volume of attacks……
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Don’t Bring a Knife to a Gunfight: How to Choose the Right Microsegmentation Enforcement for Your Enterprise
As the network security landscape matures, a consensus has emerged among CISOs and security architects that preventing lateral movement attacks through microsegmentation is a critical part of their overall cybersecurity strategy. Controlling east-west traffic to prevent lateral attacks has become increasingly important, especially as hackers now leverage AI-driven automation to multiply the volume of attacks……
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The “Analog Panic Button”: What The Pitt Gets Right (and Wrong) About Hospital Cyber Resilience
When ransomware hits a hospital, shutting everything down isn’t resilience. Learn how healthcare CISOs prevent hospital-wide outages with identity security, network segmentation validation, and CTEM. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/the-analog-panic-button-what-the-pitt-gets-right-and-wrong-about-hospital-cyber-resilience/
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Analysis: Root Cause of Most Security Incidents Traced to Unpatched Firewalls
Tags: access, cybercrime, exploit, firewall, network, ransomware, security-incident, software, vulnerabilityAn analysis of more than two trillion IT events collected during 2025 by Barracuda Networks finds 90% of ransomware incidents exploited firewalls via unpatched software or a vulnerable account that enables cybercriminals to gain access to an IT environment. Merium Khalid, director of offensive security for the security operations center (SOC) at Barracuda Networks, said..…
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Analysis: Root Cause of Most Security Incidents Traced to Unpatched Firewalls
Tags: access, cybercrime, exploit, firewall, network, ransomware, security-incident, software, vulnerabilityAn analysis of more than two trillion IT events collected during 2025 by Barracuda Networks finds 90% of ransomware incidents exploited firewalls via unpatched software or a vulnerable account that enables cybercriminals to gain access to an IT environment. Merium Khalid, director of offensive security for the security operations center (SOC) at Barracuda Networks, said..…
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Analysis: Root Cause of Most Security Incidents Traced to Unpatched Firewalls
Tags: access, cybercrime, exploit, firewall, network, ransomware, security-incident, software, vulnerabilityAn analysis of more than two trillion IT events collected during 2025 by Barracuda Networks finds 90% of ransomware incidents exploited firewalls via unpatched software or a vulnerable account that enables cybercriminals to gain access to an IT environment. Merium Khalid, director of offensive security for the security operations center (SOC) at Barracuda Networks, said..…
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NDSS 2025 Translating C To Rust: Lessons From A User Study
Session 13D: Software Security: Code and Compiler Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ruishi Li (National University of Singapore), Bo Wang (National University of Singapore), Tianyu Li (National University of Singapore), Prateek Saxena (National University of Singapore), Ashish Kundu (Cisco Research) PAPER Translating C To Rust: Lessons From A User Study Rust aims to offer full memory…
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NDSS 2025 Translating C To Rust: Lessons From A User Study
Session 13D: Software Security: Code and Compiler Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ruishi Li (National University of Singapore), Bo Wang (National University of Singapore), Tianyu Li (National University of Singapore), Prateek Saxena (National University of Singapore), Ashish Kundu (Cisco Research) PAPER Translating C To Rust: Lessons From A User Study Rust aims to offer full memory…
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NDSS 2025 Translating C To Rust: Lessons From A User Study
Session 13D: Software Security: Code and Compiler Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ruishi Li (National University of Singapore), Bo Wang (National University of Singapore), Tianyu Li (National University of Singapore), Prateek Saxena (National University of Singapore), Ashish Kundu (Cisco Research) PAPER Translating C To Rust: Lessons From A User Study Rust aims to offer full memory…
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NDSS 2025 Translating C To Rust: Lessons From A User Study
Session 13D: Software Security: Code and Compiler Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ruishi Li (National University of Singapore), Bo Wang (National University of Singapore), Tianyu Li (National University of Singapore), Prateek Saxena (National University of Singapore), Ashish Kundu (Cisco Research) PAPER Translating C To Rust: Lessons From A User Study Rust aims to offer full memory…
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Critical Juniper Networks PTX flaw allows full router takeover
A critical vulnerability in the Junos OS Evolved network operating system running on PTX Series routers from Juniper Networks could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute code remotely with root privileges. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-juniper-networks-ptx-flaw-allows-full-router-takeover/
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Cisco says hackers have been exploiting a critical bug to break into big customer networks since 2023
The U.S. government and its allies said hackers have been exploiting the newly identified bug in Cisco networking gear around the world for years, and urged organizations to patch. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/cisco-says-hackers-have-been-exploiting-a-critical-bug-to-break-into-big-customer-networks-since-2023/