Tag: network
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EU unveils new plans to tackle Huawei, ZTE as China alleges protectionism
A draft proposal released on Tuesday, revising the EU’s Cybersecurity Act and its Network Information Systems Directive, would see member states phase out the use of high-risk suppliers within their critical national infrastructure. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/eu-unveils-new-plans-to-tackle-huawei-zte
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EU considers whether there’s Huawei of axing Chinese kit from networks within 3 years
Still dominant in Germany’s networks, among others First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/21/eu_mulls_deadline_of_3_years/
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Weaponized Shipping Documents Spread Remcos RAT in Stealthy Malware Campaign
A sophisticated phishing campaign distributing a fileless variant of Remcos RAT, a commercial remote access tool offering extensive capabilities, including system resource management, remote surveillance, network management, and agent control. The campaign initiates through phishing emails impersonating Vietnamese shipping companies, tricking recipients into opening attached Word documents under the pretense of viewing updated shipping documents.…
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NSFOCUS Enters the Global Top Tier of DDoS Security: NSFOCUS DDoS Solutions Positioned in the MarketsandMarkets Star Quadrant
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan 21, 2026 Recently, MarketsandMarkets, a globally recognized market research and consulting firm, released its Global DDoS Protection and Mitigation Security Market Global Forecast to 2030 report, providing a comprehensive assessment of industry trends, technology evolution, and leading vendors worldwide. Based on its mature technology stack, comprehensive solution portfolio, and strong market…The…
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Vulnerability prioritization beyond the CVSS number
Tags: automation, container, credentials, cve, cvss, data, docker, endpoint, flaw, github, identity, network, open-source, risk, service, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementA different way to look at vulnerabilities: This is where the unified linkage model (ULM) comes in. Instead of asking, “How bad is this vulnerability on its own?” ULM asks, “What can this vulnerability affect once it starts moving?”It focuses on three kinds of relationships:Adjacency: Systems that sit side by side and can influence each…
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13 cyber questions to better vet IT vendors and reduce third-party risk
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, best-practice, breach, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, credit-card, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, extortion, firewall, healthcare, identity, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, international, ISO-27001, jobs, least-privilege, mfa, monitoring, network, nist, password, PCI, penetration-testing, radius, ransomware, risk, saas, sans, security-incident, service, supply-chain, threat, update, vpn, vulnerabilityVital vendor questions CISOs should ask: To gain that critical information, security leaders and experts recommend CSOs ask IT partners the following cyber-specific questions. 1. What attestation will you provide to prove proper security controls are in place? These are essential, says Juan Pablo Perez-Etchegoyen, CTO for cybersecurity and compliance platform Onapsis. Some of the…
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13 cyber questions to better vet IT vendors and reduce third-party risk
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, best-practice, breach, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, credit-card, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, extortion, firewall, healthcare, identity, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, international, ISO-27001, jobs, least-privilege, mfa, monitoring, network, nist, password, PCI, penetration-testing, radius, ransomware, risk, saas, sans, security-incident, service, supply-chain, threat, update, vpn, vulnerabilityVital vendor questions CISOs should ask: To gain that critical information, security leaders and experts recommend CSOs ask IT partners the following cyber-specific questions. 1. What attestation will you provide to prove proper security controls are in place? These are essential, says Juan Pablo Perez-Etchegoyen, CTO for cybersecurity and compliance platform Onapsis. Some of the…
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For cyber risk assessments, frequency is essential
Tags: access, authentication, backup, breach, ciso, cloud, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, exploit, framework, GDPR, infrastructure, mitigation, network, password, radius, ransomware, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, strategy, tool, vulnerabilityIdentifying vulnerabilities: A cyber risk assessment helps to identify security gaps in a company’s IT infrastructure, networks, and systems. This provides the opportunity to eliminate these vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by cybercriminals.Prioritize risk management measures: Not every system is critical, and not all of a company’s data is equally important. The results of the risk…
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Threat Actors Exploit LinkedIn for RAT Delivery in Enterprise Networks
A sophisticated phishing campaign exploiting LinkedIn private messages has been identified, delivering remote access trojans (RATs) through a combination of DLL sideloading techniques and weaponized open-source Python pen-testing scripts, enabling attackers to establish persistent control over corporate systems while evading traditional security detection. These archives contain four key components: a genuine open-source PDF reader application,…
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What exciting developments are coming in AI-driven PAM
How Can Non-Human Identities Revolutionize Cybersecurity? Where systems interact autonomously and data flows seamlessly across networks, have you considered the emerging role of non-human identities (NHIs) in cybersecurity? NHIs, often overlooked, play a pivotal role in maintaining the integrity and security of systems, especially within cloud environments. The Role of NHIs in Cybersecurity NHIs refer……
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Flaws in Chainlit AI dev framework expose servers to compromise
/proc/self/environ file is used to store environment variables, and these can contain API keys, credentials, internal file paths, database paths, tokens for AWS and other cloud services, and even CHAINLIT_AUTH_SECRET, a secret that’s used to sign authentication tokens when authentication is enabled.On top of that, if LangChain is used as the orchestration layer behind Chainlit…
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NDSS 2025 Studying the Defensive Registration Practices of the Fortune 500
Session 9C: Phishing & Fraud 2 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Boladji Vinny Adjibi (Georgia Tech), Athanasios Avgetidis (Georgia Tech), Manos Antonakakis (Georgia Tech), Michael Bailey (Georgia Tech), Fabian Monrose (Georgia Tech) PAPER The Guardians of Name Street: Studying the Defensive Registration Practices of the Fortune 500 Using orthographic, phonetic, and semantic models, we study the…
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ICE Details a New Minnesota-Based Detention Network That Spans 5 States
Tags: networkInternal ICE planning documents propose spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/ice-detention-network-minnesota-5-states/
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EU plans cybersecurity overhaul to block foreign high-risk suppliers
The European Commission has proposed new cybersecurity legislation mandating the removal of high-risk suppliers to secure telecommunications networks and strengthening defenses against state-backed and cybercrime groups targeting critical infrastructure. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eu-plans-cybersecurity-overhaul-to-block-foreign-high-risk-suppliers/
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Critical TP-Link VIGI camera flaw allowed remote takeover of surveillance systems
TP-Link fixed a critical flaw that exposed over 32 VIGI C and VIGI InSight camera models to remote hacking, with over 2,500 internet-exposed devices identified. TP-Link fixed a high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0629 (CVSS score 8.7), affecting over 32 VIGI C and VIGI InSight camera models. The vulnerability lets attackers on a local network bypass…
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Critical TP-Link VIGI camera flaw allowed remote takeover of surveillance systems
TP-Link fixed a critical flaw that exposed over 32 VIGI C and VIGI InSight camera models to remote hacking, with over 2,500 internet-exposed devices identified. TP-Link fixed a high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0629 (CVSS score 8.7), affecting over 32 VIGI C and VIGI InSight camera models. The vulnerability lets attackers on a local network bypass…
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Critical TP-Link VIGI camera flaw allowed remote takeover of surveillance systems
TP-Link fixed a critical flaw that exposed over 32 VIGI C and VIGI InSight camera models to remote hacking, with over 2,500 internet-exposed devices identified. TP-Link fixed a high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0629 (CVSS score 8.7), affecting over 32 VIGI C and VIGI InSight camera models. The vulnerability lets attackers on a local network bypass…
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OPNsense 25.7.11 Enhances Network Visibility With Host Discovery Feature
TheOPNsenseteam has started the new year with the release of version 25.7.11, bringing a notable networking enhancement: a native host discovery service that deepens visibility into connected devices and tightens policy control across thefirewall. Native host discovery improves network visibility.The headline feature in 25.7.11 is the new host discovery service, built on thehostwatchcomponent. It automatically…
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Cloudflare Fixes ACME Validation Bug Allowing WAF Bypass to Origin Servers
Cloudflare has addressed a security vulnerability impacting its Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) validation logic that made it possible to bypass security controls and access origin servers. “The vulnerability was rooted in how our edge network processed requests destined for the ACME HTTP-01 challenge path (/.well-known/acme-challenge/*),” the web infrastructure First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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Why the future of security starts with who, not where
Tags: access, attack, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, framework, google, identity, mfa, monitoring, network, nist, passkey, password, resilience, risk, saas, wifi, zero-trustCloud + remote work = No perimeter: Now, with remote work and the cloud, there’s no real perimeter left. People connect from home Wi-Fi, personal laptops, airports, coffee shops, you name it. At the same time, company data and workloads are scattered across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and various SaaS platforms. The old rules just…
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TP-Link Router Flaw Enables Authentication Bypass Through Password Recovery Mechanism
TP-Link hasdiscloseda high-severity authenticationbypass vulnerabilityaffecting its VIGI security camera lineup, allowing attackers on local networks to reset administrator passwords without verification. The flaw lies in the password recovery feature of the local web interface, which is exploited via client-side state manipulation. The vulnerability (CVE-2026-0629) enables threat actors positioned on the samelocal area network(LAN) to gain…
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Secure web browsers for the enterprise compared: How to pick the right one
Tags: access, ai, android, api, attack, browser, business, chrome, cloud, computer, control, corporate, data, encryption, endpoint, fortinet, gartner, google, guide, identity, linux, login, malicious, malware, mfa, mobile, monitoring, network, okta, phishing, saas, service, siem, software, technology, threat, tool, training, vpn, windows, zero-trustEnable MFA at the beginning of any browser session by default.Handle isolation controls both with respect to the user’s session and to isolate any application from cross-infection. This means controlling the movement of data between the browser, your particular endpoint and the web application or applications involved.Control access to web destinations, either to allow or…
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Mandiant pushes organizations to dump insecure NTLMv1 by releasing a way to crack it
Tags: attack, authentication, computer, credentials, crypto, cve, data, data-breach, email, encryption, group, Hardware, international, mandiant, microsoft, network, ntlm, phishing, risk, service, supply-chain, theft, threat, vulnerability, windowspass-the-hash. The benefit is time and money saved: Mandiant reckons its rainbow table allows the recovery of an NTLMv1 key in 12 hours using a computer costing $600, rather than relying on third party services or expensive hardware to brute-force the keys.None of this makes NTLMv1 less secure or easier to target than it already…
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New PDFSider Windows malware deployed on Fortune 100 firm’s network
Ransomware attackers targeting a Fortune 100 company in the finance sector used a new malware strain, dubbed PDFSider, to deliver malicious payloads on Windows systems. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-pdfsider-windows-malware-deployed-on-fortune-100-firms-network/
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NDSS 2025 ASGARD
Session 9B: DNN Attack Surfaces Authors, Creators & Presenters: Myungsuk Moon (Yonsei University), Minhee Kim (Yonsei University), Joonkyo Jung (Yonsei University), Dokyung Song (Yonsei University) PAPER ASGARD: Protecting On-Device Deep Neural Networks with Virtualization-Based Trusted Execution Environments On-device deep learning, increasingly popular for enhancing user privacy, now poses a serious risk to the privacy of…
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NDSS 2025 BitShield: Defending Against Bit-Flip Attacks On DNN Executables
Tags: attack, conference, data, defense, framework, intelligence, Internet, mitigation, network, vulnerabilitySession 9B: DNN Attack Surfaces Authors, Creators & Presenters: Yanzuo Chen (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Yuanyuan Yuan (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Zhibo Liu (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Sihang Hu (Huawei Technologies), Tianxiang Li (Huawei Technologies), Shuai Wang (The Hong Kong University of Science…
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Jordanian pleads guilty to selling access to 50 corporate networks
A Jordanian man has pleaded guilty to operating as an “access broker” who sold access to the computer networks of at least 50 companies. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/jordanian-pleads-guilty-to-selling-access-to-50-corporate-networks/