Tag: network
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JDY Botnet Evolves After KV Takedown, Targets Military Networks
JDY botnet scans SOHO/IoT devices globally to map services and targets, especially US military networks. Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs reported the resurgence of the JDY botnet, a covert reconnaissance network tied to Chinese state-sponsored hacking groups including Volt Typhoon. The network was first spotted in late 2023 as a cluster inside KV-botnet. The U.S. government…
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China-Linked JDY Botnet Hijacks 1,500+ IoT Devices for Rapid Exploits
A significant resurgence of the JDY botnet, a covert reconnaissance network tied to China-nexus threat activity. Once a component of the larger KV-botnet ecosystem, JDY has expanded to more than 1,500 compromised small office/home office (SOHO) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices and now functions as a high-performance, centrally controlled scanner that accelerates vulnerability discovery…
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Claude Mythos 5 Can Build Exploits But Can’t Power Campaigns
Evaluations of Claude Mythos 5 Elevates Offensive Cyber, But Isn’t Fully Autonomous. Anthropic says its new Claude Mythos 5 model that debuted Tuesday can consistently discover vulnerabilities, build exploit chains and assist attacks on weak enterprise networks, but remains below the threshold for fully autonomous large-scale cyber operations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Claude Mythos 5 Can Build Exploits But Can’t Power Campaigns
Evaluations of Claude Mythos 5 Elevates Offensive Cyber, But Isn’t Fully Autonomous. Anthropic says its new Claude Mythos 5 model that debuted Tuesday can consistently discover vulnerabilities, build exploit chains and assist attacks on weak enterprise networks, but remains below the threshold for fully autonomous large-scale cyber operations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Network Log Analysis: Why Collecting Logs is Not Enough
Network Log Analysis helps teams turn raw logs into useful alerts, timelines, audit records, and incident evidence instead of storing data without action. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/network-log-analysis-collecting-logs/
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Researchers Build Self-Replicating AI Worm That Operates Entirely on Local, Open-Weight Models
University of Toronto researchers have built and tested a proof-of-concept AI-driven computer worm that uses a locally hosted open-weight large language model to reason its way through a network, generate tailored attack strategies for each target it encounters, and replicate itself, all without human intervention and without touching a commercial AI service.The preprint, posted to…
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The Hidden Security Risk in Modern Networks: The Work Between Tools
Organizations have more visibility than ever. Growing tech stacks provide greater coverage, and network security teams are increasingly adopting AI and automation to help with routine tasks and reduce manual effort.But the same challenges persist. Outages still last hours, causing significant financial losses, operational disruption, and reputational impact. Threat response and mean time to First…
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Top 10 Best Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) Solutions 2026
In 2026, the traditional network perimeter is obsolete. With the widespread adoption of remote and hybrid work models, multi-cloud environments, and a proliferation of IoT devices, the old >>castle-and-moat<< security model where everything inside the network is trusted by default is no longer viable. This outdated approach leaves organizations vulnerable to sophisticated attacks, including lateral…
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Free Samsung and LG Smart TV Apps Reportedly Exploit Devices for AI Proxy Traffic
Free apps available on Samsung, LG, Roku, and other connected TV (CTV) platforms are quietly enrolling users’ smart televisions into a commercial residential proxy network operated by Bright Data, according to a technical investigation published June 5, 2026, by Include Security researcher Buchodi. The embedded SDK, embedded inside partner apps under the guise of a…
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Cisco Warns Agentic AI Will Put New Pressure on Enterprise Networks
Cisco executives said agentic AI could triple network traffic, creating new infrastructure and security demands for enterprises. The post Cisco Warns Agentic AI Will Put New Pressure on Enterprise Networks appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-cisco-ai-networking-bottleneck/
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Free Apps Are Quietly Turning Smart TVs Into Web-Scraping Proxies for AI
A researcher has reverse-engineered the iOS SDK that Bright Data embeds in consumer apps and documented how it turns devices, including always-on smart TVs, into exit nodes that relay web-scraping traffic for a data business Bright Data markets heavily to the AI industry.The company, the successor to Luminati, operates what it calls the largest residential…
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MSPs get a simpler way to deploy network security
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/msps-get-a-simpler-way-to-deploy-network-security
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Silent Ransom Group (SRG): Switching To DNS Fast Flux Infrastructure
Tags: attack, cybersecurity, data-breach, dns, group, infrastructure, intelligence, law, malicious, network, ransomResearchers exposed the Silent Ransom Group ‘s Fast Flux infrastructure as the FBI warns of ongoing attacks targeting U.S. law firms and businesses. Resecurity uncovered the Silent Ransom Group (SRG)’s Fast Flux network infrastructure and shares available intelligence with the cybersecurity community to disrupt their malicious activities and enable ISP/DNS providers to counter this threat.…
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Chinese APT deploys new malware to keep access to hacked networks
A Chinese espionage group tracked as UNC5221 has been accessing Microsoft 365 environments using the Brickstorm backdoor and previously undocumented malware named Plenet and AgentPSD. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-apt-deploys-new-malware-to-keep-access-to-hacked-networks/
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PCPJack Exposed: Researchers Uncover 230-Node Cloud Email Relay Network
Researchers uncovered a 230-node cloud-based email relay network after the actor PCPJack accidentally exposed tools, logs, and C2 files online A threat actor tracked as PCPJack compromised 230 cloud servers across Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure and turned them into a covert email relay network. Hunt.io researchers discovered the operation because PCPJack…
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AI-Powered Worm Leverages Stolen Compute to Target Linux, Windows, and IoT Devices
AI-powered malware is moving from theory to reality, with new proof-of-concept worms showing how large language models (LLMs) can autonomously compromise mixed networks of Linux, Windows, and IoT devices while parasitically hijacking GPU compute for their own reasoning. Instead of shipping with a fixed exploit toolkit, this new class of AI-driven malware uses an embedded…
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Chinese APT VerdantBamboo Targets Appliances with BRICKSTORM Malware
BRICKSTORM is a modular remote access trojan (RAT) originally seen in Golang and later in Rust. It uses a wssoft library with pluggable “tasks” for shell commands, a Socks5 proxy, and a simple web server for file listing. An incident response engagement that began after suspicious network traffic was observed from a Linux-based virtual machine…
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PCPJack Hijacks 230 AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure Servers for Covert SMTP Relay Network
The threat actor known as PCPJack has hijacked cloud servers associated with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure to create a covert SMTP email relay network.”Compromised business servers across the U.S., Europe, and Asia were quietly converted into SMTP proxies, verified for mail relay capability, and synced to a downstream consumer every…
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Cryptohack Roundup: US Strikes Iran’s Crypto Network
Also: Former Hodlnaut CEO Charged and Stake DAO Hit by Exploit. Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, the U.S. sanctioned Iran’s largest exchange, ex-Hodlnaut CEO faced charges, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued over a $12.3M AI crypto scam and exploits hit Gravity Bridge, Stake DAO and Gnosis…
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Cryptohack Roundup: US Strikes Iran’s Crypto Network
Also: Former Hodlnaut CEO Charged and Stake DAO Hit by Exploit. Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, the U.S. sanctioned Iran’s largest exchange, ex-Hodlnaut CEO faced charges, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued over a $12.3M AI crypto scam and exploits hit Gravity Bridge, Stake DAO and Gnosis…
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Cryptohack Roundup: US Strikes Iran’s Crypto Network
Also: Former Hodlnaut CEO Charged and Stake DAO Hit by Exploit. Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, the U.S. sanctioned Iran’s largest exchange, ex-Hodlnaut CEO faced charges, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued over a $12.3M AI crypto scam and exploits hit Gravity Bridge, Stake DAO and Gnosis…
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Cisco Patches CVE-2026-20230 in Unified CM as Exploit Code Goes Public
Cisco has patched a bug in Unified Communications Manager that lets an unauthenticated attacker on the network write files to the box and, from there, climb to root.It is tracked as CVE-2026-20230, and proof-of-concept exploit code is already public. Cisco’s PSIRT says it has not seen the flaw used in attacks yet. The PoC shortens…
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CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks defy estimates as AI fuels cyber demand
The cybersecurity sector has been under perceived pressure due to accelerating deployment of AI tools. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/crowdstrike-palo-alto-networks-ai-cyber-demand/821999/
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CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks defy estimates as AI fuels cyber demand
The cybersecurity sector has been under perceived pressure due to accelerating deployment of AI tools. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/crowdstrike-palo-alto-networks-ai-cyber-demand/821999/
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FlutterShell Backdoor Spreads to macOS via Malicious Google and YouTube Ads
Tags: attack, backdoor, cybercrime, cybersecurity, google, group, macOS, malicious, malware, networkCybersecurity researchers have shed light on a macOS malvertising campaign codenamed Operation FlutterBridge that spreads a new backdoor called FlutterShell.According to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, the campaign is said to be the next stage of a previously reported activity cluster dubbed JSCoreRunner (aka FileRipple) in late August 2025. The cybercrime group behind the two…
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29 Arrests, Nine Crime Groups Dismantled: Another Blow to Illegal Streaming
International Operation KRATOS led by Europol dismantled illegal streaming networks, leading to 29 arrests and nine crime groups taken down. An international law enforcement operation, codenamed Operation KRATOS and involving 13 countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, the UK, and the US), spent seven months quietly dismantling the…
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DoJ Disrupts Southeast Asia Crypto Fraud Networks, Freezes $3.8 Million in Assets
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the results of a sweeping action undertaken by government authorities and private sector companies to combat cyber-enabled and cryptocurrency fraud targeting Americans.The “Disruption Week” operation began May 18, 2026, leading to the takedown of millions of social media, email, and internet access accounts used by transnational…
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European authorities crack down on illegal streaming networks
Officials said they dismantled nine organized crime groups and removed more than 27,000 URLs hosting live sports and other copyrighted media during a seven-month operation. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/europol-piracy-streaming-crackdown-operation-kratos2/
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‘Don’t panic’: AI reality checks dominate major cybersecurity conference
CISOs and their colleagues should focus on network security basics, not AI vendors’ overhyped promises, analysts said at an annual Gartner cybersecurity event. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-cybersecurity-hype-reality-check-gartner/821867/