Tag: network
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Threat group reroutes software updates through hacked network gear
Sometimes an attack hides in the most ordinary corner of a network. ESET researchers say a China aligned threat group known as PlushDaemon has been quietly using hacked … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/19/eset-plushdaemon-dns-hijacking/
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EdgeStepper Implant Reroutes DNS Queries to Deploy Malware via Hijacked Software Updates
The threat actor known as PlushDaemon has been observed using a previously undocumented Go-based network backdoor codenamed EdgeStepper to facilitate adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks.EdgeStepper “redirects all DNS queries to an external, malicious hijacking node, effectively rerouting the traffic from legitimate infrastructure used for software updates to attacker-controlled infrastructure First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2025/11/edgestepper-implant-reroutes-dns.html
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UAE to launch first spaceground quantum communication network
Technology Innovation Institute and Space42 unveil a collaboration at the Dubai Airshow to deliver the UAE’s first space-enabled quantum communication network, strengthening national cyber resilience and advancing sovereign leadership in next-generation secure infrastructure First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366634549/UAE-to-launch-first-space-to-ground-quantum-communication-network
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Network architectures must be rebuilt for agentic AI
Rising traffic volumes, AI-powered security threats and the move to agentic workflows will require organisations to modernise their network infrastructure First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366634654/Cisco-Network-architectures-must-be-rebuilt-for-agentic-AI
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Microsoft Adds Azure Firewall With AI-Powered Security Copilot
Microsoft has integrated Azure Firewall with its AI-powered Security Copilot platform, bringing natural language threat investigation capabilities to cloud network security teams. The new integration allows security analysts to investigate malicious network traffic using conversational prompts instead of complex query languages. AI-Powered Threat Investigation Security Copilot is Microsoft’s generative AI solution designed to enhance security…
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Cloudflare Reveals Full Technical Explanation of Major Internet Outage
Cloudflare has released a comprehensive post-mortem analysis of a significant network outage that disrupted internet services globally on November 18, 2025. The incident, which began at 11:20 UTC and lasted several hours, affected millions of websites and applications relying on Cloudflare’s content delivery network and security services. Database Permission Change Triggers Cascade Failure A cyberattack…
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How to cut security tool sprawl without losing control
In this Help Net Security video, Jon Taylor, Director and Principal of Security at Versa Networks, talks about how organizations can deal with security tool sprawl. He … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/19/reduce-tool-sprawl-video/
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NDSS 2025 EvoCrawl: Exploring Web Application Code And State Using Evolutionary Search
SESSION Session 3C: Mobile Security ———– ———– Authors, Creators & Presenters: Xiangyu Guo (University of Toronto), Akshay Kawlay (University of Toronto), Eric Liu (University of Toronto), David Lie (University of Toronto) ———– PAPER EvoCrawl: Exploring Web Application Code and State using Evolutionary Search As more critical services move onto the web, it has become increasingly…
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NDSS 2025 EvoCrawl: Exploring Web Application Code And State Using Evolutionary Search
SESSION Session 3C: Mobile Security ———– ———– Authors, Creators & Presenters: Xiangyu Guo (University of Toronto), Akshay Kawlay (University of Toronto), Eric Liu (University of Toronto), David Lie (University of Toronto) ———– PAPER EvoCrawl: Exploring Web Application Code and State using Evolutionary Search As more critical services move onto the web, it has become increasingly…
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Omni Family Health Settles Lawsuits From 2024 Hack for $6.5M
Data of Nearly 470,000 Patients and Employees May Have Been Leaked on Dark Web. Omni Family Health, a California nonprofit network of community health centers, has agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle proposed class action lawsuits related to a 2024 hack that may have exposed the personal information of nearly 470,000 current and former…
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NDSS 2025 Spatial-Domain Wireless Jamming With Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
Tags: attack, control, data, infrastructure, Internet, network, service, technology, threat, vulnerability, wifiSESSION Session 3B: Wireless, Cellular & Satellite Security ———– ———– Authors, Creators & Presenters: Philipp Mackensen (Ruhr University Bochum), Paul Staat (Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy), Stefan Roth (Ruhr University Bochum), Aydin Sezgin (Ruhr University Bochum), Christof Paar (Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy), Veelasha Moonsamy (Ruhr University Bochum) ———– PAPER ———–…
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Cloudflare Outage Throws a Wrench in Global Internet Access
Major Service Provider’s Temporary Disruption Follows Big AWS Outage Last Month. Websites worldwide faced intermittent outages Tuesday due to an ongoing problem with technology giant Cloudflare’s content delivery network, resulting in users being unable to access an array of big sites, ranging from OpenAI, bet365 and X, to Grindr, Virgin Media and Spotify. First seen…
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Meta Expands WhatsApp Security Research with New Proxy Tool and $4M in Bounties This Year
Meta on Tuesday said it has made available a tool called WhatsApp Research Proxy to some of its long-time bug bounty researchers to help improve the program and more effectively research the messaging platform’s network protocol.The idea is to make it easier to delve into WhatsApp-specific technologies as the application continues to be a lucrative…
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Internet slowly recovers after far-reaching Cloudflare outage
A currently undisclosed issue has crippled Cloudflare’s network and has rendered a large swathe of internet’s most popular sites and services temporily … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/18/internet-slowly-recovers-after-far-reaching-cloudflare-outage/
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Internet slowly recovers after far-reaching Cloudflare outage
A currently undisclosed issue has crippled Cloudflare’s network and has rendered a large swathe of internet’s most popular sites and services temporily … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/18/internet-slowly-recovers-after-far-reaching-cloudflare-outage/
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Hackers increasingly target operational technology, with manufacturing sector bearing the brunt
Companies should segment and monitor their networks to prevent hackers from crossing over from IT to OT, a new report said. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/operational-technology-cyberattacks-trellix/805693/
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Cloudflare hit by outage affecting global network services
Cloudflare is investigating an outage affecting its global network services, with users encountering “internal server error” messages when attempting to access affected websites and online platforms. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/cloudflare-hit-by-outage-affecting-global-network-services/
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Azure blocks record 15 Tbps DDoS attack as IoT botnets gain new firepower
Mitigation strategies: Prabhu said CISOs should now test whether their control planes can withstand attacks above 15 Tbps, how to contain cloud cost spikes triggered by auto-scaling during an incident, and how to keep critical services running if defenses are overwhelmed. “CISOs can stress test these benchmarks through DDoS simulations and evaluation of CSP infrastructure…
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Dr. Richard Zhao from NSFOCUS Selected into 2025 Top 10 Cybersecurity Professionals by Leading Consulting Company
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov 18, 2025, International Data Corporation (IDC) officially released the “2025 IDC China Top 10 Cybersecurity Professionals” at the 10th IDC China CIO Summit last month. This honor is intended to recognize outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions to China’s cybersecurity market this year. Dr. Richard Zhao, Chief Strategy Officer…The post…
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Threat Actors Use Compromised RDP to Deploy Lynx Ransomware After Deleting Backups
A sophisticated threat actor has orchestrated a multi-stage ransomware attack spanning nine days, leveraging compromised Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) credentials to infiltrate a corporate network, exfiltrate sensitive data, and deploy Lynx ransomware across critical infrastructure. The attack initiated with a successful RDP login using pre-compromised credentials a critical indicator that the threat actor obtained valid…
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Lazarus APT Group’s New ScoringMathTea RAT Enhances Remote Command Execution and More
The Lazarus APT Group, an advanced persistent threat (APT) attributed to North Korea, has deployed a sophisticated new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) called ScoringMathTea as part of its ongoing Operation DreamJob cyberespionage campaign. ScoringMathTea represents a significant evolution in Lazarus’s malware toolkit, implementing a modular architecture designed specifically to evade detection across both network and…
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Massive 15 Tbps DDoS Attack From 500K Devices Slams Azure Network
Microsoft Azure successfully defended against a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 15.72 terabits per second (Tbps), making it the most significant DDoS attack ever observed in the cloud. On October 24, 2025, Azure’s DDoS Protection system automatically detected and mitigated a massive multi-vector attack targeting a single endpoint in Australia. The assault generated…
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Lazarus APT Group’s New ScoringMathTea RAT Enhances Remote Command Execution and More
The Lazarus APT Group, an advanced persistent threat (APT) attributed to North Korea, has deployed a sophisticated new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) called ScoringMathTea as part of its ongoing Operation DreamJob cyberespionage campaign. ScoringMathTea represents a significant evolution in Lazarus’s malware toolkit, implementing a modular architecture designed specifically to evade detection across both network and…
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Rethinking identity for the AI era: CISOs must build trust at machine speed
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, business, ciso, cloud, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, google, governance, group, identity, infrastructure, injection, Internet, LLM, malicious, mitigation, network, risk, theft, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityIdentity as a trust fabric: Most organizations currently rely on a welter of identity and access management systems for a variety of reasons. Some systems might be tied to a specific vendor’s technology; some might be legacy systems from mergers or acquisitions; some might be in place due to legal or regulatory requirements.”What happens even…
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NDSS 2025 Detecting IMSI-Catchers By Characterizing Identity Exposing Messages In Cellular Traffic
SESSION Session 3B: Wireless, Cellular & Satellite Security ———– ———– Authors, Creators & Presenters: Tyler Tucker (University of Florida), Nathaniel Bennett (University of Florida), Martin Kotuliak (ETH Zurich), Simon Erni (ETH Zurich), Srdjan Capkun (ETH Zuerich), Kevin Butler (University of Florida), Patrick Traynor (University of Florida) ———– PAPER ———– Detecting IMSI-Catchers By Characterizing Identity Exposing…
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Pentagon and soldiers let too many secrets slip on social networks, watchdog says
Tags: networkReady, aim, mire First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/17/pentagon_soldiers_secrets_socials_whoops/
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Yurei Ransomware: Encryption Mechanics, Operational Model, and Data Exfiltration Methods
A newly identified ransomware group, Yurei, has emerged as a significant threat to organizations worldwide, with confirmed attacks targeting entities in Sri Lanka and Nigeria across multiple critical industries. First publicly identified in early September 2025, Yurei operates a traditional ransomware-as-extortion model, infiltrating corporate networks, encrypting sensitive data, destroying backup systems, and leveraging a dedicated…
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SilentButDeadly: New Tool Blocks Network Traffic to Bypass EDR and Antivirus
A newly released open-source tool called SilentButDeadly is raising security concerns by demonstrating how attackers can effectively turn off Endpoint Detection and Response systems and antivirus software without terminating any processes. Developed by security researcher Ryan Framiñán and released on November 2, 2025, the tool exploits the Windows Filtering Platform to sever cloud connectivity for…
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Pennsylvania attorney general says SSNs stolen during August ransomware attack
Social Security numbers and medical information were among the data stolen in an August breach of the networks of Pennsylvania’s attorney general, officials said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/pennsylvania-attorney-general-office-data-breach-ssns