Tag: vpn
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Is It Time for a Terminal-Native PAM Approach?
Privileged Access Management (PAM) has evolved through several generations. We’ve gone from password vaults to session management, from VPNs to Zero Trust, and now we’re talking about securing AI agents and machine identities. A lot has changed. But one thing hasn’t. Most system administrators still spend their day in a terminal. Whether it’s OpenSSH, Windows Terminal, PuTTY, SecureCRT, or another SSH client, the command line terminal is where work gets done. It’s where……
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ToxicPanda 2.0 Blocks Google Play as Android Malware Targets 349 Financial Apps
ToxicPanda 2.0 now targets 349 financial apps across 16 countries while abusing VPN, Accessibility and Android debugging features for deeper control. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/news-toxicpanda-2-android-malware-349-financial-apps/
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5 Palo Alto GlobalProtect Flaws Let Attackers Gain SYSTEM/Root Access and Steal AD Passwords
Security researcher Martijn van Ramesdonk has disclosed five vulnerabilities affecting Palo Alto Networks’ GlobalProtect, an enterprise VPN and endpoint agent widely used across corporate environments on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The issues include local privilege escalation vulnerabilities that could allow a low-privileged attacker with access to an endpoint to gain full SYSTEM privileges on Windows…
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Gunra ransomware: what you need to know
The ransomware gang Gunra has been creating havoc – exploiting unpatched VPNs and firewalls to steal data, encrypt systems, and extort victims across healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and more. First seen on fortra.com Jump to article: www.fortra.com/blog/gunra-ransomware-what-you-need-know
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ToxicPanda Android malware uses VPN permissions to block Google Play
The ToxicPanda Android malware has evolved with new malicious functionality, expanding its targeting to 349 applications and adding support for 167 remote commands. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/toxicpanda-android-malware-uses-vpn-permissions-to-block-google-play/
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Alert: Unpatched Fortinet Devices Fall to Gunra Ransomware
Tags: access, cybersecurity, firewall, fortinet, government, group, infrastructure, korea, north-korea, ransomware, vpnUS and South Korea Tie Initial Access to Unpatched Firewalls and VPN Gateways. Critical infrastructure organizations running unpatched firewalls and VPN gateways – including Fortinet gear not updated since early 2025 – and getting hit hard by a ransomware group with possible ties to the North Korean government, warns a joint U.S.-South Korean cybersecurity alert.…
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CISA Urges Organizations to Patch Exposed VPNs and Segment Networks Against Gunra Ransomware
Tags: advisory, breach, cisa, credentials, cyber, data, data-breach, encryption, exploit, firewall, infrastructure, international, law, network, organized, ransomware, service, theft, update, vpnCISA and international law-enforcement partners have issued a joint #StopRansomware advisory warning that Gunra ransomware affiliates are exploiting exposed edge infrastructure, including VPN gateways, firewall appliances and RDP-accessible systems, to breach enterprise networks. The advisory positions Gunra as an increasingly organized ransomware-as-a-service operation whose affiliates combine data theft, credential compromise and rapid encryption to pressure…
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ThreatLabz 2026 Report: Frontier AI and Enterprise Readiness
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, cisa, ciso, control, credentials, cyberattack, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, flaw, governance, identity, Internet, kev, login, malicious, privacy, radius, resilience, strategy, switch, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-trustThe BreachIt was 9:14 AM when the CISO’s VPN connection momentarily dropped, something that normally wouldn’t cause any concern. What he couldn’t see was that attackers had already exploited a pre-authentication flaw in the VPN appliance itself, gaining access before any login ever occurred. From there, they extracted stored credentials, forged an identity as his…
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ThreatLabz 2026 Report: Frontier AI and Enterprise Readiness
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, cisa, ciso, control, credentials, cyberattack, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, flaw, governance, identity, Internet, kev, login, malicious, privacy, radius, resilience, strategy, switch, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-trustThe BreachIt was 9:14 AM when the CISO’s VPN connection momentarily dropped, something that normally wouldn’t cause any concern. What he couldn’t see was that attackers had already exploited a pre-authentication flaw in the VPN appliance itself, gaining access before any login ever occurred. From there, they extracted stored credentials, forged an identity as his…
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Black Hat USA: TP-Link Flaws Put Omada Controllers and Camera Feeds at Risk
Forescout disclosed 15 TP-Link flaws at Black Hat USA 2026 that could expose Omada credentials and VPN keys, allow internal access and affect VIGI camera feeds. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/black-hat-usa-tp-link-flaws-omada-credentials-camera-risk/
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Patch Me If You Can, The VPN, the Backup Server, and the Browser Zero-Day
Actively exploited VPN, browser and backup vulnerabilities show why effective patching depends on risk-based cybersecurity governance, not perfect security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/patch-me-if-you-can-the-vpn-the-backup-server-and-the-browser-zero-day/
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Vanta Stealer Uses PyArmor to Steal Browser Passwords, Crypto Wallets and Discord Tokens
Vanta Stealer is a Python”‘based, cross”‘platform information stealer that uses layered PyArmor obfuscation on top of a PyInstaller”‘packed executable to harvest browser passwords, crypto wallet data, Discord tokens, gaming accounts, VPN configs, and sensitive documents. Vanta Stealer exemplifies the current shift toward Python for modular, easily maintainable malware, while abusing commercial protection frameworks like PyArmor…
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QuickFox VPN targeted in long-standing supply chain attack delivering FDMTP backdoor
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/quickfox-vpn-targeted-in-long-standing-supply-chain-attack-delivering-fdmtp-backdoor
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Four Million Malware Reports Reveal a Widespread No-DNS C2 Blind Spot
A long”‘running supply chain compromise of the QuickFox VPN accelerator that quietly delivered an FDMTP backdoor to carefully profiled Windows systems, exposing a major blind spot in defenders’ visibility where command”‘and”‘control (C2) traffic never touches traditional DNS. The attackers added just two lines of JavaScript to an internal Electron renderer HTML file, causing the app…
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From Inspection to Authorization: Securing Networks for AI Agents
Tags: access, ai, api, business, ceo, cloud, communications, control, crowdstrike, cryptography, data, encryption, endpoint, finance, firewall, identity, infrastructure, login, network, office, risk, saas, service, usa, vpn<div cla An Industry Perspective By Rajiv Pimplaskar, CEO, Dispersive Holdings, Inc. Agentic AI changes the network security problem from inspection to authorization. As more traffic is generated by agents, models, and workloads operating at machine speed, the network has to make trust decisions continuously, evaluate policy in real time, revoke access automatically, and keep…
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QuickFox Supply Chain Attack Delivers FDMTP Backdoor via Trojanized Windows Installer
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed what has been described as a “long-standing supply chain attack” on QuickFox, a virtual private network (VPN) and network acceleration tool designed for overseas Chinese users.According to Fortinet FortiGuard Labs, the supply chain attack has been ongoing since at least August 2025 and involves a trojanized version of the application to…
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Ransomware nutzt VPNs in Fabriken aus – Fernzugriff in der Fertigung: Secomea mahnt strengere Kontrolle an
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/fernzugriff-in-der-fertigung-secomea-mahnt-strengere-kontrolle-an-a-5bd17237b3ff4e1a4a88131854d39c30/
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INC Ransomware Emerges as Dominant Actor Exploiting SonicWall SMA 1000 Flaws
The INC Ransomware operation has emerged as the “dominant threat actor” exploiting the recently disclosed security flaws in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series VPN appliances.In a report published over the weekend, Resecurity said it observed the INC Ransomware accelerating its activity since the beginning of August 2026, listing multiple victims on its data…
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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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SonicWall SMA Zero-Days Let Attackers Turn One WebSocket Request Into Root Control
SonicWall SMA Secure Mobile Access appliances are again at the center of a zero-day storm, with chained flaws that let attackers turn a single crafted WebSocket request into root-level control on internet-facing VPN gateways. The campaign, dissected by Volexity and other researchers, shows how a previously undocumented threat actor, tracked as UTA0533, abused SonicWall’s wsproxy…
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Top 10 Best VPN Alternatives For Secure Remote Access in 2026
In the rapidly evolving landscape of 2026, the traditional VPN is increasingly showing its age. While a VPN creates a secure, encrypted tunnel to a private network, it often functions like an >>all-access key,<< granting users broad, undifferentiated access once connected. This model presents a significant security risk, as a single compromised endpoint can give…
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FortiBleed exposes the business risk of legacy SSL VPNs
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/perspective/fortibleed-exposes-the-business-risk-of-legacy-ssl-vpns
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Outdated VPNs should be purged from federal agencies, senator says
Intelligence Committee member Ron Wyden wants CISA, OMB and NIST to lead a federal effort to rout out obsolete VPNs from the U.S. government. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/federal-purge-outdated-vpns-wyden-letter
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Sen. Wyden urges feds to discard older, insecure, public-facing VPNs
In a letter first reported by CyberScoop, Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said ‘devastating’ attacks on the federal government have accumulated due to the tech. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/wyden-calls-for-federal-legacy-vpn-purge-zero-trust/
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InfoGuard Threat Intelligence Insights 2025 – Bei 68 Prozent der unsicheren VPN-Zugänge dringt Ransomware ein
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ransomware-vpn-zugaenge-cyberangriffe-2025-a-f9aebac63f3383f7d23e8fec9f44326c/
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26 Unauthenticated Vulnerability Advisories Expose Firewalls, VPNs, Switches, and Load Balancers
A structural risk in enterprise infrastructure: unauthenticated, remotely exploitable vulnerabilities embedded in the very devices designed to secure networks. In the 30 days ending July 17, 2026, 61 advisories across 14 vendors were disclosed, including six critical issues. However, the more consequential signal lies elsewhere 26 of those advisories require no authentication. They are reachable…
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Qilin exploits Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect VPN firewalls
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/qilin-exploits-palo-alto-networks-globalprotect-vpn-firewalls
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Critical Palo Alto VPN bug now exploited by Qilin ransomware gang
The Qilin ransomware gang is exploiting a critical PAN-OS GlobalProtect authentication bypass flaw to breach victims’ networks, according to cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-globalprotect-vpn-bug-now-exploited-in-ransomware-attacks/