Dorkish - Chrome Extension Tool For OSINT & Recon

During reconaissance phase or when doing OSINT , we often use google dorking and shodan and thus the idea of Dorkish. Dorkish is a Chrome extension tool that facilitates custom dork creation for Google and Shodan using the builder and it offers prebuilt dorks for efficient reconnaissance and OSIN...

The 3 most common post-compromise tactics on network infrastructure

Weve been discussing networking devices quite a lot recently and how Advanced Persistent Threat actors APTs are using highly sophisticated tactics to target aging infrastructure for espionage purposes. Some of these attacks are also likely prepositioning the APTs for future disruptive or...

The vulnerability in the web interface of the software for managing network infrastructure SINEC INS allows a perpetrator to enhance their privileges.

The vulnerability of the software web interface for managing SINEC INS network infrastructure is related to errors in the certificate validation process. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker, operating remotely, to enhance their privileges by intercepting requests sent to the UMC...

The malware, attacker trends and more that shaped the threat landscape in 2023

The 2023 Cisco Talos Year in Review is now available to download. Once again, the Talos team has meticulously combed through a massive amount of data to analyze the major trends that have shaped the threat landscape in 2023. Global conflict influenced a lot of these trends, altering the tactics a...

Go on a Psychedelic Journey of the Internet's Growth and Evolution

Security researcher Barrett Lyon, who makes visualizations of the internet's network infrastructure, is back with a new piece chronicling the rise of the IPv6 protocol...

What is a Network Management Station (NMS) ?

The Bedrock of the Network Coordination Hub NCH Delving into the substantial domain of digital networks, the Network Coordination Hub NCH is unveiled as a critical component ensuring fluid network operations. Let us unravel this concept - an NCH signifies a control console employed for supervisin...

New Secaucus Point of Presence Increases Resilience for Financial Services

We are thrilled to announce the opening of a new cutting-edge Point of Presence PoP in Secaucus, New Jersey, which adds resilience to our network infrastructure located in the Northeastern United States region. This PoP represents the first build using next generation technology designed to...

Cyber Signals: Sporting events and venues draw cyberthreats at increasing rates

Today we released the fifth edition of Cyber Signals, spotlighting threats to large venues, and sporting and entertainment events, based on our learnings and telemetry from delivering cybersecurity support to critical infrastructure facilities during the State of Qatar’s hosting of the FIFA World...

CVE-2023-26438

External service lookups for a number of protocols were vulnerable to a time-of-check/time-of-use TOCTOU weakness, involving the JDK DNS cache. Attackers that were timing DNS cache expiry correctly were able to inject configuration that would bypass existing network deny-lists. Attackers could...

Authorization

External service lookups for a number of protocols were vulnerable to a time-of-check/time-of-use TOCTOU weakness, involving the JDK DNS cache. Attackers that were timing DNS cache expiry correctly were able to inject configuration that would bypass existing network deny-lists. Attackers could...

CVE-2023-26438

External service lookups for a number of protocols were vulnerable to a time-of-check/time-of-use TOCTOU weakness, involving the JDK DNS cache. Attackers that were timing DNS cache expiry correctly were able to inject configuration that would bypass existing network deny-lists. Attackers could...

The many vulnerabilities Talos discovered in SOHO and industrial wireless routers post-VPNFilter

Since the discovery of the widespread VPNFilter malware in 2018, Cisco Talos researchers have been researching vulnerabilities in small and home office SOHO and industrial routers. During that research, Talos has worked with vendors to report and mitigate these vulnerabilities, totaling 141...

CERT-UA Uncovers Gamaredon's Rapid Data Exfiltration Tactics Following Initial Compromise

The Russia-linked threat actor known as Gamaredon has been observed conducting data exfiltration activities within an hour of the initial compromise. "As a vector of primary compromise, for the most part, emails and messages in messengers Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal are used, in most cases, using...

CVE-2023-26431

IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses did not get recognized as "local" by the code and a connection attempt is made. Attackers with access to user accounts could use this to bypass existing deny-list functionality and trigger requests to restricted network infrastructure to gain insight about topology and...

Design/Logic Flaw

IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses did not get recognized as "local" by the code and a connection attempt is made. Attackers with access to user accounts could use this to bypass existing deny-list functionality and trigger requests to restricted network infrastructure to gain insight about topology and...

CVE-2023-26431

Open-Xchange OX App Suite vulnerability CVE-2023-26431 stems from IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses not being treated as local, enabling a connection attempt that could bypass deny-list checks. Attackers with access to user accounts could trigger requests to restricted network infrastructure to gain vis...

CVE-2023-26431

IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses did not get recognized as "local" by the code and a connection attempt is made. Attackers with access to user accounts could use this to bypass existing deny-list functionality and trigger requests to restricted network infrastructure to gain insight about topology and...

Video: Everything you need to know about ongoing state-sponsored attacks targeting network infrastructure across the globe

Cisco and Talos are continuing to track and research a series of ongoing cyber attacks and espionage targeting out-of-date and unpatched network hardware. In this video, Hazel Burton interviews Matt Olney and J.J. Cummings from Talos to discuss the "Jaguar Tooth" campaign the U.K. government and...

State-sponsored campaigns target global network infrastructure

Cisco is deeply concerned by an increase in the rate of high-sophistication attacks on network infrastructure -- that we have observed and have seen corroborated by numerous reports issued by various intelligence organizations -- indicating state-sponsored actors are targeting routers and firewal...

Metaverse Broadband Infrastructure Security

The metaverse is coming—but what does that mean for network infrastructure? We explore expected changes, network challenges, and tips for enhancing network security to minimize cyber risk across the attack surface...