CISO Series: Senator Demands Action from CISA, Cisco Vulnerable to Velvet Ant Exploits, Europol Takes Down Cobalt Threat

In recent cybersecurity news, a senator has been putting pressure on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to step up their efforts in protecting critical infrastructure. The senator’s actions come as a response to growing concerns over cyber threats to essential services and systems. Meanwhile, a new cyber threat has emerged in the form … Read more

Chinese Velvet Ant hackers target newly discovered Cisco devices vulnerability – iZOOlogic

Recently, a group of Chinese hackers known as Velvet Ant has been identified as exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in new Cisco devices. The hackers, believed to be state-sponsored, have been using this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to these devices and potentially carry out cyber attacks. The zero-day vulnerability allows the hackers to bypass security … Read more

Chinese Velvet Ant Group Exploits Zero-Day Bug Patched by Cisco

Chinese Velvet Ant Group Exploits Zero-Day Bug Patched by Cisco

A recent report has shown that Chinese state-backed hackers took advantage of a zero-day vulnerability in Cisco Nexus switches that had just been patched. Cisco released a fix for CVE-2024-20399, a flaw in the Cisco NX-OS software’s command-line interface that could allow a local attacker to run arbitrary commands as root with administrator privileges. The … Read more