Salt Typhoon hackers used this clever technique to attack US networks
In a new blog post, Cisco said it found evidence of Salt Typhoon abusing CVE-2018-0171, a 9.8/10 (critical) vulnerability that allows threat actors to execute arbitrary code on an ...
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Salt Typhoon Exploited Cisco Devices With Custom Tool to Spy on US Telcos
Chinese threat actor Salt Typhoon used JumbledPath, a custom-built utility, to gain access to a remote Cisco device, said the ...
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Cisco Details ‘Salt Typhoon’ Network Hopping, Credential Theft Tactics
Cisco Talos observed Chinese hackers team pivoting from a compromised device operated by one telecom to target a device in ...
China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers
Despite high-profile attention and even US sanctions, the group hasn’t stopped or even slowed its operation, including the ...
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Salt Typhoon hackers exploited stolen credentials and a 7-year-old software flaw in Cisco systems
The Chinese hacking collective has widely leveraged vulnerabilities in communications infrastructure to breach dozens of ...
FBI Warns iPhone, Android Users—We Want ‘Lawful Access’ To All Your Encrypted Data
The U.K. news cannot be seen in isolation and follows years of battling between big tech and governments over warranted, ...
Salt Typhoon Hackers Used Old Cisco Bug, Stolen Credentials to Hop on Routers
China-linked hackers who broke into global telecommunications systems likely exploited a seven-year-old bug in Cisco’s router software and used stolen credentials to gain access to systems, the ...
Trump’s workforce blitz comes for CISA
The Trump administration is expected to fire more CISA employees, despite concern they will accidentally cripple the agency’s ability to thwart hacking threats.
"We will never build a backdoor" – Apple kills its iCloud's end-to-end encryption feature in the UK
Apple had to kill its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) feature in the UK after being hit by an encryption backdoor order under ...
Chinese hackers breach more US telecoms via unpatched Cisco routers
China's Salt Typhoon hackers are still actively targeting telecoms worldwide and have breached more U.S. telecommunications ...
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Salt Typhoon Targeting Old Cisco Vulnerabilities in Fresh Telecom Hacks
Chinese APT Salt Typhoon has been exploiting known vulnerabilities in Cisco devices in attacks on telecom providers in the US ...