The flaws impact Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense software and have been exploited in a state-sponsored campaign against global governments as far back as November, the company says. Cisco Systems disclosed two zero-day firewall vulnerabilities Wednesday that the tech giant said have been exploited by a state-sponsored attacker in an espionage campaign…
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Part 6 of CRN’s Big Data 100 takes a look at the vendors solution providers should know in the data operations and data observability space. Upon Closer Observation Data teams within businesses and organizations strive to provide internal business users and external customers with analytical insights. But those efforts often fall short because the data…
Read MoreToday, Cisco released security updates to address ArcaneDoor—exploitation of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) devices and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software. A cyber threat actor could exploit vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-20353, CVE-2024-20359, CVE-2024-20358) to take control of an affected system. Cisco has reported active exploitation of CVE 2024-20353 and CVE-2024-20359 and CISA has added these vulnerabilities to…
Read MoreCISA has added three new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities established the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog…
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Cisco warned today that a state-backed hacking group has been exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) firewalls since November 2023 to breach government networks worldwide. The hackers, identified as UAT4356 by Cisco Talos and STORM-1849 by Microsoft, began infiltrating vulnerable edge devices in early November 2023 in…
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To set up these tunnels, the attackers simply use the SSH client from the OpenSSH toolkit for Windows together with the openssh library required to run it and a private key file that allows the endpoint to authenticate to the server. The OpenSSH client is dropped in the regular C:Program FilesOpenSSH location since its presence…
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‘Run:ai has been a close collaborator with Nvidia since 2020 and we share a passion for helping our customers make the most of their infrastructure,’ says Run:ai CEO Omri Geller. AI chip superstar Nvidia is doubling down on becoming the dominant force in the artificial intelligence hardware market by purchasing AI infrastructure management startup Run:ai…
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‘I think we’ve known for a long time that traditional voice had a shelf life. And ultimately it was going to get replaced with integrated communication services and as-a-service capabilities that run over the top of IP. Now we’re seeing that evolution pick up with a degree of steam,’ CEO John Stankey said of business…
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Google is updating the client-side encryption mechanism for Google Meet to allow external participants, including those without Google accounts, to join encrypted calls. Client-side encryption ensures that only people in the meeting have access to the data delivered through the application. Google Meet is part of the Google Workspace suite and provides users with secure…
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Microsoft has enabled Start menu ads in the optional KB5036980 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2. The company first announced that it was working on adding ads to the Windows 11 Start menu just 12 days ago when it began rolling out this feature to Insiders in the Beta Channel to help…
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