The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the attack highlighted threats from vulnerable edge devices to operational technology and industrial control systems.

A binding operational directive issued Thursday looks to combat an attack pathway that has been behind some of the biggest attacks and most common exploits in recent…

The vulnerability, which Cisco said it discovered during internal security testing, could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute high-privilege commands.

The besieged security vendor maintains the latest exploited vulnerabilities in its products are entirely linked to unspecified security issues in open-source libraries. Some researchers aren’t buying it.

The network security device vendor is making a regular appearance on CISA’s known exploited vulnerabilities catalog. Unlike its competitors, SonicWall hasn’t signed the secure-by-design pledge.

Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report noted a 37% increase in ransomware attacks and a 34% increase in exploited vulnerabilities.

Exploited vulnerabilities have turned up in Ivanti products 16 times since 2024. That’s more than any other vendor in the network edge device space.

The most consequential cyberattacks observed by Darktrace last year were linked to software defects in firewalls and perimeter network technologies.

The ongoing operation claims international organizations and the defense industry as its victims, per authorities.