Salt Typhoon Unleashes Chaos: Unpatched Cisco Devices Under Siege!
Salt Typhoon hackers are causing quite the storm by targeting telecoms worldwide, breaching U.S. providers using unpatched Cisco devices. It’s like they’re running a global hacking tour, hitting more countries than a rock band. Time to patch those vulnerabilities before Salt Typhoon steals the encore!
Hot Take:
Looks like Salt Typhoon is whipping up a storm in the telecom world, and it’s not the kind you can escape with an umbrella. These cyber-tempests are proving once again that leaving vulnerabilities unpatched is like leaving your front door open with a sign that says “Hacker Buffet Inside.” It’s high time telecom companies hit the patch button before they end up with more leaks than a colander!
Key Points:
- Salt Typhoon, a Chinese hacking group, is actively targeting global telecoms using vulnerabilities in Cisco devices.
- They’ve breached U.S. telecom providers and others worldwide, exploiting CVE-2023-20198 and CVE-2023-20273 vulnerabilities.
- Recorded Future’s Insikt Group has identified over 12,000 vulnerable Cisco devices, with focused attacks on telecom-linked devices.
- These breaches are part of a broader campaign that also accessed U.S. government officials’ communications.
- Network admins are urged to swiftly apply security patches and limit exposure of critical systems to the internet.
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