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Legacy Flaws in Network Edge Devices Threaten Orgs Today

🔒 Enterprises' network edge devices — firewalls, VPNs, routers, and email gateways — are increasingly being exploited due to longstanding 1990s‑era flaws such as buffer overflows, command and SQL injections. Researchers tracked dozens of zero‑day exploits in 2024 and continuing into 2025 that affected vendors including Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, Ivanti, and others. These appliances are attractive targets because they are remotely accessible, often lack endpoint protections and centralized logging, and hold privileged credentials, making them common initial access vectors for state‑affiliated actors and ransomware groups.

it-sa Highlights: Vendor Security and Access Solutions

🔒 At it-sa vendors unveiled a slate of security, privacy and access offerings aimed at strengthening enterprise controls. Salesforce expanded its AI Agentforce into the Security Center and Privacy Center to automate threat detection, incident remediation and compliance prioritization. Ivanti reengineered Connect Secure 25.x with a security‑by‑design architecture including SELinux, WAF, secure boot and disk encryption. Additional launches included Samsung Knox mobile credentials, KOBIL mPower and a Zurich/Deutsche Telekom cyber insurance plus MDR integration.

Chinese Hackers Exploit Enterprise Network Appliances

🔒 A Chinese state-sponsored group tracked as RedNovember carried out a global espionage campaign from June 2024 to July 2025, compromising defense contractors, government agencies, and major corporations by exploiting internet-facing network appliances. The attackers rapidly weaponized disclosed flaws in devices from SonicWall, Ivanti, Cisco, F5, Sophos, and Fortinet, often within 72 hours of public exploit code. They deployed Go-based tools including Pantegana, Cobalt Strike, and SparkRAT, and relied on open-source tooling and legitimate services to obfuscate attribution and maintain persistent access.

Chinese State-Linked RedNovember Targets Global Org

🛰️ Recorded Future has attributed a widespread cyber-espionage cluster to a Chinese state-sponsored actor it has named RedNovember, which overlaps with Microsoft's Storm-2077. From June 2024 to July 2025 the group targeted internet-facing perimeter appliances and used a mix of open-source and commercial tooling — notably Pantegana, Spark RAT and Cobalt Strike — to gain persistent access across government and private-sector networks worldwide. Attacks exploited known CVEs in VPNs, firewalls and other security appliances and leveraged a Go-based loader derived from LESLIELOADER, while administration infrastructure relied on VPN services such as ExpressVPN and Warp.

UNC5221 Deploys BRICKSTORM Backdoor Against US Targets

🛡️ Mandiant and Google’s Threat Intelligence Group report that the China‑nexus cluster UNC5221 has delivered the Go‑based backdoor BRICKSTORM to U.S. legal, SaaS, BPO, and technology organizations, frequently exploiting Ivanti Connect Secure zero‑days. BRICKSTORM uses a WebSocket C2, offers file and command execution, and provides a SOCKS proxy to reach targeted applications. The campaign prioritizes long, stealthy persistence on appliances that lack traditional EDR coverage, enabling lateral movement and access to downstream customer environments.

Brickstorm: Long-term Go-based Backdoor Targets US Orgs

🔒 Google researchers report suspected China-linked operators used a Go-based backdoor named Brickstorm to persistently exfiltrate data from U.S. technology, legal, SaaS and BPO organizations, with an average dwell time of 393 days. Brickstorm operated as a web server, file dropper, SOCKS relay and remote command executor while masquerading traffic as legitimate cloud services and targeting edge appliances that often lack EDR. GTIG attributes the activity to UNC5221, a cluster linked to Ivanti zero-day exploitation and custom tools like Spawnant and Zipline. Mandiant published a scanner with YARA rules but cautioned it may not detect all variants or persistence mechanisms.

Application Security Posture Management: Buying Guide

🛡️ Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) consolidates visibility and controls across cloud, container, and on-premises application environments to help organizations manage the growing volume of vulnerabilities. ASPM platforms typically secure the software development lifecycle and supply chain, automate testing, and integrate with existing tools to enable prioritization and remediation. Feature sets vary widely, and vendors take either a code-first or cloud-first approach, so buyers should evaluate integrations, scan capabilities, coverage, analysis teams, and pricing before purchasing.

CISA Details Malware Kits Used in Ivanti EPMM Attacks

🔍 CISA released a technical analysis of malware used in attacks exploiting two Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-4427 and CVE-2025-4428. The agency details two distinct malware sets that used a common web-install.jar loader and malicious listener classes to inject and execute code, exfiltrate data, and maintain persistence. Attackers targeted the /mifs/rs/api/v2/ endpoint via HTTP GET requests with a ?format= parameter, delivering segmented, Base64-encoded payloads. CISA published IOCs, YARA and SIGMA rules and advises immediate patching and treating MDM systems as high-value assets.

CISA Details Two Java Loaders Exploiting Ivanti EPMM Flaws

🔒 CISA released details of two malicious toolsets found on an organization's server after attackers chained zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM). Each set contains a Java loader that installs an HTTP listener to decode, decrypt and execute arbitrary payloads and maintain persistence. CISA urges updating EPMM, monitoring for suspicious activity, and restricting access to MDM systems.

Malware Analysis: Ivanti EPMM Exploitation and Loaders

🔍 CISA analyzed malicious artifacts deployed after threat actors exploited CVE-2025-4427 and CVE-2025-4428 in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM). The report details two distinct loader/listener sets written to /tmp that enable arbitrary code execution through crafted HTTP requests. CISA provides IOCs, YARA and SIGMA detection rules, and recommends immediate patching and treating MDM systems as high-value assets.

CISA Malware Analysis: Malicious Listener for Ivanti EPMM

🛡️ CISA released a Malware Analysis Report analyzing two malware families recovered from an organization compromised via CVE-2025-4427 and CVE-2025-4428 in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile. The report, titled Malicious Listener for Ivanti EPMM Systems, provides indicators of compromise and detection content including YARA and SIGMA rules to support hunting and response. Recommended mitigations stress upgrading Ivanti EPMM to the latest versions and treating mobile device management systems as high-value assets with enhanced monitoring, access controls, and restrictions.

Salt Typhoon APT Expands to Netherlands, Targets Routers

🔒 Salt Typhoon, a persistent Chinese-aligned threat actor, has expanded operations into the Netherlands by compromising routers at smaller ISPs and hosting providers. Intelligence agencies report the group exploits known flaws in Ivanti, Palo Alto Networks, and Cisco devices to obtain long-term access and pivot through trusted provider links. Authorities urge organizations to audit configurations, disable management access, enforce public-key administrative authentication, remove default credentials, and keep vendor-recommended OS versions up to date to reduce exposure.

Joint Advisory Reveals Salt Typhoon APT Techniques Worldwide

🔍 Salt Typhoon, a Chinese state-aligned APT also tracked as Operator Panda/RedMike, is the subject of a joint advisory from intelligence and cybersecurity agencies across 13 countries. The report links the group to Chinese entities tied to the PLA and MSS and documents repeated exploitation of n-day flaws in network edge devices from vendors such as Ivanti, Palo Alto Networks and Cisco. It details persistence via ACL modifications, tunneled proxies, credential capture via RADIUS/TACACS+, and exfiltration over peering and BGP, and urges telecoms to hunt for intrusions, patch quickly and harden management interfaces.

Salt Typhoon Exploits Router Flaws to Breach 600 Orgs

🔒Salt Typhoon, a China-linked APT, exploited vulnerabilities in Cisco, Ivanti, and Palo Alto Networks edge devices to compromise and persistently control routers worldwide. The actors modified device configurations, created GRE tunnels, and used on-box Linux containers to stage tools and exfiltrate data. Agencies from 13 countries linked the campaign to three Chinese firms and warned of espionage impacting telecoms, government, transport, lodging, and military sectors.

Chinese Tech Firms Linked to Salt Typhoon Espionage

🔍 A joint advisory from the UK, US and allied partners attributes widespread cyber-espionage operations to the Chinese APT group Salt Typhoon and alleges assistance from commercial vendors that supplied "cyber-related products and services." The report names Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology, Beijing Huanyu Tianqiong Information Technology and Sichuan Zhixin Ruijie Network Technology. It warns attackers exploited known vulnerabilities in edge devices to access routers and trusted provider connections, and urges immediate patching, proactive hunting using supplied IoCs, and regular review of device logs.

Countering PRC State-Sponsored Network Compromise Worldwide

🛡️ U.S. and international agencies warn that People's Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored actors have been compromising global networks since at least 2021 to collect communications and other intelligence. Actors targeted telecommunications backbone routers, provider- and customer-edge devices, and infrastructure across government, transportation, lodging, and military sectors. They exploited known CVEs (for example CVE-2024-21887, CVE-2024-3400, Cisco CVEs), modified devices to maintain persistence using on-box PCAP/containers and tunnels, and exfiltrated data via peering and covert channels. The advisory includes IP indicators, binary hashes, Yara/Snort rules, hunting guidance, and prioritized mitigations to patch, isolate management planes, harden credentials, and detect PCAP creation.