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Attackers exploit Palo Alto GlobalProtect flaw days after disclosure

A Palo Alto Networks vulnerability that allows attackers to establish unauthorized VPN access into corporate networks is being actively exploited in the wild, weeks after the company disclosed the flaw as a medium-severity issue and said it was unaware of any attacks. However, according to Rapid7, threat actors began exploiting the bug within days of…

Cato cuts vulnerability protection time to 45 minutes with agentic threat research

Cato Networks announced a new capability that reduces time-to-protect for newly disclosed vulnerabilities to 45 minutes. The company attributes this reduction to the use of agentic threat research designed to accelerate protection against emerging exploits. Traditional appliance-based security depends on a slow customer-operated patching cycle: vendors develop protections, customers receive updates, teams test them, and…

Hackers are exploiting Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN authentication bypass (CVE-2026-0257)

Authentication bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-0257) in Palo Alto Networks’ firewalls that the company disclosed on May 13 have been targeted in “limited exploit attempts”. “Across multiple customers, Rapid7 observed successful exploitation via authentication probes using forged cookies, but the appliance accepted the cookie without a full VPN session being established in 8 out of 10 impacted…

U.S. CISA adds Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0257 (CVSS score of 7.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Palo Alto Networks addressed the vulnerability CVE-2026-0257 on May…

PAN-OS GlobalProtect Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-0257) Under Active Exploitation

Palo Alto Networks has warned that a recently disclosed medium-severity security flaw impacting PAN-OS and Prisma Access has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0257 (CVSS score: 7.8), refers to a case of authentication bypass that could be exploited by bad actors to set up VPN connections. “Authentication bypass vulnerabilities…

Cato Networks Adds Cyera DSPM Integration to XOps

Cato Networks has integrated Cyera’s Data Security Posture Management capabilities into Cato XOps, giving enterprise security teams more context around sensitive data when detecting, investigating, and responding to threats. The integration, announced May 19, embeds Cyera’s data intelligence into Cato XOps, Cato’s combined XDR and AIOps solution. The companies said the goal is to help…

Palo Alto bets on identity security for autonomous AI with Idira launch

Palo Alto Networks has launched Idira, a new identity security platform aimed at securing human users, machine identities, and AI agents amid the rising adoption of autonomous AI systems amongst enterprises. The company is positioning Idira as a next-generation identity security platform that goes beyond traditional privileged access management (PAM) systems by applying dynamic privilege…

Palo Alto Networks Targets AI Identity Risks with Idira

Palo Alto Networks is expanding its identity security business with the launch of Idira, a platform designed to secure human users, machine identities, and autonomous AI agents as enterprises face growing identity-related cyber risk.  The company also named Oracle veteran Sonny Singh to lead the business, signaling a broader push around identity security for AI-driven…

Palo Alto Networks firewall flaw has been exploited for several weeks

Palo Alto Networks warns that a critical zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in the PAN-OS firewall system. The vulnerability has already been exploited by suspected state-sponsored hackers for nearly a month, reports Bleeping Computer. The vulnerability, CVE-2026-0300, is located in the User-ID Authentication Portal (also known as the Captive Portal) and allows attackers to execute…

PAN-OS RCE Exploit Under Active Use Enabling Root Access and Espionage

Palo Alto Networks has disclosed that threat actors may have attempted to unsuccessfully exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw as early as April 9, 2026. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-0300 (CVSS score: 9.3/8.7), a buffer overflow vulnerability in the User-ID Authentication Portal service of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that could allow an…

State-sponsored hackers likely behind zero-day attacks on Palo Alto firewalls

Palo Alto Networks believes the in-the-wild exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-0300) in its firewalls is likely the work of state-sponsored threat actors. A flaw with no patch (yet) CVE-2026-0300 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the User-ID Authentication Portal service of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software, and can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers sending…

Critical Palo Alto Networks software bug hits exposed firewalls

Palo Alto Networks is warning customers about a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting its PAN-OS user-ID authentication portal that is already being exploited in the wild. The flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on exposed firewalls, the company said in a security advisory. PAN-OS is the software that runs all Palo…

A critical Palo Alto PAN-OS zero-day is being exploited in the wild

Attackers are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability affecting some Palo Alto Networks’ customers’ firewalls, the security vendor said in an advisory Tuesday. The critical memory corruption vulnerability — CVE-2026-0300 — affects the authentication portal of PAN-OS, and allows unauthenticated attackers to run  code with root privileges on the vendor’s PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls, the company…

Palo Alto Networks Firewall Zero-Day Exploited in Active Attacks 

Palo Alto Networks recently disclosed a firewall vulnerability that is already being exploited in the wild. The flaw affects the PAN-OS User-ID Authentication Portal and could allow unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute code with root privileges on vulnerable devices. This vulnerability “… allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the…

Extreme Networks introduces Agent ONE for autonomous enterprise networking

Extreme Networks has introduced Extreme Agent ONE, a new class of AI agents for enterprise networking. Moving beyond generic, prompt-based AI, Extreme Agent ONE runs on the Extreme AI stack purpose-built for enterprise environments, which combines advanced AI reasoning, live network context, and operational expertise to transform enterprise networks into systems that detect, decide, and…

Root-level RCE vulnerability in Palo Alto firewalls exploited (CVE-2026-0300)

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-0300) affecting Palo Alto Networks firewalls is being actively exploited by attackers, the security company acknowledged today, and urged customers to implement mitigations as they are still working on fixes. About CVE-2026-0300 CVE-2026-0300 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the User-ID Authentication Portal (aka Captive Portal) service of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS…

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS flaw exploited for remote code execution

Palo Alto Networks warns of a critical PAN-OS flaw (CVE-2026-0300) that is under active attack, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution. Palo Alto Networks has warned that a critical PAN-OS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0300 (CVSS score of 9.3), is actively exploited in the wild. The flaw is a buffer overflow that allows unauthenticated remote code execution,…

Palo Alto PAN-OS Flaw Under Active Exploitation Enables Remote Code Execution

Palo Alto Networks has released an advisory warning that a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in its PAN-OS software has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0300, has been described as a case of unauthenticated remote code execution. It carries a CVSS score of 9.3 if the User-ID Authentication Portal is configured to…

Hackers target governments and MSPs via critical cPanel flaw CVE-2026-41940

Attackers exploit a critical cPanel flaw to target government and MSP networks across Southeast Asia and several countries, including the U.S. and Canada. A threat actor is exploiting critical cPanel vulnerability CVE-2026-41940 to target government and military organizations in Southeast Asia, along with MSPs and hosting providers in countries like the Philippines, Laos, Canada, South…

Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs

A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been enabling a botnet responsible for an extended campaign of massive DDoS attacks against other network operators in Brazil, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The firm’s chief executive says the malicious activity resulted from a security breach and was likely the work…

Wi-Fi roaming security practices for access network providers and identity providers

Public Wi-Fi roaming networks carry authentication credentials across multiple administrative boundaries, and the protocols governing that process vary widely in their security properties. The Wireless Broadband Alliance published a set of guidelines that specifies which authentication, encryption, and credential-handling practices operators should apply to networks running Passpoint and OpenRoaming. “What this work shows is that,…

Cato Networks Joins Westcon-Comstor’s AWS Marketplace Program

Global IT distributor Westcon-Comstor has announced that Cato Networks, a provider of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions, is joining its AWS Marketplace program. Launched in 2024, the distributor program helps partners close deals faster and reduce the procurement friction in AWS Marketplace. Adding Cato Networks to the program is meant to unlock “new growth…

Cybercriminals move deeper into networks, hiding in edge infrastructure

Attack activity is moving toward infrastructure outside endpoint visibility. Proxy networks support a wide range of operations, edge devices serve as initial access points, and GenAI speeds up how attackers assemble and rebuild their tooling. Lumen’s 2026 Threatscape Report describes this pattern in criminal and nation-state activity. “Threat intelligence is needed to find the adversary…

IT talent looks the other way as wireless security incidents pile up

Enterprise wireless networks are supporting a growing mix of devices and applications, increasing operational demand and security exposure. The 2026 Cisco State of Wireless report reflects these conditions through rising incident rates, higher costs, and ongoing staffing challenges. Wireless investment continues to increase. Most organizations expanded spending over the past 5 years, and a large…

Cisco 2026 State of Wireless Report: AI Wireless Threats Grow as Security Gaps Widen

Wireless networks are becoming a prime target for attackers — and many organizations aren’t prepared to keep up.  Cisco’s 2026 State of Wireless report warns that as enterprises scale AI, IoT, and high-bandwidth applications, wireless environments are expanding faster than security defenses can adapt. “AI-generated attacks are the leading driver of increased wireless security risk,”…

Codenotary AgentMon monitors agentic AI activity and behavior

Codenotary launched AgentMon, an enterprise-grade monitoring designed specifically for agentic networks, providing organizations with real-time visibility into the security, performance and cost of AI-driven agents operating across the enterprise. As adoption of AI accelerates, agentic systems, semi-autonomous software agents that act on behalf of users and applications, are becoming embedded across business operations. The market…

China-linked Red Menshen APT deploys stealthy BPFDoor implants in telecom networks

China-linked Red Menshen APT group used stealthy BPFDoor implants in telecom networks to spy on government targets. Rapid7 Labs uncovered a China-linked threat group known as Red Menshen has been running a long-term espionage campaign by infiltrating telecom networks, mainly in the Middle East and Asia. Active since at least 2021, the group uses highly…

Barracuda strengthens cyber resilience with BarracudaONE platform updates

Barracuda Networks has announced advancements to the BarracudaONE cybersecurity platform and Barracuda Partner Success Program. The latest innovations strengthen cyber resilience across email, network access and generative AI usage, while the enhanced partner program delivers new benefits, incentives and tools that help partners accelerate growth and profitability. “Email and identity‑based attacks are intensifying at an…

Exclusive Networks Launches Ignition in North America

Exclusive Networks is expanding its incubation model for emerging cybersecurity vendors into North America, aiming to give MSPs and solution providers earlier access to next-generation, AI-driven technologies while accelerating vendor go-to-market timelines. Exclusive Networks launches Ignition in North America at RSA Conference Exclusive Networks this week announced the North American debut of its “Ignition” program,…

Barracuda Adds to Cybersecurity Platform & Partner Program

Barracuda Networks has announced advancements to its BarracudaONE cybersecurity platform and its Barracuda Partner Success Program. Accelerating innovation to boost cyber resilience The cybersecurity company is strengthening resilience across email, network access, and generative AI usage with the BarracudaONE updates. The platform delivers cyber resilience for MSPs and their customers through an open ecosystem. Among…

Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma AIRS 3.0 closes visibility gaps in autonomous AI systems

Palo Alto Networks has advanced its AI security platform with Prisma AIRS 3.0, securing the agentic AI lifecycle and enabling enterprises to move from observation to safe autonomous execution. The shift toward an AI-powered enterprise introduces systemic security challenges, ranging from unmanaged shadow AI to the critical new frontiers of agentic identity, runtime security, and…

Palo Alto updates security platform to discover AI agents

As CISOs worry about AI agent sprawl, Palo Alto Networks has announced an update to its Prisma AIRS security platform and enterprise browser to include the ability to discover AI agents, models, and connections across the entire IT environment, to scan agents for vulnerabilities, and to allow admins to simulate red team tests for agents.…

Zero Networks Launches New Kubernetes Capability

Provider of zero-trust security solutions, Zero Networks, is debuting a new Kubernetes capability to give security and DevOps teams instant, shared visibility into Kubernetes connectivity. Shared Kubernetes visibility without guesswork The Kubernetes Access Matrix is a real-time visual map that reveals allowed and denied rules inside Kubernetes clusters.  With this new capability, users will be…

New device categories enter top enterprise risk rankings

Enterprise networks keep adding connected devices, expanding the attack surface as threat actors target a wider range of systems, many of which are difficult to inventory, secure, and patch consistently. (Source: Forescout) Forescout’s 2026 Riskiest Devices research maps that shift in IT, IoT, OT, and IoMT environments, with 11 new riskiest asset types entering the…

Zero Networks Kubernetes Access Matrix exposes hidden access paths and blast radius

Zero Networks has announced the Kubernetes Access Matrix, a real time visual map that exposes every allowed and denied rule inside Kubernetes clusters. The new capability enables security and DevOps teams to see, understand, and control Kubernetes access at scale, closing “understanding what is going on inside K8s” gaps that leave organizations exposed to lateral…

Runtime: The new frontier of AI agent security

AI agents are already operating inside enterprise networks, quietly doing some of the work employees once handled themselves — writing code, drafting emails, retrieving files, and connecting to internal systems. Sometimes they also make costly mistakes. At Meta, an employee asked an AI assistant to help manage her inbox. It deleted it instead. At Amazon,…

Network Map 2.0 provides live network mapping and faster risk containment

Zero Networks has announced Network Map 2.0, an advancement in real-time network mapping designed to help large enterprises eliminate decision paralysis, reduce blast radius and turn visibility into immediate, enforceable action. Network Map 2.0 capability replaces static, point-in-time visualizations that must be generated on demand with a continuously updated, living map of the enterprise. Unlike…

Attackers exploit FortiGate devices to access sensitive network information

Attackers are exploiting FortiGate devices to breach networks and steal configuration data containing service account credentials and network details. SentinelOne researchers warn that attackers are exploiting vulnerabilities or weak credentials in FortiGate devices to gain initial access to corporate networks. Once inside, they extract configuration files that may contain service account credentials and information about…

Iran-linked APT targets US critical sectors with new backdoors

An Iran-linked hacking group has been active inside the networks of several US organizations since early February, raising concerns that the activity could precede broader cyber operations connected to escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. New backdoors used by Seedworm Symantec and Carbon Black researchers have attributed the activity to Seedworm (aka MuddyWater), an…

Western governments lay the groundwork for secure 6G networks

Governments are preparing for 6G, the next generation of mobile networks, placing security and resilience among their top priorities. In response, seven countries participating in the Global Coalition on Telecoms (GCOT) have introduced a set of 6G Security and Resilience Principles, developed with support from industry partners. The coalition brings together the governments of the…

FBI targeted with ‘suspicious’ activity on its networks

The FBI found evidence that its networks had been targeted in a suspected cybersecurity incident, the bureau confirmed on Thursday, without sharing any further details. “The FBI identified and addressed suspicious activities on FBI networks, and we have leveraged all technical capabilities to respond,” the agency said in a statement. “We have nothing additional to…

Enigma AI enables internal trust governance to asset-to-asset communications

Enigma Networks has announced the general availability of its Internal Trust Governance platform, Enigma AI, which continuously determines and validates which communications are necessary and safe across enterprise networks. Just as identity and access management (IAM) governs trust for users, Enigma AI governs trust between internal systems and assets, introducing a new control plane for…

Cato integrates native, behavior-based auto-adaptive threat prevention into its SASE platform

Cato Networks has announced an auto-adaptive threat prevention engine within its SASE platform, enabling enterprises to proactively block advanced threats that use legitimate tools and targets. Cato Dynamic Prevention continuously evaluates activity in full context, correlating signals from across Cato’s sensors over months of activity. Once malicious behavior is identified, Cato automatically adapts and enforces…

Cato Networks Launches Auto-Adaptive Threat Prevention Engine

Cato Networks, a provider of SASE solutions, has announced the debut of Cato Dynamics Prevention, an auto-adaptive threat-prevention engine on its SASE platform. Proactive defense against compromise The new solution was designed to proactively stop stealthy, multi-stage attacks – continuously evaluating activity in full context – and correlate signals from across Cato’s sensors over months…

APT37 combines cloud storage and USB implants to infiltrate air-gapped systems

North Korea-linked APT 37 used Zoho WorkDrive and USB malware to breach air-gapped networks in the Ruby Jumper campaign. North Korean group ScarCruft (aka APT37, Reaper, and Group123) deployed new tools in a campaign dubbed Ruby Jumper, using a backdoor that leverages Zoho WorkDrive for C2 and a USB-based implant to breach air-gapped systems. Zscaler ThreatLabz…

Juniper PTX Flaw Could Allow Full Router Takeover

Juniper Networks has disclosed a critical vulnerability in Junos OS Evolved that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain root-level control of affected PTX Series routers.  These routers are widely used in service provider, telecom, and cloud environments. The vulnerability “… allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to execute code as root,” said the company in…

Wireshark 4.6.4 resolves dissector flaws, plugin compatibility issue

Packet inspection remains a routine activity across enterprise networks, incident response workflows, and malware investigations. Continuous use places long-term stability and parsing accuracy at the center of daily operations. Wireshark version 4.6.4 addresses two vulnerabilities affecting protocol dissectors and resolves a plugin compatibility issue within the 4.6 release series. Dissector vulnerabilities resolved The update fixes…

Zero Networks Goes 100% Channel, Boosts MSP Growth

Zero Networks is doubling down on the IT channel, announcing a full transition to a 100% channel-first go-to-market strategy alongside a significant expansion of its global partner ecosystem. The zero-trust security vendor said the move comes as demand grows for identity-driven containment designed to limit lateral movement and reduce the blast radius during cyberattacks—an increasingly…

Nozomi Networks Labs Report Finds Healthcare Services the Most Targeted Industry in Australia

The latest Nozomi Networks Labs OT & IoT Security Report released today finds healthcare services was the most targeted industry in Australia, followed by manufacturing. During the second half of last year, threat actors increased their usage of generative AI in their activity, attacks against companies in English-speaking countries are increasing in scale and have…

Palo Alto Networks’ Koi acquisition is all about keeping AI agents in check

Palo Alto Networks announced Tuesday its plans to buy security startup Koi, a deal aimed at addressing the security risks emerging as organizations rapidly adopt agentic AI. Terms were not disclosed, but Israeli business outlet Globes reported that Palo Alto will pay approximately $400 million. The deal is another among a trend of larger cybersecurity…

Palo Alto Networks intends to acquire Koi, advancing agentic endpoint security

Palo Alto Networks has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Koi, giving enterprises the power to finally see and protect the AI-native ecosystem that defines modern work. The new imperative: Agentic endpoint security Traditional security was built to stop malicious files, but AI agents and tools can actively read, write, and move data. Attackers…

Unit 42: Nearly two-thirds of breaches now start with identity abuse

Identity is still the primary entry point for cyberattacks, according to Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence firm Unit 42. In its annual incident response report released Tuesday, Unit 42 found that identity-based techniques accounted for nearly two-thirds of all initial network intrusions last year.  Social engineering was the leading attack method, accounting for one-third of…

Why secure OT protocols still struggle to catch on

Industrial control system networks continue to run on legacy communication protocols that were built for reliability and uptime, not authentication or data integrity. In many environments, malicious actors with access to the OT network can impersonate devices, issue unauthenticated commands, or modify messages in transit without detection. A new guidance document from the Cybersecurity and…

Palo Alto closes privileged access gap with $25B CyberArk acquisition

Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks has completed its $25 billion acquisition of Israel-based identity security firm CyberArk, bringing privileged access and identity security into the core of its platform strategy. With this acquisition, Palo Alto aims to extend privileged access controls across human, machine, and AI identities, reduce standing privileges, limit lateral movement, and stop…

BlueCat Horizon unifies DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and security into a cloud-first intelligent NetOps platform

BlueCat Networks has unveiled BlueCat Horizon, a SaaS-based platform designed to modernize how enterprises and mid-market organizations operate, secure, and evolve their networks through AI-assisted insights and coordinated action across the network. BlueCat Horizon introduces a common set of platform and infrastructure services that support multiple network applications and enable cross-domain use cases that were…

Palo Alto Networks Revamps NextWave Partner Program

Palo Alto Networks is rolling out a redesigned NextWave Partner Program that reflects how AI and platform-driven security are reshaping partner economics, according to the company. The update moves incentives beyond pure sales volume toward platform adoption, service delivery, and AI-enabled security outcomes, as Palo Alto Networks seeks to align partner growth with enterprise demand…

CVE-2026-20045: Critical Zero-Day in Cisco Products Is Actively Exploited in the Wild

Hot on heels of the DoS vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks’ GlobalProtect (CVE-2026-0227), security professionals are facing another major challenge. This time, Cisco announced that several of its unified communications products are affected by a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. If successfully exploited, the flaw enables hackers to execute malicious commands on the underlying…

CVE-2026-20045: Critical Zero-Day in Cisco Products Is Actively Exploited in the Wild

Hot on heels of the DoS vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks’ GlobalProtect (CVE-2026-0227), security professionals are facing another major challenge. This time, Cisco announced that several of its unified communications products are affected by a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. If successfully exploited, the flaw enables hackers to execute malicious commands on the underlying…

CVE-2026-20045: Critical Zero-Day in Cisco Products Is Actively Exploited in the Wild

Hot on heels of the DoS vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks’ GlobalProtect (CVE-2026-0227), security professionals are facing another major challenge. This time, Cisco announced that several of its unified communications products are affected by a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. If successfully exploited, the flaw enables hackers to execute malicious commands on the underlying…

CVE-2026-20045: Critical Zero-Day in Cisco Products Is Actively Exploited in the Wild

Hot on heels of the DoS vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks’ GlobalProtect (CVE-2026-0227), security professionals are facing another major challenge. This time, Cisco announced that several of its unified communications products are affected by a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. If successfully exploited, the flaw enables hackers to execute malicious commands on the underlying…