'Sandworm' Chains Cisco Vulnerabilities to Deploy Cyclops Blink
Russia's Sandworm group has resurrected an upgraded Cyclops Blink variant by chaining Cisco vulnerabilities, three years after the FBI dismantled the original botnet—European network infrastructure is a likely target set.
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The notorious Russian threat group is spreading an upgraded version of the botnet malware, which the FBI disrupted in 2022.
Editorial Analysis
Sandworm's ability to rebuild disrupted botnet infrastructure using fresh Cisco exploit chains underscores the persistent threat to European critical-infrastructure operators still running unpatched edge devices.
Audit all Cisco edge devices against the referenced CVEs immediately and restrict management-plane access to trusted networks only.
Russia's most dangerous cyber unit has revived its botnet by exploiting Cisco network devices, posing a direct risk to European infrastructure.
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