Chinese Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Cisco Switch Flaw to Gain System Control
August 22, 2024 at 12:18PM A China-nexus threat group, Velvet Ant, exploited a recently patched security flaw in Cisco switches as a zero-day, enabling extensive system control and evasion of detection. This involved weaponizing CVE-2024-20399 to deliver bespoke malware, facilitate data exfiltration, and establish persistent access. The attackers’ sophisticated tactics and use of open-source tools … Read more