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Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center and Secure Firewall Threat Defense Software sftunnel Vulnerabilitiesnew

Cisco fixed sftunnel flaws in Secure Firewall Management Center and Threat Defense allowing unauthenticated authentication bypass or denial of service.

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) software could allow an unauthenticated attacker to bypass sftunnel authentication or mount a sftunnel denial-of-service attack. Cisco has released software updates addressing these vulnerabilities. No workarounds are available. The advisory is part of a grouped Cisco release.

Cisco Security Advisories · 30m agoAdvisory 6 sources

FTC Withdraws Obsolete Policy Statement

The FTC rescinded its 2021 policy statement that applied the Health Breach Notification Rule to health apps and connected devices collecting consumer health data.

The Federal Trade Commission formally rescinded its 2021 Policy Statement on Breaches by Health Apps and Other Connected Devices. The statement had purported to apply the FTC's Health Breach Notification Rule to health apps and connected devices that collect consumer health information. The Commission considers the statement obsolete following its 2024 update to the Health Breach Notification Rule.

DataBreaches.net · 6d agoPolicy & legal 2 sources

Cisco security advisory (AV26-197) – Update 3

CISA added Cisco CVE-2026-20079 to its KEV catalog; the Canadian Cyber Centre urges updates across Secure Firewall ASA, FTD, FMC, and SCC products.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security updated advisory AV26-197 covering March 2026 Cisco advisories for Security Cloud Control, Secure Firewall Management Center, ASA, and FTD. Cisco confirmed CVE-2026-20131 was actively exploited on March 18, 2026, and CISA added it to KEV on March 19. In Update 3, dated September 9, 2026, CISA added CVE-2026-20079 to the KEV catalog. The underlying flaws include FMC authentication bypass and remote code execution, ASA TCP-flood denial of service, and ASA/FTD IPsec denial of service.

Canadian Centre for Cyber Securityupdated · 2d agofirst · 6d agoExploit / PoC in the wild 11 sourcesCVE-2026-20131CVE-2026-20079

FCC proposes public scorecard to rate telecoms on anti-robocall efforts

The FCC proposed a public scorecard rating telecoms' anti-robocall effectiveness and removed 14 providers from US networks for compliance failures.

The Federal Communications Commission issued a public notice proposing a scorecard that would assess how effectively retail voice providers, including wireless, wireline and VoIP, prevent illegal robocalls, drawing on Robocall Mitigation Database filings, consumer complaint and enforcement data. The agency stressed it is not a rulemaking imposing new requirements, and it is seeking comment on scope, such as whether to focus on larger providers. The same day, the FCC removed 14 providers from the Robocall Mitigation Database for non-compliance, effectively requiring other US providers to block their traffic within two days.

CyberScoop · 13d agoPolicy & legal

CMMC Hit Pause, the FAR Council Hit Play

DoD paused CMMC Phase 2 pending a 60-day review while a proposed FAR Council rule would extend NIST 800-171 Rev 3 to all federal contractors.

The Department of Defense suspended CMMC Phase 2 third-party certification requirements, but Phase 1 self-assessments under DFARS 252.204-7021 remain in force since November 2025, and prime contractors are still directing suppliers to proceed. A CMMC Reform Task Force must report recommendations to the DoD CIO within 60 days, likely by September or October 2026. Separately, the FAR Council's proposed CUI rule from June 23 would apply NIST 800-171 Revision 3, 72-hour incident reporting, and flowdown obligations to all FAR-based federal contracts, not just the defense industrial base. False Claims Act exposure grows as DIBCAC assessment teams now cooperate directly with the DOJ.

Huntress · 14d agoPolicy & legal

Water sector example added to the NCSC’s Secure connectivity principles

NCSC UK adds a water sector example to its Secure Connectivity Principles, the first ICS community-authored content on its site.

The UK NCSC has added a water sector example to its Secure Connectivity Principles guidance. It is the first content authored by the Industrial Control System Community of Interest to appear on ncsc.gov.uk. The guidance helps ICS operators apply secure connectivity practices.

NCSC UK · Aug 11, 2026Advisory

UK's Online Safety Act has made 'absolutely no difference,' kids say

UK Children's Commissioner tells Lords committee the Online Safety Act has 'made absolutely no difference' and criticizes Ofcom over risk assessment transparency.

England's Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza testified that more than a year after key Online Safety Act child-protection duties took effect, children report no meaningful change in accessing harmful content. She criticized Ofcom for refusing to share companies' safety risk assessments under section 393(1) of the Communications Act 2003, and planned to use statutory powers to compel disclosure. She argued the OSA has not kept pace with AI-driven harms (citing the 'Grok nudifying' controversy) and urged Ofcom to 'use its teeth,' contrasting the UK's approach with Meta's proposed $18 billion US child-safety settlement.

The Register · Security · 13d agoPolicy & legal1

Accountability in Certificate Transparency and Variants

Formal Dolev-Yao analysis shows plain Certificate Transparency requires an honest log, SCT Auditing removes that assumption, and Gossiping does not.

The paper analyzes accountability in Certificate Transparency and its SCT Auditing and Gossiping extensions in the Dolev-Yao model, starting from a vanilla PKI. It finds plain CT provides accountability only under the assumption of an honest log. The SCT Auditing extension can eliminate that assumption, while the Gossiping extension cannot. CT is supported by all major browsers and obliges Certificate Authorities to record issued certificates in public, monitored logs.

arXiv cs.CR · 6d agoResearch

$536 and 8 Hours: AI Learns to Attack a Different PLC

Forescout used Claude to port a WAGO PLC exploit for $536 in 8 hours, and an AI-generated payload later permanently bricked the test device.

Forescout researchers used Claude Code with Ghidra, terminal access, and physical hardware to port CVE-2021-31886, a pre-authentication buffer overflow in the Nucleus FTP server, from a WAGO 750-852 PLC to the WAGO 750-831 without source code or debugger access. The final RCE development stage cost $535.74 in API fees over an 8-hour, 32-minute session (2.6k input and 1.3M output tokens) and required heavy researcher guidance. Claude produced working ICMP and UDP beacon exploits in 12 minutes after identifying that normal FTP command completion was overwriting its shellcode, fixed by omitting the CRLF terminator. A follow-up session extending the payloads toward a C2 implant wrote to flash-mapped memory and permanently bricked the PLC, underscoring the risks of autonomous agents operating against physical infrastructure.

Security Affairs · 14d agoResearchCVE-2021-318861

[Control Systems] Siemens security advisory (AV26-890)

Canada's Cyber Centre relayed a Siemens advisory affecting Reyrolle 7SR5, Teamcenter, Siveillance Control, Desigo CC and other products.

Advisory AV26-890, dated September 8, 2026, flags Siemens vulnerabilities in Reyrolle 7SR5 (versions prior to V2.70), Teamcenter, Siveillance Control, SIMATIC AX Runtime, Desigo CC, Industrial Edge Management, and SIMOVE Fleetmanager and SIPLANT across multiple versions and models. The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the Siemens advisory and apply available updates. No specific CVEs or exploitation details are provided in the relayed advisory.

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security · 7d agoAdvisory

Serving the most critical missions: Cloudflare for Government achieves FedRAMP Class D (High) Certified status

Cloudflare for Government earns FedRAMP Class D (High) certification and commits to pursuing DoD IL4 authorization.

Cloudflare announced that Cloudflare for Government has achieved FedRAMP Class D (High) Certified status. The company also committed to pursuing DoD IL4 authorization. The offering brings Cloudflare security, performance, and developer products to public sector missions.

Cloudflare Blog · Aug 10, 2026Industry

Cisco security advisory (AV26-876)

Canada's Cyber Centre relayed Cisco advisories covering a Nexus 9000 Silicon One RCE, IOS XR hardening, and denial-of-service flaws across IP phone lines.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security advisory AV26-876 lists Cisco vulnerabilities affecting IOS XR, Nexus 9000 Series switches, and several IP phone series. Included are a Nexus 9000 Silicon One remote code execution vulnerability, a September 2026 IOS XR security hardening release, and SIP software denial-of-service flaws in Desk Phone 9800, IP Phone 7800/8800, and Video Phone 8875. The Cyber Centre urges users and administrators to review the Cisco advisories and apply updates as they become available. No active exploitation is reported in the advisory.

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security · 13d agoAdvisory

Help shape the future of resilient private 5G

The UK NCSC invites organizations to collaborate on developing secure, resilient and deployable private 5G network technologies.

The UK National Cyber Security Centre is seeking collaboration with organizations developing technologies and approaches for secure, resilient and deployable private 5G networks. The blog post is an open call to help shape future private 5G resilience.

NCSC UK · Aug 12, 2026Advisory

Safety for Whom? Boundary-Aware Self-Distillation for Controlled LLM Safety Refusal

A self-distillation safety framework tunes narrow-boundary refusals in Qwen3-8B, raising target-domain refusal to 84.75% while cutting over-refusal from 15.20% to 5.20%.

The paper formulates narrow-boundary safety, where deployments need refusals within specific topics rather than whole subjects, and proposes an offline self-generated framework with controlled topic generation, escalating retries, and harmful-benign boundary pairs. On political persuasion with Qwen3-8B, the method raised target-domain refusal from 9.47% to 84.75% and cut the mean unsafe-response rate across three broader benchmarks from 26.26% to 0.14%. Verified target-model responses reduced over-refusal from 15.20% to 5.20%, and boundary-pair data cut comply-side over-refusal on held-out pairs from 32.94% to 4.16%. Results show data composition controls the safety-usability trade-off and alignment should be evaluated on both sides of the refusal boundary.

Hugging Face daily papers · 13d agoAI safety & security1

Large Language Models for HVAC Operations in Building Energy Systems: A Critical Review of Methods, Applications, and Deployment Readiness

Systematic review of 66 studies finds LLMs for HVAC operations are mostly research-stage, with no ready-now deployment and only four pilot-level studies.

A critical review of 66 peer-reviewed studies from 2023 to March 2026 examines LLMs for HVAC operations in building energy systems. Only four studies reach pilot-level evidence, none reports sustained operational deployment, and 63 of 66 are research-only. Conventional ML, MPC, and RL remain dominant for high-frequency control and short-horizon forecasting, and the evidence supports LLMs primarily as semantic and workflow layers rather than autonomous controllers.

arXiv cs.AI / cs.LG / cs.CL · 12d agoAI research

Legora reviewed 41 documents in minutes with GPT-6 Astra

Legal-tech firm Legora says GPT-6 Astra reviewed 41 financial documents in minutes, catching all four planted errors and boosting accuracy about 40%.

Legal technology company Legora reported using OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to review 41 financial-statement documents in minutes. The workflow found all four planted errors and improved performance by nearly 40% compared to prior processes. The case study highlights AI-assisted financial review adoption in professional services.

OpenAI News · 13d agoAI industry

Cisco Advance Notification for Publication of September 16, 2026, Security Advisories

Cisco will publish security advisories with fixed software on September 16, 2026, covering BroadWorks, ISE, Nexus Dashboard, ASA, FMC, FTD and ThousandEyes.

Cisco PSIRT announced advance notification for security advisories to be published on September 16, 2026, along with fixed software releases. Affected products include BroadWorks CommPilot Application Software, Identity Services Engine (ISE), Nexus Dashboard, Secure Firewall ASA, Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC), Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD), and ThousandEyes Virtual Appliance. ISE, Nexus Dashboard and the Secure Firewall products receive security hardening releases, and the ASA, FMC and FTD advisories will be included in the same combined release.

Cisco Security Advisories · 7d agoAdvisory

Researchers Use Claude to Port Pre-Auth RCE Exploit From One PLC Model to Another

Forescout used Anthropic's Claude to port a working pre-auth RCE exploit for CVE-2021-31886 between WAGO PLCs, executing ARM shellcode on live hardware.

Forescout Vedere Labs used Claude interactively to port an RCE exploit for CVE-2021-31886, a CVSS 9.8 stack buffer overflow in the Nucleus FTP server's USER command, from a WAGO 750-852 to a WAGO 750-831 PLC, running attacker-supplied ARM shellcode. The final RCE stage cost $535.74 in API usage over 8 hours 32 minutes, and a follow-up attempt to build a C2 implant permanently bricked the device. CERT@VDE lists many Nucleus V1-based WAGO models as vulnerable with no updates available; Siemens plans no Nucleus NET remediation. The work follows a joint NSA/CISA/FBI/DOE/EPA advisory warning of AI-generated exploitation scripts targeting internet-exposed Siemens S7 PLCs.

The Hacker News · 14d agoResearchCVE-2021-318862

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Static Credential Vulnerability

Cisco warns of static low-privileged credentials in Secure Firewall Management Center's web interface, letting unauthenticated remote attackers log in and access sensitive data.

Cisco disclosed a vulnerability in the web interface of Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software caused by the presence of static credentials for a low-privileged account. An unauthenticated remote attacker could log in to an affected device using the static account and access sensitive data within impacted systems. The attack surface is reduced when the FMC management interface does not have public internet access.

Cisco Security Advisories · Aug 11, 2026Advisory

Citrix security advisory (AV26-645) – Update 3

Canada's Cyber Centre updates Citrix advisory as CVE-2026-8451 and CVE-2026-8452 in NetScaler ADC/Gateway are confirmed exploited in the wild.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security updated advisory AV26-645 on August 26, 2026, covering critical vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway (versions 14.1 before 14.1-72.61 and 13.1 before 13.1-63.18, plus FIPS builds). Open-source reporting indicates CVE-2026-8451 and CVE-2026-8452 are being exploited in the wild. Update 3 references related CISA action, and patched builds were released starting June 30, 2026.

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security · 20d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-8451CVE-2026-8452

Playco cut manual fixes 50% prototyping games with GPT-6 Astra

Game studio Playco used OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to build three game prototypes, reporting 50% fewer manual fixes than with the previous model.

Playco, a game development company, used OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model to generate three themed game prototypes from a single grey-box foundation. The company reports the new model cut manual fixes by 50% compared to its previous model workflow. The piece is an OpenAI-published customer story highlighting Astra's use in game prototyping.

OpenAI News · 13d agoAI industry

Tycon Systems TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3

CISA reports three flaws (hard-coded credentials, CSRF, missing authorization) in Tycon TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3 <=2.2.9 enabling MitM, credential theft, or device resets.

CISA published ICSA-26-246-08 for Tycon Systems TPDIN-Monitor-WEB3 versions 2.2.9 and prior, covering CVE-2026-77847 (use of hard-coded credentials, CWE-798), CVE-2026-82712 (CSRF, CWE-352), and CVE-2026-82684 (missing authorization, CWE-862). Exploitation could enable man-in-the-middle attacks, factory resets, credential wiping, or extraction of system credentials, configurations, and flash contents; the CSRF issue scores CVSS 8.8. No public exploitation has been reported; CISA recommends isolating devices from business networks.

CISA Advisories · 13d agoAdvisory 2 sourcesCVE-2026-77847CVE-2026-82712CVE-2026-82684

Severity Is Not a Strategy: What CISA BOD 26-04 Means for the Future of Federal Software Security

CISA's BOD 26-04 replaces severity-based federal patching with risk-based remediation deadlines of 3, 14, or 60 days.

CISA's Binding Operational Directive 26-04, released June 10, 2026, replaces BOD 19-02 and BOD 22-01 for Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies and shifts remediation prioritization from CVSS scores to risk context. Agencies assess four factors: public exposure, KEV listing, exploit automatability, and whether exploitation grants partial or total asset control, resulting in 3-, 14-, or 60-day remediation windows or next-upgrade fixes. In CISA's first review at a large civilian agency, only 1% of vulnerabilities required three-day remediation while over 60% could wait for future system upgrades. The directive also requires forensic analysis when exploitation is suspected, and Checkmarx argues the same risk-based logic must extend upstream into software development and SBOM-driven exposure management.

Checkmarx · 6d agoPolicy & legal

Communicating Under Pressure: Best Practices for Service Providers

CISA, FBI, and international partners issued guidance on crisis communications for service providers during IT and OT outages, emphasizing clarity, transparency, and backup channels.

CISA, the FBI, and international partners published guidance on planning and executing clear, timely, audience-appropriate communications during IT and OT service outages, whether caused by cyber threat actors, human error, or natural hazards. The guidance stresses clarity, accountability, and transparency, and warns that outages at one organization can cascade across interconnected systems. It recommends critical infrastructure owners assume telecommunications may be unreliable and integrate backup communication methods into crisis plans, and points to CISA's CI Fortify initiative for OT isolation and recovery resources.

CISA Advisories · 14d agoAdvisory