'Sandworm' Chains Cisco Vulnerabilities to Deploy Cyclops Blink

MediumDark Reading · Jai Vijayan·

At a glance

Severity
Medium
Used in attacks
No flaws named
Vendors and products
Cisco
Hacker groups and malware
Sandworm
Reported by
1 outlet

The notorious Russian threat group is spreading an upgraded version of the botnet malware, which the FBI disrupted in 2022.

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Coverage

One outlet has carried this so far.

  1. Dark Reading ↗Established SourceFirst reported

    2026-09-14 21:37 UTC

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