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Today’s news and analysis for cybersecurity professionals

Threat Actors Exploit Zero-Day in WatchGuard Firebox Devices With attacks on the critical firewall vulnerability, WatchGuard joins a list of edge device vendors whose products have been targeted in recent weeks.

Uzbek Users Under Attack by Android SMS-Stealers Telegram users in Uzbekistan are being targeted with Android SMS-stealer malware, and what's worse, the attackers are improving their methods.

Cisco VPNs, Email Services Hit in Separate Threat Campaigns The company suffered one sophisticated five-alarm campaign and one messy spray-and-pray attack, mere days apart.

Sponsored Content by GitGuardian Vault or Revoke: Guidance and Governance for Incident Response Teams Learn how to guide IR teams on when to revoke or vault secrets, reducing risk and preventing service disruption with context-rich governance.

LongNosedGoblin Caught Snooping on Asian Governments New China-aligned APT group is deploying Group Policy to sniff through government networks across Southeast Asia and Japan.

Identity Fraud Among Home Care Workers Puts Patients at Risk [From The Edge]: Reports of patients being cared for by unqualified home-care aides with fake identities continue to emerge, highlighting a need for more stringent identity authentication.

Securing the Network Edge: A Comprehensive Framework for Modern Cybersecurity [From DR TECHNOLOGY]: The future of cybersecurity means defending everywhere. Securing IoT, cloud, and remote work requires a unified edge-to-cloud strategy. (First in a three-part series.)

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