What really frustrates an adversary? Eight Cisco Talos researchers share practical ways to make their next move slower and riskier. From deception and behavioral detection to breaking attack dependencies and resisting manufactured urgency.
CISA added CVE-2026-76504 (Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 30, 2026, which means there is reliable evidence of exploitation in the wild. Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager contains a hex encoding vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access an affected system with privileges of the admin user due to improper handling of URI…
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CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Cisco networking & security and Catalyst SD-WAN Manager systems are exposed to active attacks now.
Cisco Talos uncovered a cluster of activity we track as UAT-11587 targeting government and policy organizations across Asia, including in Taiwan, India, the Philippines, and Cambodia, to deliver a previously undocumented backdoor referred to as “Antino” in developer artifacts.
CLOSEDQUORUM, a malware binary discovered through Cisco Talos’ CAIRN project, exhibits fully autonomous command and control (C2). It represents a shift in effort displacement for attackers, in which expanding portions of the attack chain can be executed without operator involvement.
CISA added CVE-2026-76460 (Cisco Identity Services Engine) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 16, 2026, which means there is reliable evidence of exploitation in the wild. Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) contain an incorrect use of privileged APIs vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized…
Why it matters
CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Cisco networking & security and Identity Services Engine systems are exposed to active attacks now.
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