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'Sandworm' Chains Cisco Vulnerabilities to Deploy Cyclops Blink

Dark Reading·September 14, 2026·1 min read
'Sandworm' Chains Cisco Vulnerabilities to Deploy Cyclops Blink

Russian threat group Sandworm is spreading an upgraded version of the Cyclops Blink botnet malware by chaining Cisco vulnerabilities. The FBI had previously disrupted the botnet in 2022, but this new campaign signals a resurgence of the notorious hacking group.

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