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SANS Stormcast Friday, July 31st, 2026: Pre Botnet Recon; Cisco Backdoor Exploited; Inconsistent Group Chats
July 30, 2026
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Reconnaissance First: An SSH Bot That Sizes Up Your Hardware Before Deploying a Miner
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Reconnaissance%20First%3A%20An%20SSH%20Bot%20That%20Sizes%20Up%20Your%20Hardware%20Before%20Deploying%20a%20Miner%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/33198
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Static Credential Vulnerability Exploited CVE-2026-20316
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-static-cred-BET3Cjh
Inconsistent Group Chats
https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity26/presentation/gegenhuber
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Encrypted-but-wrong-Group-chats-vulnerable-to-manipulated-content-11384112.html
My Upcoming Classes
https://www.sans.org/profiles/dr-johannes-ullrich