Here is the most recent Cybersecurity news for the past week:
🕵️♂️ FBI Wiretap Network Reportedly Breached via Supply Chain
US investigators suspect that hackers affiliated with the Chinese government breached a critical FBI wiretap system. Rather than a direct assault on the agency’s defenses, the attackers reportedly exploited a side door through an internet service provider that served as a vendor, highlighting severe ongoing risks in third-party telecommunications supply chains.
⚠️ Cisco Discloses 48 Firewall Vulnerabilities, Including Two Critical 10.0 Flaws
Cisco has released patches for 48 new vulnerabilities across its firewall ecosystem, warning specifically of two critical bugs (CVE-2026-20079 and CVE-2026-20131) affecting the Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC). Both flaws carry a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass authentication or execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/cisco-48-firewall-vulnerabilities-2-critical
📱 Ericsson Discloses Third-Party Data Breach Impacting Thousands
Global telecommunications giant Ericsson has confirmed a data breach affecting approximately 15,000 individuals. The incident stems from unauthorized access to systems belonging to an unnamed third-party service provider in April 2025, though the investigation and subsequent notification process were only recently completed.
https://www.securityweek.com/thousands-affected-by-ericsson-data-breach
🤖 OpenAI’s New Codex Security Tool Uncovers Thousands of Open-Source Flaws
OpenAI has launched Codex Security, a new AI agent designed to help developers identify and mitigate complex risks at scale. Over the past month, the tool scanned 1.2 million commits across open-source repositories, discovering 792 critical and over 10,000 high-severity vulnerabilities in projects including OpenSSH, GnuTLS, and Chromium.
https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/openai-codex-security-scanned-12.html
🌍 US Entities Face Heightened Cyber Risk Linked to Middle East Conflict
Analysts and insurance experts are warning that local governments, critical infrastructure providers, and major U.S. companies face an elevated risk of disruptive cyberattacks stemming from the ongoing military campaign against Iran. Reports indicate that a significant percentage of large U.S. firms across critical sectors are vulnerable to nation-state and proxy attacks, which could severely degrade services.
https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/us-entities-cyber-risk-iran-war/814313
