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Sandworm deploys upgraded Cyclops Blink botnet via chained Cisco vulnerabilities

September 14, 2026, 21:37 UTC · Moscow, Russia · Europe · no longer in the live window

Russian threat group Sandworm is spreading an upgraded version of the Cyclops Blink botnet malware by chaining Cisco vulnerabilities, after the FBI disrupted the original botnet in 2022.

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