Governments on high alert after CISA snuffs out Firestarter backdoor on fed network

Federal Civilian Executive Branch  (FCEB) agencies include NASA; Homeland Security itself (cyberworkers at CISA are part of ...
Homeland Security Today

CISA Warns of FIRESTARTER Malware Targeting Cisco ASA Firewall Products

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a malware analysis report on FIRESTARTER malware.
The Hacker News

FIRESTARTER Backdoor Hit Federal Cisco Firepower Device, Survives Security Patches

FIRESTARTER backdoor hit Cisco ASA in Sept 2025, persists after patching CVE-2025-20333, risking continued federal network ...

Firestarter malware survives Cisco firewall updates, security patches

Cybersecurity agencies in the U.S. and U.K. are warning about a custom malware called Firestarter persisting on Cisco ...
Dark Reading

Cisco ASA, FTD Software Under Active VPN Exploitation

Cisco has rushed a patch for a brute-force denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in its VPN that's being actively exploited in the wild. The medium-severity bug (CVE-2024-20481, CVSS 5.8) resides in ...