Salt Typhoon strikes again – more ISPs, universities and telecommunications networks struck by Chinese pirates

• Safety researchers of the activity of the new activity of Typhon of Salt
• The actor threatens is still after the ISPs and the universities of the West
• The group abuses Cisco equipment defects to achieve new targets

Salt Typhoon, an actor of threat sponsored by the Chinese state, better known for having recently violated a dozen telecommunications suppliers in the United States, has again struck, striking not only American organizations, but also those of the United Kingdom , from South Africa and elsewhere in the world.

The latest intrusions were identified by cybersecurity researchers from Recred Future, who said that the group targets web interfaces exposed to the IOS Cisco software which feeds different routers and switches. These devices have experienced vulnerabilities that threat actors actively exploit to obtain initial access, root privileges, etc.