Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Another Thursday, another pile of weird security stuff that somehow happened in just seven days. Some of it is clever. Some of it is lazy. A few bits fall into that uncomfortable category of “yeah… this is probably going to show up in real incidents sooner than we’d like.” The pattern this week feels familiar in a slightly annoying way. Old tricks are getting polished. New research shows how

Flaw Enabled Remote Code Execution, Say AWS ResearchersResearchers from AWS said they spotted a hacking campaign taking advantage of a zero-day vulnerability in Cisco network access control software before the routing giant patched it earlier this year. The flaw let attackers perform pre-authentication remote code execution.

Flaws in Solar Inverters Threaten Power Grid StabilityResearchers from Forescout's Vedere Labs detected security shortcomings in the world’s leading solar inverters that could enable hackers to hijack solar energy production and destabilize power grids. Flaws include unauthorized remote access, insecure authentication and remote code execution.