Dossier
U.S. federal agency
Coverage of U.S. federal agency in the Nexus archive.
- Governments on high alert after CISA snuffs out Firestarter backdoor on fed network
CISA and UK cybersecurity agencies detected a previously unknown backdoor malware called Firestarter in a U.S. federal agency's network, part of an ongoing attack on Cisco equipment. The targeted agency remains unnamed, but the incident highlights a long-running cyber campaign against federal infrastructure.