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Roderich Kiesewetter, deputy chairman of the German parliament's oversight committee, said the Bundeswehr leak was possibly caused by a Russian agent inside the WebEx call or the Bundeswehr's implementation of it, but the country is still working on discovering how the intrusion took place. RT has since made a number of claims after publishing the call, including that the conversation provides proof that Germany was planning to help Ukraine to destroy the Kerch Bridge that connects Russia to the illegally annexed Crimea.
Threat actors use Google Ads tracking templates as a loophole to create convincing Webex software search ads that redirect users to websites that distribute the BatLoader malware. Malwarebytes reports that a malicious Google ad impersonates the official Webex download portal, ranking at the highest position in Google Search results for the "Webex" term.
Boffins at two US universities have found that muting popular native video-conferencing apps fails to disable device microphones - and that these apps have the ability to access audio data when muted, or actually do so. One app transmits statistics of the audio to its telemetry servers while the app is muted.
Cisco unveiled an all-new Webex Suite with innovations to serve as the foundation for inclusive hybrid work and events, delivering unmatched levels of flexibility and personalization for everyone. "The all-new Webex Suite ensures everyone in a hybrid workforce has equal opportunity and voice."
Enterprise security vendor Cisco has shipped fixes for a wide range of severity vulnerabilities, including patches for high-risk flaws in the widely deployed Webex Player, SD-WAN software, and ASR 5000 series software. A total of three high-severity vulnerabilities were patched in Webex Player for Windows and macOS, two of which also affect the Webex Network Recording Player for those operating systems.
At its Cisco Live conference this week, the company announced everything from a redesign of its internet infrastructure to a new network-as-a-service offering. Cisco announced plans to help communication service providers and web-scale companies strengthen their networks.
To help people work smarter, combat burnout and drive more inclusive work experiences, Cisco Webex announced advancements to the People Insights feature. "These insights enable a more inclusive work experience and empowers our people to develop and leverage their collective collaboration network, while helping leaders act at the intersection of performance, empathy, and service to others to build connected and effective teams."
A man has been sentenced to two years in jail after being convicted of hacking Cisco's Webex collaboration platform in an insider-threat case brought to the U.S. District Court in California. As a result, 16,000 WebEx Teams accounts were shut down for up to two weeks; and, the incident cost Cisco about $1.4 million in remediation costs, including refunding $1 million to affected customers, according to a court announcement.
An Indian national who moved to California on an H1-B work visa was sentenced to 24 months in prison last week for accessing and damaging Cisco's network. Ramesh is a former Cisco employee, who resigned in April 2018.
A former Cisco employee who went medieval on his former employer and cost the company millions, has been sentenced to two years in prison and a $15,000 fine. Five months later he used access credentials to get back into Cisco's systems and deleted virtual machines on Webex - borking more than 16,000 WebEx Teams accounts for two weeks in some cases and costing Cisco $2.4m in refunds and repair work.