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Telecommunications: industrial cyber security news for the sector
5 stories in Industrial Cyber Brief name Telecommunications, 1 on CISA’s list of known exploited flaws, from Monday 19 October 2026 to Wednesday 11 November 2026. Newest first; each links the full story with who is affected and what to do.
The stories
High
Check Point links three China-linked spying campaigns to Sparrow malware
Check Point Research found three clusters (SilentDelivery, OceanGate, DarkWire) across Latin America, Asia and Europe. They share infrastructure and Sparrow malware code.
High
China-backed group used AI penetration tool against about 140 targets
CrowdStrike says the group Vapor Panda used the agentic AI penetration testing tool ARTEX, with DeepSeek, to compromise about 140 targets in 11 days.
High
Warlock ransomware group hit a water utility, likely through SharePoint
Researchers reported on 1 October that the China-linked group behind Warlock ransomware attacked at least four organisations in two months, including a water utility and a telecoms provider.
Critical
Kiloview E3 video encoder has nine flaws that could allow full takeover
Kiloview E3 NDI encoder firmware has nine flaws, including operating system command injection, missing authentication and hard-coded credentials. Successful exploitation could let an attacker fully compromise the device.
High Known exploited
Fortinet flaws used to plant hidden malware on firewalls
Unit 42 found attackers exploited FortiManager flaw CVE-2024-47575 at a telecoms managed service provider in September 2024, stealing data tied to over 500 FortiGate firewalls.