Vulnerabilities F5 Patches Critical, High-Severity NGINX Vulnerabilities Critical flaws in NGINX could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to cause a restart and potentially execute arbitrary code. Ionut ArghireJune 18, 2026
Vulnerabilities F5 Patches Over 50 Vulnerabilities The company’s latest quarterly advisory describes high and medium-severity issues in BIG-IP, BIG-IQ, and NGINX. Ionut ArghireMay 14, 2026
Vulnerabilities F5 BIG-IP DoS Flaw Upgraded to Critical RCE, Now Exploited in the Wild Initially disclosed as a high-severity denial-of-service (DoS), the bug was reclassified as a critical RCE issue. Ionut ArghireMarch 30, 2026
Vulnerabilities Cisco, F5 Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities The security defects can lead to DoS conditions, arbitrary command execution, and privilege escalation. Ionut ArghireFebruary 5, 2026
Data Breaches F5 Hack: Attack Linked to China, BIG-IP Flaws Patched, Governments Issue Alerts More information has come to light on the cyberattack disclosed this week by F5, including on attribution and potential risks. Eduard KovacsOctober 16, 2025
Data Breaches F5 Says Nation-State Hackers Stole Source Code and Vulnerability Data F5 shared few details on the threat actor, but the attack profile seems to point to China. Eduard KovacsOctober 15, 2025
M&A Tracker F5 to Acquire CalypsoAI for $180 Million F5 is buying CalypsoAI for its adaptive AI inference security solutions, which will be integrated into its Application Delivery and Security Platform. Eduard KovacsSeptember 12, 2025
Network Security Chinese Spies Target Networking and Virtualization Flaws to Breach Isolated Environments Chinese cyberespionage group Fire Ant is targeting virtualization and networking infrastructure to access isolated environments. Ionut ArghireJuly 25, 2025
Vulnerabilities F5 BIG-IP Updates Patch High-Severity Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability F5 has released patches for a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in BIG-IP and a medium-severity bug in BIG-IQ. Ionut ArghireOctober 17, 2024
Vulnerabilities F5 Patches High-Severity Vulnerabilities in BIG-IP, NGINX Plus F5’s latest quarterly security notification includes nine advisories, including four for high-severity vulnerabilities in BIG-IP and NGINX Plus. Ionut ArghireAugust 20, 2024
Malware & Threats Chinese Hackers Leveraged Legacy F5 BIG-IP Appliance for Persistence China-linked threat actor Velvet Ant leveraged a legacy F5 BIG-IP appliance for three-year access to a victim’s network. Ionut ArghireJune 18, 2024
Vulnerabilities F5 Patches Dangerous Vulnerabilities in BIG-IP Next Central Manager F5 has patched two potentially serious vulnerabilities in BIG-IP Next that could allow an attacker to take full control of a device. Eduard KovacsMay 9, 2024
Vulnerabilities F5 Warns of Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in BIG-IP A critical-severity vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP CVE-2023-46747 allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code remotely. Ionut ArghireOctober 27, 2023
Vulnerabilities F5 BIG-IP Vulnerability Can Lead to DoS, Code Execution A high-severity format string vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP can be exploited to cause a DoS condition and potentially execute arbitrary code. Ionut ArghireFebruary 2, 2023