Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Over a decade ago, Cato Networks helped shift cybersecurity to a new frontier: a converged, cloud-native platform that combines security and networking. As a long-time security researcher, the Cato platform was a radical change, providing researchers with the rich context and end-to-end visibility we needed to identify threats faster and deliver accurate protections.

Cato CTRL has discovered high-severity vulnerabilities in NVIDIA NeMo (CVE-2025-33236 with a CVSS score of 7.8) and Meta PyTorch that turns AI model files into remote code execution (RCE) vectors. The NeMo vulnerability allows RCE by importing a malicious AI model. The NeMo framework silently executes threat actor-controlled code with no warning.

From September – November 2025, Cato Networks threat researchers observed a global campaign involving suspicious Modbus/TCP (transmission control protocol) activity against internet-exposed PLCs (programmable logic controllers). The targeted footprint spanned 70 countries and 14,426 distinct targeted IPs, with the largest share of activity in the United States.

Enterprises don’t struggle with whether users should have access. They struggle with how that access happens and how to secure it without creating more complexity. Employees work from managed laptops, personal devices, and third-party systems. Contractors need fast onboarding. Partners can’t install agents. Some users rely entirely on a browser. This mix isn’t temporary; it’s how modern enterprises operate.

There’s a little neighborhood coffee shop I love that runs like a Swiss watch. Every night, the owner doesn’t just flip the sign to “Closed.” They run a checklist: count the till, lock the back door, log fridge temps, sanitize the espresso wand, test the alarm, and write it all down. Not because they expect trouble, but because consistency is foundational to security. The shop earns trust the boring way: by doing the right things, repeatedly, even when nobody’s watching.

In a world where technology, threats, and business priorities evolve constantly, the real challenge is not predicting the future, but choosing an architecture that can adapt to it.