Category: SecurityNews
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Model Context Protocol (MCP) Vulnerability Assessment in a Post-Quantum Setting
Explore MCP vulnerabilities in a post-quantum world. Learn about PQC solutions, zero-trust architecture, and continuous monitoring for AI infrastructure security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/model-context-protocol-mcp-vulnerability-assessment-in-a-post-quantum-setting/
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NDSS 2025 ReDAN: An Empirical Study On Remote DoS Attacks Against NAT Networks
Tags: access, attack, cloud, conference, dos, exploit, firmware, Internet, malicious, network, router, side-channel, software, vulnerability, wifiSession 7A: Network Security 2 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Xuewei Feng (Tsinghua University), Yuxiang Yang (Tsinghua University), Qi Li (Tsinghua University), Xingxiang Zhan (Zhongguancun Lab), Kun Sun (George Mason University), Ziqiang Wang (Southeast University), Ao Wang (Southeast University), Ganqiu Du (China Software Testing Center), Ke Xu (Tsinghua University) PAPER ReDAN: An Empirical Study On Remote…
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Mend Leadership Update: Building on Our Momentum for the Next Phase of Growth
Tags: updateAn update on Mend.io’s leadership as we enter the next phase of growth. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/mend-leadership-update-building-on-our-momentum-for-the-next-phase-of-growth/
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Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Chessboard Alignment’
Tags: datavia the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/12/randall-munroes-xkcd-chessboard-alignment/
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NDSS 2025 GadgetMeter: Quantitatively And Accurately Gauging The Exploitability Of Speculative Gadgets
Tags: attack, conference, detection, exploit, framework, Internet, linux, mitigation, network, software, vulnerabilitySession 6D: Software Security: Vulnerability Detection Authors, Creators & Presenters: Qi Ling (Purdue University), Yujun Liang (Tsinghua University), Yi Ren (Tsinghua University), Baris Kasikci (University of Washington and Google), Shuwen Deng (Tsinghua University) PAPER GadgetMeter: Quantitatively And Accurately Gauging The Exploitability Of Speculative Gadgets Since their emergence in 2018, speculative execution attacks have proven difficult…
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Der Aufstieg des Chief Trust Officers: Wo passt der CISO hinein?
Tags: ai, ceo, cio, ciso, compliance, cyersecurity, finance, governance, grc, office, risk, risk-management, soc, software, vulnerabilityDer Chief Trust Officer steht für einen Wandel von der Verteidigung von Systemen hin zur Sicherung der Glaubwürdigkeit.Immer mehr Unternehmen heben Vertrauen als Unterscheidungsmerkmal für ihr Geschäft hervor. Durch Datenschutzverletzungen, Bedenken hinsichtlich der Produktsicherheit und Unsicherheiten in Bezug auf künstliche Intelligenz hat das Vertrauen der Kunden in den vergangenen Jahren stark gelitten.Wie aus dem Edelman…
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Iranian >>Prince of Persia<< APT Resurfaces with Telegram-Controlled Stealth Malware
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The ‘Epstein’s Suicide’ Video in the Latest DOJ Release Isn’t What It Seems
Tags: unclassifiedHere’s how a fake clip from 2019 wound up in the latest Justice Department Epstein files dump. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/the-epsteins-suicide-video-in-the-latest-doj-release-isnt-what-it-seems/
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Geplante IP-Speicherung: DAV kritisiert umbenannte Massenüberwachung
Tags: unclassifiedFirst seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/plan-ip-speicherung-dav-kritik-umbenennung-massenueberwachung
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Generationenfrage Weihnachtsstimmung: Smartphone als Fluch und Segen
Tags: unclassifiedFirst seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/generationenfrage-smartphone-fluch-segen-weihnachtsstimmung
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Preparing Healthcare Workers for Secure, Responsible AI Use
Preparing a healthcare workforce to responsibly engage with AI tools without over relying on automation or undermining human oversight will require awareness training akin to phishing exercises, said Skip Sorrels, field CTO and CISO at security firm Claroty. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/preparing-healthcare-workers-for-secure-responsible-ai-use-i-5510
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DIG AI: A Dark Web AI Powering Cybercrime and Extremism
DIG AI is an uncensored Dark Web AI that allows cybercriminals to scale malware, fraud, and illicit content creation. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/artificial-intelligence/dig-ai-a-dark-web-ai-powering-cybercrime-and-extremism/
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NIST, MITRE announce $20 million research effort on AI cybersecurity
The effort includes a new research center that will bring government and industry experts together to study how AI will impact cybersecurity in critical infrastructure. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/nist-mitre-announce-20-million-dollar-research-effort-on-ai-cybersecurity/
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OpenAI says AI browsers may always be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks
OpenAI says prompt injections will always be a risk for AI browsers with agentic capabilities, like Atlas. But the firm is beefing up its cybersecurity with an ‘LLM-based automated attacker.’ First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/12/22/openai-says-ai-browsers-may-always-be-vulnerable-to-prompt-injection-attacks/
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Poisoned WhatsApp API package steals messages and accounts
Tags: apiAnd it’s especially dangerous because the code works First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/whatsapp_npm_package_message_steal/
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Palo Alto’s new Google Cloud deal boosts AI integration, could save on cloud costs
SEC filings show the outfit cut projected 2027 cloud purchase commitments by $114M First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/palo_alto_google_cloud_ai_integration/
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US Must Go on Offense in Cyberspace, Report Warns
Report: China, Russia Exploiting US Cyber Policy Gaps to Gain Strategic Advantage. A new McCrary Institute report urges Washington to adopt a more offensive cyber strategy, warning that the current reactive approach leaves the U.S. unable to counter China and Russia’s persistent campaigns to gain asymmetric leverage in cyberspace. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Nissan says thousands of customers exposed in Red Hat breach
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Nissan) has confirmed that information of thousands of its customers has been compromised after the data breach at Red Hat in September. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nissan-says-thousands-of-customers-exposed-in-red-hat-breach/
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Threat Actors Exploit Zero-Day in WatchGuard Firebox Devices
With attacks on the critical firewall vulnerability, WatchGuard joins a list of edge device vendors that have been targeted in recent weeks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/threat-actors-zero-day-watchguard-firebox
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Spotify disables accounts after open-source group scrapes 86 million songs from platform
Spotify responded to the scraping and upload over the weekend of 86 million tracks from the platform by an open-source group. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/spotify-disables-scraping-annas
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Romanian Waters confirms cyberattack, critical water operations unaffected
Romania’s national water management authority, Romanian Waters, was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend. Romanian Waters (AdministraÈ›ia NaÈ›ională Apele Române), the country’s water management authority, suffered a ransomware attack over the weekend. According to the National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC), the incident affected around 1,000 computer systems across the central organization and 10…
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The Justice Department Released More Epstein Files”, but Not the Ones Survivors Want
Tags: unclassifiedThe DOJ says it still has “hundreds of thousands” of pages to review, as the latest Epstein files release spurred more pushback from Democratic lawmakers and other critics of the administration. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/the-justice-department-just-released-more-epstein-files/
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New MacSync malware dropper evades macOS Gatekeeper checks
The latest variant of the MacSync information stealer targeting macOS systems is delivered through a digitally signed, notarized Swift application. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-macsync-malware-dropper-evades-macos-gatekeeper-checks/
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The Justice Department Just Released More Epstein Files
Tags: unclassifiedThe latest Epstein Files release appears to contain hundreds of photographs along with court records and other materials. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/the-justice-department-just-released-more-epstein-files/
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2025 Year in Review at Cloud Security Podcast by Google
Tags: 2fa, ai, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, computing, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, finance, google, hacking, incident response, infrastructure, linux, mandiant, metric, mitigation, offense, phone, privacy, risk, security-incident, siem, soc, technology, threat, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust(written jointly with Tim Peacock) Five years. It’s enough time to fully launch a cloud migration, deploy a new SIEM, or”Š”, “Šif you’re a very large enterprise”Š”, “Šjust start thinking about doing the first two. It’s also how long Tim and I have been subjecting the world to our thoughts on Cloud Security Podcast by Google. We…
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DataDome recognized in The Bot And Agent Trust Management Software Landscape, Q4 2025 from Forrester
DataDome recognized in The Bot And Agent Trust Management Software Landscape, Q4 2025 from Forrester Forrester has just released The Bot And Agent Trust Management Software Landscape, Q4 2025 report. It marks a fundamental shift to reflect the rapid rise of agentic AI traffic”, moving beyond traditional bot management to a new paradigm that establishes…
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DDoS incident disrupts France’s postal and banking services ahead of Christmas
France’s La Poste confirmed that a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack was the source of problems with its websites and mobile applications. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/la-poste-france-ddos-disruption-days-before-christmas
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Leader of 764 offshoot pleads guilty, faces up to 60 years in jail
Alexis Chavez admitted to coercing multiple victims during a yearslong crime spree, landing law enforcement another win against the violent extremist collective he joined as a minor in 2022. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/764-offshoot-leader-alexis-chavez-guilty/
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2025 Holiday Bot Attack Trends
An analysis of holiday bot attack behavior during Cyber 5, including scraping, ATO, and automation trends that persist beyond peak sales. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/2025-holiday-bot-attack-trends/