Tag: access
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Refresh Your Akira Defenses Now, CISA Says, as OWASP Revamps Its App Sec Top 10 Risks
Tags: access, advisory, ai, antivirus, application-security, attack, authentication, backup, business, chatgpt, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, germany, group, guide, healthcare, infrastructure, injection, Internet, iot, law, malware, mfa, mitigation, phishing, privacy, programming, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityLearn why you should revise your Akira ransomware protection plans. Plus, find out what’s new in OWASP’s revamped Top 10 Web Application Risks list. Also, find out about agentic AI’s cognitive degradation risk. And get the latest on AI security trends and CISO compensation. Key takeaways CISA and other agencies are urging organizations, especially in…
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Invoices to Deploy XWorm and Steal Login Credentials
Cybercriminals are deploying sophisticated phishing campaigns that weaponize seemingly legitimate invoice emails to distribute Backdoor.XWorm is a dangerous remote-access trojan (RAT) capable of stealing sensitive credentials, recording keystrokes, and installing ransomware. Security researchers have uncovered an active malware distribution operation using Visual Basic Script attachments disguised as routine business correspondence, representing a dangerous evolution of social…
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Invoices to Deploy XWorm and Steal Login Credentials
Cybercriminals are deploying sophisticated phishing campaigns that weaponize seemingly legitimate invoice emails to distribute Backdoor.XWorm is a dangerous remote-access trojan (RAT) capable of stealing sensitive credentials, recording keystrokes, and installing ransomware. Security researchers have uncovered an active malware distribution operation using Visual Basic Script attachments disguised as routine business correspondence, representing a dangerous evolution of social…
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Cybercriminals Use Fake Invoices to Deploy XWorm and Steal Login Credentials
Cybercriminals are deploying sophisticated phishing campaigns that weaponize seemingly legitimate invoice emails to distribute Backdoor.XWorm is a dangerous remote-access trojan (RAT) capable of stealing sensitive credentials, recording keystrokes, and installing ransomware. Security researchers have uncovered an active malware distribution operation using Visual Basic Script attachments disguised as routine business correspondence, representing a dangerous evolution of social…
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Fighting AI with AI: Adversarial bots vs. autonomous threat hunters
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, backup, breach, bug-bounty, cloud, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, hacker, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, Internet, iot, least-privilege, malicious, network, phishing, startup, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayWhile there’s no doubt AI holds great potential for cybersecurity, in practice, it’s mainly being used to automate what we’re already doing. For companies to stand a chance, we need new approaches to AI-powered defense, not optimized ones. Attackers already have systemic advantages that AI amplifies dramatically. While there are some great examples of how…
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Fighting AI with AI: Adversarial bots vs. autonomous threat hunters
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, backup, breach, bug-bounty, cloud, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, hacker, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, Internet, iot, least-privilege, malicious, network, phishing, startup, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayWhile there’s no doubt AI holds great potential for cybersecurity, in practice, it’s mainly being used to automate what we’re already doing. For companies to stand a chance, we need new approaches to AI-powered defense, not optimized ones. Attackers already have systemic advantages that AI amplifies dramatically. While there are some great examples of how…
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Palo Alto PAN-OS Flaw Lets Attackers Force Firewall Reboots via Malicious Packets
Palo Alto Networks has disclosed a denial-of-service vulnerability in its PAN-OS software that allows attackers to force firewalls into unexpected reboots using specially crafted network packets. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-4619, affects multiple versions of PAN-OS running on PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls, as well as Prisma Access deployments. The vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to trigger…
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Fortinet FortiWeb Zero-Day Exploited to Gain Full Admin Access
A critical zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb has been actively exploited in the wild, allowing attackers to gain complete administrator access without any prior authentication. The flaw affects Fortinet’s Web Application Firewall, which is designed to protect web applications from malicious traffic. Vulnerability Discovery and Exploitation On October 6, 2025, cyber deception company Defused published…
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Hackers Exploited Cisco ISE Zero-Day
Tags: access, authentication, cisco, control, exploit, flaw, hacker, hacking, network, remote-code-execution, software, vulnerability, zero-dayFlaw Enabled Remote Code Execution, Say AWS Researchers. Researchers from AWS said they spotted a hacking campaign taking advantage of a zero-day vulnerability in Cisco network access control software before the routing giant patched it earlier this year. The flaw let attackers perform pre-authentication remote code execution. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/hackers-exploited-cisco-ise-zero-day-a-30031
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Operation Endgame Disrupts More Malware
Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT and Elysium Targeted in Operation. A multinational law enforcement operation resulted in the arrest of a remote access Trojan operator and the seizure of over 1,000 info stealer and botnet servers. Authorities took down 1,025 servers associated with the Rhadamanthys infostealer, the Venom RAT and a botnet dubbed Elysium. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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EOL-Software gefährdet Unternehmenssicherheit
Geräte mit End-of-Life-Software (EOL) stellen nach wie vor ein weit verbreitetes Sicherheitsproblem in Unternehmen dar.Laut einer Studie von Palo Alto Networks laufen 26 Prozent der Linux-Systeme und acht Prozent der Windows-Systeme mit veralteten Versionen. Die Ergebnisse basieren auf Telemetriedaten von 27 Millionen Geräten in den Netzwerken von 1.800 Unternehmen.Die Analyse offenbart zudem, dass 39 Prozent…
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Police take down three cybercrime operations in latest round of ‘whackmole’
Authorities from nine countries took down three cybercrime operations, including the Rhadamantys infostealer, which allegedly had access to the crypto wallets of more than 100,000 victims. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/police-take-down-three-cybercrime-operations-in-latest-round-of-whack-a-mole/
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NDSS 2025 Power-Related Side-Channel Attacks Using The Android Sensor Framework
SESSION Session 2D: Android Security 1 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Mathias Oberhuber (Graz University of Technology), Martin Unterguggenberger (Graz University of Technology), Lukas Maar (Graz University of Technology), Andreas Kogler (Graz University of Technology), Stefan Mangard (Graz University of Technology) PAPER Power-Related Side-Channel Attacks using the Android Sensor Framework Software-based power side-channel attacks are a…
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How Rapid AI Adoption Is Creating an Exposure Gap
Tags: access, ai, attack, best-practice, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, exploit, framework, identity, nist, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAs organizations rush to deploy AI, enterprise defenses are struggling to keep up. This blog explores the emerging AI exposure gap, the widening divide between innovation and protection, and what security leaders can do to close it. Key takeaways: The AI exposure gap is widening as most organizations adopt AI faster than they can secure…
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NDSS 2025 Power-Related Side-Channel Attacks Using The Android Sensor Framework
SESSION Session 2D: Android Security 1 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Mathias Oberhuber (Graz University of Technology), Martin Unterguggenberger (Graz University of Technology), Lukas Maar (Graz University of Technology), Andreas Kogler (Graz University of Technology), Stefan Mangard (Graz University of Technology) PAPER Power-Related Side-Channel Attacks using the Android Sensor Framework Software-based power side-channel attacks are a…
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Rogue MCP servers can take over Cursor’s built-in browser
Defenses: Organizations must review and control, both through policy and access controls, the IDE extensions and MCP servers their developers use. They should do this just like they should be vetting application dependencies from package registries such as npm or PyPI to prevent the compromise of developer machines or inheriting vulnerabilities in their code.Attackers are…
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SmartApeSG Uses ClickFix to Deploy NetSupport RAT
The SmartApeSG campaign, also known as ZPHP and HANEYMANEY, continues to evolve its infection tactics, pivoting to ClickFix-style attack vectors. Security researchers have documented the campaign’s latest methodology, which uses deceptive fake CAPTCHA pages to trick users into executing malicious commands that ultimately deploy NetSupport RAT a Remote Access Trojan capable of giving attackers complete…
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Building checksec without boundaries with Checksec Anywhere
Since its original release in 2009, checksec has become widely used in the software security community, proving useful in CTF challenges, security posturing, and general binary analysis. The tool inspects executables to determine which exploit mitigations (e.g., ASLR, DEP, stack canaries, etc.) are enabled, rapidly gauging a program’s defensive hardening. This success inspired numerous spinoffs:…
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Operation Endgame: Police reveal takedowns of three key cybercrime tools
The Rhadamanthys infostealer, the VenomRAT remote access trojan and the Elysium botnet were targeted in the latest phase of the international police action known as Operation Endgame. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/operation-endgame-cybercrime-takedowns-rhadamanthys-venomrat-elysium
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Unlocking Cloud Security: Introducing the New AWS Key Rotation Feature in CipherTrust Cloud Key Management
Tags: access, automation, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cyberattack, data, encryption, finance, framework, GDPR, HIPAA, infrastructure, PCI, risk, service, software, strategy, threat, toolUnlocking Cloud Security: Introducing the New AWS Key Rotation Feature in CipherTrust Cloud Key Management madhav Thu, 11/13/2025 – 05:12 How Automated Key Management Empowers Customers and Elevates Data Protection Encryption Scotti Woolery-Price – Partner Marketing Manager, Thales More About This Author > How Automated Key Management Empowers Customers and Elevates Data Protection In today’s…
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Zero-day exploits hit Cisco ISE and Citrix systems in an advanced campaign
Tags: access, attack, authentication, cisco, citrix, credentials, defense, encryption, endpoint, exploit, identity, infrastructure, monitoring, network, risk, service, tactics, threat, update, zero-daypatch-gap exploitation technique is a hallmark of sophisticated threat actors who closely monitor security updates and quickly weaponize vulnerabilities.”Amazon did not immediately respond to CSO’s queries on why it’s sharing information about the zero-day exploits months after.After gaining access, the actor deployed a tailor-made web shell disguised as the “IdentityAuditAction” component of Cisco ISE. It…
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Unlocking Cloud Security: Introducing the New AWS Key Rotation Feature in CipherTrust Cloud Key Management
Tags: access, automation, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cyberattack, data, encryption, finance, framework, GDPR, HIPAA, infrastructure, PCI, risk, service, software, strategy, threat, toolUnlocking Cloud Security: Introducing the New AWS Key Rotation Feature in CipherTrust Cloud Key Management madhav Thu, 11/13/2025 – 05:12 How Automated Key Management Empowers Customers and Elevates Data Protection Encryption Scotti Woolery-Price – Partner Marketing Manager, Thales More About This Author > How Automated Key Management Empowers Customers and Elevates Data Protection In today’s…
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Top 3 Malware Families in Q4: How to Keep Your SOC Ready
Q3 showed sharp growth in malware activity as Lumma AgentTesla and Xworm drove access and data theft forcing SOC teams toward quicker behavior checks First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/top-3-malware-families-in-q4-how-to-keep-your-soc-ready/
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Top 3 Malware Families in Q4: How to Keep Your SOC Ready
Q3 showed sharp growth in malware activity as Lumma AgentTesla and Xworm drove access and data theft forcing SOC teams toward quicker behavior checks First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/top-3-malware-families-in-q4-how-to-keep-your-soc-ready/
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Operation Endgame: Authorities Takedown 1,025 Servers Linked to Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and Elysium
Between November 10 and 14, 2025, law enforcement agencies executed one of the most significant coordinated operations against cybercriminals in recent history. Operation Endgame, coordinated from Europol’s headquarters in The Hague, successfully dismantled three major threats to global cybersecurity: the infamous Rhadamanthys infostealer, the VenomRAT remote access trojan, and the Elysium botnet. This remarkable international…
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Operation Endgame: Authorities Takedown 1,025 Servers Linked to Rhadamanthys, VenomRAT, and Elysium
Between November 10 and 14, 2025, law enforcement agencies executed one of the most significant coordinated operations against cybercriminals in recent history. Operation Endgame, coordinated from Europol’s headquarters in The Hague, successfully dismantled three major threats to global cybersecurity: the infamous Rhadamanthys infostealer, the VenomRAT remote access trojan, and the Elysium botnet. This remarkable international…
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Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Cisco and Citrix Targeted by APT Group, Amazon Confirms
Amazon’s threat intelligence division has revealed a cyber-espionage campaign involving an advanced persistent threat (APT) group exploiting previously undisclosed zero-day vulnerabilities in systems from Cisco and Citrix. The investigation showed that the attackers specifically targeted critical identity and network access control infrastructure; components of enterprises rely on managing authentication and enforcing security policies across their networks. First…

