Tag: attack
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The Key to Resilience in the Age of AI-Driven Attacks: A Leading Analyst’s Take
As you can imagine, concerns about AI-driven threats have come up often in our recent discussions with our clients here at ColorTokens. And for good reason. AI has revolutionized the threat landscape. It can quickly reverse-engineer services, processes, and applications, discover multiple vulnerabilities faster than human attackers ever could, and use automation to chain 30,……
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The Key to Resilience in the Age of AI-Driven Attacks: A Leading Analyst’s Take
As you can imagine, concerns about AI-driven threats have come up often in our recent discussions with our clients here at ColorTokens. And for good reason. AI has revolutionized the threat landscape. It can quickly reverse-engineer services, processes, and applications, discover multiple vulnerabilities faster than human attackers ever could, and use automation to chain 30,……
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Multiple Zscaler Client Connector Flaws Enable Remote Code Execution
Zscaler has addressed several vulnerabilities in its Client Connector endpoint application that could allow an unauthenticated, unprivileged attacker to execute arbitrary code within the product’s context. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-59568, is rated as Critical, with a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.1. The attack vector is network-accessible and requires no privileges or user interaction. Multiple…
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The Key to Resilience in the Age of AI-Driven Attacks: A Leading Analyst’s Take
As you can imagine, concerns about AI-driven threats have come up often in our recent discussions with our clients here at ColorTokens. And for good reason. AI has revolutionized the threat landscape. It can quickly reverse-engineer services, processes, and applications, discover multiple vulnerabilities faster than human attackers ever could, and use automation to chain 30,……
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Unpatched Zimbra servers are falling to CVE-2026-73570 attacks
At least 274 internet-facing Zimbra instances have been compromised by unknown attackers via CVE-2026-73570, the Shadowserver Foundation shared on Monday. About CVE-2026-73570 … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/25/zimbra-cve-2026-73570-compromised/
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US Sanctions Mabna Institute Hackers for Iranian Cyber-Attacks
The US has sanctioned individuals connected to hacking-for-hire group the Mabna Institute First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-sanctions-mabna-institute/
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US sanctions Iranian cyber actors as UK discloses power plant attack
The U.S. sanctioned several Iranian nationals for cyberattacks on critical infrastructure just days after reports emerged of a cyber intrusion on a small power plant in the United Kingdom. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/iran-cyberattacks-us-uk
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How ‘Subtractive’ Security Erases Attack Paths
Chris Frenz, Rectangle Health CISO, on Reducing Risk From Attackers in Healthcare. Healthcare security teams can reduce cyber risk by removing attacker options before an incident occurs rather than relying primarily on detection and response, said Chris Frenz, CISO at Rectangle Health, describing a new subtractive-hardening architecture standard he developed for OWSAP. First seen on…
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After Mythos: When the Attacker Doesn’t Need to Log In
AI Agents Are Rewriting Attack Economics, CISO Risk and Enterprise Defense For years, the attacker’s problem was access. Steal a credential, find an open port and wait. Today, increasingly, the attacker’s problem is simply asking an AI model the right question. That change was the real topic at a recent roundtable of CISOs and Microsoft…
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After Mythos: When the Attacker Doesn’t Need to Log In
AI Agents Are Rewriting Attack Economics, CISO Risk and Enterprise Defense For years, the attacker’s problem was access. Steal a credential, find an open port and wait. Today, increasingly, the attacker’s problem is simply asking an AI model the right question. That change was the real topic at a recent roundtable of CISOs and Microsoft…
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UK power plant shutdown highlights CNI cyber challenges
An alleged Iranian attack on a small reserve ‘peaker’ power plant went largely unnoticed despite causing four days of downtime. Cyber experts say the incident raises serious questions about CNI resilience. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366649386/UK-power-plant-shutdown-highlights-CNI-cyber-challenges
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Hackers target WordPress sites in miniOrange auth bypass attacks
Hackers are attempting to exploit two critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities in the miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On plugin for WordPress that can be used to forge SAML responses and log in as administrators. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-target-wordpress-sites-in-miniorange-auth-bypass-attacks/
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DDoS Testing Tools: How to Choose a Test That Proves Your Defenses Work
A practical guide for security teams comparing free tools, self-service platforms, and expert-led testing DDoS testing tools range from free traffic generators to self-service platforms and expert-led simulations. The right choice is not the tool that can simulate DDoS attack traffic at the highest volume, but the one that produces credible evidence about the risks……
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What a Cloud DDoS Simulation Actually Validates
A DDoS cloud simulation is a controlled, authorized exercise, not an attempt to overwhelm the cloud provider’s global infrastructure. If you run AWS Shield Advanced or Azure DDoS Network Protection, the practical question is whether that protection performs as expected inside your architecture, against the attack vectors that could realistically reach it. This article covers……
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What the latest UAE cyber attacks reveal about threats to critical sectors
ThreatLocker CEO Danny Jenkins explains why aviation, energy and education organisations remain attractive targets, and why prevention should take precedence over detection First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366649634/What-the-latest-UAE-cyber-attacks-reveal-about-threats-to-critical-sectors
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: AI-Powered PLC Attacks, GitLab Attacks, Stripe Key Leaks and More
A package gets installed. A login prompt opens. A box sits exposed to the internet. Nothing looks unusual yet.That’s roughly the mood this week. Trusted tools turn hostile, old weak spots get fresh attention, AI makes exploit work cheaper, and researchers keep finding attacks that sound harder than they actually are.Plenty to clean up. Here’s…
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UK power facility disabled for days after suspected state-linked cyberattack
The disruption took place amid a wave of attacks targeting vulnerable industrial devices in the water and energy sectors. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/uk-power-facility-disabled-Iran-cyberattack/828599/
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Barracuda Networks Analysis Finds 20 Vulnerabilities on Average Per Web App
The average web application has 20 security vulnerabilities with nearly half (49%) involving information disclosures (25%) or potential brand impersonation (24%), according to a report published by Barracuda Networks. In comparison, client-side attack exposure accounts for 14% of the security flaws detected, while data exposure and privacy risks account for 10% of detected security flaws……
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Does AI Create New Cybersecurity Risks? What Actually Changes
<div cla AI does not create new attack vectors. It accelerates the ones that already dominate most risk registers. Code exploitation, injection, credential and identity abuse, phishing, and misconfiguration are the same vectors security teams tracked before generative AI reached the enterprise. What changed is how quickly they can be found and exploited, and the…
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Does AI Create New Cybersecurity Risks? What Actually Changes
<div cla AI does not create new attack vectors. It accelerates the ones that already dominate most risk registers. Code exploitation, injection, credential and identity abuse, phishing, and misconfiguration are the same vectors security teams tracked before generative AI reached the enterprise. What changed is how quickly they can be found and exploited, and the…
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Suspected Iran-linked attack knocked UK power plant offline for days
News that suspected Iranian hackers caused the shutdown of a British power plant broke over the weekend, raising the question of whether UK’s power grid and, indeed, the … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/24/uk-power-plant-cyberattack/
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CISA’s logging guidance works beyond government
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) wants federal agencies to (re)shape their logging strategy around one question: when an attack hits, can you … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/24/cybersecurity-logging-guidelines-strategy/
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Wake-Up Call for CNI After Iranian Attack Shuts Down UK Power Plant
Experts argue Iranian cyber-attack on UK power plant lays bare frailty of critical national infrastructure First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cni-iranian-attack-shuts-uk-power/
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Wake-Up Call for CNI After Iranian Attack Shuts Down UK Power Plant
Experts argue Iranian cyber-attack on UK power plant lays bare frailty of critical national infrastructure First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cni-iranian-attack-shuts-uk-power/
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UAT-10147 Uses AI to Scale Server Attacks, Deploys SPECTRE With EDR Bypass and Linux Rootkit
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a Chinese-speaking cybercrime group dubbed UAT-10147 that’s targeting Windows and Linux web servers globally across the education, media, technology, and gaming sectors.The vast majority of the targets are located in Brazil, Bolivia, China, Canada, and Vietnam. Details of the threat activity came to light following the discovery of an…