Tag: communications
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Oracle October 2025 Critical Patch Update Addresses 170 CVEs
Oracle addresses 170 CVEs in its final quarterly update of 2025 with 374 patches, including 40 critical updates. Background On October 21, Oracle released its Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2025, the fourth and final quarterly update of the year. This CPU contains fixes for 170 unique CVEs in 374 security updates across 29…
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The Many Shapes of Identity: Inside IAM 360, Issue 3
Tags: access, ai, business, cloud, communications, compliance, container, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, encryption, guide, iam, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, microsoft, passkey, password, risk, software, strategy, technology, threatThe Many Shapes of Identity: Inside IAM 360, Issue 3 josh.pearson@t“¦ Tue, 10/21/2025 – 17:27 The new issue of IAM 360 is here! In this issue, we take on a theme that shows how identity never stands still, reshaping how we live and work as it evolves. We call it Form Factor. Why Form Factor?…
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US NSA alleged to have launched a cyber attack on a Chinese agency
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, china, ciso, cloud, communications, control, country, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, finance, hacker, infrastructure, international, login, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, RedTeam, resilience, sans, service, spy, supply-chain, technology“NSA does not confirm nor deny allegations in the media regarding its operations. Our core focus is countering foreign malign activities persistently targeting American interests, and we will continue to defend against adversaries wishing to threaten us.”The Chinese post says the country “shattered the US cyber attack plot of stealing secrets and infiltration and sabotage,…
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US NSA alleged to have launched a cyber attack on a Chinese agency
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, china, ciso, cloud, communications, control, country, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, finance, hacker, infrastructure, international, login, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, RedTeam, resilience, sans, service, spy, supply-chain, technology“NSA does not confirm nor deny allegations in the media regarding its operations. Our core focus is countering foreign malign activities persistently targeting American interests, and we will continue to defend against adversaries wishing to threaten us.”The Chinese post says the country “shattered the US cyber attack plot of stealing secrets and infiltration and sabotage,…
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ConnectWise fixes Automate bug allowing AiTM update attacks
ConnectWise released a security update to address vulnerabilities, one of them with critical severity, in Automate product that could expose sensitive communications to interception and modification. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/connectwise-fixes-automate-bug-allowing-aitm-update-attacks/
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ConnectWise fixes Automate bug allowing AiTM update attacks
ConnectWise released a security update to address vulnerabilities, one of them with critical severity, in Automate product that could expose sensitive communications to interception and modification. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/connectwise-fixes-automate-bug-allowing-aitm-update-attacks/
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TDL 007 – Cyber Warriors Digital Shadows: Insights from Canada’s Cybersecurity Leader
Tags: ai, awareness, backup, breach, browser, business, cio, ciso, communications, conference, control, corporate, country, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, dns, email, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, leak, linux, malicious, mfa, mitigation, network, organized, phone, privacy, ransom, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, router, service, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, windowsSummary In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop interviews Sami Khoury, the Senior Official for Cybersecurity for the Government of Canada. With a career spanning 33 years at the Communication Security Establishment (CSE), Khoury shares how a coincidental job application blossomed into a lifelong passion for national security. Khoury emphasizes that modern…
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Cisco Desk, IP, and Video Phones Vulnerable to Remote DoS and XSS Attacks
Multiple Cisco desk, IP, and video phones are at risk of remote denial-of-service (DoS) and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks due to flaws in their Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) software. The weaknesses affect Desk Phone 9800 Series, IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series, and Video Phone 8875 models when they are registered to Cisco Unified Communications…
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Cisco Desk, IP, and Video Phones Vulnerable to Remote DoS and XSS Attacks
Multiple Cisco desk, IP, and video phones are at risk of remote denial-of-service (DoS) and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks due to flaws in their Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) software. The weaknesses affect Desk Phone 9800 Series, IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series, and Video Phone 8875 models when they are registered to Cisco Unified Communications…
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Sky-High Hack: How $600 Unlocked Global Secrets Streaming from Space
Right now, satellites are broadcasting your most private data in plaintext. A groundbreaking academic study just exposed a catastrophic security failure: using roughly $600 of consumer-grade equipment”, the kind satellite TV hobbyists use”, researchers built a listening station and intercepted signals across entire continents. What they found should alarm everyone. Half of all geostationary satellite…
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Sky-High Hack: How $600 Unlocked Global Secrets Streaming from Space
Right now, satellites are broadcasting your most private data in plaintext. A groundbreaking academic study just exposed a catastrophic security failure: using roughly $600 of consumer-grade equipment”, the kind satellite TV hobbyists use”, researchers built a listening station and intercepted signals across entire continents. What they found should alarm everyone. Half of all geostationary satellite…
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Unencrypted satellites expose global communications
Researchers found nearly half of geostationary satellites leak unencrypted data, exposing consumer, corporate, and military communications. A group of researchers from UC San Diego and the University of Maryland found nearly half of geostationary satellites transmit unencrypted data, exposing sensitive consumer, corporate, and military communications to interception. The researchers used an $800 satellite receiver for…
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Researchers find a startlingly cheap way to steal your secrets from space
Tags: communicationsUsing commercially available equipment, researchers scanned 39 satellites and observed sensitive, encrypted communications from telecoms, businesses and the U.S. military. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/researchers-scan-satellites-find-massive-corporate-military-data-leaks/
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UK fines 4chan over noncompliance with Online Safety Act
Britain’s communications regulator took another step in a process that could lead to internet service providers being required to block access to 4chan. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/4chan-fined-ofcom-uk-online-safety-act
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UK fines 4chan over noncompliance with Online Safety Act
Britain’s communications regulator took another step in a process that could lead to internet service providers being required to block access to 4chan. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/4chan-fined-ofcom-uk-online-safety-act
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Axis Communications Vulnerability Exposes Azure Storage Credentials
Tags: access, cloud, communications, credentials, cyber, data-breach, network, vulnerability, zero-dayAxis Communications, a leading provider of network video and surveillance solutions, has confirmed a critical vulnerability in its Autodesk® Revit® plugin that exposed Azure Storage Account credentials within signed DLLs. Discovered in July 2024 by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), the vulnerability allowed attackers to access and manipulate cloud assets belonging to Axis and…
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NDSS 2025 Keynote 1: Quantum Security Unleashed: A New Era for Secure Communications and Systems
Author, Creator & Presenter: Dr. Johanna Sepúlveda PhD, Senior Expert and Technical Domain Manager for Quantum and Quantum-Secure Technologies, Airbus Defence and Space Our thanks to the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium for publishing their Creators, Authors and Presenter’s superb NDSS Symposium 2025 Conference content on the organization’s’ YouTube channel. Permalink First seen…
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Ukraine sees surge in AI-Powered cyberattacks by Russia-linked Threat Actors
Russia-linked actors use AI to craft phishing and malware attacks against entities in Ukraine, says SSSCIP. Russian hackers increasingly use AI in cyberattacks against Ukraine, the country’s State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) reported. Beyond AI-generated phishing, some malware samples now show AI-generated code. In H1 2025, Ukraine recorded 3,018 cyber incidents,…
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Ukraine sees surge in AI-Powered cyberattacks by Russia-linked Threat Actors
Russia-linked actors use AI to craft phishing and malware attacks against entities in Ukraine, says SSSCIP. Russian hackers increasingly use AI in cyberattacks against Ukraine, the country’s State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) reported. Beyond AI-generated phishing, some malware samples now show AI-generated code. In H1 2025, Ukraine recorded 3,018 cyber incidents,…
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From Phishing to Malware: AI Becomes Russia’s New Cyber Weapon in War on Ukraine
Russian hackers’ adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in cyber attacks against Ukraine has reached a new level in the first half of 2025 (H1 2025), the country’s State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection (SSSCIP) said.”Hackers now employ it not only to generate phishing messages, but some of the malware samples we have analyzed…
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Nato chooses Oracle to secure battlefield communications
Nato has chosen Oracle and Druid to secure private 5G networks for cyber defence, war gaming and research, using Oracle Cloud and edge technology First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366632128/Nato-chooses-Oracle-to-secure-battlefield-communications
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Nato chooses Oracle to secure battlefield communications
Nato has chosen Oracle and Druid to secure private 5G networks for cyber defence, war gaming and research, using Oracle Cloud and edge technology First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366632128/Nato-chooses-Oracle-to-secure-battlefield-communications
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Signal Introduces Hybrid Post-Quantum Ratchet to Strengthen Security
Signal, the popular end-to-end encrypted messaging platform, has announced a groundbreaking advancement in cryptographic security with the introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR). This innovative protocol represents a significant leap forward in protecting user communications against emerging quantum computing threats while maintaining all existing security guarantees. Revolutionary Triple Ratchet Protocol Debuts The new…
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Signal Introduces Hybrid Post-Quantum Ratchet to Strengthen Security
Signal, the popular end-to-end encrypted messaging platform, has announced a groundbreaking advancement in cryptographic security with the introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR). This innovative protocol represents a significant leap forward in protecting user communications against emerging quantum computing threats while maintaining all existing security guarantees. Revolutionary Triple Ratchet Protocol Debuts The new…
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Hundreds of Free VPN Apps Expose Android and iOS Users’ Personal Data
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are trusted by millions to protect privacy, secure communications, and enable remote access on their mobile devices. But what if the very apps designed to safeguard your data are riddled with dangerous security flaws that expose the exact information they promise to protect? A comprehensive security and privacy analysis by Zimperium…
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Cl0p-linked threat actors target Oracle E-Business Suite in extortion campaign
Execs: Don’t ‘engage rashly’: There are no common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) for this attack; the issue “stems from configuration and default business logic abuse rather than a specific vulnerability,” according to Halcyon.The firm advises organizations to check if EBS portals are publicly accessible (via /OA_HTML/AppsLocalLogin.jsp#) and if so, immediately restrict exposure. It is also…
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Chinese hackers breached critical infrastructure globally using enterprise network gear
Tags: access, backdoor, breach, business, china, communications, control, cve, defense, exploit, framework, germany, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, Internet, korea, law, malware, military, monitoring, network, open-source, penetration-testing, programming, service, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability72-hour vulnerability exploitation window: RedNovember demonstrated the ability to weaponize newly disclosed vulnerabilities faster than most organizations could deploy patches, researchers found. When researchers published proof-of-concept code for Check Point VPN vulnerability CVE-2024-24919 on May 30, 2024, RedNovember was attacking vulnerable systems by June 3.That campaign hit at least 60 organizations across Brazil, Germany, Japan,…