Tag: communications
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Ghost in the Machine: A Spy’s Digital Lifeline
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, best-practice, cloud, communications, control, country, crypto, cyber, data, encryption, endpoint, framework, government, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, law, linux, mfa, military, network, resilience, risk, software, spy, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vpn, windows, zero-trust -
Glasgow City Warns of Parking Fine Scam Amid Ongoing Cybersecurity Incident
Glasgow City Council has issued an urgent alert to drivers across the region following a surge in scam text messages targeting unsuspecting motorists with fraudulent demands for parking fine payments. The authority has confirmed that these deceptive communications, often embedded with malicious links, are part of a sophisticated phishing campaign designed to steal personal and…
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Mitel’s New Channel Strategy Targets Hybrid Communications Expansion
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/mitels-new-channel-strategy-targets-hybrid-communications-expansion
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Cisco warns of critical API vulnerabilities in ISE and ISE-PIC
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, best-practice, business, ceo, cisco, ciso, cloud, communications, control, credentials, data, defense, email, endpoint, exploit, firewall, flaw, framework, guide, Hardware, incident response, malicious, microsoft, mobile, network, penetration-testing, programming, risk, router, saas, sans, service, software, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, wafroot user.The fault behind both vulnerabilities: Holes in application programming interfaces (APIs).”Take this vulnerability seriously,” said Moses Frost, senior course instructor on cloud penetration testing at the SANS Institute. “In my experience assessing networks, I have found through testing that many lack essential patches and security hardening on their core network devices. I have seen Cisco…
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Successful Military Attacks are Driving Nation States to Cyber Options
Tags: attack, china, communications, computing, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, government, healthcare, infrastructure, iran, korea, middle-east, military, north-korea, russia, service, tactics, technology, tool, ukraine, vulnerability, warfareWith daring military attacks, kinetic warfare is shifting the balance of power in regions across the globe, upending the perception of power projection. Powerful nations are reeling from the impacts of bold assaults and seeking additional methods to drive foreign policy”Š”, “Šcyber may look as an appealing asymmetric warfare capability that is worth doubling-down on.…
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Telecom Giant Viasat Is Latest Salt Typhoon Victim
The communications company shared the discoveries of its investigation with government partners, but there is little information they can publicly disclose other than that there seems to be no impact to customers. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/viasat-salt-typhoon-victim
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China-linked group Salt Typhoon breached satellite firm Viasat
China-linked APT Typhoon has reportedly targeted satellite firm Viasat, the group has breached multiple telecom providers in the past. China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon hacked the satellite communications firm Viasat, the cyber-espionage group has previously breached the networks of multiple other telecom providers in the United States and globally. Viasat is a global communications company…
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Telecom giant Viasat breached by China’s Salt Typhoon hackers
Satellite communications company Viasat is the latest victim of China’s Salt Typhoon cyber-espionage group, which has previously hacked into the networks of multiple other telecom providers in the United States and worldwide. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/telecom-giant-viasat-breached-by-chinas-salt-typhoon-hackers/
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Viasat Targeted in Cyberattack by Salt Typhoon APT Group
Viasat Inc., a leading U.S. satellite and wireless communications provider, has been identified as the latest victim in a sweeping cyberespionage campaign attributed to the Chinese state-sponsored group known as Salt Typhoon. The breach, which occurred during the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, was discovered earlier this year and highlights the growing threat posed by advanced…
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Russia detects first SuperCard malware attacks skimming bank data via NFC
Malware detected previously in Italy has popped up in Russia, researchers said. Attackers use it to access devices’ near field communications (NFC) and steal payment card data. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/supercard-nfc-banking-malware-russia
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New quantum system offers publicly verifiable randomness for secure communications
Tags: blockchain, communications, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, docker, email, finance, government, Hardware, infrastructure, open-source, software, technology, threat, toolNature and detailed in an accompanying arXiv preprint, CURBy leverages the phenomenon of quantum entanglement, where particles maintain interconnected states regardless of distance, to create fundamentally unpredictable outputs.”From a security perspective, this approach offers something valuable the ability to independently verify that random numbers haven’t been compromised,” noted Narayan Gokhale, vice president at QKS Group.…
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‘Dangerous’ vulnerability in GitLab Ultimate Enterprise Edition
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, best-practice, ceo, communications, control, cve, cvss, data, flaw, github, gitlab, incident response, injection, malicious, mfa, password, risk, service, vulnerabilityCVE-2025-2254, a cross-site scripting issue, which, under certain conditions, could allow an attacker to act like a legitimate user by injecting a malicious script into the snippet viewer.All GitLab CE/EE versions from 17.9 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4, and 18.0 before 18.0.2 are impacted;CVE-2025-0673, a vulnerability that can cause a denial of service by triggering…
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Unpatched holes could allow takeover of GitLab accounts
Tags: access, attack, authentication, best-practice, ceo, communications, control, cve, cvss, data, github, gitlab, incident response, malicious, mfa, password, risk, service, vulnerabilityCVE-2025-2254, a cross-site scripting issue, which, under certain conditions, could allow an attacker to act like a legitimate user by injecting a malicious script into the snippet viewer.All GitLab CE/EE versions from 17.9 before 17.10.8, 17.11 before 17.11.4, and 18.0 before 18.0.2 are impacted;CVE-2025-0673, a vulnerability that can cause a denial of service by triggering…
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New Cybersecurity Executive Order: What You Need To Know
Tags: ai, cisa, cloud, communications, compliance, computing, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, exploit, fedramp, framework, government, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, iot, network, office, privacy, programming, resilience, risk, service, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustA new cybersecurity Executive Order aims to modernize federal cybersecurity with key provisions for post-quantum encryption, AI risk and secure software development. On June 6, 2025, the White House released a new Executive Order (EO) aimed at modernizing the nation’s cybersecurity posture. As cyber threats continue to evolve in scale and sophistication, the EO reinforces…
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Infamous website 4chan to be investigated by UK communications regulator
Tags: communicationsBritish regulator Ofcom says it received complaints about illegal content on 4chan while the site’s administrators have failed to respond to requests for information. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/4chan-investigation-uk-ofcom-regulator
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OpenAI Bans ChatGPT Accounts Used by Russian, Iranian, and Chinese Hacker Groups
OpenAI has revealed that it banned a set of ChatGPT accounts that were likely operated by Russian-speaking threat actors and two Chinese nation-state hacking groups to assist with malware development, social media automation, and research about U.S. satellite communications technologies, among other things.”The [Russian-speaking] actor used our models to assist with developing and refining First…
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OpenAI Bans ChatGPT Accounts Used by Russian, Iranian and Chinese Hacker Groups
OpenAI has revealed that it banned a set of ChatGPT accounts that were likely operated by Russian-speaking threat actors and two Chinese nation-state hacking groups to assist with malware development, social media automation, and research about U.S. satellite communications technologies, among other things.”The [Russian-speaking] actor used our models to assist with developing and refining First…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Experts Issue Best Practices for Migrating to Post-Quantum Cryptography and for Improving Orgs’ Cyber Culture
Tags: access, attack, best-practice, business, cio, ciso, communications, computer, computing, conference, corporate, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, email, encryption, finance, government, group, ibm, identity, incident, incident response, infrastructure, jobs, lessons-learned, metric, microsoft, mitre, monitoring, nist, risk, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, warfareCheck out a new roadmap for adopting quantum-resistant cryptography. Plus, find out how your company can create a better cybersecurity environment. In addition, MITRE warns about protecting critical infrastructure from cyber war. And get the latest on exposure response strategies and on CISO compensation and job satisfaction. Dive into five things that are top of…
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How Mature Is Your PKI? Find Out the Smart Way with the PKI Maturity Model
Assess. Improve. Future-Proof Your PKI Strategy The Need to Give Legacy PKI a Serious Makeover From securing communications and authenticating users to ensuring data integrity, Public key infrastructure (PKI) plays a vital role in keeping today’s organizations secure and trusted. While its importance is clear, deploying and managing PKI effectively is anything but straightforward. For……
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CISA Issues 7 ICS Advisories Targeting Critical Infrastructure Flaws
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released seven new ICS advisories, each highlighting cybersecurity vulnerabilities in key Industrial Control Systems across energy, communications, emergency response, and manufacturing sectors. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/cisa-ics-advisories/
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China Accuses Taiwan of Operating APT Groups with US Support
China has accused Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities of orchestrating a series of sophisticated cyber attacks through Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups. Referred to as >>T-APTs,
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Supply chain attack hits RubyGems to steal Telegram API data
Risk may extend past the regional ban: The malicious packages (Gems) were published by the threat actor on May 24, 2025, three days after Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications ordered a nationwide ban on Telegram and gave internet service providers until June 2 to report compliance.Apart from the timing, the aliases used by the…
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New Report: Governments Struggle to Regain Backdoor Access to Secure Communications
Tags: access, backdoor, communications, cyber, cybersecurity, encryption, government, monitoring, network, privacy, vpnA crucial point has been reached in the conflict between personal privacy and governmental monitoring in a time when digital communication is essential. Governments worldwide are grappling with the proliferation of strong encryption in messaging apps, social media platforms, and virtual private networks (VPNs). As a cybersecurity researcher with nearly three decades of insight into…
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Australia Begins New Ransomware Payment Disclosure Rules
The country will require certain organizations to report ransomware payments and communications within 72 hours after they’re made or face potential civil penalties. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/australia-ransomware-payment-disclosure-rules
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Unimed platform misconfiguration exposes 14M patient-doctor communications
Tags: communicationsFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/unimed-platform-misconfiguration-exposes-14m-patient-doctor-communications
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Warning: Threat actors now abusing Google Apps Script in phishing attacks
script[.]google[.]com. The attacker is betting the user will see and trust the Google brand, and therefore trust the content.”By using a trusted platform to host the phishing page, the threat actor creates a false sense of security, obscuring the underlying threat with the goal of getting the recipient to enter their email and password without…