Tag: control
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Cobalt Strike 4.12 Adds New Injection, UAC Bypasses C2 Features
Fortra has officially released Cobalt Strike 4.12, introducing a comprehensive suite of new features designed to enhance red team operations and offensive security research. The update delivers a modernized GUI, a groundbreaking REST API, User Defined Command and Control (UDC2), advanced process injection techniques, new UAC bypasses, and enhanced evasion capabilities via drip-loading Malleable C2 options.…
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Cobalt Strike 4.12 Adds New Injection, UAC Bypasses C2 Features
Fortra has officially released Cobalt Strike 4.12, introducing a comprehensive suite of new features designed to enhance red team operations and offensive security research. The update delivers a modernized GUI, a groundbreaking REST API, User Defined Command and Control (UDC2), advanced process injection techniques, new UAC bypasses, and enhanced evasion capabilities via drip-loading Malleable C2 options.…
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Find the Invisible: Salt MCP Finder Technology for Proactive MCP Discovery
The conversation about AI security has shifted. For the past year, the focus has been on the model itself: poisoning data, prompt injection, and protecting intellectual property. These are critical concerns, but they miss the bigger picture of how AI is actually being operationalized in the enterprise. We are entering the era of Agentic AI.…
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With Friends Like These: China Spies on Russian IT Orgs
State-linked hackers stayed under the radar by using a variety of commercial cloud services for command-and-control communications. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/china-spies-russian-it-orgs
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Telecom security reboot: Why zero trust is the only way forward
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, china, compliance, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, framework, governance, group, hacker, Hardware, infrastructure, ISO-27001, network, nis-2, nist, ransomware, regulation, risk, service, threat, tool, update, zero-trustIT and OT: Impact is linked: Most OT attacks start in IT environments these days. Once attackers get hold of admin credentials or find a weak interface, they can jump straight into the network gear or base-station controllers.Bridging this isn’t about shuffling org charts. It’s about seeing everything at once and building a single rulebook.…
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Telecom security reboot: Why zero trust is the only way forward
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, china, compliance, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, framework, governance, group, hacker, Hardware, infrastructure, ISO-27001, network, nis-2, nist, ransomware, regulation, risk, service, threat, tool, update, zero-trustIT and OT: Impact is linked: Most OT attacks start in IT environments these days. Once attackers get hold of admin credentials or find a weak interface, they can jump straight into the network gear or base-station controllers.Bridging this isn’t about shuffling org charts. It’s about seeing everything at once and building a single rulebook.…
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How to Sign Windows Binaries using AWS KMS?
What is AWS KMS? AWS Key Management Service (KMS) is a cloud service that allows organizations to generate, control, and maintain keys that secure their data. AWS KMS allows organizations to have a common way of dealing with keys by making encryption easier for many AWS services, programs, and operations. AWS KMS allows users to”¦…
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Year-end approaches: How to maximize your cyber spend
Year-end budgeting is the perfect time to close real security gaps by strengthening identity controls, reducing redundant tools, and investing in outcome-driven engagements. The article highlights how targeting credential risks and documenting results helps teams maximize spend and justify next year’s budget. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/year-end-approaches-how-to-maximize-your-cyber-spend/
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OWASP Top 10 2025 Updates: Supply Chain, Secrets, And Misconfigurations Take Center Stage
Discover what’s changed in the OWASP 2025 Top 10 and how GitGuardian helps you mitigate risks like broken access control and software supply chain failures. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/owasp-top-10-2025-updates-supply-chain-secrets-and-misconfigurations-take-center-stage/
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OWASP Top 10 2025 Updates: Supply Chain, Secrets, And Misconfigurations Take Center Stage
Discover what’s changed in the OWASP 2025 Top 10 and how GitGuardian helps you mitigate risks like broken access control and software supply chain failures. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/owasp-top-10-2025-updates-supply-chain-secrets-and-misconfigurations-take-center-stage/
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OWASP Top 10 2025 Updates: Supply Chain, Secrets, And Misconfigurations Take Center Stage
Discover what’s changed in the OWASP 2025 Top 10 and how GitGuardian helps you mitigate risks like broken access control and software supply chain failures. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/owasp-top-10-2025-updates-supply-chain-secrets-and-misconfigurations-take-center-stage/
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What keeps CISOs awake at night, and why Zurich might hold the cure
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, ciso, conference, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, deep-fake, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, firmware, framework, group, incident response, injection, LLM, malware, mandiant, microsoft, mitre, network, phishing, phone, ransomware, resilience, risk, soc, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, update, zero-dayA safe space in the Alps: Over two days at Zurich’s stunning Dolder Grand, hosted by the Swiss Cyber Institute, I witnessed something I’ve seldom seen at cybersecurity events: real vulnerability. In a closed, attribution-free environment, leaders shared not just strategies, but doubts. And that made this event stand out, not as another conference, but…
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What keeps CISOs awake at night, and why Zurich might hold the cure
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, ciso, conference, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, deep-fake, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, firmware, framework, group, incident response, injection, LLM, malware, mandiant, microsoft, mitre, network, phishing, phone, ransomware, resilience, risk, soc, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, update, zero-dayA safe space in the Alps: Over two days at Zurich’s stunning Dolder Grand, hosted by the Swiss Cyber Institute, I witnessed something I’ve seldom seen at cybersecurity events: real vulnerability. In a closed, attribution-free environment, leaders shared not just strategies, but doubts. And that made this event stand out, not as another conference, but…
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Invisible battles: How cybersecurity work erodes mental health in silence and what we can do about it
Always-on alertness Threats don’t wait. Neither does your pager. You’re expected to respond instantly, on holidays, birthdays, weekends and 2 a.m. system alerts. Even when nothing’s burning, your mind stays wired.That permanent readiness? It’s exhaustion disguised as dedication. Sleep suffers. Focus slips. And when your nervous system never gets to shut down, it starts to…
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Invisible battles: How cybersecurity work erodes mental health in silence and what we can do about it
Always-on alertness Threats don’t wait. Neither does your pager. You’re expected to respond instantly, on holidays, birthdays, weekends and 2 a.m. system alerts. Even when nothing’s burning, your mind stays wired.That permanent readiness? It’s exhaustion disguised as dedication. Sleep suffers. Focus slips. And when your nervous system never gets to shut down, it starts to…
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Malicious PyPI Package Used by Hackers to Steal Users’ Crypto Information
Tags: access, attack, backdoor, control, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, hacker, infrastructure, malicious, pypi, supply-chainCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated supply-chain attack targeting Python developers through a malicious package distributed via the Python Package Index (PyPI). The malicious package, named >>spellcheckers,
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Malicious PyPI Package Used by Hackers to Steal Users’ Crypto Information
Tags: access, attack, backdoor, control, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, hacker, infrastructure, malicious, pypi, supply-chainCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated supply-chain attack targeting Python developers through a malicious package distributed via the Python Package Index (PyPI). The malicious package, named >>spellcheckers,
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Malicious PyPI Package Used by Hackers to Steal Users’ Crypto Information
Tags: access, attack, backdoor, control, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, hacker, infrastructure, malicious, pypi, supply-chainCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated supply-chain attack targeting Python developers through a malicious package distributed via the Python Package Index (PyPI). The malicious package, named >>spellcheckers,
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The Role of NSPM in Microsegmentation and Attack Surface Reduction
Microsegmentation promised to change everything: limit lateral movement, contain breaches, and give security teams a level of control that traditional perimeter firewalls could never deliver. And it does deliver when… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/the-role-of-nspm-in-microsegmentation-and-attack-surface-reduction/
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Matrix Push C2 Uses Browser Notifications for Fileless, Cross-Platform Phishing Attacks
Bad actors are leveraging browser notifications as a vector for phishing attacks to distribute malicious links by means of a new command-and-control (C2) platform called Matrix Push C2.”This browser-native, fileless framework leverages push notifications, fake alerts, and link redirects to target victims across operating systems,” Blackfog researcher Brenda Robb said in a Thursday report.In First…
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FCC reversal removes federal cyber safeguards targeting telecom weaknesses post-Salt Typhoon attacks
Tags: access, at&t, attack, breach, ceo, china, communications, control, country, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, exploit, government, group, hacker, intelligence, law, mobile, network, phone, router, threatSalt Typhoon still reverberating: Salt Typhoon impacted major carriers including AT&T, Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, Lumen Technologies, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Windstream. But law enforcement and intelligence agencies caution that its impact is far more widespread, exposing at least 200 US organizations, plus entities in 80 other countries.According to federal investigations, the attack allowed the Chinese…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Global Agencies Target Criminal “Bulletproof” Hosts, as CSA Unveils Agentic AI Risk Framework
Tags: access, advisory, ai, android, apple, attack, banking, breach, browser, chrome, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, credit-card, crypto, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, extortion, finance, firewall, firmware, flaw, framework, google, governance, government, group, guide, Hardware, ibm, identity, infection, infrastructure, international, Internet, law, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mobile, monitoring, network, open-source, oracle, password, phishing, radius, ransomware, rat, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, russia, scam, service, software, switch, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windowsCyber agencies call on ISPs to help combat “bulletproof” internet hosts that shield cybercriminals. Meanwhile, the CSA introduced a new methodology to assess the risks of autonomous AI. Plus, get the latest on the CIS Benchmarks, drone-detection systems, and malware infections. Key takeaways Crackdown on “bulletproof” hosting: International cyber agencies are urging ISPs and network…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Global Agencies Target Criminal “Bulletproof” Hosts, as CSA Unveils Agentic AI Risk Framework
Tags: access, advisory, ai, android, apple, attack, banking, breach, browser, chrome, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, credit-card, crypto, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, extortion, finance, firewall, firmware, flaw, framework, google, governance, government, group, guide, Hardware, ibm, identity, infection, infrastructure, international, Internet, law, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mobile, monitoring, network, open-source, oracle, password, phishing, radius, ransomware, rat, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, russia, scam, service, software, switch, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windowsCyber agencies call on ISPs to help combat “bulletproof” internet hosts that shield cybercriminals. Meanwhile, the CSA introduced a new methodology to assess the risks of autonomous AI. Plus, get the latest on the CIS Benchmarks, drone-detection systems, and malware infections. Key takeaways Crackdown on “bulletproof” hosting: International cyber agencies are urging ISPs and network…
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How to turn threat intel into real security wins
Tags: access, api, attack, automation, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, communications, control, credentials, csf, data, data-breach, detection, dns, edr, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, framework, governance, guide, identity, intelligence, lessons-learned, mail, malware, mitre, nist, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, saas, siem, soar, soc, switch, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityThe CISO mandate: Risk, efficiency, investment, response: Reduce operational risk and financial loss Intelligence-led detection and response aim to prevent or minimise data loss and business disruption. The downstream effects, smaller blast radii, fewer regulatory headaches and lower recovery bills, are what boards recognise. Maximise staff efficiency Manual validation and correlation drive alert fatigue. Automating…
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How to turn threat intel into real security wins
Tags: access, api, attack, automation, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, communications, control, credentials, csf, data, data-breach, detection, dns, edr, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, framework, governance, guide, identity, intelligence, lessons-learned, mail, malware, mitre, nist, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, saas, siem, soar, soc, switch, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityThe CISO mandate: Risk, efficiency, investment, response: Reduce operational risk and financial loss Intelligence-led detection and response aim to prevent or minimise data loss and business disruption. The downstream effects, smaller blast radii, fewer regulatory headaches and lower recovery bills, are what boards recognise. Maximise staff efficiency Manual validation and correlation drive alert fatigue. Automating…
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Ransomware gangs seize a new hostage: your AWS S3 buckets
Tags: access, backup, breach, business, cloud, control, credentials, cryptography, data, encryption, exploit, least-privilege, monitoring, network, ransomware, supply-chainWeaponizing cloud encryption and key management: Trend Micro has identified five S3 ransomware variants that increasingly exploit AWS’s built-in encryption paths. One abuses default AWS-managed KMS keys (SSE-KMS) by encrypting data with an attacker-created key and scheduling that key for deletion. Another uses customer-provided keys (SSE-C), where AWS has no copy, making recovery impossible. The…
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Microsoft Foundry ties in with Agent 365
Microsoft Foundry adds context, including model routing, and tightens governance for developers working on AI agents within its broader Agent 365 control plane. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsoftwarequality/news/366634569/Microsoft-Azure-AI-Foundry-ties-in-with-Agent-365
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AI-Driven Obfuscated Malicious Apps Bypassing Antivirus Detection to Deliver Malicious Payloads
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a sophisticated malware campaign leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance obfuscation techniques, enabling malicious applications to circumvent traditional antivirus detection systems. The threat actors behind the campaign are distributing trojanized applications impersonating a prominent Korean delivery service, employing a multi-layered approach to evade security controls and maintain persistent command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. The…