Tag: control
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UK gives big tech 3 months to create device controls to block nude images of kids
Tags: controlThe companies “must activate built-in features or implement technical solutions on smartphones and tablets to detect and block nude images for children,” according to a press release from the Home Office. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the measure in a speech at London Tech Week Monday. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/uk-gives-big-tech-3-months-to-create-device-controls-kid-images
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OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Account Security Controls
OpenAI brings Lockdown Mode and Active Sessions to ChatGPT to curb prompt injection data theft First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chatgpt-lockdown-mode-active/
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Internet Explorer WebBrowser Control Abuse Lets Attackers Convert Clicks Into RCE
Internet Explorer’s legacy WebBrowser control can be abused to turn seemingly harmless user clicks into full remote code execution (RCE), even on systems that no longer use Internet Explorer as a standalone browser. Although Microsoft officially ended support for IE, the Trident engine and WebBrowser ActiveX control remain embedded in numerous Windows applications built with…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 100
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Malware Targeting WordPress Abuses Steam Community Profiles for Command & Control Operations Legitimate-Looking Codex Remote UI Secretly Steals Your AI Tokens Operation Dragon Weave : Uncovering a China-Linked Campaign Targeting Czech Republic and Taiwan…
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Critical Everest Forms Pro flaw exploited to take over WordPress sites
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-3300) in the Everest Forms Pro plugin, which lets them take complete control of a WordPress website. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-everest-forms-pro-flaw-exploited-to-take-over-wordpress-sites/
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JupiterOne adds Continuous Controls Monitoring for security and compliance teams
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/jupiterone-adds-continuous-controls-monitoring-for-security-and-compliance-teams
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Ex-Threat Intel Exec Accuses IBM and AT&T of Hiding Hacks
IBM False Claims Act Plaintiff Alleges Years of Hidden Security Failures. A former IBM vice president of threat intelligence alleged IBM and AT&T failed to implement basic security controls and obtained major government contracts despite unresolved cybersecurity deficiencies that potentially exposed sensitive federal data. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/ex-threat-intel-exec-accuses-ibm-att-hiding-hacks-a-31904
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Fake Context Alignment: The Attack That Made Gemini Obey Strangers Through Your Notifications
SafeBreach tricked Gemini into obeying attackers via WhatsApp notifications, using hidden foreign-language text to bypass Google’s defenses and control smart home devices. SafeBreach Labs researcher Or Yair spent months trying to break Google’s Gemini voice assistant after Google patched the vulnerabilities he found in his previous research. The new attack class he developed, named Fake…
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Spotless compliance evidence can still hide a broken control
In this interview with Help Net Security, Marc Rubbinaccio, Head of Cybersecurity and Compliance at Secureframe, explains where security teams go wrong when preparing for CMMC … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/04/marc-rubbinaccio-secureframe-cmmc-compliance-readiness/
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U.S. sanctions Nobitex crypto exchange used by Iranian ransomware actors
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, for facilitating payments related to terrorist activities. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-us-sanctions-nobitex-crypto-exchange-used-by-ransomware/
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CrowdStrike Bets on AI Detection and Response Boom
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz Says Enterprises Are Seeking Controls for AI Agents. CrowdStrike says enterprise adoption of agentic AI is driving demand for AI Detection and Response, as organizations seek visibility, governance and protection against emerging AI-powered threats, non-human identities and expanding autonomous workloads. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/crowdstrike-bets-on-ai-detection-response-boom-a-31862
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The U.S. sanctions Nobitex crypto exchange used by ransomware
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, for facilitating payments related to terrorist activities. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-us-sanctions-nobitex-crypto-exchange-used-by-ransomware/
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The U.S. sanctions Nobitex crypto exchange used by ransomware
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, for facilitating payments related to terrorist activities. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-us-sanctions-nobitex-crypto-exchange-used-by-ransomware/
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The U.S. sanctions Nobitex crypto exchange used by ransomware
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, for facilitating payments related to terrorist activities. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-us-sanctions-nobitex-crypto-exchange-used-by-ransomware/
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Beyond the Zero-Day: See Your Network Like an Attacker | Webinar with HD Moore
Assume the breach. Zero-days keep shipping, AI is writing exploits faster than anyone patches, and “patch everything in time” stopped working years ago. Stop betting the org on winning that race. You don’t control which bug lands. You control what it can reach once it does.That is a question about the shape of your network,…
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Cisco Live 2026: New Security Tools Target AI Threats
Cisco unveiled Cloud Control, Live Protect, and Hybrid Mesh Firewall at Cisco Live to help enterprises manage AI-era IT and security operations. The post Cisco Live 2026: New Security Tools Target AI Threats appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-cisco-cloud-control-agentic-ai-security/
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Ivanti ITSM Flaw Could Allow Attackers to Escalate to Admin Access
Ivanti has patched a high-severity vulnerability in its Ivanti Neurons for ITSM platform that could allow authenticated attackers to escalate privileges and gain full administrative access to affected systems. Tracked as CVE-2026-9614, the flaw is classified as an improper access control issue (CWE-284) and carries a CVSS score of 8.8. The vulnerability affects both cloud…
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HazyBeacon Campaign Abuses AWS for Stealthy C2 Communications
Tags: attack, cloud, communications, control, cyber, espionage, government, network, service, threatA newly documented cyber espionage operation known as HazyBeacon, tracked as CL-STA-1020, is leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build stealthy command-and-control (C2) channels that are difficult for defenders to detect. The campaign primarily targets government networks in Southeast Asia and represents a growing shift toward cloud-native attack infrastructure. This misconfiguration enables threat actors to…
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Fake Purchase Orders Spread JS.MonoGlyphRAT in U.S. Enterprise Attacks
Hackers are using highly convincing fake purchase orders and sales documents to sneak a new JavaScript backdoor, JS.MonoGlyphRAT, into US enterprises, where it quietly establishes persistence and enables full remote control of infected systems. The malware arrives as a .js attachment masquerading as a purchase order, quotation, or business proposal, and it encourages staff in…
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Weedhack Attacks Minecraft Users, CountLoader Hits 86K, Miners Spread via Pirated Content
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new campaign targeting Minecraft players via YouTube to spread malware capable of gaining control of victims’ systems.The Minecraft-focused malware-as-a-service (MaaS) campaign has been codenamed Weedhack by McAfee Labs, stating the activity has been active since January 2026 and impersonates Minecraft clients and mods to infect users. In all, 3820 First…
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JupiterOne launches continuous controls monitoring for security and compliance
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/jupiterone-launches-continuous-controls-monitoring-for-security-and-compliance
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AI Governance Playbook Calls for Enterprise Risk Controls
Healthcare Coordinating Council Highlights AI Risks, Potential Medical Mishaps. Healthcare organizations face an array of difficult cybersecurity, privacy, patient safety, supply chain and operational resiliency issues as they roll out artificial intelligence tools. A new Health Sector Coordinating Council playbook aims to help by providing a voluntary governance framework. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Microsoft’s Vasu Jakkal On Why AI Agents Need Human-Level Security Controls
Microsoft is doubling down on its efforts to uniquely provide comprehensive control for securing the adoption of AI agents with the expansion of its Agent 365 offering, top Microsoft security executive Vasu Jakkal tells CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/microsoft-s-vasu-jakkal-on-why-ai-agents-need-human-level-security-controls
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Microsoft’s Vasu Jakkal On Why AI Agents Need Human-Level Security Controls
Microsoft is doubling down on its efforts to uniquely provide comprehensive control for securing the adoption of AI agents with the expansion of its Agent 365 offering, top Microsoft security executive Vasu Jakkal tells CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/microsoft-s-vasu-jakkal-on-why-ai-agents-need-human-level-security-controls
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Oracle WebLogic CVE-2024-21182 Added to KEV Catalog After Active Exploitation
Tags: access, control, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, network, oracle, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security flaw impacting Oracle WebLogic Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerability, CVE-2024-21182 (CVSS score: 7.5), allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to take control of susceptible servers. It was First seen on…
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OT attacks shift from recon to physical control, raising stakes
Malicious hackers are no longer just snooping around OT systems, researchers warn. They’re preparing to cause real-world damage. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366643451/OT-attacks-shift-from-recon-to-physical-control-raising-stakes
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New WordPress Malware Uses Steam Profile Comments to Hide C2 Instructions
GoDaddy researchers found WordPress malware using Steam Community profile comments to hide encoded command and control data, with nearly 1,980 sites affected. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/wordpress-malware-steam-profile-comments-instructions/
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Claude Code GitHub Actions Flaw Exposes Repositories to Full Compromise
A critical supply chain vulnerability in Anthropic’s Claude Code GitHub Actions workflow has been disclosed, exposing thousands of repositories to potential full compromise through a single malicious GitHub issue. Security researcher Ryota K from GMO Flat Security identified multiple flaws in the Claude Code integration that allowed attackers to bypass permission controls and inject untrusted…
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How Leading Organizations Are Turning EDR Into Operational Resilience
Most organizations now recognize that endpoint protection alone is no longer sufficient.That’s why adoption of endpoint detection and response (EDR) has accelerated rapidly in recent years. Organizations understand that modern attacks move faster, evade traditional prevention controls, and require continuous visibility into suspicious activity across the environment.But owning EDR First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…