Tag: control
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Equifax Europe CISO: Notorious breach spurred cybersecurity transformation
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, computer, control, corporate, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, dora, espionage, finance, framework, google, government, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, network, nis-2, phishing, regulation, risk, risk-management, security-incident, service, strategy, technology, threat, updateCloud as a new technological axis: Equifax’s $3 billion migration to the cloud, “which had been brewing for about seven years” and which the company says is the largest technological investment in its history, has involved moving more than 300 systems, over 30 product families, and thousands of customers to the company’s cloud platform, Equifax Cloud, in Spain…
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What consumers expect from data security
Security teams spend years building controls around data protection, then a survey asks consumers a simple question about responsibility and the answer lands close to home. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/31/siia-consumer-data-security-report/
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U.S. Treasury Lifts Sanctions on Three Individuals Linked to Intellexa and Predator Spyware
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday removed three individuals linked to the Intellexa Consortium, the holding company behind a commercial spyware known as Predator, from the specially designated nationals list.The names of the individuals are as follows -Merom HarpazAndrea Nicola Constantino Hermes GambazziSara Aleksandra Fayssal Hamou First…
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New Open-Source C2 Framework AdaptixC2 Debuts With Improved Stability and Speed
The open-source community has received a major update with the release of AdaptixC2 Version 1.0. This new version brings significant enhancements to the Command and Control (C2) framework, with a focus on network stability, user interface (UI) performance, and operational speed. The most notable technical improvement in Version 1.0 is the complete overhaul of the…
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Zero-day vulnerabilities: what they are and how to respond
Zero-day vulnerabilities often attract attention and concern because of their unpredictability. They are, by definition, weaknesses that are unknown to software vendors and therefore have no official fix at the point of discovery. When discovered and exploited by malicious actors, they allow attackers to bypass controls before organisations even realise there is a problem. The”¦…
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Top 5 real-world AI security threats revealed in 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, chatgpt, cloud, control, credentials, cybercrime, data, data-breach, defense, email, exploit, flaw, framework, github, gitlab, google, injection, least-privilege, LLM, malicious, malware, microsoft, nvidia, open-source, openai, rce, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, supply-chain, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityA critical remote code execution (RCE) in open-source AI agent framework Langflow that was also exploited in the wildAn RCE flaw in OpenAI’s Codex CLIVulnerabilities in NVIDIA Triton Inference ServerRCE vulnerabilities in major AI inference server frameworks, including those from Meta, Nvidia, Microsoft, and open-source projects such as vLLM and SGLangVulnerabilities in open-source compute framework…
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NDSS 2025 CounterSEVeillance: Performance-Counter Attacks On AMD SEV-SNP
Tags: attack, conference, control, data-breach, exploit, germany, Hardware, Internet, leak, malicious, network, oracle, side-channelSession 7B: Trusted Hardware and Execution Authors, Creators & Presenters: Stefan Gast (Graz University of Technology), Hannes Weissteiner (Graz University of Technology), Robin Leander Schröder (Fraunhofer SIT, Darmstadt, Germany and Fraunhofer Austria, Vienna, Austria), Daniel Gruss (Graz University of Technology) – PAPER CounterSEVeillance: Performance-Counter Attacks On AMD SEV-SNP Confidential virtual machines (VMs) promise higher security…
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TDL 012 – The Architect of the Internet on the Future of Trust
Summary In this episode of The Defenders Log, Paul Mockapetris, the architect of DNS, discusses the evolving role of the Domain Name System from a simple directory to a sophisticated security tool. He posits that modern networking requires “making sure DNS doesn’t work when you don’t want it to,” comparing DNS filtering to essential services…
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Unpatched FortiGate Security Flaw Allows Attackers to Bypass 2FA Controls
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in FortiGate devices enables threat actors to circumvent two-factor authentication (2FA) protections through case-sensitive username manipulation. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-12812, affects organizations with specific LDAP integration configurations and remains exploitable on unpatched systems. The vulnerability stems from FortiGate’s default case-sensitive username handling conflicting with LDAP directories that treat usernames…
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CERN: how does the international research institution manage risk?
Tags: access, ai, business, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, framework, governance, group, international, iot, LLM, network, risk, service, strategy, technology, toolStefan Lüders and Tim Bell of CERN. CERNEmploying proprietary technology can introduce risks, according to Tim Bell, leader of CERN’s IT governance, risk and compliance section, who is responsible for business continuity and disaster recovery. “If you’re a visitor to a university, you’ll want to bring your laptop and use it at CERN. We can’t…
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US Energy Dept Flags AI, Cyber Gaps as Top Risks for 2026
New Report Says DOE Cyber and AI Governance Is Lagging Behind Rapid Deployment. An inspector general report warns the Department of Energy’s rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and decentralized cybersecurity controls has outpaced governance, limiting enterprise visibility and exposing critical infrastructure to persistent threats from state-backed and criminal actors. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Webrat turns GitHub PoCs into a malware trap
The malicious payload and behavior: Beneath the polished README, the attackers dumped a password-protected ZIP linked in the repository. The archive password was hidden in file names, something easily missable by unsuspecting eyes. Inside, the key components include a decoy DLL, a batch file to launch the malware, and the primary executable (like rasmanesc.exe) capable…
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Implementing NIS2, without getting bogged down in red tape
Tags: access, ai, automation, backup, bsi, business, cloud, compliance, control, data, detection, email, encryption, iam, identity, incident response, infrastructure, law, least-privilege, metric, monitoring, network, nis-2, regulation, saas, sbom, service, siem, soc, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-dayIT in transition: From text documents to declarative technology: NIS2 essentially requires three things: concrete security measures; processes and guidelines for managing these measures; and robust evidence that they work in practice.Process documentation, that is, policies, responsibilities, and procedures, is not fundamentally new for most larger companies. ISO 27001-based information security management systems, HR processes, and…
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Operation PCPcat Exploits Next.js and React, Impacting 59,000+ Servers
Tags: access, authentication, control, credentials, cyber, data, exploit, framework, infrastructure, monitoring, vulnerabilityA sophisticated credential-stealing campaign named >>Operation PCPcat
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ServiceNow’s $7.75 billion cash deal for Armis illustrates shifting strategies
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, business, ceo, cio, ciso, computing, control, cyber, governance, identity, incident response, intelligence, iot, risk, service, strategy, tool, update, vulnerabilityVisibility is the key: “For decades, the CIO’s white whale has been a precise, real-time Configuration Management Database [CMDB]. Most are outdated the moment they are populated,” said Whisper Security CEO Kaveh Ranjbar. The Armis acquisition “is an admission that in an era of IoT, OT, and edge computing, you cannot rely on manual entry…
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ServiceNow Buys Armis for $7.75B, Boosts ‘AI Control Tower’
Its latest cybersecurity acquisition will help further ServiceNow’s plans for autonomous cybersecurity, and building a security stack to proactively manage AI. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/servicenow-buys-armis-gets-ai-control-tower
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NDSS 2025 Detecting SDN Control Policy Manipulation Via Contextual Semantics Of Provenance Graphs
Tags: attack, conference, control, data, detection, framework, guide, Internet, monitoring, network, software, vulnerabilitySession 7A: Network Security 2 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ziwen Liu (Beihang University), Jian Mao (Beihang University; Tianmushan Laboratory; Hangzhou Innovation Institute, Beihang University), Jun Zeng (National University of Singapore), Jiawei Li (Beihang University; National University of Singapore), Qixiao Lin (Beihang University), Jiahao Liu (National University of Singapore), Jianwei Zhuge (Tsinghua University; Zhongguancun Laboratory), Zhenkai…
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NDSS 2025 Detecting SDN Control Policy Manipulation Via Contextual Semantics Of Provenance Graphs
Tags: attack, conference, control, data, detection, framework, guide, Internet, monitoring, network, software, vulnerabilitySession 7A: Network Security 2 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ziwen Liu (Beihang University), Jian Mao (Beihang University; Tianmushan Laboratory; Hangzhou Innovation Institute, Beihang University), Jun Zeng (National University of Singapore), Jiawei Li (Beihang University; National University of Singapore), Qixiao Lin (Beihang University), Jiahao Liu (National University of Singapore), Jianwei Zhuge (Tsinghua University; Zhongguancun Laboratory), Zhenkai…
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NDSS 2025 A Large-Scale Measurement Study Of The PROXY Protocol And Its Security Implications
Tags: access, automation, cctv, conference, control, data, email, Internet, iot, leak, monitoring, network, service, vulnerabilitySession 7A: Network Security 2 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Stijn Pletinckx (University of California, Santa Barbara), Christopher Kruegel (University of California, Santa Barbara), Giovanni Vigna (University of California, Santa Barbara) PAPER A Large-Scale Measurement Study Of The PROXY Protocol And Its Security Implications Reverse proxy servers play a critical role in optimizing Internet services, offering…
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New Digital Twin Lets Trend Micro Simulate Cyberattacks
COO Kevin Simzer Says ‘Model Enables Testing of Threats Across Real-World Topologies’. By using telemetry from endpoints, servers, cloud and email, Trend Micro’s digital twin can safely simulate cyberattacks across a full enterprise. COO Kevin Simzer said it supports risk modeling and testing of controls, offering insights beyond legacy red-teaming exercises. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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ServiceNow Buys Armis for $7.75B, Gets ‘AI Control Tower’
The latest cybersecurity acquisition will help further ServiceNow’s plans for autonomous cybersecurity and building a security stack to proactively manage AI. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/servicenow-buys-armis-gets-ai-control-tower
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2025 Year in Review at Cloud Security Podcast by Google
Tags: 2fa, ai, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, computing, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, finance, google, hacking, incident response, infrastructure, linux, mandiant, metric, mitigation, offense, phone, privacy, risk, security-incident, siem, soc, technology, threat, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust(written jointly with Tim Peacock) Five years. It’s enough time to fully launch a cloud migration, deploy a new SIEM, or”Š”, “Šif you’re a very large enterprise”Š”, “Šjust start thinking about doing the first two. It’s also how long Tim and I have been subjecting the world to our thoughts on Cloud Security Podcast by Google. We…
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DataDome recognized in The Bot And Agent Trust Management Software Landscape, Q4 2025 from Forrester
DataDome recognized in The Bot And Agent Trust Management Software Landscape, Q4 2025 from Forrester Forrester has just released The Bot And Agent Trust Management Software Landscape, Q4 2025 report. It marks a fundamental shift to reflect the rapid rise of agentic AI traffic”, moving beyond traditional bot management to a new paradigm that establishes…
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Insiders Become Prime Targets for Cybercriminals
Cybercriminals are increasingly recruiting insiders to bypass security controls across banks, telecoms, and technology firms. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/insiders-become-prime-targets-for-cybercriminals/
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Monitoring Tool Nezha Abused For Stealthy Post-Exploitation Access
Open-source server monitoring tool, Nezha, is being exploited by attackers for remote system control First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nezha-abused-post-exploitation/
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Hackers Abuse Popular Monitoring Tool Nezha as a Stealth Trojan
Cybersecurity firm Ontinue reveals how the open-source tool Nezha is being used as a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to bypass security and control servers globally. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/hackers-abuse-monitoring-tool-nezha-trojan/
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What CISOs should know about the SolarWinds lawsuit dismissal
Responsibility without authority is the real risk: At the heart of the SolarWinds lawsuit was a familiar problem for security leaders: responsibility without authority. The dynamic that caught Tim Brown in the SEC’s jaws is that, despite his experience, seniority, and title, he, like most CISOs, carries tremendous responsibility without any real organizational authority to…
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What CISOs should know about the SolarWinds lawsuit dismissal
Responsibility without authority is the real risk: At the heart of the SolarWinds lawsuit was a familiar problem for security leaders: responsibility without authority. The dynamic that caught Tim Brown in the SEC’s jaws is that, despite his experience, seniority, and title, he, like most CISOs, carries tremendous responsibility without any real organizational authority to…