Tag: control
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10 promising cybersecurity startups CISOs should know about
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, gartner, google, governance, government, grc, ibm, identity, linux, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, open-source, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, saas, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. Chainguard: Category: Software supply chain securityWhy they’re here: Founded in 2021 by Dan Lorenc (formerly at Microsoft and Google), Chainguard offers a Linux-based platform for securely building applications. The company has raised more than $600M and is valued at $3.5B. In fiscal year 2025, Chainguard reached a $40M annual run rate and by the…
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10 promising cybersecurity startups CISOs should know about
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, gartner, google, governance, government, grc, ibm, identity, linux, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, open-source, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, saas, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. Chainguard: Category: Software supply chain securityWhy they’re here: Founded in 2021 by Dan Lorenc (formerly at Microsoft and Google), Chainguard offers a Linux-based platform for securely building applications. The company has raised more than $600M and is valued at $3.5B. In fiscal year 2025, Chainguard reached a $40M annual run rate and by the…
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10 promising cybersecurity startups CISOs should know about
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, gartner, google, governance, government, grc, ibm, identity, linux, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, open-source, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, saas, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. Chainguard: Category: Software supply chain securityWhy they’re here: Founded in 2021 by Dan Lorenc (formerly at Microsoft and Google), Chainguard offers a Linux-based platform for securely building applications. The company has raised more than $600M and is valued at $3.5B. In fiscal year 2025, Chainguard reached a $40M annual run rate and by the…
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CISA Adds Gladinet and CWP Flaws to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation Evidence
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting Gladinet and Control Web Panel (CWP) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild.The vulnerabilities in question are listed below -CVE-2025-11371 (CVSS score: 7.5) – A vulnerability in files or directories accessible to…
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NDSS 2025 The Philosopher’s Stone: Trojaning Plugins Of Large Language Models
Tags: attack, conference, control, data, defense, exploit, LLM, malicious, malware, network, open-source, phishing, spear-phishingSESSION Session 2A: LLM Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Tian Dong (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Minhui Xue (CSIRO’s Data61), Guoxing Chen (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Rayne Holland (CSIRO’s Data61), Yan Meng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Shaofeng Li (Southeast University), Zhen Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Haojin Zhu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) PAPER The Philosopher’s Stone:…
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Hackers exploit WordPress plugin Post SMTP to hijack admin accounts
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Post SMTP plugin installed on more than 400,000 WordPress sites, to take complete control by hijacking administrator accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-wordpress-plugin-post-smtp-to-hijack-admin-accounts/
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Hackers exploit WordPress plugin Post SMTP to hijack admin accounts
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Post SMTP plugin installed on more than 400,000 WordPress sites, to take complete control by hijacking administrator accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-wordpress-plugin-post-smtp-to-hijack-admin-accounts/
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SesameOp: New backdoor exploits OpenAI API for covert C2
Microsoft found a new backdoor, SesameOp, using the OpenAI Assistants API for stealthy command-and-control in hacked systems. Microsoft uncovered a new backdoor, named SesameOp, that abuses the OpenAI Assistants API for command-and-control, allowing covert communication within compromised systems. Microsoft Incident Response Detection and Response Team (DART) researchers discovered the backdoor in July 2025 while […]…
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Hackers Hijack OpenAI API in Stealthy New Backdoor Attack
Hackers created a stealthy backdoor that exploits OpenAI’s API for covert command-and-control operations. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/hackers-hijack-openai-api-in-stealthy-new-backdoor-attack/
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OpenAI Assistants API Exploited in ‘SesameOp’ Backdoor
Instead of relying on more traditional methods, the backdoor exploits OpenAI’s Assistants API for command-and-control communications First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/openai-assistants-api-sesameop/
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Louvre delayed Windows security updates ahead of burglary
No updates for eight security applications: The newspaper also examined calls for tender and other public procurement documents issued by the musem in the years since the audits.Twenty years of technical debt weighed heavily on security at the Louvre, as it steadily accumulated systems for analogue video surveillance, digital video surveillance, intrusion detection, and access…
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‘SleepyDuck’ Malware in Open VSX Lets Attackers Remotely Control Windows PCs
Security researchers have identified a dangerous remote access trojan called SleepyDuck lurking in the Open VSX IDE extension marketplace, targeting developers who use code editors like Cursor and Windsurf. The malicious extension masqueraded as a legitimate Solidity programming language helper, squatting on the name of an established extension to evade detection. The compromised extension juan-bianco.solidity-vlang…
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SesameOp: Using the OpenAI Assistants API for Covert C2 Communication
Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team has exposed a sophisticated backdoor malware that exploits the OpenAI Assistants API as an unconventional command-and-control communication channel. Named SesameOp, this threat demonstrates how adversaries are rapidly adapting to leverage legitimate cloud services for malicious purposes, making detection significantly more challenging for security teams. The discovery highlights the evolving tactics…
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Microsoft Detects “SesameOp” Backdoor Using OpenAI’s API as a Stealth Command Channel
Microsoft has disclosed details of a novel backdoor dubbed SesameOp that uses OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface (API) for command-and-control (C2) communications.”Instead of relying on more traditional methods, the threat actor behind this backdoor abuses OpenAI as a C2 channel as a way to stealthily communicate and orchestrate malicious activities within the compromised First seen…
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SesameOp malware abuses OpenAI Assistants API in attacks
Microsoft security researchers have discovered a new backdoor malware that uses the OpenAI Assistants API as a covert command-and-control channel. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-sesameop-malware-abuses-openai-assistants-api-in-attacks/
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SesameOp malware abuses OpenAI Assistants API in attacks
Microsoft security researchers have discovered a new backdoor malware that uses the OpenAI Assistants API as a covert command-and-control channel. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-sesameop-malware-abuses-openai-assistants-api-in-attacks/
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NDSS 2025 Statically Discover Cross-Entry Use-After-Free Vulnerabilities In The Linux Kernel
SESSION Session 1D: System-Level Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Hang Zhang (Indiana University Bloomington), Jangha Kim (The Affiliated Institute of ETRI, ROK), Chuhong Yuan (Georgia Institute of Technology), Zhiyun Qian (University of California, Riverside), Taesoo Kim (Georgia Institute of Technology) PAPER Statically Discover Cross-Entry Use-After-Free Vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel Use-After-Free (UAF) is one of…
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NDSS 2025 Statically Discover Cross-Entry Use-After-Free Vulnerabilities In The Linux Kernel
SESSION Session 1D: System-Level Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Hang Zhang (Indiana University Bloomington), Jangha Kim (The Affiliated Institute of ETRI, ROK), Chuhong Yuan (Georgia Institute of Technology), Zhiyun Qian (University of California, Riverside), Taesoo Kim (Georgia Institute of Technology) PAPER Statically Discover Cross-Entry Use-After-Free Vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel Use-After-Free (UAF) is one of…
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Critical UniFi OS Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution
Tags: bug-bounty, control, credentials, cve, cyber, flaw, remote-code-execution, risk, router, vulnerabilitySecurity researchers have uncovered a severe unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Ubiquiti’s UniFi OS that earned a substantial $25,000 bug bounty reward. Tracked as CVE-2025-52665, this critical flaw allows attackers to gain complete control of UniFi devices without requiring any credentials or user interaction, posing significant risks to organizations using UniFi Dream Machine routers…
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Critical UniFi OS Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution
Tags: bug-bounty, control, credentials, cve, cyber, flaw, remote-code-execution, risk, router, vulnerabilitySecurity researchers have uncovered a severe unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Ubiquiti’s UniFi OS that earned a substantial $25,000 bug bounty reward. Tracked as CVE-2025-52665, this critical flaw allows attackers to gain complete control of UniFi devices without requiring any credentials or user interaction, posing significant risks to organizations using UniFi Dream Machine routers…
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Rhysida ransomware exploits Microsoft certificate to slip malware past defenses
Identifying forensic signals: The campaigns that leverage trusted certificates undermine the trust model enterprises rely on. Signed malware bypasses app-allow lists, browser warnings, OS checks, and antivirus assumptions about signed code. When the file poses as Teams or PuTTY, employees don’t hesitate to download it as it looks normal.”Once inside, the malware runs with fewer…
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Rhysida ransomware exploits Microsoft certificate to slip malware past defenses
Identifying forensic signals: The campaigns that leverage trusted certificates undermine the trust model enterprises rely on. Signed malware bypasses app-allow lists, browser warnings, OS checks, and antivirus assumptions about signed code. When the file poses as Teams or PuTTY, employees don’t hesitate to download it as it looks normal.”Once inside, the malware runs with fewer…