Tag: corporate
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Can Deepfakes Fool Your HR or IT Teams? What Every Remote-First Company Must Know in 2025
In 2025, the person you just hired might not be a person at all. Sounds dramatic? It’s not. Deepfakes have officially entered the corporate chat…Read More First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/06/can-deepfakes-fool-your-hr-or-it-teams-what-every-remote-first-company-must-know-in-2025/
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The highest-paying jobs in cybersecurity today
Tags: access, ai, application-security, cisco, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, firewall, governance, grc, hacker, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, network, penetration-testing, privacy, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, skills, soc, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementSee “Top 12 cloud security certifications”See “CISSP certification: Requirements, training, exam, and cost”See “CCSP certification: Exam, cost, requirements, training, salary” Security engineer: After security architects, security engineers receive the second-highest annual cash compensation ($191,000), with a base salary of $168,000. Nearly a third (31%) of security engineers surveyed also received annual equity grants.Like their architect…
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Malicious PyPI Package Targets Developer Credentials
JFrog uncovers multi-stage malware harvesting cloud secrets. Multi-stage malware embedded in a Python package is stealing sensitive cloud infrastructure data, JFrog researchers said Monday. The package steals credentials, configuration files, API tokens and other data from corporate cloud environments. It targets developers using the Chimera sandbox platform. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/malicious-pypi-package-targets-developer-credentials-a-28725
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Cyberattack purportedly compromises Scania’s corporate insurance subsidiary
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/cyberattack-purportedly-compromises-scanias-corporate-insurance-subsidiary
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Malicious Chimera Turns Larcenous on Python Package Index
Unlike typical data-stealing malware, this attack tool targets data specific to corporate and cloud infrastructures in order to execute supply chain attacks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/malicious-chimera-pypi
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Exposure Management Is the Future of Proactive Security
Tags: attack, business, cloud, compliance, corporate, cybersecurity, data, guide, identity, Internet, jobs, mobile, risk, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementEach Monday, the Tenable Exposure Management Academy provides the practical, real-world guidance you need to shift from vulnerability management to exposure management. In this post, Jorge Orchilles, Senior Director of Readiness and Proactive Security at Verizon, offers an up-close glimpse at the thinking that drove his move to exposure management. You can read the entire…
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DNS Rebind Protection Revisited
After this week’s attention to META and Yandex localhost abuses, it is time to revisit a core feature/option of protective DNS that offers a feel-good moment to those that applied this safety technique long before this abuse report came about. The in-depth report that triggered this is: Disclosure: Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android.…
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Black Basta Leaks Highlight Phishing, Google Takeover Risks
Defunct Ransomware Group’s Diaspora Includes Hackers With Focus on Microsoft Teams Based on intelligence gleaned from the leak of Black Basta ransomware messages, researchers are warning organizations to beware phishing attacks launched via Microsoft partner domains and via Teams, as well as the targeting of personal Google accounts accessed via corporate devices. First seen on…
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Zero-Click Flaw in Microsoft Copilot Illustrates AI Agent, RAG Risks
Aim Security researchers found a zero-click vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that could have been exploited to have AI tools like RAG and AI agents hand over sensitive corporate data to attackers simply by issuing a request for the information in a specially worded email. Microsoft fixed the security flaw. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump…
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Fog ransomware gang abuses employee monitoring tool in unusual multi-stage attack
Tags: attack, china, cloud, control, corporate, encryption, espionage, exploit, google, group, intelligence, microsoft, monitoring, network, open-source, penetration-testing, ransomware, service, threat, toolOpen-source pen testers for executing commands: Another peculiarity observed in the attack was the use of open-source penetration testing tools, like GC2 and Adaptix C2, rarely seen with ransomware attacks.Google Command and Control (GC2) is an open-source post-exploitation tool that allows attackers to control compromised systems using legitimate cloud services like Google Sheets and Google…
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Victoria’s Secret restores critical systems after cyberattack
Victoria’s Secret has restored all critical systems impacted by a May 24 security incident that forced it to shut down corporate systems and the e-commerce website. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/victorias-secret-restores-critical-systems-after-cyberattack/
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Microsoft 365 Copilot: New Zero-Click AI Vulnerability Allows Corporate Data Theft
Researchers have found a flaw in Microsoft 365 Copilot that allows the exfiltration of sensitive corporate data with a simple email First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/microsoft-365-copilot-zeroclick-ai/
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2025 CSO Hall of Fame honorees
Tags: ceo, cio, ciso, corporate, cybersecurity, finance, google, group, infrastructure, international, jobs, risk, risk-management, sans, technologyMeg Anderson, VP & CISO (retired), Principal Financial Group Bob Bruns, CISO, Avanade Jonathan Chow, CISO, Genesys Mignona Cote, CISO, Infor Laura Deaner, Managing Director, CISO, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) George Finney, CISO, University of Texas System Michael Gordon, SVP & CISO, McDonald’s Ron Green, Cybersecurity Fellow/Former CSO, Mastercard Shawn Henry, CSO, CrowdStrike Todd Lukens, SVP, Security & Infrastructure, Nationwide Rishi Tripathi,…
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CSO Awards 2025 showcase world-class security strategies
A+E Global Media Marine Corps Community Services Accenture Marvell Adobe Mastercard Aflac Munich Re Ally Financial National Cybersecurity Alliance AmeriHealth Caritas Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific Amtrak New Jersey Institute of Technology Arizona Department of Child Safety Northern Nevada HOPES Augusta University NRC Health Avanade OHLA USA Avery Dennison Penn Medicine Avnet, Inc. Precisely Baptist…
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Multicloud security automation is essential, but no silver bullet
Tags: access, ai, automation, best-practice, bsi, business, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, data, framework, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, monitoring, risk, risk-management, service, soar, strategy, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityDefining multicloud automation strategies: As an engineering leader, how should you approach implementing security automation in a multicloud environment? The experts we spoke to emphasized intentional design, layered planning, and a commitment to continual refinement.”I like to consider the planning process in terms of layers,” says Protiviti’s Armknecht. “The foundational layer involves achieving observability across…
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Corporate phishing scam spotting capabilities remain lacking
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/corporate-phishing-scam-spotting-capabilities-remain-lacking
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AI fuels hacking attacks against corporate execs, poll finds
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/ai-fuels-hacking-attacks-against-corporate-execs-poll-finds
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SentinelOne Sees No Breach After Hardware Supplier Hacked
Intrusion Involved ShadowPad Malware, Wielded in Attacks Tied to Chinese APT Groups. Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne said suspected Chinese attackers, wielding ShadowPad backdoor malware, infiltrated a logistics firm that it used for supplying hardware to its employees, but that the intrusion doesn’t appear to have resulted in any infiltration of its own, corporate network. First seen…
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Hackers Using Fake IT Support Calls to Breach Corporate Systems, Google
A financially motivated group of hackers known as UNC6040 is using a surprisingly simple but effective tactic to… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/hackers-fake-it-support-calls-breach-systems-google/
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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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Corporate executives face mounting digital threats as AI drives impersonation
Malicious actors are using deepfakes and voice-cloning technology to target senior executives in both the workplace and personal spaces. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/corporate-executives-threats-ai-impersonation/750064/
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Why Most Exposed Secrets Never Get Fixed
Our latest State of Secrets Sprawl 2025 research reveals a troubling reality: the majority of leaked corporate secrets found in public code repositories continue to provide access to systems for years after their discovery. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/06/why-most-exposed-secrets-never-get-fixed/
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Outlook Users Targeted by New HTML-Based Phishing Scheme
A recent phishing campaign has revealed a sophisticated technique that exploits Microsoft Outlook’s unique handling of HTML emails to conceal malicious links from corporate users. The attack, initially appearing as a standard phishing attempt impersonating a Czech bank, leverages conditional HTML comments to display different content depending on the email client used to open the…
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Will Massive Security Glossary From Microsoft, Google, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Improve Collaboration?
“This effort is not about creating a single naming standard,” said Vasu Jakkal, corporate vice president of Microsoft Security. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-microsoft-crowdstrike-threat-actor-name-glossary/
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Beware of Device Code Phishing
Hackers are exploiting trusted authentication flows, like Microsoft Teams and IoT logins, to trick users into handing over access tokens, bypassing MFA and slipping undetected into corporate networks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/beware-device-code-phishing
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6 ways CISOs can leverage data and AI to better secure the enterprise
Tags: advisory, ai, antivirus, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, corporate, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, detection, firewall, framework, governance, guide, infrastructure, LLM, login, ml, network, programming, risk, risk-analysis, service, siem, soc, software, technology, threat, tool, trainingEmphasize the ‘learning’ part of ML: To be truly effective, models need to be retrained with new data to keep up with changing threat vectors and shifting cyber criminal behavior.”Machine learning models get smarter with your help,” Riboldi says. “Make sure to have feedback loops. Letting analysts label events and adjust settings constantly improves their…
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Custom Active Directory Extensions Create Stealthy Backdoors for Corporate Attacks
Active Directory (AD) Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are a cornerstone of centralized management for Windows environments, enabling administrators to configure operating systems, applications, and user settings across all domain-connected machines. The real work of applying these policies on client machines is handled by Client-Side Extensions (CSEs)”, specialized dynamic link libraries (DLLs) that interpret and enforce…
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One hacker, many names: Industry collaboration aims to fix cyber threat label chaos
Tags: advisory, attack, blizzard, china, corporate, country, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, group, guide, hacker, india, intelligence, international, microsoft, risk, russia, threatBuilding a translation guide, not a standard: The collaboration is analyst-driven, focusing on harmonizing known adversary profiles through direct cooperation between the companies’ threat research teams. Already, the effort has led to alignment on more than 80 threat actors, confirming connections that had previously been uncertain.The companies describe their effort as creating a “Rosetta Stone”…