Tag: corporate
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Closing the Visibility Gap: Corporate Exposure Analytics in the Infostealer Era
Co-authored by Constella Intelligence and Kineviz As infostealer malware continues to scale in reach, automation, and precision, organizations face an increasingly urgent challenge: a lack of comprehensive visibility across their identity exposure landscape. While credential leaks and cookie thefts are often detected in isolation, without centralized and time-aware analytics, security teams cannot understand the true extent……
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Technical Analysis of Zloader Updates
Tags: access, attack, banking, cloud, communications, control, corporate, data, data-breach, detection, dns, encryption, malware, network, ransomware, strategy, threat, update, windowsIntroductionZloader (a.k.a. Terdot, DELoader, or Silent Night) is a Zeus-based modular trojan that emerged in 2015. Zloader was originally designed to facilitate banking, but has since been repurposed for initial access, providing an entry point into corporate environments for the deployment of ransomware. Following an almost two-year hiatus, Zloader reemerged in September 2023 with significant enhancements…
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Threat Actors Exploit Oracle Database Scheduler to Infiltrate Corporate Networks
Threat actors have begun exploiting the Oracle Database Scheduler’s External Jobs feature to execute arbitrary commands on corporate database servers, enabling stealthy initial footholds and rapid escalation of privileges. By abusing the extjobo.exe executable, attackers can run encoded PowerShell commands, establish encrypted tunnels with Ngrok, and deploy ransomware, all while evading detection through aggressive cleanup…
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Shadow AI is breaking corporate security from within
Cybersecurity leaders know the attack surface has been growing for years, but the latest State of Information Security Report 2025 from IO shows how fast new risks are … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/18/ai-attack-surface-risks/
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FinWise insider breach impacts 689K American First Finance customers
FinWise Bank is warning on behalf of corporate customers that it suffered a data breach after a former employee accessed sensitive files after the end of their employment. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/finwise-insider-breach-impacts-689k-american-first-finance-customers/
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Samsung’s image library flaw opens a zero-click backdoor
Patch now or risk a backdoor: A September 2025 Release 1 patch addresses the flaw that affects devices running Android versions 13 through 16. “Out-of-bounds Write in libimagecodec.quram.so prior to SMR Sep-2025 Release 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code,” Samsung said in the disclosure.For enterprises, CVE-2025-21043 is more than a personal device issueit…
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BlackNevas Ransomware Encrypts Files, Exfiltrates Corporate Data
Countries with most cyberattacks stopped highlighting global cyber defense efforts, including key regions in Asia-Pacific and North America. BlackNevas has released a comprehensive attack strategy spanning three major regions, with the Asia-Pacific area bearing the heaviest burden of attacks at 50% of total operations. The group’s primary targets in this region include major economies such as…
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EvilAI: Leveraging AI to Steal Browser Data and Evade Detection
EvilAI, a new malware family tracked by Trend Research, has emerged in recent weeks disguised as legitimate AI-driven utilities. These trojans sport professional user interfaces, valid code signatures, and functional features, allowing them to slip past both corporate and personal defenses undetected. Leveraging lightweight installers and AI-generated code, EvilAI rapidly establishes persistent footholds while masquerading…
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EvilAI: Leveraging AI to Steal Browser Data and Evade Detection
EvilAI, a new malware family tracked by Trend Research, has emerged in recent weeks disguised as legitimate AI-driven utilities. These trojans sport professional user interfaces, valid code signatures, and functional features, allowing them to slip past both corporate and personal defenses undetected. Leveraging lightweight installers and AI-generated code, EvilAI rapidly establishes persistent footholds while masquerading…
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12 digital forensics certifications to accelerate your cyber career
Tags: access, apt, attack, browser, chrome, cloud, computer, corporate, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, google, government, group, hacker, hacking, Hardware, incident response, international, jobs, law, malicious, malware, microsoft, mobile, network, phone, service, skills, soc, technology, threat, tool, training, windowsCellebrite Certified Mobile Examiner (CCME)Certified Computer Examiner (CCE)CyberSecurity Forensic Analyst (CSFA)EC-Council Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI)EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE)Exterro AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE)GIAC Advanced Smartphone Forensics Certification (GASF)GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst (GCFA)GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)GIAC Cloud Forensic Responder (GCFR)GIAC Network Forensic Analysis (GNFA)Magnet Certified Forensics Examiner (MCFE) Cellebrite Certified Mobile Examiner (CCME) Out of…
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How China’s Propaganda and Surveillance Systems Really Operate
A series of corporate leaks show that Chinese technology companies function far more like their Western peers than one might imagine. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/made-in-china-how-chinas-surveillance-industry-actually-works/
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Microsoft under fire: Senator demands FTC investigation into ‘arsonist selling firefighting services’
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, cio, ciso, computer, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, email, encryption, finance, government, hacker, mfa, microsoft, network, password, ransomware, service, software, technology, threat, updateThe technical reality behind the failures: Security experts have long criticized Microsoft’s reliance on outdated encryption standards. “RC4 should have been retired long ago, yet it still lurks in Active Directory and continues to enable attacks like Kerberoasting,” Gogia noted.Microsoft’s justification centered on backward compatibility concerns. “Microsoft’s line has been that switching it off overnight…
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Neues Phishing-Framework umgeht Multi-Faktor-Authentifizierung
Tags: authentication, ceo, ciso, cloud, corporate, cyberattack, framework, hacker, Hardware, infrastructure, mail, mfa, microsoft, passkey, password, phishing, service, strategy, zero-trustPhishing 2.0 nutzt Subdomain-Rotation und Geoblocking.Eine kürzlich aufgedeckte Phishing-Kampagne steht in Verbindung mit Salty2FA, einem Phishing-as-a-Service-(PhaaS-)Framework. Es soll entwickelt worden sein, um Multi-Faktor-Authentifizierung (MFA) zu umgehen.Wie die Cybersicherheitsfirma Ontinue herausgefunden hat,fängt sie Verifizierungsmethoden ab,rotiert Subdomains undtarnt sich innerhalb vertrauenswürdiger Plattformen wie Cloudflare Turnstile.In unserer US-Schwesterpublikation CSO erklärten die Experten, dass die Kampagne ‘bemerkenswerte technische Innovationen”…
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Watch Out for Salty2FA: New Phishing Kit Targeting US and EU Enterprises
Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platforms keep evolving, giving attackers faster and cheaper ways to break into corporate accounts. Now, researchers at ANY.RUN has uncovered a new entrant: Salty2FA, a phishing kit designed to bypass multiple two-factor authentication methods and slip past traditional defenses. Already spotted in campaigns across the US and EU, Salty2FA puts enterprises at First…
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Open source security and sustainability remain unsolved problem
While software bills of materials offer some transparency over software components, they don’t solve the imbalance between corporate consumption of open source software and the lack of investment in its security and health First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366630429/Open-source-security-and-sustainability-remain-unsolved-problem
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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When AI nukes your database: The dark side of vibe coding
Tags: ai, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, ciso, computer, control, corporate, data, data-breach, defense, dos, email, flaw, governance, incident response, injection, jobs, LLM, microsoft, open-source, password, risk, saas, skills, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, zero-trustprivate paths, on another instance.Worthington warns this is one of the most frequent red flags in threat intel. When vibe-coded applications reach incident response, she says, “You’ll often see absence of logging, lack of source control, or weak authentication alongside hardcoded secrets. Rather than a single fingerprint, it’s a collection of sloppy behaviors that point…
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Chinese Hackers Salt Typhoon and UNC4841 Team Up to Breach Critical Infrastructure
Tags: breach, china, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, espionage, government, hacker, infrastructure, malicious, network, threatCybersecurity researchers at Silent Push have uncovered a sophisticated Chinese espionage operation linking two prominent threat actors, Salt Typhoon and UNC4841, revealing previously unreported infrastructure used to target government and corporate networks across more than 80 countries. The discovery of 45 malicious domains dating back to 2020 demonstrates the extensive reach and long-term persistence of…
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Chinese Hackers Salt Typhoon and UNC4841 Team Up to Breach Critical Infrastructure
Tags: breach, china, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, espionage, government, hacker, infrastructure, malicious, network, threatCybersecurity researchers at Silent Push have uncovered a sophisticated Chinese espionage operation linking two prominent threat actors, Salt Typhoon and UNC4841, revealing previously unreported infrastructure used to target government and corporate networks across more than 80 countries. The discovery of 45 malicious domains dating back to 2020 demonstrates the extensive reach and long-term persistence of…
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Chinese Hackers Salt Typhoon and UNC4841 Team Up to Breach Critical Infrastructure
Tags: breach, china, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, espionage, government, hacker, infrastructure, malicious, network, threatCybersecurity researchers at Silent Push have uncovered a sophisticated Chinese espionage operation linking two prominent threat actors, Salt Typhoon and UNC4841, revealing previously unreported infrastructure used to target government and corporate networks across more than 80 countries. The discovery of 45 malicious domains dating back to 2020 demonstrates the extensive reach and long-term persistence of…
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Understanding the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD): Why It Matters and How to Prepare
Key Takeaways For years, European companies have faced a patchwork of national laws pushing them to take responsibility for human rights and environmental issues tied to their business operations. France passed its Duty of Vigilance law in 2017. Germany followed with the EU Supply Chain Act in 2021. Each aimed to hold companies accountable not……
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Is the CISO role broken?
Short tenures breed long-term failure: But tenures have remained low. Several articles every year place the average CISO tenure in the region at two to three years, and that matches my own field experience.You do not achieve much in terms of transformative impact in any large firm in two to three years.In fact, many CISOs…
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Is the CISO role broken?
Short tenures breed long-term failure: But tenures have remained low. Several articles every year place the average CISO tenure in the region at two to three years, and that matches my own field experience.You do not achieve much in terms of transformative impact in any large firm in two to three years.In fact, many CISOs…
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The importance of reviewing AI data centers’ policies
Tags: ai, attack, backdoor, corporate, cybersecurity, data, government, Hardware, jobs, monitoring, risk, side-channel, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerabilityWhat cybersecurity leaders need to consider: Given these expanded threats, cybersecurity leaders and decision makers must closely scrutinize whether their AI data center operators are implementing corporate policies that require technical measures to secure AI data centers across all layers of security, including hardware, data, and geopolitical. Examples of such policies include: closely inspecting hardware…
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Qantas penalizes executives for July cyberattack
Australian airline Qantas reduced bonuses for its corporate leaders in response to a breach that exposed the data of 5.7 million people earlier this year. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/qantas-airline-reduces-bonuses-executives-data-breach
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Check Point Unveils Enterprise Browser to Secure BYOD and Third-Party Devices
Check Point Software has expanded its Harmony SASE offering with the launch of Enterprise Browser, a tool designed to close one of the biggest gaps in enterprise security: unmanaged devices. The new feature extends Zero Trust protections to personal laptops, contractor devices, and third-party endpoints without requiring agents or corporate ownership. Built on Chromium, the…
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Pressure on CISOs to stay silent about security incidents growing
Tags: access, breach, business, cio, ciso, corporate, credentials, credit-card, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, finance, framework, group, hacker, iam, identity, incident response, insurance, law, mfa, ransomware, sap, security-incident, software, theft, threat, training‘Intense pressure’ to keep quiet about security incidents: CSO spoke to two other former CISOs who reported pressures to stay silent about suspected security incidents. Both CISOs requested to remain anonymous due to end-of-contract confidentiality agreements made with previous employers.”While working inside a Fortune Global 500 company in Europe, I witnessed this multiple times,” one…