Tag: cyber
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The True Cost of Cyber Downtime: A UK Board-Level Briefing
Tags: attack, backup, business, cloud, communications, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, data, finance, GDPR, governance, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, monitoring, resilience, saas, service, supply-chain, technologyWritten by Sean Tilley, Senior Sales Director EMEA at 11:11 Systems Cyber downtime carries measurable financial consequences, and those consequences are becoming clearer with each major incident. Research from 11:11 Systems shows that 78% of European organisations report losses of up to $500,000 per hour following a cyber-related outage, while 6% face costs exceeding £1 million per…
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Interlock Ransomware Leveraged Cisco FMC Zero-Day 36 Days Before Patch
Amazon’s threat intelligence teams have uncovered a new cyber campaign linked to the Interlock ransomware group. The campaign centers around a flaw affecting Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/interlock-fmc-cve-2026-20131/
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The multi-billion dollar mistake: Why cloud misconfigurations are your biggest security threat
Most cloud setup errors, 8 out of 10, happen because people slip up, not because code fails.One out of three cloud setups sits empty, ignored by any oversight. A third of online storage spaces get zero attention from monitors.Almost one out of every two hundred storage units on Amazon’s cloud sits open, per a 2024…
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The multi-billion dollar mistake: Why cloud misconfigurations are your biggest security threat
Most cloud setup errors, 8 out of 10, happen because people slip up, not because code fails.One out of three cloud setups sits empty, ignored by any oversight. A third of online storage spaces get zero attention from monitors.Almost one out of every two hundred storage units on Amazon’s cloud sits open, per a 2024…
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Pyronut Package Backdoors Telegram Bots With RCE
Malicious ‘Pyronut’ is a trojanized Python package that backdoors Telegram bots and userbots, giving attackers remote code execution over both the Telegram session and the underlying host system.”‹ The malicious package , pyronut , was uploaded to PyPI as a fake alternative to pyrogram, a widely used Telegram MTProto API framework with around 370,000 monthly downloads. Instead of…
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OpenWebUI Servers Targeted in Attacks Using AI Payloads to Steal Data
A recent campaign has targeted improperly secured Open WebUI systems, allowing threat actors to deploy malicious artificial intelligence payloads. Open WebUI is a highly popular self-hosted interface designed to enhance large language models. Shodan scans reveal over 17,000 active instances globally, making it a lucrative target for scanning attackers. By abusing the Open WebUI Tools…
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FCA Updates Cyber Incident and Third-Party Reporting Rules
The UK’s financial regulator has issued new rules to make incident and third-party reporting clearer First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fca-updates-incident-thirdparty/
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FCA Updates Cyber Incident and Third-Party Reporting Rules
The UK’s financial regulator has issued new rules to make incident and third-party reporting clearer First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fca-updates-incident-thirdparty/
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Horabot Returns in Mexico, Spreading via Phishing and Email Worm Attacks
Horabot has resurfaced in Mexico with a more complex, multi”‘stage kill chain that blends fake CAPTCHA lures, living-off-the-land scripting, and an email worm”‘style spreader to deliver a Latin American banking trojan. In this installment of the SOC Files series, our MDR team dissected a targeted Horabot campaign that we hunted a few months ago, after…
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Regulation Drives Cyber Spending for Critical Infrastructure Orgs
35% of security leaders working in the UK’s critical infrastructure said regulatory requirements are the primary influence on their security programs First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-regulation-drives-cyber/
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CISA Adds Exploited Zimbra Collaboration Suite Flaw to Warning List
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has officially added a critical vulnerability affecting the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Federal agencies and organizations using the platform must apply the necessary updates by April 1, 2026, to mitigate active exploitation risks. Exploited Zimbra Collaboration Suite Flaw Tracked as CVE-2025-66376,…
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Open VSX Extension Delivers RAT and Stealer via GitHub Downloader
An Open VSX extension used by thousands of developers has been caught silently pulling a full-featured remote access trojan and infostealer from GitHub. The KhangNghiem/fast-draft extension, listed on open-vsx.org and tracked at over 26,000 downloads as of March 17, 2026, contained multiple malicious releases that executed a GitHub-hosted downloader and fetched a second-stage payload from…
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Iran-Linked Botnet Exposed After Open Directory Leak Reveals 15-Node Relay Network
A misconfigured open directory on an Iranian server has exposed a live censorship-bypass relay and SSH-based botnet operation, revealing how a single actor stitched together a 15-node network across Iran and Finland using commodity tools and sloppy operational security. The discovery shows how financially or personally motivated actors can reuse tradecraft seen in Iranian APT…
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Cyber-Resilienz braucht Blick auf die ganze Systemarchitektur – Fünf Schichten für effektive Cyber-Resilienz
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cyber-resilienz-fuenf-schichten-systemarchitektur-a-ac66d343b7dd33833fd6ab3a242347bb/
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RSAC 2026 Innovation Sandbox – Clearly AI: Automated Software Security Platform Empowered by AI
Company Profile Founded in 2024, Clearly AI is a company focused on automating enterprise security and privacy audits, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA. The company was co-founded by Emily Choi-Greene and Joe Choi-Greene, and the core team has deep practical and technical accumulation: CEO Emily worked at Amazon for 5 years, leading the Alexa AI…The…
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RSAC 2026 Innovation Sandbox – Clearly AI: Automated Software Security Platform Empowered by AI
Company Profile Founded in 2024, Clearly AI is a company focused on automating enterprise security and privacy audits, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA. The company was co-founded by Emily Choi-Greene and Joe Choi-Greene, and the core team has deep practical and technical accumulation: CEO Emily worked at Amazon for 5 years, leading the Alexa AI…The…
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WaterPlum Unleashes “StoatWaffle” Malware in VSCode Supply Chain Attack
A North Korea-linked threat group known as WaterPlum has introduced a new malware strain called “StoatWaffle” as part of its ongoing Contagious Interview campaign. The activity has been attributed to Team 8, a subgroup within WaterPlum also tracked as the Moralis or Modilus cluster. This team was previously associated with the OtterCookie malware, but since…
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ScreenConnect Flaw Lets Hackers Steal Machine Keys and Hijack Sessions
ConnectWise has released a critical security update for its ScreenConnect remote desktop software to address a severe vulnerability that allows attackers to hijack user sessions. The flaw, which compromises the protection of server-level cryptographic material, prompted the company to issue a Priority 1 security bulletin, warning users of a high risk of active exploitation in…
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SnappyClient Implant Blends Remote Access, Data Theft, and Stealth Evasion
A powerful new C2 implant called SnappyClient that blends remote access, credential theft, and stealthy evasion into a single, modular framework targeting Windows systems and cryptocurrency users.”‹ ThreatLabz first observed SnappyClient in December 2025, being deployed via the well-known HijackLoader malware family. SnappyClient is written in C++ and operates as a flexible command-and-control implant, supporting capabilities such…
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SnappyClient Implant Blends Remote Access, Data Theft, and Stealth Evasion
A powerful new C2 implant called SnappyClient that blends remote access, credential theft, and stealthy evasion into a single, modular framework targeting Windows systems and cryptocurrency users.”‹ ThreatLabz first observed SnappyClient in December 2025, being deployed via the well-known HijackLoader malware family. SnappyClient is written in C++ and operates as a flexible command-and-control implant, supporting capabilities such…
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SnappyClient Implant Blends Remote Access, Data Theft, and Stealth Evasion
A powerful new C2 implant called SnappyClient that blends remote access, credential theft, and stealthy evasion into a single, modular framework targeting Windows systems and cryptocurrency users.”‹ ThreatLabz first observed SnappyClient in December 2025, being deployed via the well-known HijackLoader malware family. SnappyClient is written in C++ and operates as a flexible command-and-control implant, supporting capabilities such…
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New iOS Exploit Uses Advanced iPhone Hacking Tools to Steal Personal Data
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has uncovered a highly sophisticated iOS full-chain exploit dubbed DarkSword. Active since November 2025, this exploit leverages multiple zero-day vulnerabilities to compromise Apple devices running iOS 18.4 through 18.7 fully. DarkSword is highly unusual because it relies entirely on JavaScript throughout its exploit chain, thereby mitigating the need for a…
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Cisco Firewall Zero-Day Actively Exploited to Deliver Interlock Ransomware
Tags: cisco, cyber, exploit, firewall, flaw, network, ransomware, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerability, zero-daySecurity research has uncovered an active Interlock ransomware campaign exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Centre (FMC) software. Utilizing this unauthenticated remote code execution flaw via the Amazon MadPot network, threat actors compromised enterprise environments for over a month before public disclosure. Cisco Firewall Zero-Day The intrusion campaign centers entirely on…
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Cisco Firewall Zero-Day Actively Exploited to Deliver Interlock Ransomware
Tags: cisco, cyber, exploit, firewall, flaw, network, ransomware, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerability, zero-daySecurity research has uncovered an active Interlock ransomware campaign exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Centre (FMC) software. Utilizing this unauthenticated remote code execution flaw via the Amazon MadPot network, threat actors compromised enterprise environments for over a month before public disclosure. Cisco Firewall Zero-Day The intrusion campaign centers entirely on…
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Trump’s National Cyber Strategy Leaves Industry Role Unclear
White House Cyber Strategy Urges Deeper Industry Partnership Without Defining Roles. The administration’s cyber strategy pushes deeper public-private coordination and expanded threat visibility across critical infrastructure, but lacks specifics on operational roles, incentives and legal protections needed for industry to actively disrupt malicious activity. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/trumps-national-cyber-strategy-leaves-industry-role-unclear-a-31075
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US intelligence chief grilled on absence of election threats in security assessment
Previous clandestine community assessments have documented, at least at a high level, attempts by Iran, Russia or China to sway voters with online propaganda or through cyber operations. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/us-intel-chief-senate-election-security-threat-assessment
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Threat groups target cyber-physical systems to disrupt critical infrastructure providers
The Iran war has raised concerns that key industrial sectors could be the target of hacktivists, state actors and other groups. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/threat-groups-target-cyber-physical-systems-to-disrupt-critical-infrastruct/815074/
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CISA official says agency has not seen uptick in cyber threats amid Iran war
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (CISA) Acting Director Nick Andersen said the agency has been working closely with industry and sector-based groups on threats from Iran in the past couple of weeks. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cisa-official-says-agency-has-not-seen-uptick-cyber-threats-iran
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UIDAI Introduces Bug Bounty Program to Strengthen Aadhaar Defenses
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has officially launched its first structured bug bounty program to fortify the Aadhaar system. As the foundation of a massive national identity database, securing Aadhaar requires continuous innovation and rigorous testing. This new initiative invites top cybersecurity experts to proactively identify and responsibly disclose potential vulnerabilities within UIDAI’s…