Tag: cyber
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APT41-Linked Silver Dragon Targets Governments Using Cobalt Strike and Google Drive C2
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed Silver Dragon that has been linked to cyber attacks targeting entities in Europe and Southeast Asia since at least mid-2024.”Silver Dragon gains its initial access by exploiting public-facing internet servers and by delivering phishing emails that contain malicious attachments,” Check Point said…
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LexisNexis Faces Data Breach After 2.04 GB of Data Allegedly Stolen
A threat actor known as FulcrumSec has claimed responsibility for a data breach at LexisNexis Legal & Professional, the legal information division of RELX Group. The actor alleges they have stolen 2.04 GB of structured data from the company’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure. The incident highlights significant security flaws, particularly concerning access controls…
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Phishing Campaign Uses Google Cloud to Host Malicious Redirects via GCS Bucket
A sophisticated phishing campaign has recently emerged, leveraging Google Cloud’s trusted infrastructure to host malicious redirects. The campaign’s technical structure leverages Google Cloud Storage legitimate domain, googleapis.com, which is widely trusted by mail gateways and end users alike. This provides the attackers an opportunity to bypass common security layers such as SPF and DKIM validation.…
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How to know you’re a real-deal CSO, and whether that job opening truly seeks one
Tags: access, ai, breach, business, communications, compliance, control, cyber, data, data-breach, finance, framework, governance, incident response, infosec, insurance, jobs, metric, privacy, radius, risk, skills, strategy, threat, training, vulnerabilityStriking the right balance of experience and responsibility: Mark G. McCreary, partner and chief AI and IT security officer at Boston-based legal firm Fox Rothschild LLP, has seen both extremes: security being completely sidelined and security professionals given excessive, unjustified authority.In some firms, a newly appointed CSO might be positioned as a gatekeeper without the…
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Microsoft Alerts Customers to New Phishing Attack Exploiting OAuth in Entra ID to Bypass Detection
Tags: attack, authentication, credentials, cyber, detection, exploit, google, government, microsoft, phishing, software, threat, vulnerabilityMicrosoft recently uncovered sophisticated phishing campaigns that exploit the by-design redirection mechanisms of the OAuth 2.0 protocol. Threat actors are targeting government and public-sector organizations by manipulating legitimate authentication flows in Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace. Rather than exploiting traditional software vulnerabilities or stealing credentials directly, this campaign abuses trusted protocol behavior to bypass…
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Silver Dragon APT Group Exploits Google Drive for Covert Attacks on Europe, Asia
Silver Dragon is a Chinese”‘aligned APT group that has been targeting public sector and high”‘profile organizations in Europe and Southeast Asia since at least mid”‘2024, with strong operational overlap to APT41 tradecraft. The group combines classic post”‘exploitation tooling like Cobalt Strike with new custom malware that abuses Google Drive as a covert command”‘and”‘control (C2) channel.research.…
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Windows 11 23H2 to 25H2 Upgrade Reportedly Disrupts Internet Connectivity for Users
A persistent bug in Windows 11 in-place upgrades is reportedly wiping critical 802.1X wired authentication configurations, leaving enterprise workstations completely offline until manual intervention occurs. System administrators across Reddit’s r/sysadmin community are raising alarms, warning that this issue has reappeared across annual Windows 11 version updates, including the 23H2-to-24H2 and recent 23H2-to-25H2 upgrade paths. How…
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Microsoft’s February Security Update of High-Risk Vulnerability Notice for Multiple Products
Tags: cyber, microsoft, network, office, remote-code-execution, risk, update, vulnerability, windowsOverview On February 11, 2026, NSFOCUS CERT monitored Microsoft’s release of its February security update patches, addressing 59 security issues across widely used products such as Windows, Azure, Microsoft Office, and Visual Studio Code. These vulnerabilities include privilege escalation, remote code execution, and other high-risk vulnerabilities. In this monthly update, 5 vulnerabilities are rated as…The…
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Malicious Laravel Packages Deploy PHP RAT, Grant Remote Access to Attackers
Malicious Packagist packages masquerading as Laravel helper utilities are delivering an obfuscated PHP remote access trojan (RAT) that grants full remote control over compromised hosts. Two of these, nhattuanbl/lara-helper and nhattuanbl/simple-queue, embed a byte”‘for”‘byte identical RAT payload in src/helper.php. A third package, nhattuanbl/lara-swagger, appears benign but hard”‘depends on lara-helper, ensuring the malware is installed transitively whenever developers require the swagger utility.…
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Thousands of iPhones Compromised in Massive Hack via Coruna Exploit Kit with 23 Vulnerabilities
Security researchers from the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have uncovered >>Coruna,<< a highly sophisticated iOS exploit kit responsible for compromising thousands of iPhones. Targeting iOS versions 13.0 through 17.2.1, the framework contains five complete exploit chains leveraging a staggering 23 vulnerabilities. What began as a tool for a commercial surveillance vendor in early 2025…
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NCSC Warns UK Organisations to Prepare for Potential Iran-Linked Cyber Activity
Tags: advisory, attack, awareness, breach, business, china, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, espionage, exploit, finance, government, group, incident response, infrastructure, international, Internet, iran, leak, malware, middle-east, military, monitoring, phishing, resilience, risk, russia, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementGeopolitical conflict rarely stays confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, it spills into the digital domain. The latest escalation of tensions in the Middle East has prompted the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to issue a warning to organisations to review their cyber security posture and prepare for possible cyber activity linked to Iran. While…
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NCSC Warns UK Organisations to Prepare for Potential Iran-Linked Cyber Activity
Tags: advisory, attack, awareness, breach, business, china, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, espionage, exploit, finance, government, group, incident response, infrastructure, international, Internet, iran, leak, malware, middle-east, military, monitoring, phishing, resilience, risk, russia, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementGeopolitical conflict rarely stays confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, it spills into the digital domain. The latest escalation of tensions in the Middle East has prompted the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to issue a warning to organisations to review their cyber security posture and prepare for possible cyber activity linked to Iran. While…
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NCSC Warns UK Organisations to Prepare for Potential Iran-Linked Cyber Activity
Tags: advisory, attack, awareness, breach, business, china, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, espionage, exploit, finance, government, group, incident response, infrastructure, international, Internet, iran, leak, malware, middle-east, military, monitoring, phishing, resilience, risk, russia, service, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementGeopolitical conflict rarely stays confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, it spills into the digital domain. The latest escalation of tensions in the Middle East has prompted the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to issue a warning to organisations to review their cyber security posture and prepare for possible cyber activity linked to Iran. While…
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Cyber Retaliation Escalates: Iranian Hacktivists Target Critical Infrastructure Following Military Strikes
The post Cyber Retaliation Escalates: Iranian Hacktivists Target Critical Infrastructure Following Military Strikes appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/cyber-retaliation-escalates-iranian-hacktivists-target-critical-infrastructure-following-military-strikes/
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Interplay between Iranian Targeting of IP Cameras and Physical Warfare in the Middle East
ey Findings Introduction As highlighted in theCyber Security Report 2026, cyber operations have increasingly become an additional tool in interstate conflicts, used both to support military operations and to enable ongoing battle damage assessment (BDA). During the 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran in June 2025, the compromise of cameras was likely used to support…
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The BurrowShell Threat: Inside ‘Sloppy Lemming’s’ Stealthy Cyber Espionage Campaign in South Asia
The post The BurrowShell Threat: Inside ‘Sloppy Lemming’s’ Stealthy Cyber Espionage Campaign in South Asia appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/the-burrowshell-threat-inside-sloppy-lemmings-stealthy-cyber-espionage-campaign-in-south-asia/
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Vier Säulen der Cyber-Resilienz
First seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/vier-saeulen-der-cyber-resilienz
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UK Warns of Heightened Iranian Cyber Risk as Middle East Conflict Intensifies
The UK’s NCSC is warning of elevated indirect cyber risks tied to Middle East tensions, urging organizations to strengthen defenses. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/uk-warns-of-heightened-iranian-cyber-risk-as-middle-east-conflict-intensifies/
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Hacked traffic cams and hijacked TVs: How cyber operations supported the war against Iran
After U.S. and Israeli forces started bombing Iran, reports say cyber operations have disrupted communications, supported surveillance activities, and have been used in psychological operations. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/hacked-traffic-cams-and-hijacked-tvs-how-cyber-operations-supported-the-war-against-iran/
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Cyberwarriors elevated to big leagues in US war with Iran
No more hiding in the server closet: Cyber ops mentioned alongside kinetic warfare as critical to conflict First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/cyberwarriors_us_iran_war/
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Amazon Says Drone Strikes Disrupted Middle East Data Centers
Iranian Cyberespionage Group MuddyWater Goes Dark. Physical effects rather than cyber strikes are triggering Middle Eastern connectivity problems during day four of a sustained U.S. and Israeli bombing campaign against Iran. Iran is responding with drone and missile attacks targeting U.S. military as well as British bases in Bahrain, Cyprus. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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AI Emerges as the New Insider Threat: Thales Releases the 2026 Data Threat Report
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, cyber, data, deep-fake, encryption, governance, identity, infrastructure, risk, saas, skills, software, strategy, theft, threat, toolAI Emerges as the New Insider Threat: Thales Releases the 2026 Data Threat Report madhav Tue, 03/03/2026 – 15:00 Over the past year, I’ve watched AI move to operational reality across nearly every industry we work with. The conversation is no longer about whether AI will transform business. It already has. Cybersecurity Todd Moore –…
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Archipelo and Checkmarx Announce Partnership Connecting AppSec Detection with DevSPM
San Francisco, CA, United States, March 3rd, 2026, CyberNewswire Archipelo and Checkmarx today announced a technical partnership focused on correlating application vulnerability findings with development-origin context within modern software delivery workflows. Application security platforms identify and prioritize vulnerabilities across repositories and pipelines. These systems indicate where risk exists but typically do not capture how a…
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Talion Expands Governance-Aligned Agentic SOC as Board Cyber Scrutiny Intensifies
Talion, a leading Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) forged out of BAE Systems, today announced that under the new leadership of CEO, Keven Knight, it has expanded its governance-aligned Agentic SOC model, embedding executive-level oversight and accountability directly into its managed cyber defence services. The enhanced model is designed to align real-time security operations with…
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Surviving Ransomware: Best practices to safeguard your business
By Robbie Ross, cyber security lead, Converged Communication Solutions It’s not if but when. This is a phrase that has been echoed across the cyber security industry for several years, but when it comes to ransomware the message is still not penetrating widely enough. The 2025 UK Government Cyber Breaches Survey highlighted that just 32%…
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AI and Deepfakes Supercharge Sophisticated Cyber-Attacks, Says Cloudflare
Cloudflare Threat Report warns that AI tools enable attackers who lacked required skills to generate effective attacks rapidly and at scale First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ai-deepfakes-supercharge/
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Cyber-Kinetic Warfare Escalates as Iran, US, and Israel Clash Across Military and Digital Fronts
The Middle East has entered a critical tipping point, as tensions between Iran, the United States, and Israel escalated into a complex hybrid conflict that blends traditional military operations with cyber and information warfare. The offensive, identified as Operation Epic Fury by the US and Operation Roaring Lion by Israel, demonstrates how modern hostilities can no longer be understood…
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Tags: ciso, cloud, communications, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, cyersecurity, DSGVO, framework, governance, government, ISO-27001, jobs, nist, riskDas britische Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in Cheltenham, England. GCHQEine aktuelle Stellenausschreibung sorgt in der Branche für Kopfschütteln. Sie legt nahe, dass manche hochrangigen Regierungsstellen offenbar nicht ganz mit der Realität des heutigen Cybersecurity-Arbeitsmarktes Schritt halten. Dabei ist gut dokumentiert, dass weltweit erheblicher Bedarf an IT-Sicherheitsexperten besteht. Laut einer aktuellen Umfrage von ISC2 sind 33…
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SloppyLemming Espionage Campaign Targets Pakistan, Bangladesh with BurrowShell Backdoor and Rust RAT
SloppyLemming, an India-linked espionage group also known as Outrider Tiger and Fishing Elephant, has run a year-long cyber campaign against high”‘value targets in Pakistan and Bangladesh using a new BurrowShell backdoor and a Rust-based remote access tool (RAT). This activity builds directly on earlier operations exposed by Cloudflare’s CloudForce One in 2024. However, it shows…
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New Starkiller Phishing Framework Uses Real Login Pages to Bypass MFA Security
A new phishing framework called Starkiller is raising the bar for “phishing-as-a-service” by serving victims the real login pages of major brands through attacker infrastructure, making pages look authentic and stay up to date. By acting as a live reverse proxy, it can capture credentials and, more importantly, steal session cookies/tokens after the victim completes multi-factor authentication (MFA), enabling…