Tag: cyber
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China-Linked Hackers Hide Behind Compromised Routers
Hackers linked to China are increasingly abusing compromised routers and edge devices to build covert networks, enabling stealthy cyber operations that are harder to detect and block. Instead of relying on dedicated servers or purchased hosting, threat actors are now leveraging large-scale botnets made up of hacked small office/home office (SOHO) routers, IoT devices, and…
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AI is speeding up nation-state cyber programs
In this Help Net Security interview, Kaja Ciglic, Senior Director, Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy at Microsoft, discusses how nation-state cyber programs have changed over … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/24/kaja-ciglic-microsoft-nation-state-cyber-programs/
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Hackers Track 900+ React2Shell Exploits via Telegram Bots
Hackers are using Telegram bots and AI tooling to run a structured, at-scale exploitation campaign abusing the critical React2Shell vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182), with evidence of 900+ confirmed compromises. Investigators found an exposed server tied to the Bissa scanner platform, used for multi-victim exploitation, staging, and validation rather than simple data dumping. Logs and project artifacts show…
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Ransomware Gang Unveils Custom Data-Theft Tool
Ransomware operators introduced a custom-built data exfiltration tool, signaling a notable evolution in attack techniques. Unlike most ransomware groups that rely on publicly available utilities such as Rclone or MegaSync, Trigona affiliates are now using a proprietary tool to steal sensitive data with greater precision and stealth. Trigona, active since late 2022, operates as a…
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Bitwarden CLI Compromised After Malicious GitHub Actions Workflow
Cybersecurity researchers at Socket have uncovered a major supply chain compromise affecting the Bitwarden CLI. Attackers successfully abused a GitHub Action in Bitwarden’s CI/CD pipeline to inject malicious code into the popular password manager’s npm package. This breach is part of the broader, ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign. Bitwarden CLI Compromised The compromised package, identified…
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Hackers Exploit SS7 and Diameter Flaws to Track Mobile Users Globally
A recent investigation by Citizen Lab has uncovered sophisticated, multi-year surveillance campaigns exploiting foundational vulnerabilities in global mobile networks. The report, titled >>Bad Connection,<< reveals how suspected commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) weaponize the SS7 and Diameter signaling protocols to covertly track high-profile individuals across the globe without interacting directly with their devices. These findings underscore…
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Communicating Cyber Risk to the Board: Executive Reporting Best Practices
Key Takeaways Why Cyber Risk Gets Lost in Translation Most CEOs can recite their quarterly benchmarks and revenue figures down to the decimal point. However, when asked to define their organization’s cyber risk exposure, the answers typically drift into the vague and anecdotal. This disconnect is occurs when security leaders assume that CEOs have an……
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Tropic Trooper APT Takes Aim at Home Routers, Japanese Targets
The Chinese state-sponsored cyber threat is known for moving fast and trying odd attack vectors; now it’s branching out in tools, victimology, and TTPs. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/tropic-trooper-apt-takes-aim-home-routers-japanese-targets
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3 practical ways AI threat detection improves enterprise cyber resilience
Legitimate admin activity and malicious behavior often look similar without contextHybrid environments generate fragmented telemetry that rule sets can’t correlateLean teams don’t have time to manually connect the dots across systemsPlatforms like Adlumin MDR apply behavioral models and automated triage to suppress low”‘value alerts and elevate incidents that actually matter. Fewer alerts, better context, and…
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3 practical ways AI threat detection improves enterprise cyber resilience
Legitimate admin activity and malicious behavior often look similar without contextHybrid environments generate fragmented telemetry that rule sets can’t correlateLean teams don’t have time to manually connect the dots across systemsPlatforms like Adlumin MDR apply behavioral models and automated triage to suppress low”‘value alerts and elevate incidents that actually matter. Fewer alerts, better context, and…
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The curious case of Sean Plankey’s derailed CISA nomination
Questions over who wanted Plankey blocked: On March 3, Ana Visneski, a former head of global disaster response at Amazon Web Services and former chief of digital media for the US Coast Guard, posted on Bluesky that she was “hearing from multiple sources” that Plankey “has been fired and escorted out of Coast Guard HQ…
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Trump’s pick to run US cyber agency CISA asks to drop out
Sean Plankey has requested to withdraw his name to run the U.S. cybersecurity agency after a tumultuous year of chaotic temporary leadership. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/trumps-pick-to-run-us-cyber-agency-cisa-asks-to-drop-out/
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When Elite Cyber Teams Can’t Crack Web Security
Tags: cyber<div cla HTB’s 2025 benchmark tested 796 security teams. Only 21% passed web security challenges. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/when-elite-cyber-teams-cant-crack-web-security/
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Five steps to become Mythos ready
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, flaw, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, LLM, mitre, network, office, open-source, openai, risk, software, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAI is uncovering vulnerabilities at a scale that will overwhelm legacy defenses. Here is how to build a security organization that is Mythos ready. Key takeaways While frontier AI models like Claude Mythos boost cyber defenses, they also empower attackers to discover and weaponize vulnerabilities at unprecedented machine speed. To avoid getting buried by an…
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Five steps to become Mythos ready
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, flaw, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, LLM, mitre, network, office, open-source, openai, risk, software, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAI is uncovering vulnerabilities at a scale that will overwhelm legacy defenses. Here is how to build a security organization that is Mythos ready. Key takeaways While frontier AI models like Claude Mythos boost cyber defenses, they also empower attackers to discover and weaponize vulnerabilities at unprecedented machine speed. To avoid getting buried by an…
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Zscaler CEO On Vulnerability Surge From AI: ‘We All Need To Be Paranoid’
In the wake of Anthropic’s initiative to make its Claude Mythos vulnerability discovery tool available to select IT and security vendors, there’s no question that the “very powerful” AI capabilities are a sign of massively heightened cyber risk to come, Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry told CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/zscaler-ceo-on-vulnerability-surge-from-ai-we-all-need-to-be-paranoid
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Trump’s Top Cyber Nominee Withdraws After Turbulent Process
Sean Plankey Abandons Bid After Yearlong Delay as CISA’s Leadership Vacuum Deepens. Sean Plankey withdrew his nomination after a 13-month stalled process, leaving the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency without a Senate-confirmed director as political disputes, workforce cuts and budget pressure continue to hamper federal cyber operations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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UK Cyber Spooks: ‘Is Your Computer Monitor Spying On You?’
NCSC Designs ‘SilentGlass’ Gadget to Protect Overlooked Computer Peripheral. A new device called SilentGlass is designed to safeguard users against an often overlooked threat in modern computing environments: backdoored or subverted HDMI and DisplayPort monitors. The technology was developed by British intelligence to safeguard sensitive environments. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/uk-cyber-spooks-is-your-computer-monitor-spying-on-you-a-31489
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The Guardian view on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos: when AI finds every flaw, who controls the internet? | Editorial
Tech can scale cyber-attacks and defences alike, raising questions about private power, public risk and the future of a shared internetAnthropic announced its latest AI model, <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/08/anthropic-ai-cybersecurity-software”>Claude Mythos, this month but said it would not be released publicly, because it turns computers into crime scenes. The company claimed that it could find previously unknown…
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Measuring Cyber Risk Performance: How CISOs Can Report to the Board
<div cla Cybersecurity has matured significantly over the past decade. Most enterprise cyber risk management programs now operate with sophisticated tooling, continuous monitoring, formalized governance models, and structured risk management processes. Yet one challenge remains persistent across industries and companies of varying levels of digital maturity: translating cyber risk into language that resonates in the…
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Chinese hackers using everyday devices to target UK firms, warns cybersecurity agency
Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre says companies must step up vigilance to prevent espionage attacks<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/apr/23/uk-government-borrowing–oil-100-a-barrel-strait-of-hormuz-deadlock-growth-latest-updates”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>British businesses are being urged to step up their vigilance against a China-linked hacking ploy that uses everyday devices for espionage.The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and agencies in nine other countries have warned of persistent…
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District Administration – How Cloud Monitoring Protects Districts From New Cyber Threats
This article was originally published in District Administration on 04/20/26 by Charlie Sander. As cyber threats evolve, districts need real-time visibility into cloud activity to detect and stop risks early With rising cybersecurity concerns, schools are relying on real-time cloud sync to monitor administrative movements and student activity inside school accounts. However, real-time cloud sync…
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Offer customers passkeys by default, UK’s NCSC tells enterprises
How passkeys change the attack model: The NCSC added that passkeys reduce risk by removing reliance on shared secrets and binding authentication to the legitimate service.According to the agency, this prevents credential reuse and relay attacks, as authentication cannot be intercepted and reused by an attacker.Passkeys use cryptographic key pairs stored on a user’s device,…
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Using AI to manage insider risk amid Middle East conflict
As geopolitical tensions reshape the cyber threat landscape across the region, organisations are turning to artificial intelligence-driven behaviour analytics, investigative automation and monitoring of AI agents to detect insider risk faster and strengthen operational resilience First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366642038/Using-AI-to-manage-insider-risk-amid-Middle-East-conflict
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CyberUK 2026: UK lagging on legal protections for cyber pros
Ahead of next week’s CyberUK conference, the CyberUp Campaign for reform of the UK’s hacking laws urges the government to keep focus and proposes a four-pillar framework that would protect cyber professionals from prosecution First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366641875/CYBERUK-26-UK-lagging-on-legal-protections-for-cyber-pros
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UK’s NCSC calls passkeys the default, says passwords are no longer fit for the purpose
How passkeys change the attack model: The NCSC added that passkeys reduce risk by removing reliance on shared secrets and binding authentication to the legitimate service.According to the agency, this prevents credential reuse and relay attacks, as authentication cannot be intercepted and reused by an attacker.Passkeys use cryptographic key pairs stored on a user’s device,…
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UK warns of Chinese hackers using proxy networks to evade detection
The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK) and international partners warned that China-nexus hackers are increasingly using large-scale proxy networks of hijacked consumer devices to evade detection and disguise their malicious activity. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-warns-of-chinese-hackers-using-botnets-of-hijacked-consumer-devices-to-evade-detection/
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Vercel Confirms Security Breach Affecting Customer Accounts
Vercel has confirmed a security breach involving unauthorised access to certain internal systems, and the company says the incident affected a limited number of customer accounts and stored data. The cloud platform provider disclosed that it is actively investigating the incident with help from outside incident response experts and has also notified law enforcement. According…
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Vercel Confirms Security Breach Affecting Customer Accounts
Vercel has confirmed a security breach involving unauthorised access to certain internal systems, and the company says the incident affected a limited number of customer accounts and stored data. The cloud platform provider disclosed that it is actively investigating the incident with help from outside incident response experts and has also notified law enforcement. According…