Tag: cyber
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Hackers Deploy ATHR for Scalable AI-Driven Vishing and Credential Theft
Tags: ai, attack, automation, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, email, hacker, malicious, phishing, theftHackers are increasingly turning to telephone-oriented attack delivery (TOAD) to bypass traditional email security, and a new cybercrime platform called ATHR is accelerating this trend with AI-driven automation and integrated phishing capabilities. TOAD attacks rely on a simple but effective tactic: instead of embedding malicious links or attachments, attackers send benign-looking emails containing only a…
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Payouts King Emerges: New Ransomware Operation Tied to Ex-BlackBasta Members
Payouts King is emerging as a technically sophisticated ransomware operation believed to be run by former BlackBasta affiliates, reusing their social”‘engineering playbook while introducing hardened obfuscation and encryption routines. The group focuses on high”‘value data theft and selective encryption, leveraging strong cryptography and extensive evasion to stay ahead of antivirus and EDR tools. BlackBasta, itself…
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Anthropic Introduces Claude Opus 4.7 for Advanced Problem-Solving
Anthropic has officially launched Claude Opus 4.7, a major upgrade designed to tackle complex software engineering while introducing rigorous new cybersecurity safeguards. Released on April 16, 2026, this model brings enhanced problem-solving capabilities to developers and actively addresses the dual-use risks associated with artificial intelligence. The release ties directly into Anthropic’s recently announced Project Glasswing,…
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ZionSiphon Malware Hits Israeli Desalination Plants
Hackers are experimenting with new malware designed to sabotage Israeli desalination and water treatment plants using a tool dubbed “ZionSiphon,”. However, the current sample appears to be a faulty or developmental build rather than a fully operational weapon. The code checks IPv4 ranges such as 2.52.0.02.55.255.255, 79.176.0.079.191.255.255, and 212.150.0.0212.150.255.255, all of which are geolocated to…
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Google Deploys Gemini AI to Stop Threat Actors, Blocking 8.3 Billion Ads
Google has significantly escalated its fight against cybercriminals, deploying its advanced Gemini AI to neutralize malicious advertising campaigns. By leveraging generative AI, the tech giant intercepted more than 99% of these harmful advertisements before they ever reached end users. This milestone marks a major shift in how cybersecurity defenses handle automated threats. Threat actors have…
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Censys Warns 6 Million Public-Facing FTP Servers Are Still Exposed in 2026
A new security brief from internet intelligence firm Censys reveals that the 55 year old File Transfer Protocol continues to run on nearly 6 million internet facing hosts. As of April 2026, the dominant story of FTP exposure is not purpose built file transfer infrastructure, but rather a dangerous accumulation of platform defaults. Censys researchers…
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EU Age Verification App Breached in Just 2 Minutes, Researchers Claim
A highly anticipated European Union Age Verification application has come under heavy scrutiny after a security researcher demonstrated how to bypass its core protections in less than two minutes. The application, recently praised by EU officials for its robust privacy standards, contains severe cryptographic and design flaws that allow attackers to easily hijack user identity…
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Cargo Hackers Hit Trucking Firms to Steal Physical Shipments
Hackers are increasingly breaking into trucking and freight companies to quietly hijack real-world cargo shipments, turning digital access into physical theft at scale. Researchers say organized crime rings are teaming up with cybercriminals to exploit the systems carriers and freight brokers use every day to book and dispatch loads. Cargo theft is already a multi”‘billion”‘dollar…
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7 biggest healthcare security threats
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, business, cloud, control, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, email, endpoint, google, government, hacking, healthcare, HIPAA, infrastructure, injection, insurance, Internet, phishing, risk, security-incident, service, software, spam, sql, threat, tool, vulnerabilityCloud vulnerabilities and misconfigurations: Many healthcare organizations have adopted cloud services as part of broader digital transformation initiatives. As a result, patient health information (PHI) and other sensitive data is increasingly being hosted in vendor cloud environments.The trend has broadened attack surface at healthcare organizations, says Anthony James, vice president of products at Infoblox, especially…
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QA: Your Face Is Now Part of the Threat Landscape, Warns Sarah Armstrong-Smith
Sarah Armstrong-Smith brings rare front-line authority to the cyber resilience conversation, with a career shaped by some of the most defining digital threats of the modern era. From the Millennium Bug through to board-level cyber strategy at Microsoft and the London Stock Exchange Group, her perspective is grounded in real crisis leadership, not theory. That…
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The need for a board-level definition of cyber resilience
Tags: awareness, business, cisa, compliance, control, crime, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, detection, finance, framework, governance, law, metric, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-analysis, risk-management, service, supply-chain, technologyWhere the literature converges: Organizational outcomes vs. policy and controls It’s consistently agreed that cyber resilience should be tied to organizational outcomes rather than technical controls and policies. Rather than focusing on metrics such as mean time to detection or number of security controls, organizational cyber resilience needs to evaluate levels of business continuity, preservation…
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UK Government Sound Alarm Over AI Security Risk
This week, UK government leaders and cyber officials are sounding an increasingly urgent alarm over the security risks posed by artificial intelligence, warning that the technology is both amplifying existing cyber threats and reshaping the balance between attackers and defenders. In a joint open letter to business leaders, ministers and the National Cyber Security Centre…
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Mallory Launches AI-Native Threat Intelligence Platform, Turning Global Threat Data Into Prioritized Action
What are the real threat vectors for our organization?What’s actually exploitable in our environment right now?What should we proactively fix?The platform monitors thousands of threat sources, contextualizes them against a user’s actual attack surface, and puts that intelligence to work across hunt, detection, and exposure management use cases. One platform. Answers, not alerts.Modern teams receive…
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How the enterprise supply chain has created a global attack surface
For years, organisations have treated cyber security as something that happens within their own walls. Protect the network, secure the endpoints, monitor the environment. Job done. Security was architected like a moat and castle, but today the model is no longer effective. Today, the real exposure sits outside the organisation. It sits in third parties,…
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How the enterprise supply chain has created a global attack surface
For years, organisations have treated cyber security as something that happens within their own walls. Protect the network, secure the endpoints, monitor the environment. Job done. Security was architected like a moat and castle, but today the model is no longer effective. Today, the real exposure sits outside the organisation. It sits in third parties,…
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UAC-0247 Hits Hospitals, Governments With Browser and WhatsApp Data Theft
A surge of targeted cyberattacks was detected against local governments and municipal healthcare institutions particularly clinical and ambulance hospitals. The campaign has been attributed to threat cluster UAC-0247, known for advanced data theft, persistence, and lateral movement methods. The attack chain begins with well-crafted phishing emails that appear to discuss humanitarian aid proposals. These emails typically…
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Executive orders likely ahead in next steps for national cyber strategy
National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said execution of the strategy is “rolling forward actively.” First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/executive-orders-likely-ahead-in-next-steps-for-national-cyber-strategy/
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Fake ProtonVPN, game mod sites spread NWHStealer in new Windows malware campaign
Multiple ongoing malware campaigns are distributing a powerful information-stealing trojan, tracked as NWHStealer, through fake VPN installers, gaming mods, and system tools. Unlike typical phishing campaigns, these attacks exploit users’ trust in popular software. Threat actors are disguising malicious payloads as legitimate installers for tools such as Proton VPN, OhmGraphite, Sidebar Diagnostics, Pachtop, and HardwareVisualizer. The files are hosted…
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Executive orders likely ahead in next steps for national cyber strategy
National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said execution of the strategy is “rolling forward actively.” First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/executive-orders-likely-ahead-in-next-steps-for-national-cyber-strategy/
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Hackers Exploit n8n Webhooks to Spread Malware
A new abuse campaign targeting AI-driven workflow automation platforms particularly n8n that turns legitimate automation tools into powerful malware delivery systems. Between October 2025 and March 2026, security analysts observed a sharp surge in phishing emails that weaponized n8n-generated webhooks to deliver malicious payloads and collect device fingerprints under the guise of trusted infrastructure. AI workflow platforms like n8n and Zapier are…
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OpenAI expands Trusted Access for Cyber program with new GPT 5.4 Cyber model
A new cybersecurity-focused variant of ChatGPT and an expanded access program put OpenAI in direct competition with Anthropic’s Project Glasswing, and raises fresh questions about who gets to wield the most powerful security AI. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/openai-expands-trusted-access-for-cyber-to-thousands-for-cybersecurity/
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Two U.S. Nationals Sentenced in $5 Million DPRK Remote Worker Laptop Farm Scheme
The U.S. Justice Department has sentenced two New Jersey residents, Kejia Wang and Zhenxing Wang, for enabling a massive fraudulent employment operation that generated over $5 million for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Kejia Wang received a 108-month prison term, while Zhenxing Wang was sentenced to 92 months in prison. Both defendants were…
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Sweden blames Russian hackers for attempting ‘destructive’ cyberattack on thermal plant
Sweden’s minister for civil defense said Russian hackers are “now attempting destructive cyber attacks against organizations in Europe.” First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/sweden-blames-russian-hackers-for-attempting-destructive-cyberattack-on-thermal-plant/
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New PoC Exploit Published for Microsoft Defender 0-Day Flaw
A security researcher operating under the alias >>Chaotic Eclipse<< has publicly released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a vulnerability in Microsoft Defender. Published on April 15, 2026, the exploit targets a flaw in CVE-2026-33825, a recently patched vulnerability. The uncoordinated release highlights an escalating conflict between independent security researchers and Microsoft's vulnerability disclosure programs. Public…
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Trusted Access for Cyber – GPT 5.4 Cyber ist OpenAIs Reaktion auf Claude Mythos
OpenAI hat das ‘Trusted-Access-for-Cyber”-Programm (TAC) ausgebaut, das verifizierten Experten Zugriff auf neue Funktionen bietet. First seen on computerbase.de Jump to article: www.computerbase.de/news/apps/trusted-access-for-cyber-gpt-5-4-cyber-ist-openais-reaktion-auf-claude-mythos.96904
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Cisco FMC Zero-Day Among 31 High-Impact Vulnerabilities Exploited in March
31 high-impact vulnerabilities were actively exploited in March 2026, with a Cisco firewall zero-day abused by the Interlock ransomware group emerging as one of the most dangerous threats to enterprise networks. Affected vendors span core enterprise and developer ecosystems, including Cisco, Microsoft, Google, ConnectWise, Langflow, Citrix, Aquasecurity, Nginx UI, Qualcomm, F5, Craft CMS, Laravel, Apple,…
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OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4-Cyber to Boost Defensive Cybersecurity
OpenAI unveils GPT-5.4-Cyber, a cybersecurity-focused model built to help defenders analyze malware and fix software bugs. The company is also expanding its Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) program to thousands of verified experts. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/openai-gpt-5-4-cyber-boost-defensive-cybersecurity/
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Chrome Privacy Vulnerability Exposes Users via Fingerprinting and Header Leaks
A new technical review of Google Chrome’s privacy posture shows that modern tracking no longer depends only on cookies, because websites can combine browser fingerprinting, storage tricks, and HTTP header leaks to identify users with surprising accuracy. Chrome has reduced some obvious signals, but many high-value surfaces such as canvas rendering, WebGL, audio processing, Client…