Tag: cyber
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When the Olympics connect everything, attackers pay attention
Global sporting events bring a surge of network traffic, new systems, and short term partnerships. That mix draws attention from cyber threat actors who see opportunity in … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/19/palo-alto-networks-olympic-cybersecurity-risks-report/
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Cyber risk keeps winning, even as AI takes over
Cyber risk continues to dominate global business concerns, with AI rising quickly alongside it. According to a new risk survey from Allianz, both are influencing how … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/19/allianz-ai-cyber-risk-report/
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New Kerberos Relay Technique Exploits DNS CNAMEs to Bypass Existing Defenses
Tags: attack, authentication, credentials, cve, cyber, defense, dns, exploit, flaw, ntlm, service, threat, vulnerability, windowsA critical vulnerability in Windows Kerberos authentication that enables attackers to conduct credential-relay attacks by exploiting DNS CNAME records. Tracked as CVE-2026-20929, this flaw allows threat actors to force victims into requesting Kerberos service tickets for attacker-controlled systems, facilitating lateral movement and privilege escalation even when NTLM authentication is entirely disabled. CVE ID Vulnerability Name…
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GhostPoster Malware Targets Chrome Users via 17 Rogue Extensions
A sophisticated malware campaign has compromised users of Chrome, Firefox, and Edge by deploying 17 malicious extensions that employ advanced steganography techniques to evade detection. Collectively downloaded more than 840,000 times, the GhostPoster operation represents one of the most technically mature and persistent browser extension threats documented to date. The GhostPoster campaign leverages an uncommon…
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Southeast Asia CISOs Top 13 Predictions for 2026: Securing AI, Centering Identity, and Making Resilience Strategic
Innovation and technology, Hand of robot touching a padlock of security on network connection of business, Data exchange, Financial and banking, AI, Cyber crime and internet security. iStock/ipopba First seen on csoonline.com Jump to article: www.csoonline.com/article/4117844/southeast-asia-cisos-13-top-predictions-for-2026-securing-ai-centering-identity-and-making-resilience-strategic.html
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Studie: Wirtschaft braucht mehr Schulung in Sachen Hackerabwehr
»Kaum ein Drittel der Unternehmen führt mindestens einmal im Jahr eine Schulung zum Cyber Resilience Act durch.« Die deutsche Wirtschaft sollte in diesem Jahr einen stärkeren Fokus auf das Cybersicherheits-Training ihrer Belegschaften legen. Zu diesem Schluss kommt der aktuelle »IoT & OT Cybersecurity Report 2025« des Düsseldorfer Cybersicherheitsunternehmens ONEKEY [1]. Ab Herbst dieses Jahres… First…
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Google Vertex AI Flaw Lets Low-Privilege Users Escalate to Service Agent Roles
Security researchers have discovered critical privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Google’s Vertex AI platform that allow attackers with minimal permissions to hijack high-privileged Service Agent accounts. The flaws affect the Vertex AI Agent Engine and Ray on Vertex AI, where default configurations enable low-privileged users to access powerful managed identities with project-wide permissions. As enterprises rapidly…
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Zero-Click Exploit Chain Discovered Targeting Google Pixel 9 Devices
Security researchers at Google Project Zero have disclosed a complete zero-click exploit chain affecting Google Pixel 9 smartphones, chaining vulnerabilities in the Dolby audio decoder and kernel driver to achieve code execution and privilege escalation without any user interaction. The exploit leverages three distinct vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-54957 in the Dolby Unified Decoder, CVE-2025-36934 in a kernel…
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Azure Identity Token Flaw Exposes Windows Admin Center to Tenant-Wide Breaches
Cymulate Research Labs discovered a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Admin Centre’s Azure AD Single Sign-On implementation that enables attackers with local administrator access on a single machine to compromise any other Windows Admin Center-managed system within the same Azure tenant. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20965, stems from improper validation of Proof-of-Possession (PoP) tokens…
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Azure Identity Token Flaw Exposes Windows Admin Center to Tenant-Wide Breaches
Cymulate Research Labs discovered a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Admin Centre’s Azure AD Single Sign-On implementation that enables attackers with local administrator access on a single machine to compromise any other Windows Admin Center-managed system within the same Azure tenant. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20965, stems from improper validation of Proof-of-Possession (PoP) tokens…
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Microsoft’s January Security Update of High-Risk Vulnerability Notice for Multiple Products
Overview On January 14, NSFOCUS CERT detected that Microsoft released the January Security Update patch, which fixed 112 security issues involving widely used products such as Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure, etc., including high-risk vulnerability types such as privilege escalation and remote code execution. Among the vulnerabilities fixed by Microsoft’s monthly update this…The…
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AWS Console Supply Chain Breach Enables GitHub Repository Hijacking
Tags: attack, breach, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, github, malicious, open-source, service, supply-chain, threatA newly reported supply chain attack targeting the Amazon Web Services (AWS) management console has raised alarms across the developer community. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered that threat actors are exploiting misconfigured AWS credentials and integrated GitHub actions tohijack repositoriesand inject malicious code into open-source projects. According to the security firm that uncovered the incident, attackersexploitcompromised…
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Germany and Israel Deepen Cybersecurity Ties With New Security Pact
Germany and Israel have taken an important step toward deepening their long-standing security partnership by expanding cooperation in the field of cybersecurity. During a weekend visit to Jerusalem, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a new cyber and security pact aimed at reinforcing existing frameworks and addressing growing digital threats facing both countries. …
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Insider risk in an age of workforce volatility
Tags: access, ai, api, authentication, automation, backdoor, backup, china, ciso, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, exploit, framework, governance, government, identity, jobs, least-privilege, malicious, mitigation, monitoring, network, risk, strategy, supply-chain, threat, zero-trustEarly warnings: The machine as insider risk/threat: These dynamics are not emerging in a vacuum. They represent the culmination of warnings that have been building for years.As early as 2021, in my CSO opinion piece “Device identity: The overlooked insider threat,” Rajan Koo (then chief customer officer at DTEX Systems, now CTO) observed: “There needs…
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Confidential Supply Chains: Wie Unternehmen ihre Softwarelieferkette strategisch absichern
In den letzten Jahren haben Supply-Chain-Angriffe zeitweise ganze Branchen lahmgelegt oder massenhaften Datendiebstahl ermöglicht. Vor dem Hintergrund des EU-Cyber-Resilience-Acts wird von Softwareherstellern daher künftig nicht nur Transparenz, sondern auch nachweisbare Integrität ihrer Komponenten verlangt. Kryptografisch gesicherte Pipelines und Confidential Computing ermöglichen hier eine belastbare, auditfähige Lieferkette. Aber wie sieht eine solche »Confidential Supply Chain« in……
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Trump’s cyber chief pick tells lawmakers he’ll assess efficacy of Cybercom-NSA dual-hat role, if confirmed
Tags: cyber“If I’m confirmed for this, I think my role is to be objective about that as that comes up, or if it continues to come up as a topic,” Rudd said. First seen on defensescoop.com Jump to article: defensescoop.com/2026/01/15/gen-rudd-cybercom-nsa-dual-hat-cyber-force/
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CISA, Allies Sound Alarm on OT Network Exposure
Joint US, UK and Five Eyes Guidance Flags OT Exposure as National Risk. U.S. and allied cyber agencies issued new guidance warning that insecure operational technology connectivity – driven by remote access, third-party vendors and IT integration – remains a major threat vector, enabling cyber intrusions to escalate into physical disruptions. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Cyber body ISC2 signs on as UK software security ambassador
Professional cyber association ISC2 pledges support to UK government’s Software Security Ambassador scheme, part of the recently unveiled Cyber Action Plan First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366637377/Cyber-body-ISC2-signs-on-as-UK-software-security-ambassador
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Why I’m withholding certainty that “precise” US cyber-op disrupted Venezuelan electricity
NYT says US hackers were able to turn off power and then quickly turn it back on. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/unnamed-officials-tell-nyt-precise-cyber-op-took-out-venezuelas-power-grid/
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Winter Olympics Could Share Podium With Cyberattackers
Tags: cyberThe upcoming Winter Games in the Italian Alps are attracting both hacktivists looking to reach billions of people and state-sponsored cyber-spies targeting the attending glitterati. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/winter-olympics-podium-cyberattackers
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Trump Renominates Sean Plankey to Lead CISA
Former NSC Cyber Adviser Renominated to Lead CISA Amid Ongoing Senate Gridlock. The White House has renominated Sean Plankey to head CISA, reviving a stalled bid hindered by Senate holds and demands to release a report on telecom sector threats linked to China, as the agency continues to operate without a permanent director amid rising…
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NSA, Cyber Command nominee defends record during Senate hearing
Tags: cyberIf confirmed, Rudd would take over two entities that have been without a permanent leader since a far-right provocateur initiated a push to force out its last chief and has seemingly sunk a number of other senior officials. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/nsa-cyber-command-nom-joshua-rudd-senate-hearing
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Most Inspiring Women in Cyber 2026: Meet The Judges
Next month, the annual Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards will take place at The BT Tower, London, celebrating some of the industry’s most inspirational and oftentimes unsung women. Sponsored by Fidelity International, BT, Plexal and Bridewell, and proudly supported by industry-leading diversity groups WiTCH, WiCyS UK&I and Seidea, the 2026 event is The post…
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News alert: Panorays study finds most CISOs lack vendor visibility as supply chain attacks climb
NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2026, CyberNewswire, Panorays, a leading provider of third-party security risk management software, has released the 2026 edition of its annual CISO Survey for Third-Party Cyber Risk Management. The survey highlights third-party cyber risk… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/news-alert-panorays-study-finds-most-cisos-lack-vendor-visibility-as-supply-chain-attacks-climb/
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4 Outdated Habits Destroying Your SOC’s MTTR in 2026
It’s 2026, yet many SOCs are still operating the way they did years ago, using tools and processes designed for a very different threat landscape. Given the growth in volumes and complexity of cyber threats, outdated practices no longer fully support analysts’ needs, staggering investigations and incident response.Below are four limiting habits that may be…
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Armis startet neues Partnerprogramm zur Stärkung der globalen Cyber-Resilienz
Das Armis Select Partner Program löst sich von starren Stufenmodellen und komplexen Anforderungen und eröffnet Partnern drei klar definierte Wege für den gemeinsamen Marktzugang mit Armis First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/armis-startet-neues-partnerprogramm-zur-staerkung-der-globalen-cyber-resilienz/a43372/
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GoLogin vs MultiLogin vs VMLogin What’s the Anti-Detect Browsers Difference?
A web browser is a door to the Global Network, allows to surf through different resources, obtain all required information, watch films, earn money, and many more legal and partly legal activities. It depends on the size of the door, what information you can get from the Internet, and what information about yourself you will…
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CISOs flag gaps in third-party risk management
Third-party cyber risk continues to concern security leaders as vendor ecosystems grow, supply chains stretch, and AI plays a larger role in business operations. A recent … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/15/panorays-cisos-ai-vendor-risk/
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Incorporating Geopolitical Risk Into Your IT Strategy
Scenario Planning Must Model Disruption, Strengthen Cyber Basics, Build Redundancy. IT organizations know how to plan for outages, but even the most rigorously designed strategy is vulnerable to the shifting winds of geopolitics. CIOs and technology leaders need to know how their organizations will respond to geopolitical disruptions, and scenario planning needs to be a…