Tag: cyber
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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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CISA cancels summer internships for cyber scholarship students amid DHS funding lapse
The move adds to mounting pressure on a scholarship program already strained by hiring freezes, proposed budget cuts and a growing backlog of unplaced graduates. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cisa-cancels-cybercorps-internships-dhs-funding-crisis/
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Ransomware Groups Are Actively Disabling Your EDR Before You Even Know It
Most ransomware discussions focus on encryption, downtime, and recovery. But the real story is what happens before any of that becomes visible. Recent reporting from Cyber Security News highlights how attackers are increasingly using “EDR killers” to quietly disable endpoint protection tools early in the attack chain. By the time ransomware is executed, the systems…
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Hackers Are Targeting Critical Infrastructure to Cause Real-World Damage
Critical infrastructure was once considered too complex and isolated to be a primary cyber target. That assumption no longer holds. New reporting from Cyber Security News reveals that the Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers group is actively targeting water utilities, energy systems, and industrial controllers across the United States. What started as symbolic attacks has now evolved into…
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Hackers Are Using GitHub and Jira to Bypass Your Security
The modern enterprise runs on collaboration tools. Platforms like GitHub and Jira are deeply embedded in daily workflows, powering everything from development to project management. But that same trust is now being weaponized. New reporting from Cyber Security News reveals how attackers are exploiting notification systems within these platforms to deliver malicious payloads. Instead of…
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Claude Mythos: Prepare for your board’s cybersecurity questions about the latest AI model from Anthropic
Tags: ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, best-practice, business, ceo, cisa, cloud, compliance, container, control, cve, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, fedramp, finance, flaw, framework, governance, group, HIPAA, identity, injection, insurance, kev, law, linkedin, linux, LLM, macOS, network, PCI, risk, service, soc, software, strategy, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windows, zero-day, zero-trustWith the Federal Reserve Chairman meeting with bank CEOs to discuss the security implications of Claude Mythos, you can bet that your board of directors will ask you about the impact of the AI model on your cybersecurity strategy. Here’s how to prepare. Key takeaways Anthropic announced Claude Mythos Preview, its most powerful general-purpose frontier…
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Microsoft’s April 2026 Patch Tuesday Addresses 163 CVEs (CVE-2026-32201)
Tags: advisory, api, attack, best-practice, cloud, container, cve, cvss, cyber, data, exploit, firewall, firmware, flaw, framework, github, Internet, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, office, powershell, rce, remote-code-execution, service, software, sql, startup, tool, update, vulnerability, windows, zero-day8Critical 154Important 1Moderate 0Low Microsoft addresses 163 CVEs in the April 2026 Patch Tuesday release, including two zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which was exploited in the wild. Microsoft patched 163 CVEs in its April 2026 Patch Tuesday release, with eight rated critical, 154 rated as important and one rated as moderate. This is the second…
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4 questions to ask before outsourcing MDR
2. Can your team separate real threats from noise?: Alert fatigue is one of the biggest barriers to effective security. Tools generate volumes of signals, but not all alerts represent real risk. When everything looks critical, teams either burn out or miss the alerts that matter most.MDR helps by applying human expertise and threat intelligence…
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5 trends defining the future of AI-powered cybersecurity
Tags: ai, automation, backup, breach, business, cloud, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, framework, government, metric, monitoring, msp, regulation, resilience, threatSee how AI is altering the landscape in the new N-able and Futurum report, Cybersecurity in the Age of AI: Moving from Fragile to Resilient. Get key insights on building a modern framework for business resilience. 2. From perimeter security to continuous cyber resilience: The “castle and moat” approach is obsolete. In a world of…
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Space Force official touts AI’s impact on cyber compliance
The acting CISO said that AI is reshaping how the service measures and tracks cyber compliance, moving it from a box-checking exercise to something nimbler and more substantive. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/space-force-ciso-touts-ai-impact-cyber-compliance/
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In the Wake of Anthropic’s Mythos, OpenAI Has a New Cybersecurity Model”, and Strategy
OpenAI says its safeguards “sufficiently reduce cyber risk” for now, while GPT-5.4-Cyber is a new cybersecurity-focused model. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/in-the-wake-of-anthropics-mythos-openai-has-a-new-cybersecurity-model-and-strategy/
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Security Risk Advisors Purple Team Participants Can Now Earn CPE Credits
Philadelphia, United States / Pennsylvania, April 14th, 2026, CyberNewswire GIACandISC2now recognize active participation inSRA Purple Teamexercises as an eligible Continuing Professional Education (CPE) activity. Teams can earn CPE credits while strengthening organizational detection and response capabilities! How? Some CPE activities are pretty passive webinars, conferences and online courses can check a box. An SRA […]…
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FCC signals continued commitment to Cyber Trust Mark program
The government approved a new lead overseer for its IoT device security labeling initiative. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fcc-cyber-trust-mark-new-lead-administrator/817437/
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Testing reveals Claude Mythos’s offensive capabilities and limits
Could Claude Mythos Preview, Anthropic’s latest large language model, be leveraged for fully automated cyber attacks? The UK government’s AI Security Institute … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/14/claude-mythos-test-attack-capabilities-limits/
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The Iranian Conflict Leads to the Latest Attack on OT Production – ARIA Cybersecurity
<div cla CISA and the FBI warned that Iranian-backed cyber attackers are targeting Rockwell LOGIX® PLC deployments in Government, Energy and Water/Wastewater as well as other industries first back on March 20th 206. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/the-iranian-conflict-leads-to-the-latest-attack-on-ot-production-aria-cybersecurity/
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Claude Mythos Changed Everything. Your APIs Are the First Target.
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, ceo, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, exploit, finance, flaw, infrastructure, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAnthropic just released Claude Mythos Preview. They did not make it publicly available. That decision alone should tell you everything you need to know about what this model can do. During internal testing, Mythos autonomously discovered and exploited zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser. It found a 27-year-old bug in OpenBSD.…
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Mirax Android RAT Hijacks Infected Phones as Residential Proxies
A new Android banking trojan called Mirax is rapidly gaining traction in the cybercrime ecosystem, combining powerful remote access features with residential proxy capabilities to turn victims’ smartphones into high-value infrastructure nodes. Mirax is marketed as a premium Android RAT and banking malware, offering attackers full, real”‘time control over compromised devices. Once installed, the malware can execute…