Tag: cyber
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New Whisper-Based Attack Reveals User Prompts Hidden Inside Encrypted AI Traffic
Microsoft researchers have unveiled a sophisticated side-channel attack targeting remote language models that could allow adversaries to infer conversation topics from encrypted network traffic. Despite end-to-end encryption via Transport Layer Security (TLS), the attack exploits patterns in packet sizes and timing to classify the subject matter of user prompts sent to AI chatbots. The research…
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Monsta FTP Remote Code Execution Flaw Being Exploited in the Wild
Security researchers have discovered an actively exploited remote code execution vulnerability in Monsta FTP, a web-based FTP client used by financial institutions, enterprises, and individual users worldwide. The flaw, now tracked as CVE-2025-34299, affects versions up to 2.11.2 and allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable servers without authentication. CVE ID Vulnerability Type Affected…
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Lost iPhone? Don’t fall for phishing texts saying it was found
The Swiss National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning iPhone owners about a phishing scam that claims to have found your lost or stolen iPhone but is actually trying to steal your Apple ID credentials. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lost-iphone-dont-fall-for-phishing-texts-saying-it-was-found/
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Ensuring Stability in Cyber Security with NHIs
Are Organizations Maximizing the Potential of Non-Human Identities? The importance of managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs) cannot be overstated. But how effectively are organizations leveraging these capabilities to enhance stable cybersecurity? NHIs”, often referred to as machine identities”, are pivotal in safeguarding secrets security management and ensuring robust protection across multiple sectors. Data management and cybersecurity…
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Ensuring Stability in Cyber Security with NHIs
Are Organizations Maximizing the Potential of Non-Human Identities? The importance of managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs) cannot be overstated. But how effectively are organizations leveraging these capabilities to enhance stable cybersecurity? NHIs”, often referred to as machine identities”, are pivotal in safeguarding secrets security management and ensuring robust protection across multiple sectors. Data management and cybersecurity…
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NDSS 2025 Qualitative Study On Boards’ Cybersecurity Risk Decision Making
Tags: ciso, conference, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, fraud, Internet, network, phishing, risk, strategySESSION Session 2C: Phishing & Fraud 1 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Jens Christian Opdenbusch (Ruhr University Bochum), Jonas Hielscher (Ruhr University Bochum), M. Angela Sasse (Ruhr University Bochum, University College London) PAPER “Where Are We On Cyber?” – A Qualitative Study On Boards’ Cybersecurity Risk Decision Making Boards are increasingly required to oversee the cybersecurity…
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AI-Powered Cyber Threats Rise: Attackers Target Manufacturing Sector
A comprehensive new report reveals that manufacturing organizations are grappling with a dual challenge: rapidly adopting generative AI technologies while simultaneously defending against attackers who exploit these same platforms and trusted cloud services to launch sophisticated attacks. The findings underscore an urgent need for enhanced security controls as the sector balances innovation with data protection.…
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New “LANDFALL” Android Malware Uses Samsung 0-Day Vulnerability Hidden in WhatsApp Images
Cybersecurity researchers at Unit 42 have uncovered a sophisticated Android spyware campaign that exploited a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy devices. The malware, dubbed LANDFALL, leveraged a critical vulnerability in Samsung’s image processing library to deliver commercial-grade surveillance capabilities through maliciously crafted image files sent via WhatsApp. The LANDFALL campaign exploited CVE-2025-21042, a…
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New “LANDFALL” Android Malware Uses Samsung 0-Day Vulnerability Hidden in WhatsApp Images
Cybersecurity researchers at Unit 42 have uncovered a sophisticated Android spyware campaign that exploited a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy devices. The malware, dubbed LANDFALL, leveraged a critical vulnerability in Samsung’s image processing library to deliver commercial-grade surveillance capabilities through maliciously crafted image files sent via WhatsApp. The LANDFALL campaign exploited CVE-2025-21042, a…
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New Microsoft Teams Feature Exposes Users to Phishing and Malware Risks
Microsoft is poised to roll out a significant update to Teams, enabling users to initiate chats with anyone using just an email address”, even if the recipient isn’t a Teams user. While the feature, launching in targeted releases by early November 2025 and globally by January 2026, promises expanded connectivity across Android, desktop, iOS, Linux,…
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For OT Cyber Defenders, Lack of Data Is the Biggest Threat
OT Security ‘A Generation Behind Traditional IT’. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/for-ot-cyber-defenders-lack-data-biggest-threat-a-29959
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AI Accelerating Ransomware Attacks Across Europe
CrowdStrike’s 2025 report reveals how AI is accelerating ransomware attacks and reshaping Europe’s cyber threat landscape. The post Crowdstrike: AI Accelerating Ransomware Attacks Across Europe appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-crowdstrike-ai-ransomware-attacks-europe/
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Don’t call it Cyber Command 2.0: Master plan for digital forces will take years to implement
Tags: cyberThe latest model for improving U.S. Cyber Command is circulating at the Pentagon. Some of the initiatives will spill into the next decade, an approach that is sure to create friction on Capitol Hill and beyond. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/revised-cyber-command-master-plan-dod-pentagon
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Inside the Adversary’s Playbook: Credential Abuse, Cloud Intrusions, and Lateral Movement
Most cyber breaches begin quietly, with a simple mistake. A misconfigured cloud bucket, a phishing email that looks just real enough, or an employee who forgets to revoke access when leaving the company. The ColorTokens Threat Advisory team highlighted how these small cracks turn into serious breaches. There were insider threats in the financial sector,……
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CBO Hit by Suspected Nation-State Cyberattack
Nation-State Actor Suspected in Breach of Congressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office has been the subject of an apparent cyber incident, officials confirmed Friday, raising concerns that adversaries may have gained access to sensitive data used to inform U.S. legislative decisions amid ongoing federal cyber staffing shortages. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Inside the Adversary’s Playbook: Credential Abuse, Cloud Intrusions, and Lateral Movement
Most cyber breaches begin quietly, with a simple mistake. A misconfigured cloud bucket, a phishing email that looks just real enough, or an employee who forgets to revoke access when leaving the company. The ColorTokens Threat Advisory team highlighted how these small cracks turn into serious breaches. There were insider threats in the financial sector,……
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CBO Hit by Suspected Nation-State Cyberattack
Nation-State Actor Suspected in Breach of Congressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office has been the subject of an apparent cyber incident, officials confirmed Friday, raising concerns that adversaries may have gained access to sensitive data used to inform U.S. legislative decisions amid ongoing federal cyber staffing shortages. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Inside the Adversary’s Playbook: Credential Abuse, Cloud Intrusions, and Lateral Movement
Most cyber breaches begin quietly, with a simple mistake. A misconfigured cloud bucket, a phishing email that looks just real enough, or an employee who forgets to revoke access when leaving the company. The ColorTokens Threat Advisory team highlighted how these small cracks turn into serious breaches. There were insider threats in the financial sector,……
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ISMG Editors: Lawsuits Follow Year’s Top Health Data Breach
Conduent Gets Sued; US Government’s Cyber Shutdown Woes; Hacktivist Hits Rise. The latest ISMG Editors’ Panel tackles: post-hack legal fallout for Conduent after it suffered the year’s biggest health data breach, the U.S. government’s shutdown complicating its response to the breach of vendor F5 and the rise in attacks targeting Western critical national infrastructure. First…
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Spektrum Labs Previews Cryptographic Platform for Proving Cyber Resilience
Spektrum Labs is providing early access to a platform that enables cybersecurity and IT teams to mathematically prove they have achieved cyber resilience. Company CEO J.J. Thompson said the Spektrum Fusion platform makes use of cryptographic proofs to validate whether statements made about resilience are indeed true. The output from those mathematical algorithms provides the..…
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Spektrum Labs Previews Cryptographic Platform for Proving Cyber Resilience
Spektrum Labs is providing early access to a platform that enables cybersecurity and IT teams to mathematically prove they have achieved cyber resilience. Company CEO J.J. Thompson said the Spektrum Fusion platform makes use of cryptographic proofs to validate whether statements made about resilience are indeed true. The output from those mathematical algorithms provides the..…
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From Log4j to IIS, China’s Hackers Turn Legacy Bugs into Global Espionage Tools
A China-linked threat actor has been attributed to a cyber attack targeting an U.S. non-profit organization with an aim to establish long-term persistence, as part of broader activity aimed at U.S. entities that are linked to or involved in policy issues.The organization, according to a report from Broadcom’s Symantec and Carbon Black teams, is “active…
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Popular LLMs dangerously vulnerable to iterative attacks, says Cisco
Cisco researchers probed some of the most widely used public GenAI LLMs and found many of them were dangerously susceptible to so-called multi-turn cyber attacks producing undesirable outputs First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366634292/Popular-LLMs-dangerously-vulnerable-to-iterative-attacks-says-Cisco
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Popular LLMs dangerously vulnerable to iterative attacks, says Cisco
Cisco researchers probed some of the most widely used public GenAI LLMs and found many of them were dangerously susceptible to so-called multi-turn cyber attacks producing undesirable outputs First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366634292/Popular-LLMs-dangerously-vulnerable-to-iterative-attacks-says-Cisco
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Threat Actors Leverage AI to Accelerate Ransomware Attacks Across Europe
CrowdStrike’s 2025 report reveals how AI is accelerating ransomware attacks and reshaping Europe’s cyber threat landscape. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/threat-actors-leverage-ai-to-accelerate-ransomware-attacks-across-europe/
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German ISP aurologic GmbH Identified as Key Hub for Malicious Hosting Infrastructure
German hosting provider aurologic GmbH has emerged as a critical hub within the global malicious infrastructure ecosystem, according to recent intelligence reporting. The Langen-based ISP, which operates AS30823, serves as a primary upstream provider to multiple threat activity enablers (TAEs) and sanctioned entities, establishing itself as a central nexus connecting some of the internet’s most…
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Threat Actors Use Stolen RDP Credentials to Deploy Cephalus Ransomware
A new ransomware group, Cephalus, has emerged in the cybersecurity threat landscape, targeting organizations through compromised Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) accounts. First detected in mid-June 2025, this group represents a growing threat to businesses that have not implemented proper security measures on their remote access systems. How Cephalus Operates The Cephalus ransomware group employs a…