Tag: cyber
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Link11 Identifies Five Cybersecurity Trends Set to Shape European Defense Strategies in 2026
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, December 16th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Link11, a European provider of web infrastructure security solutions, has released new insights outlining five key cybersecurity developments expected to influence how organizations across Europe prepare for and respond to threats in 2026. The findings are based on analysis of current threat activity, industry research, and insights…
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CISA Alerts on Apple WebKit Zero-Day Actively Used in Cyberattacks
Tags: apple, cisa, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, exploit, infrastructure, kev, macOS, risk, vulnerability, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting multiple Apple products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, signaling active exploitation in the wild. CVE-2025-43529 represents a severe use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, Apple’s rendering engine, that poses a significant risk to millions of users across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and other…
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Russian Hackers Launch Attacks on Network Edge Devices in Western Critical Infrastructure
Tags: attack, blizzard, cyber, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, network, russia, threat, vulnerabilityRussian state-sponsored hackers are intensifying attacks on misconfigured network edge devices across Western critical infrastructure, marking a significant tactical shift as 2025 comes to a close. According to new insights from Amazon Threat Intelligence, this campaign linked with high confidence to Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) and the Sandworm/APT44/Seashell Blizzard cluster has deprioritized overt vulnerability…
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House Homeland Security chairman keeps attention on cyber issues
After several disrupted months as House Homeland Security Committee chairman, Rep. Andrew Garbarino made time to discuss cyber issues such as an upcoming Trump administration strategy document and Chinese state-backed threats. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/andrew-garbarino-legislation-cyber-policy-outlook
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Real Attacks of the Week: How Spyware Beaconing and Exploit Probing Are Shaping Modern Intrusions
Over the past week, enterprise security teams observed a combination of covert malware communication attempts and aggressive probing of publicly exposed infrastructure. These incidents, detected across firewall and endpoint security layers, demonstrate how modern cyber attackers operate simultaneously. While quietly activating compromised internal systems, they also relentlessly scan external services for exploitable weaknesses. Although the…
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Demystifying risk in AI
Tags: access, ai, best-practice, bsi, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, csf, cyber, cybersecurity, data, framework, google, governance, group, infrastructure, intelligence, ISO-27001, LLM, mitre, ml, monitoring, nist, PCI, risk, risk-management, strategy, technology, threat, training, vulnerabilityThe data that is inserted in a request.This data is evaluated by a training model that involves an entire architecture.The result of the information that will be delivered From an information security point of view. That is the point that we, information security professionals, must judge in the scope of evaluation from the perspective of…
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Cyber-Resilienz von Unternehmen: Wenn Stillstand zum Risiko wird
First seen on t3n.de Jump to article: t3n.de/news/cyber-resilienz-unternehmen-risiko-1720779/
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Communicating AI Risk to the Board With Confidence – Kovrr
Articles related to cyber risk quantification, cyber risk management, and cyber resilience. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/communicating-ai-risk-to-the-board-with-confidence-kovrr/
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SantaStealer Malware Steals Sensitive Files, Credentials, and Crypto Wallet Data
Cybersecurity researchers at Rapid7 Labs have uncovered a sophisticated new threat: SantaStealer, a malware-as-a-service information stealer actively promoted on Telegram channels and underground hacker forums. The malware, which recently rebranded from >>BluelineStealer,
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JumpCloud Remote Assist Windows Agent Vulnerability Allows Privilege Escalation
A critical local privilege escalation vulnerability in the JumpCloud Remote Assist for Windows agent allows any low-privileged user on a Windows system to gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges or crash the machine. Tracked as CVE-2025-34352, the flaw affects JumpCloud Remote Assist for Windows versions prior to 0.317.0 and has been rated High severity (CVSS v4.0: 8.5). JumpCloud is a widely used cloud-based Directory-as-a-Service and…
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Jaguar Land Rover Confirms August Cyberattack Led to Employee Data Theft
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has officially confirmed that a major cyberattack in August resulted in the theft of sensitive personal data belonging to current and former employees. This disclosure marks the luxury automaker’s first public admission regarding the full scope of the incident, following a month-long production shutdown that cost the company hundreds of millions…
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Chrome Extension with 6M+ Users Found Collecting AI Chatbot Inputs
A popular browser extension promoted as a free and secure VPN has been discovered secretly capturing user conversations across multiple AI chatbot platforms including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot raising fresh concerns over privacy and data exploitation in the age of generative AI. Researchers using the Wings agentic”‘AI risk engine uncovered that Urban VPN…
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JumpCloud Remote Assist Windows Agent Vulnerability Allows Privilege Escalation
A critical local privilege escalation vulnerability in the JumpCloud Remote Assist for Windows agent allows any low-privileged user on a Windows system to gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges or crash the machine. Tracked as CVE-2025-34352, the flaw affects JumpCloud Remote Assist for Windows versions prior to 0.317.0 and has been rated High severity (CVSS v4.0: 8.5). JumpCloud is a widely used cloud-based Directory-as-a-Service and…
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Jaguar Land Rover Confirms August Cyberattack Led to Employee Data Theft
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has officially confirmed that a major cyberattack in August resulted in the theft of sensitive personal data belonging to current and former employees. This disclosure marks the luxury automaker’s first public admission regarding the full scope of the incident, following a month-long production shutdown that cost the company hundreds of millions…
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SantaStealer Malware Steals Sensitive Files, Credentials, and Crypto Wallet Data
Cybersecurity researchers at Rapid7 Labs have uncovered a sophisticated new threat: SantaStealer, a malware-as-a-service information stealer actively promoted on Telegram channels and underground hacker forums. The malware, which recently rebranded from >>BluelineStealer,
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DORA Compliance Checklist for Cybersecurity
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is now in full effect, and financial institutions across the EU face mounting pressure to demonstrate robust ICT risk management and cyber resilience. With… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/dora-compliance-checklist-for-cybersecurity/
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Security Advisory Regarding BRICKSTORM
Tags: advisory, backdoor, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, infrastructure, malware, mandiant, threat, vmware, windowsExecutive Summary On December 5th, 2025 the US’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency, and Canada’s Cyber Security Centre released a joint malware report on BRICKSTORM, a backdoor targeting VMware vSphere and Windows environments. The suspected threat actor(s), tracked as UNC5221 by Mandiant and WARP PANDA by CrowdStrike, are identified as […]…
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DORA Compliance Checklist for Cybersecurity
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is now in full effect, and financial institutions across the EU face mounting pressure to demonstrate robust ICT risk management and cyber resilience. With… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/dora-compliance-checklist-for-cybersecurity/
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Security Advisory Regarding BRICKSTORM
Tags: advisory, backdoor, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, infrastructure, malware, mandiant, threat, vmware, windowsExecutive Summary On December 5th, 2025 the US’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency, and Canada’s Cyber Security Centre released a joint malware report on BRICKSTORM, a backdoor targeting VMware vSphere and Windows environments. The suspected threat actor(s), tracked as UNC5221 by Mandiant and WARP PANDA by CrowdStrike, are identified as […]…
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DORA Compliance Checklist for Cybersecurity
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is now in full effect, and financial institutions across the EU face mounting pressure to demonstrate robust ICT risk management and cyber resilience. With… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/dora-compliance-checklist-for-cybersecurity/
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Security Advisory Regarding BRICKSTORM
Tags: advisory, backdoor, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, infrastructure, malware, mandiant, threat, vmware, windowsExecutive Summary On December 5th, 2025 the US’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency, and Canada’s Cyber Security Centre released a joint malware report on BRICKSTORM, a backdoor targeting VMware vSphere and Windows environments. The suspected threat actor(s), tracked as UNC5221 by Mandiant and WARP PANDA by CrowdStrike, are identified as […]…
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How Cyber Insurance MGAs Shape Policies for Evolving Cyber Risks
Managing general agents help insurers navigate sectors where they lack expertise. A cybersecurity policy written by an MGA is more likely to reflect an understanding of the risks CISOs deal with. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/how-cyber-insurance-mga-shape-cyber-risk-policy
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Shannon: AI Pentesting Tool That Autonomously Identifies and Exploits Code Vulnerabilities
Keygraph has unveiled Shannon, a fully autonomous artificial intelligence pentester designed to discover and execute real exploits in web applications. Unlike conventional vulnerability scanners that generate false positives, Shannon bridges a critical security gap by delivering proof-of-concept exploits that demonstrate actual risk before attackers do. The modern development workflow has created a significant security paradox. Teams…
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Android Users at Risk as Malware Poses as mParivahan and e-Challan Apps
A sophisticated Android malware campaign dubbed NexusRoute is actively targeting Indian users by impersonating the Indian Government Ministry, mParivahan, and e-Challan services to steal credentials and carry out large-scale financial fraud. The operation combines phishing, malware, and surveillance capabilities. It is being distributed via malicious APKs hosted on GitHub and clusters of phishing domains that…
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Wireshark 4.6.2 Released With Crash Vulnerability Fixes and Protocol Updates
Wireshark, the world’s leading network protocol analyzer, has released version 4.6.2 with critical security updates and important bug fixes. The update addresses compatibility issues, resolves multiple vulnerability concerns, and enhances protocol support for enterprise users and network engineers worldwide. Security Vulnerabilities Patched The latest release fixes two critical security vulnerabilities that could have impacted network…