Tag: cyber
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CISOs’ security priorities reveal an augmented cyber agenda
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, edr, email, framework, governance, healthcare, incident response, intelligence, malware, microsoft, mssp, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, siem, soc, software, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustCSOConsequently, 41% are planning to leverage AI to detect threats, for anomaly detection, and to automate security responses. Other respondents cited plans to leverage AI for malware detection and real-time risk prediction (39%), as well as DLP and improving enterprise system visibility.Further, 40% expect to see AI enhancements as part of their existing security systems,…
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Pakistani Cyber Actors Impersonating ‘NIC eEmail Services’ to Target Indian Government
Tags: attack, credentials, cyber, email, government, group, india, infrastructure, phishing, service, spear-phishing, threatPakistan-based advanced persistent threat group APT36, also known as TransparentTribe, is actively targeting Indian government entities with a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign using email lures themed as “NIC eEmail Services.” This campaign leverages lookalike domains and weaponized infrastructure to steal credentials and enable long-term espionage. The attack begins with email messages that convincingly mimic official notifications…
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US NSA alleged to have launched a cyber attack on a Chinese agency
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, china, ciso, cloud, communications, control, country, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, finance, hacker, infrastructure, international, login, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, RedTeam, resilience, sans, service, spy, supply-chain, technology“NSA does not confirm nor deny allegations in the media regarding its operations. Our core focus is countering foreign malign activities persistently targeting American interests, and we will continue to defend against adversaries wishing to threaten us.”The Chinese post says the country “shattered the US cyber attack plot of stealing secrets and infiltration and sabotage,…
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CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Windows SMB Vulnerability
Tags: cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, threat, vulnerability, windowsThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical Microsoft Windows Server Message Block (SMB) vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, warning that threat actors are actively exploiting the security flaw in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-33073, affects the Windows SMB Client and could allow attackers to escalate privileges on…
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Cyber-Vorfall bei Christ Group (Juweliere) Angreifer melden sich
Bei der Christ Group allgemein als Kette von Schmuckverkäufern bzw. Juwelieren bekannt wurde vom 2 Wochen ein Cyberangriff bekannt. Das Unternehmen hat den Angriff bestätigt und eine Verlautbarung veröffentlicht. Nun haben die Angreifer damit begonnen, Daten zu veröffentlichen … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/10/21/cyber-vorfall-bei-christ-group-juweliere-angreifer-melden-sich/
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New LOSTKEYS Malware Tied to Russian State-Sponsored Hacker Group COLDRIVER
Russian state-sponsored threat actor COLDRIVER, long known for targeting high-profile NGOs, policy advisors, and dissidents, has been linked to a rapidly evolving malware campaign following the public disclosure of its LOSTKEYS malware in May 2025. After details of LOSTKEYS surfaced, COLDRIVER (also tracked as UNC4057, Star Blizzard, and Callisto) pivoted away from the compromised malware.…
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Cyber-Vorfall bei Christ Group (Juweliere) Angreifer melden sich
Bei der Christ Group allgemein als Kette von Schmuckverkäufern bzw. Juwelieren bekannt wurde vom 2 Wochen ein Cyberangriff bekannt. Das Unternehmen hat den Angriff bestätigt und eine Verlautbarung veröffentlicht. Nun haben die Angreifer damit begonnen, Daten zu veröffentlichen … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/10/21/cyber-vorfall-bei-christ-group-juweliere-angreifer-melden-sich/
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Over 71,000 WatchGuard Devices Exposed to Remote Code Execution Attacks
The cybersecurity community has raised a serious alarm following the recent daily reporting of vulnerable WatchGuard devices impacted by a major security flaw. According to new data published on October 18, 2025, security researchers at Shadowserver observed over 71,000 WatchGuard devices part of a global exposure that could allow remote code execution attacks. This surge…
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Cyber-Vorfall bei Christ Group (Juweliere) Angreifer melden sich
Bei der Christ Group allgemein als Kette von Schmuckverkäufern bzw. Juwelieren bekannt wurde vom 2 Wochen ein Cyberangriff bekannt. Das Unternehmen hat den Angriff bestätigt und eine Verlautbarung veröffentlicht. Nun haben die Angreifer damit begonnen, Daten zu veröffentlichen … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/10/21/cyber-vorfall-bei-christ-group-juweliere-angreifer-melden-sich/
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Pakistani Cyber Actors Impersonating ‘NIC eEmail Services’ to Target Indian Government
Tags: attack, credentials, cyber, email, government, group, india, infrastructure, phishing, service, spear-phishing, threatPakistan-based advanced persistent threat group APT36, also known as TransparentTribe, is actively targeting Indian government entities with a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign using email lures themed as “NIC eEmail Services.” This campaign leverages lookalike domains and weaponized infrastructure to steal credentials and enable long-term espionage. The attack begins with email messages that convincingly mimic official notifications…
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New cyber resilience centre to help SMEs fend off cyber threats
Spearheaded by the Singapore Business Federation, the cyber resilience centre will equip SMEs in the city-state with cyber security capabilities to mitigate and recover from cyber attacks First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366633233/New-cyber-resilience-centre-to-help-SMEs-fend-off-cyber-threats
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CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Windows SMB Vulnerability
Tags: cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, threat, vulnerability, windowsThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical Microsoft Windows Server Message Block (SMB) vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, warning that threat actors are actively exploiting the security flaw in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-33073, affects the Windows SMB Client and could allow attackers to escalate privileges on…
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When everything’s connected, everything’s at risk
In this Help Net Security interview, Ken Deitz, CISO at Brown Brown, discusses how the definition of cyber risk has expanded beyond IT to include IoT, OT, and broader … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/21/ken-deitz-brown-brown-assets-cyber-risk/
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Securing AI to Benefit from AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds tremendous promise for improving cyber defense and making the lives of security practitioners easier. It can help teams cut through alert fatigue, spot patterns faster, and bring a level of scale that human analysts alone can’t match. But realizing that potential depends on securing the systems that make it possible.Every organization…
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New cyber resilience centre to help SMEs fend off cyber threats
Spearheaded by the Singapore Business Federation, the cyber resilience centre will equip SMEs in the city-state with cyber security capabilities to mitigate and recover from cyber attacks First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366633233/New-cyber-resilience-centre-to-help-SMEs-fend-off-cyber-threats
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Pakistani Cyber Actors Impersonating ‘NIC eEmail Services’ to Target Indian Government
Tags: attack, credentials, cyber, email, government, group, india, infrastructure, phishing, service, spear-phishing, threatPakistan-based advanced persistent threat group APT36, also known as TransparentTribe, is actively targeting Indian government entities with a sophisticated spear-phishing campaign using email lures themed as “NIC eEmail Services.” This campaign leverages lookalike domains and weaponized infrastructure to steal credentials and enable long-term espionage. The attack begins with email messages that convincingly mimic official notifications…
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China Alleges US Hacked National Time Center
The allegations, announced on the ministry’s official WeChat account, signal a new escalation in the ongoing cyber and geopolitical rivalry between the two countries. The post China Alleges US Hacked National Time Center appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-china-national-time-center/
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Hackers Used Snappybee Malware and Citrix Flaw to Breach European Telecom Network
A European telecommunications organization is said to have been targeted by a threat actor that aligns with a China-nexus cyber espionage group known as Salt Typhoon.The organization, per Darktrace, was targeted in the first week of July 2025, with the attackers exploiting a Citrix NetScaler Gateway appliance to obtain initial access.Salt Typhoon, also known as…
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New GlassWorm Threat Uses Stealthy Code to Target OpenVSX Extensions
GlassWorm is the world’s first self-propagating worm targeting VS Code extensions in the OpenVSX marketplace, unleashing invisible malicious payloads and decentralized command infrastructure that make it nearly impossible to detect or dismantle. First identified on October 17, 2025, GlassWorm hijacks developer machines via invisible Unicode code, harvests credentials, drains cryptocurrency wallets, and transforms infected systems…
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LANSCOPE Endpoint Manager Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution
A critical security flaw has been found in the on-premise edition of LANSCOPE Endpoint Manager that could let attackers run malicious code on vulnerable machines. The issue, tracked as CVE-2025-61932, involves a remote code execution vulnerability in two core components: the Client Program (MR) and the Detection Agent (DA). Customers have already seen attempts to…
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AWS Resolves Major Outage After Nearly 24 Hours of Service Disruption
Amazon Web Services experienced a significant service disruption in its US-EAST-1 region that lasted nearly 24 hours, affecting over 140 services and causing widespread issues for customers worldwide. The outage began late on October 19, 2025, and was fully resolved by the afternoon of October 20. Root Cause Identified as DNS Resolution Issue The incident…
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Hackers Used Snappybee Malware and Citrix Flaw to Breach European Telecom Network
A European telecommunications organization is said to have been targeted by a threat actor that aligns with a China-nexus cyber espionage group known as Salt Typhoon.The organization, per Darktrace, was targeted in the first week of July 2025, with the attackers exploiting a Citrix NetScaler Gateway appliance to obtain initial access.Salt Typhoon, also known as…
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Cavalry Werewolf APT Targets Multiple Sectors Using FoalShell and StallionRAT
From May to August 2025, an advanced persistent threat group known as Cavalry Werewolf”, also tracked as YoroTrooper and Silent Lynx”, executed a sophisticated attack campaign targeting Russia’s public sector and vital industries such as energy, mining, and manufacturing. The coordinated offensive leveraged trusted relationships for highly targeted spear-phishing and deployed a custom multi-language malware…
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LANSCOPE Endpoint Manager Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution
A critical security flaw has been found in the on-premise edition of LANSCOPE Endpoint Manager that could let attackers run malicious code on vulnerable machines. The issue, tracked as CVE-2025-61932, involves a remote code execution vulnerability in two core components: the Client Program (MR) and the Detection Agent (DA). Customers have already seen attempts to…
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AdaptixC2 Emerges in npm Supply-Chain Exploit Against Developers
Tags: attack, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, framework, kaspersky, malicious, open-source, risk, software, supply-chain, threatCybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky have uncovered a sophisticated supply chain attack targeting the npm ecosystem, where threat actors distributed the AdaptixC2 post-exploitation framework through a malicious package disguised as a legitimate proxy utility. The discovery highlights the growing risk of open-source software repositories as attack vectors for delivering advanced malware. In October 2025, Kaspersky experts…
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CISA Warns of Oracle E-Business Suite SSRF Vulnerability Actively Exploited in Attacks
Tags: attack, business, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, oracle, risk, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after detecting active exploitation in the wild. The security flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-61884, poses significant risks to organizations running the widely-deployed enterprise resource planning software. Critical SSRF Flaw Requires Immediate Action CVE-2025-61884 is a…
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CISOs’ security priorities reveal an augmented cyber agenda
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, edr, email, framework, governance, healthcare, incident response, intelligence, malware, microsoft, mssp, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, siem, soc, software, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustCSOConsequently, 41% are planning to leverage AI to detect threats, for anomaly detection, and to automate security responses. Other respondents cited plans to leverage AI for malware detection and real-time risk prediction (39%), as well as DLP and improving enterprise system visibility.Further, 40% expect to see AI enhancements as part of their existing security systems,…
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New GlassWorm Threat Uses Stealthy Code to Target OpenVSX Extensions
GlassWorm is the world’s first self-propagating worm targeting VS Code extensions in the OpenVSX marketplace, unleashing invisible malicious payloads and decentralized command infrastructure that make it nearly impossible to detect or dismantle. First identified on October 17, 2025, GlassWorm hijacks developer machines via invisible Unicode code, harvests credentials, drains cryptocurrency wallets, and transforms infected systems…
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ColdRiver Drops Fresh Malware on Targets
The Russia-backed threat actor’s latest cyber spying campaign is a classic example of how quickly sophisticated hacking groups can pivot when exposed. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/coldriver-drops-fresh-malware-targets
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China blames US for cyber break-in, claims America is world’s biggest bit burglar
‘US is “¦ the greatest source of chaos in cyberspace’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/china_accuses_us_cyber_warfare/