Tag: cyber
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ShadowSilk Targets Penetration-Testing Tools and Public Exploits to Breach Organizations
Tags: breach, cyber, cybersecurity, data, exploit, government, group, penetration-testing, threat, toolCybersecurity experts discovered an advanced persistent threat (APT) cluster called ShadowSilk in a thorough research published by Group-IB. Since at least 2023, this group has been actively breaching government institutions in Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific area. The group’s operations, ongoing as of July 2025, focus primarily on data exfiltration, leveraging a sophisticated blend of…
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FreePBX Servers Hit by 0-Day Exploit, Disable Internet Access Advised
Tags: access, control, cyber, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, Internet, network, remote-code-execution, vulnerability, zero-dayFreePBX administrators worldwide have been urged to immediately disable public internet access to their systems after a critical 0-day vulnerability was discovered in the commercial Endpoint Manager module. The Sangoma FreePBX Security Team confirmed that attacker-controlled exploit code can gain unauthenticated remote code execution on systems with the Administrator Control Panel exposed to hostile networks,…
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Dutch intelligence agencies report country was targeted by Chinese cyber spies
The Netherlands announced on Thursday that it was targeted by a Chinese cyber-espionage campaign tracked as Salt Typhoon and RedMike that has been compromising critical infrastructure globally. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/dutch-intelligence-cyber-spies-salt
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NSA, NCSC, and allies detailed TTPs associated with Chinese APT actors targeting critical infrastructure Orgs
NSA and allies warn that Chinese APT actors, including Salt Typhoon, are targeting critical infrastructure worldwide. The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and allies warn Chinese APT actors, linked to Salt Typhoon, are targeting global telecom, government, transport, lodging, and military sectors. >>The National Security Agency (NSA) and…
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U.S. Treasury Sanctions North Korean IT Worker Network Funding Weapons Programs
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on Russian national Vitaliy Sergeyevich Andreyev, DPRK official Kim Ung Sun, Chinese entity Shenyang Geumpungri Network Technology Co., Ltd. DPRK-based Korea Sinjin Trading Corporation for their involvement in a sophisticated fraudulent scheme involving information technology workers orchestrated by the Democratic…
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Cisco Nexus 3000 9000 Vulnerability Enables DoS Attacks
Cisco has issued a high-severity security advisory warning of a dangerous vulnerability in its Nexus 3000 and 9000 Series switches that could allow attackers to trigger denial of service (DoS) attacks through crafted network packets. The vulnerability, tracked asCVE-2025-20241and assigned a CVSS score of 7.4, affects the Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) feature in Cisco NX-OS…
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New Research Explores Emulating Scattered Spider Tactics in Real-World Scenarios
Experts have described methods for mimicking the strategies of the advanced persistent threat (APT) group Scattered Spider in a recent in-depth analysis by cybersecurity company Lares, allowing enterprises to strengthen their defenses through adversarial cooperation. Lares specializes in threat emulation, replicating real-world tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) observed in cybercriminal activities. By dissecting incidents like…
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First AI-Powered Ransomware “PromptLock” Uses OpenAI gpt-oss-20b for Encryption
PromptLock, a novel ransomware strain discovered by the ESET Research team, marks the first known instance of malware harnessing a local large language model to generate its malicious payload on the victim’s machine. Rather than carrying pre-compiled attack logic, PromptLock ships with hard-coded prompts that instruct a locally hosted OpenAI gpt-oss:20b model”, accessed via the…
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UK cyber security centre helps expose China-based cyber campaign
GCHQ cyber security centre and its international partners release details of malicious cyber activity linked to Chinese businesses First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366630019/UK-cyber-security-centre-helps-expose-China-based-cyber-campaign
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BadSuccessor After Patch: Using dMSAs for Credential Theft and Lateral Movement in AD
Akamai researchers evaluated Microsoft’s patch for the BadSuccessor vulnerability (CVE-2025-53779) to determine its scope and limitations. While the update effectively blocks the original direct escalation path, the core mechanics of BadSuccessor remain exploitable under specific conditions. In this article, we examine how attackers can continue to leverage delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSAs) for credential theft…
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Microsoft Unveils Storm-0501’s Cloud-Based Ransomware Deployment Tactics
Tags: backup, cloud, cyber, data, encryption, endpoint, exploit, intelligence, malware, microsoft, ransom, ransomware, tactics, threatMicrosoft Threat Intelligence has detailed the evolving tactics of the financially motivated threat actor Storm-0501, which has transitioned from traditional on-premises ransomware deployments to sophisticated cloud-based operations. Unlike conventional ransomware that relies on endpoint encryption malware and subsequent decryption key negotiations, Storm-0501 exploits cloud-native capabilities to exfiltrate massive data volumes, obliterate backups, and enforce ransom…
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Chinese Tech Firms Linked to Salt Typhoon Espionage Campaigns
The US, UK and allies have called out China’s “commercial cyber ecosystem” for enabling large-scale Salt Typhoon campaigns First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chinese-tech-firms-salt-typhoon/
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Chinese State Hackers Target Global Critical Infrastructure, NSA Warns
A coalition of cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from across the globe, including the United States National Security Agency (NSA), has issued a joint advisory revealing ongoing cyber intrusions by State-Sponsored Actors linked to the Chinese government. These actors are allegedly targeting critical infrastructure networks around the world in a broad and persistent campaign of cyber…
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115.000 Phishing-Emails in einer Woche versendet
Tags: awareness, best-practice, cyber, email, google, infrastructure, mail, phishing, saas, softwareEine neue Art des Phishings breitet sich aus. Sie setzt dabei auf bewährte Marken, unaufgeklärte Mitarbeitende und ungeschützte Kanäle.Laut Google nutzen 40 Millionen Lehrer und Schüler weltweit Google Classroom, um Leistungsnachweise, Schulaufgaben und Lehrmaterial bereitzustellen. Da die Software weit verbreitet ist, wird sie attraktiv für Cyberkriminelle. Eine immer noch aktive, weltweite auftretende Kampagne hat der…
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Schwachstellen in Fortinet FortiWeb; Directus, Hack bei Salesloft und mehr
Administratoren von Fortinet FortiWeb müssen reagieren, denn es gibt eine Warnung vor Schwachstellen. Nutzer des Webseiten-Builders Directus müssen ebenfalls wegen einer Schwachstelle reagieren. Hier ein Überblick über diverse Sicherheitslücken in Produkten, sowie weitere Cyber-Vorfälle. So wurden bei Salesloft Tokens über … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/08/27/schwachstellen-in-fortigate-directus-und-mehr/
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Regierung plant stärkere Cyberabwehr
Die Bundesregierung will Ende des Jahres einen Gesetzentwurf vorlegen, der die Cyberabwehr in Deutschland stärken soll.Die Bundesregierung hat ein entschiedeneres Vorgehen gegen Sicherheitsbedrohungen im digitalen Raum angekündigt. Wie Regierung und Bundesinnenministerium mitteilten, beschloss das Kabinett entsprechende Eckpunkte zur Erhöhung der Cybersicherheit.Das Innenministerium plant demnach, bis Ende des Jahres einen Gesetzentwurf vorzulegen, der den Sicherheitsbehörden mehr…
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The CISO succession crisis: why companies have no plan and how to change that
The technical-to-strategic divide: One major obstacle keeping many mid-level security pros from becoming CISOs isn’t their tech skills, it’s learning to shift from doing hands-on security work to acting as strategic business partners. That change takes a whole new set of skills and a different way of thinking.”I think you see this with a lot…
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New Research and PoC Reveal Security Risks in LLM-Based Coding
A recent investigation has uncovered that relying solely on large language models (LLMs) to generate application code can introduce critical security vulnerabilities, according to a detailed blog post published on August 22, 2025. The research underscores that LLMs, which are trained on broad internet data”, much of it insecure example code”, often replicate unsafe patterns…
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New TamperedChef Attack Uses Weaponized PDF Editor to Steal Sensitive Data and Login Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers at Truesec have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign distributing a weaponized PDF editor under the guise of >>AppSuite PDF Editor.
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CISA Releases Guide to Hunt and Mitigate Chinese State-Sponsored Threats
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) unveiled a comprehensive Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) designed to empower network defenders to detect, hunt, and mitigate the activities of advanced persistent threat (APT) actors linked to the People’s Republic of China. Drawing on a coordinated effort with the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),…
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NSFOCUS was Included Among Representative Vendors in “The Cloud Native Application Protection Solutions Landscape”
Recently, Forrester released the 2025 “The Cloud Native Application Protection Solutions Landscape” report. NSFOCUS Cloud Native Application Protection Solution (hereinafter referred to as “NSFOCUS CNAPP”) has been selected among Representative vendors in the field of cloud native security, which NSFOCUS believes is due to its continuous innovation and prospective layout. The solution is an integrated,…The…
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CISA Issues Alert on Citrix NetScaler 0-Day RCE Exploited in the Wild
Tags: cisa, citrix, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerability, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert after detecting active exploitation of a critical zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler devices. Designated CVE-2025-7775, the flaw stems from a memory overflow in NetScaler’s traffic management subsystem and was recently added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog. Evidence…
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Microsoft Teams Flaw Prevents Users From Accessing Embedded Office Files
A widespread service disruption is currently affectingMicrosoft Teamsusers across the globe, preventing access to embedded Office documents within the collaboration platform. The issue, which began surfacing, has created significant workflow interruptions for organizations relying on seamless document integration. Core Functionality Compromised The current problem strikes at the heart of Teams’ collaborative capabilities. Users are experiencing…
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Over 28,000 Citrix Servers at Risk from Active 0-Day RCE Exploit
Tags: citrix, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, rce, remote-code-execution, risk, threat, vulnerability, zero-dayAcritical zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilityis currently threatening the security of over 28,000 Citrix instances worldwide. The flaw, designated as CVE-2025-7775, is being actively exploited by threat actors, prompting urgent security warnings from cybersecurity authorities and immediate action requirements from organizations running affected systems. Widespread Vulnerability Exposure The Shadowserver Foundation’s latest research reveals alarming statistics…
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7 Anzeichen für akuten MSSP-Bedarf
Tags: best-practice, ceo, ciso, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, incident, incident response, intelligence, mssp, service, soc, software, threat, tool, updateManaged Security Service Provider können das Sicherheitsniveau nachhaltig steigern.Ein Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) bietet seinen Kunden ein umfassendes Spektrum an Sicherheits-Services. Als Drittanbieter kann ein MSSP die Arbeitsbelastung der internen IT-Teams deutlich reduzieren und Zeit freisetzen, um sich mit essenziellen Unternehmensprozessen und strategischen Überlegungen auseinanderzusetzen. Darüber hinaus kann ein MSSP unter anderem auch dazu…
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Attackers exploiting NetScaler ADC and Gateway zero day flaw, Citrix warns
Tags: access, advisory, attack, authentication, backdoor, citrix, control, country, cve, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, group, infrastructure, mitigation, rce, remote-code-execution, service, update, vulnerability, zero-dayNetScaler must be configured as Gateway (VPN virtual server, ICA Proxy, CVPN, RDP Proxy) or AAA virtual server.NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway 13.1, 14.1, 13.1-FIPS and NDcPP: LB virtual servers of type (HTTP, SSL or HTTP_QUIC) bound with IPv6 services or service groups bound with IPv6 servers, and those bound with DBS IPv6 services or…
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Keeper Security Launches KeeperAI
Keeper Security has today unveiled KeeperAI, a new agentic AI feature for its KeeperPAM® platform. KeeperAI enables real-time session monitoring and analysis, automated threat classification and instant response to combat cyber attacks and suspicious behaviour customisable to meet an organisation’s exact specifications. Cyberattacks are getting faster, more widespread, and increasingly more automated with AI, making The…
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KnowBe4 Report Reveals Global Financial Sector Faces Unprecedented Cyber Threat Surge
Tags: ai, attack, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, finance, risk, risk-management, supply-chain, theft, threat, vulnerabilityKnowBe4, the human risk management cybersecurity platform, has released its latest research paper >>Financial Sector Threats Report,
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Chinese Hacker Suspect Arrested in South Korea Over Major Financial Cyberattack
South Korean authorities have successfully extradited a key suspect in a large-scale hacking operation that resulted in the embezzlement of over 38 billion won (approximately $28.5 million USD) from high-profile victims. The individual, identified as Mr. G, a 34-year-old Chinese national, was repatriated from Thailand to Incheon International Airport on August 22, 2025, marking the…