Tag: cyber
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Bevor es ‘knallt”: Wie DataContainment Angriffe stoppt, bevor sie eskalieren
Ransomware-Angriffe verdoppeln sich, Erkennungszeiten bleiben erschreckend lang und trotzdem setzen viele Unternehmen noch immer auf reaktive Sicherheit. Dabei liegt der Schlüssel zur Cyber-Resilienz längst in der proaktiven Eindämmung. Wie Data-Breach-Containment zur tragenden Säule moderner IT-Sicherheitsarchitekturen wird durch Mikrosegmentierung, automatische Isolierung und eine kompromisslose Zero-Trust-Strategie. First seen on itsicherheit-online.com Jump to article: www.itsicherheit-online.com/news/security-management/bevor-es-knallt-wie-data-breach-containment-angriffe-stoppt-bevor-sie-eskalieren/
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Custom Active Directory Extensions Create Stealthy Backdoors for Corporate Attacks
Active Directory (AD) Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are a cornerstone of centralized management for Windows environments, enabling administrators to configure operating systems, applications, and user settings across all domain-connected machines. The real work of applying these policies on client machines is handled by Client-Side Extensions (CSEs)”, specialized dynamic link libraries (DLLs) that interpret and enforce…
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How to manage your cyber risk in a modern attack surface
According to research, 62% of organizations said their attack surface grew over the past year. It’s no coincidence that 76% of organizations also reported a cyberattack due to … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/04/outpost24-attack-surface-risk-protection/
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DollyWay World Domination Attack Compromises 20,000+ Sites
Since 2016, the “DollyWay World Domination” campaign has quietly compromised more than 20,000 WordPress websites worldwide, exploiting vulnerabilities in plugins and themes to redirect visitors to malicious destinations. The operation’s name comes from a telltale code string found in infected sites: phpdefine(‘DOLLY_WAY’, ‘World Domination’); DollyWay’s infection chain is highly sophisticated, employing a four-stage JavaScript and…
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Zwischen Sicherheit und Wettbewerbsvorteil – Der EU Cyber Resilience Act und seine Auswirkungen
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/eu-cyber-resilience-act-auswirkungen-auf-unternehmen-a-5b178a243bfe7d433b91dfae4ee6cada/
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Victoria’s Secret Delays Earnings Call Due to Cyber Incident
But that didn’t stop the clothing retailer from issuing preliminary results for the first quarter of 2025. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/victorias-secret-delays-earnings-cyber-incident
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Cyber resilience is the new deterrence: Why Congress must act before the next escalation
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/perspective/cyber-resilience-is-the-new-deterrence-why-congress-must-act-before-the-next-escalation
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Trump’s 2026 Budget Guts CISA: Nearly 30% of Jobs and $500M on the Chopping Block
Trump’s 2026 budget proposal seeks to cut nearly 30% of CISA’s workforce and $495M from its budget, slashing key cyber defense and election security programs. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/trump-2026-budget-cuts-cisa/
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Cyber Attacks Are Up 47% in 2025 AI is One Key Factor
Another key factor is that ransomware has turned into a business model, Check Point researchers report. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-cyber-attacks-check-point/
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Trump’s cyber nominees gain broad industry support
CISA director and national cyber director nominees could transform how the federal government engages with the private sector on cybersecurity issues. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/trump-cyber-sean-plankey-cairncross-nominees-endorsements/749663/
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Experts endorse Sean Cairncross for national cyber director ahead of Senate hearing
Tags: cyberThe letter to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee leaders comes shortly before they consider his nomination. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/sean-cairncross-national-cyber-director-endorsement/
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New Linux PumaBot Targets IoT Devices with SSH Credential Brute-Force Attack
A new and insidious threat has surfaced in the cybersecurity landscape as Darktrace’s Threat Research team uncovers PumaBot, a Go-based Linux botnet meticulously designed to exploit embedded Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Unlike conventional botnets that cast a wide net through indiscriminate internet scans, PumaBot employs a highly targeted strategy, fetching a curated list of…
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Russian Hacker Black Owl Targets Critical Industries to Steal Financial Data
A pro-Ukrainian hacktivist group known as BO Team, also operating under aliases such as Black Owl, Lifting Zmiy, and Hoody Hyena, has emerged as a formidable threat to Russian organizations in 2025. This group, which publicly declared its intentions via a Telegram channel in early 2024, has been implicated in a series of devastating cyberattacks…
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Researchers Reveal Container-Based Attacks Through Host-Based Log Analysis
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on the often-underestimated vulnerabilities in containerized environments, emphasizing the critical role of host-based log analysis in uncovering sophisticated attacks. Containers, widely adopted for their ability to encapsulate application dependencies and ensure deployment consistency, are frequently perceived as highly isolated. However, as experts have now demonstrated, this isolation is far from…
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Trump Budget Plan to Cut Nearly 1000 Jobs at Cyber Agency CISA
CISA is facing $495m budget cut, losing 1000 employees and reducing staff to 2324 First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/trump-cut-nearly-1000-jobs-cisa/
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Trump Budget Plan to Cut Nearly 1000 Jobs at Cyber Agency CISA
CISA is facing $495m budget cut, losing 1000 employees and reducing staff to 2324 First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/trump-cut-nearly-1000-jobs-cisa/
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Top Russian Dark Web Market Tools Drive Surge in Credential Theft Attacks
In a chilling revelation for cybersecurity professionals, the Russian Market has solidified its position as the leading hub for stolen credentials, fueling a dramatic rise in credential theft attacks worldwide. According to a 2024 report by ReliaQuest’s GreyMatter Digital Risk Protection (DRP) service, over 136,000 customer alerts were raised concerning potential stolen credentials on this…
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State-Sponsored Groups Intensify Attacks on Manufacturing Sector and OT Systems
The manufacturing sector has emerged as a prime target for cyber attackers in 2024, with a staggering 71% surge in active threat actors compared to the previous year, according to a recent report by Forescout Technologies. Between 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, 29 threat actors were actively targeting this critical infrastructure sector, with…
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Android Security Update Addresses High-Severity Privilege Escalation Flaws
The Android Security Bulletin for June 2025, published on June 2, details a series of high-severity vulnerabilities affecting a wide range of Android devices. Security patch levels of 2025-06-05 or later address all reported issues, with source code patches set for imminent release to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository. The most critical vulnerability…
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Aembit Extends Workload IAM to Microsoft Ecosystem, Securing Hybrid Access for Non-Human Identities
Aembit, the workload identity and access management (IAM) company, today announced a major expansion of its platform to support Microsoft environments. With this launch, enterprises can now enforce secure, policy-based access for software workloads and agentic AI running on Windows Server, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and Azure while extending that same access model […]…
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One hacker, many names: Industry collaboration aims to fix cyber threat label chaos
Tags: advisory, attack, blizzard, china, corporate, country, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, group, guide, hacker, india, intelligence, international, microsoft, risk, russia, threatBuilding a translation guide, not a standard: The collaboration is analyst-driven, focusing on harmonizing known adversary profiles through direct cooperation between the companies’ threat research teams. Already, the effort has led to alignment on more than 80 threat actors, confirming connections that had previously been uncertain.The companies describe their effort as creating a “Rosetta Stone”…
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CISA Alerts on ConnectWise ScreenConnect Authentication Vulnerability Actively Exploited
Tags: attack, authentication, cisa, cve, cyber, exploit, flaw, injection, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityA critical improper authentication vulnerability has been discovered in ConnectWise ScreenConnect, tracked as CVE-2025-3935 and mapped to CWE-287 (Improper Authentication). This flaw affects all ScreenConnect versions up to and including 25.2.3, exposing them to ViewState code injection attacks that could result in remote code execution (RCE) if machine keys are compromised. Technical Details: Vulnerability Summary…
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Apple iOS Activation Flaw Enables Injection of Unauthenticated XML Payloads
A severe vulnerability in Apple’s iOS activation infrastructure has been uncovered, posing a significant risk to device security during the setup phase. This flaw, identified in the iOS Activation Backend at the endpoint humb.apple.com/humbug/baa, allows attackers to inject unauthenticated XML .plist payloads without any form of sender verification or signature validation. Tested on the latest…
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Blick auf die pro-russischen Cyber-Aktivitäten und den verstärkten Fokus der NATO auf Cyberresilienz
Check Point Software Technologies wirft einen Blick auf die Bedrohung des nächsten NATO-Gipfels durch Cyber-Attacken. Während sich die Niederlande auf den NATO-Gipfel in Den Haag vorbereiten, stehen sie nicht nur diplomatisch im Rampenlicht, sondern auch digital im Fadenkreuz. In den letzten Monaten wurden niederländische Regierungswebsites, öffentliche Dienste und kritische digitale Infrastrukturen von einer Welle von…
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US cyber agency CISA faces stiff budget cuts
CISA is one of several US agencies facing drastic budget cuts under the Trump administration First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366625236/US-cyber-agency-CISA-faces-stiff-budget-cuts
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New Safari XSS Vulnerability Exploits JavaScript Error Handling to Run Arbitrary Code
Cross-site scripting (XSS) remains one of the most persistent threats in web security, but most discussions focus on traditional vectors. A lesser-known but intriguing avenue is exploiting JavaScript TypeError messages in Safari to achieve XSS. This technique leverages how Safari constructs error messages, specifically failing to escape embedded quotes, which can allow for code injection…
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New Report: Governments Struggle to Regain Backdoor Access to Secure Communications
Tags: access, backdoor, communications, cyber, cybersecurity, encryption, government, monitoring, network, privacy, vpnA crucial point has been reached in the conflict between personal privacy and governmental monitoring in a time when digital communication is essential. Governments worldwide are grappling with the proliferation of strong encryption in messaging apps, social media platforms, and virtual private networks (VPNs). As a cybersecurity researcher with nearly three decades of insight into…