Tag: cyber
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Claroty, Nozomi, Armis Top Cyber-Physical Security Rankings
Gartner MQ for Cyber-Physical Security Details Pros, Cons of Pure-Play Approach. Pure-play OT specialists Claroty, Nozomi and Dragos were joined by asset management expert Armis and behemoth Microsoft atop Gartner’s first-ever ranking of cyber-physical systems vendors. Historically, a wide range of vendors were grouped together under the broad umbrella of OT security. First seen on…
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Trump’s Staffing Overhauls Hit Nation’s Cyber Defense Agency
Current and Former Officials Express Optimism, Concerns Over Cyber Leadership Picks. Top leadership at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency may be coming into view as the Trump administration has begun attaching names to senior positions. Karen Evans will be executive assistant director for cybersecurity. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/trumps-staffing-overhauls-hit-nations-cyber-defense-agency-a-27630
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Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/hegseth-orders-cyber-command-stand-down-russia-planning
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Microsoft files lawsuit against LLMjacking gang that bypassed AI safeguards
LLMjacking can cost organizations a lot of money: LLMjacking is a continuation of the cybercriminal practice of abusing stolen cloud account credentials for various illegal operations, such as cryptojacking, abusing hacked cloud computing resources to mine cryptocurrency. The difference is that large quantities of API calls to LLMs can quickly rack up huge costs, with…
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Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Tags: attack, control, cyber, cybersecurity, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, russia, threat, vulnerabilityRecent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now'<ul><li>Don’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. <a href=”https://app.adjust.com/1ja835wd”>Download our free app to get trusted reporting.</li></ul>The <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration”>Trump administration has publicly and privately signaled that it does not believe <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/russia”>Russia…
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Is your enterprise ‘cyber resilient’? Probably not. Here’s how other boards fixed that
Tags: backup, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, endpoint, finance, framework, governance, incident, metric, monitoring, nist, resilience, risk, service, strategy, supply-chain, tool, training, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementLockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin introduced its Cyber Resiliency Level (CRL) Framework and corresponding Scoreboard in 2018, illustrating a more formalized approach to measuring cyber resilience during this period. The company’s Cyber Resiliency Scoreboard includes tools like a questionnaire and dashboard for measuring the maturity levels of six categories, including Cyber Hygiene and Architecture.MIT: The Balanced Scorecard for Cyber Resilience (BSCR) provides…
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Anne Neuberger on AI: ‘We have to challenge ourselves to be first’
The Click Here podcast caught up with Anne Neuberger, the former White House deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies on the sidelines of this year’s Munich Security Conference. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/neuberger-on-ai-challenge-to-be-first
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Chinese Hackers Breach Belgium State Security Service as Investigation Continues
Belgium’s State Security Service (VSSE) has suffered what is being described as its most severe security breach to date. For nearly two years, a group of Chinese hackers exploited a vulnerability in Barracuda’s Email Security Gateway Appliance, a cybersecurity tool used by the VSSE, to access approximately 10% of the agency’s email traffic. The breach,…
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Hacktivist Groups Emerge With Powerful Tools for Large-Scale Cyber Operations
Hacktivism, once synonymous with symbolic website defacements and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, has evolved into a sophisticated tool for cyber warfare and influence operations. Recent research highlights how state-sponsored actors are increasingly leveraging hacktivist tactics to conduct large-scale cyber campaigns, blurring the lines between grassroots activism and government-directed operations. These groups, often cloaked in anonymity…
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Hacktivismus entwickelt sich zunehmend zu staatlich geförderten Cyber-Operationen
Tags: cyberDie CPR-Studie ist ein wichtiger Schritt zum Verständnis des modernen Hacktivismus, indem sie dessen Entwicklung, die Hauptakteure und die fortschrittlichen Techniken zur Enttarnung hervorhebt. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/hacktivismus-entwickelt-sich-zunehmend-zu-staatlich-gefoerderten-cyber-operationen/a40008/
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OT/ICS cyber threats escalate as geopolitical conflicts intensify
Ransomware attacks against industrial organizations surged by 87% over the past year, while new malware families designed specifically for OT environments emerged. These … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/02/28/dragos-2025-ot-ics-cybersecurity-report/
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MITRE Caldera RCE vulnerability with public PoC fixed, patch ASAP! (CVE-202527364)
Users of the MITRE Caldera cyber security platform have been urged to plug a critical hole (CVE-202527364) that may allow unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/02/28/mitre-caldera-rce-vulnerability-with-public-poc-cve-2025-27364/
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NHS staff lack confidence in health service cyber measures
NHS staff understand their role in protecting the health service from cyber threats and the public backs them in this aim, but legacy tech and a lack of training are hindering efforts, according to BT First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366619852/NHS-staff-lack-confidence-in-health-service-cyber-measures
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Third-Party Attacks Drive Major Financial Losses in 2024
Data from Resilience found that third-party attacks made up 23% of material cyber insurance claims in 2024, with ransomware attacks targeting vendors a major driver First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/third-party-financial-losses/
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CISA Appoints Karen Evans as New Cybersecurity Executive Assistant Director
Karen Evans has been appointed as the new Executive Assistant Director (EAD) for Cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). In this new role, Evans brings an extensive portfolio of experience spanning decades in federal cyber policy, critical infrastructure protection, and government IT modernization. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/karen-evans-new-executive-assistant-director/
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New PassCookie Attacks Bypass MFA, Giving Hackers Full Account Access
Multi-factor authentication (MFA), long considered a cornerstone of cybersecurity defense, is facing a formidable new threat:>>Pass-the-Cookie
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China hacking has reached ‘inflection point’
In its 2025 Global Threat Report, CrowdStrike observed an increase in China’s cyber capabilities, with a focus on espionage and ‘pre-positioning’ itself in critical environments. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366619774/CrowdStrike-China-hacking-has-reached-inflection-point
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PingAM Java Agent Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Bypass Security
A critical security flaw (CVE-2025-20059) has been identified in supported versions of Ping Identity’s PingAM Java Agent, potentially enabling attackers to bypass policy enforcement and access protected resources. The vulnerability”, classified as aRelative Path Traversal (CWE-23)weakness”, affects all PingAM Java Agent deployments integrated with PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud, prompting urgent calls for remediation. Vulnerability Scope…
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Chinese Hackers Exploit Check Point VPN Zero-Day to Target Organizations Globally
Tags: attack, china, cyber, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, exploit, hacker, malware, usa, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayA sophisticated cyberespionage campaign linked to Chinese state-sponsored actors has exploited a previously patched Check Point VPN vulnerability (CVE-2024-24919) to infiltrate organizations across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, according to cybersecurity researchers. The attacks, observed between June 2024 and January 2025, primarily targeted the manufacturing sector, deploying ShadowPad malware and, in limited cases, the NailaoLocker…
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260 Domains Hosting 5,000 Malicious PDFs to Steal Credit Card Data
Netskope Threat Labs uncovered a sprawling phishing operation involving 260 domains hosting approximately 5,000 malicious PDF files. These documents, disguised as legitimate resources, employ fake CAPTCHA prompts to redirect victims to phishing sites designed to harvest credit card details and personal information. The campaign, active since the second half of 2024, has impacted over 1,150…
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Winos4.0 Malware Targets Windows Users Through Malicious PDF Files
A new wave of cyberattacks leveraging the Winos4.0 malware framework has targeted organizations in Taiwan through malicious PDF attachments disguised as tax inspection alerts, according to a January 2025 threat analysis by FortiGuard Labs. The campaign employs multi-stage payload delivery, anti-forensic techniques, and automated security bypass mechanisms to establish persistent access to victim networks while…
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DeepSeek Data Leak Exposes 12,000 Hardcoded API Keys and Passwords
A sweeping analysis of the Common Crawl dataset”, a cornerstone of training data for large language models (LLMs) like DeepSeek”, has uncovered 11,908 live API keys, passwords, and credentials embedded in publicly accessible web pages. The leaked secrets, which authenticate successfully with services ranging from AWS to Slack and Mailchimp, highlight systemic risks in AI…
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Cyber Espionage in Thailand: Chinese APT Deploys Yokai Malware
Cado Security Labs has uncovered a new malware campaign targeting the Royal Thai Police, attributed to the Chinese First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/cyber-espionage-in-thailand-chinese-apt-deploys-yokai-malware/
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Cleveland Municipal Court Remains Closed After Cyber Incident
No details yet on what forced the court to shut down affected systems and halt operations as of late Feb. 23. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/cleveland-municipal-court-remains-closed-after-cyber-incident
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Is Your NHI Lifecycle Management Capable?
Is Your Approach to NHI Lifecycle Management Robust Enough? Have you ever wondered about the invisibility of your organizational cyber risk? When did you last evaluate the strength of your Non-Human Identity (NHI) lifecycle management? The management of NHIs and their secrets has become paramount. NHIs are machine identities that play a pivotal role in……
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New White House Plan to Track Spending Raises Cyber Risks
Trump’s Procurement Tracking Directive Could Expose Vast Government Data to Threats. The White House is mandating federal agencies to track and justify every procurement, a move aimed at transparency but one that experts warn could expose troves of sensitive financial data to hacking, nation-state cyber threats and potential supply chain vulnerabilities across government systems. First…
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Groups Call for Trump to Rescind Proposed HIPAA Rule Update
Health Industry Associations Complain That Proposed Cyber Mandates Are ‘Staggering’. Seven major healthcare industry groups are urging the Trump administration to rescind a proposed update to the HIPAA security rule issued at the end of the Biden administration. The costs and regulatory burden to comply would be staggering to the healthcare sector, they said. First…
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5 things to know about ransomware threats in 2025
Tags: access, attack, authentication, awareness, backup, breach, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, cyber, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, detection, encryption, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, group, healthcare, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, iot, law, leak, mfa, monitoring, network, password, ransom, ransomware, risk, scam, service, software, sophos, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day2. Mid-size organizations are highly vulnerable: Industry data shows mid-size organizations remain highly vulnerable to ransomware attacks. “CISOs need to be aware that ransomware is no longer just targeting large companies, but now even mid-sized organizations are at risk. This awareness is crucial,” says Christiaan Beek, senior director, threat analytics, at Rapid7.Companies with annual revenue…
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GitLab Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers to Bypass Security and Run Arbitrary Scripts
GitLab has urgently released security updates to address multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in its platform that could allow attackers to bypass security mechanisms, execute malicious scripts, and access sensitive data. The patches, included in versions 17.9.1, 17.8.4, and 17.7.6 for both Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE), mitigate critical risks affecting Kubernetes integrations, dependency management,…