Tag: cybersecurity
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9 in 10 Exchange servers in Germany still running outsupport software
Cybersecurity agency urges organizations to upgrade or risk total network compromise First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/germany_exchange_support/
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Beast Ransomware Targets Active SMB Connections to Infect Entire Networks
A sophisticated ransomware operation known as Beast has emerged as a significant cybersecurity threat, employing aggressive network propagation tactics that leverage Server Message Block (SMB) port scanning to infiltrate and encrypt systems across enterprise environments. The threat group, which evolved from the Monster ransomware strain, has been actively targeting organizations worldwide since its official launch…
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Top 7 agentic AI use cases for cybersecurity
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, ceo, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, fraud, identity, infrastructure, jobs, mitigation, monitoring, office, phishing, resilience, risk, scam, service, soc, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trust2. Security operations center support: Security operations centers (SOCs) are a great use case for agentic AI because they serve as the frontline for detecting and responding to threats, says Naresh Persaud, principal, cyber risk services, at Deloitte.With thousands of incidents to triage daily, SOCs are experiencing mounting alert fatigue. “Analysts can spend an average…
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Notable post-quantum cryptography initiatives paving the way toward Q-Day
Tags: attack, awareness, cisa, cisco, communications, computer, computing, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, encryption, finance, framework, google, government, group, guide, ibm, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, linux, microsoft, mitre, ml, nist, nvidia, open-source, service, side-channel, software, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityIndustry heavyweights line up behind PQC: Google”¯Chrome became the first mainstream browser to support hybrid post”‘quantum key exchanges by default late last year.The approach combines classical elliptic-curve encryption, for backwards compatibility, with lattice-based PQC derived from ML-KEM.Other industry giants, including Amazon and IBM, have also begun laying foundations for quantum-safe cryptography. For example, IBM has…
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Top 7 agentic AI use cases for cybersecurity
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, ceo, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, fraud, identity, infrastructure, jobs, mitigation, monitoring, office, phishing, resilience, risk, scam, service, soc, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trust2. Security operations center support: Security operations centers (SOCs) are a great use case for agentic AI because they serve as the frontline for detecting and responding to threats, says Naresh Persaud, principal, cyber risk services, at Deloitte.With thousands of incidents to triage daily, SOCs are experiencing mounting alert fatigue. “Analysts can spend an average…
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Gunra Ransomware Targets Windows and Linux with Dual Encryption
The cybersecurity landscape continues to face persistent threats from emerging ransomware groups, with Gunra representing a significant concern since its emergence in April 2025. This threat actor has launched systematic attacks across multiple industries and geographic regions, including documented incidents in Korea. What makes Gunra particularly noteworthy is its dual-platform capability”, the group distributes separate…
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Notable post-quantum cryptography initiatives paving the way toward Q-Day
Tags: attack, awareness, cisa, cisco, communications, computer, computing, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, encryption, finance, framework, google, government, group, guide, ibm, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, linux, microsoft, mitre, ml, nist, nvidia, open-source, service, side-channel, software, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityIndustry heavyweights line up behind PQC: Google”¯Chrome became the first mainstream browser to support hybrid post”‘quantum key exchanges by default late last year.The approach combines classical elliptic-curve encryption, for backwards compatibility, with lattice-based PQC derived from ML-KEM.Other industry giants, including Amazon and IBM, have also begun laying foundations for quantum-safe cryptography. For example, IBM has…
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Cybersecurity Firms See Surge in AI-Powered Attacks Across Africa
Africa becomes a proving ground for AI-driven phishing, deepfakes, and impersonation, with attackers testing techniques against governments and enterprises. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/cybersecurity-firms-see-surge-in-ai-powered-attacks-across-africa
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LG Uplus is latest South Korean telco to confirm cybersecurity incident
Korean telecom giant LG Uplus is the third major phone provider in the past six months to report a cybersecurity incident. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/10/28/lg-uplus-is-latest-south-korean-telco-to-confirm-cybersecurity-incident/
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Windows 11 KB5067036 update rolls out Administrator Protection feature
Microsoft has released the KB5067036 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2, which begins the rollout of the Administrator Protection cybersecurity feature and an updated Start Menu. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-kb5067036-update-rolls-out-administrator-protection-feature/
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Delmia Apriso Systems Under Attack
CISA Says Hackers Actively Exploit Manufacturing Operations Management Platform. Software made by a French multinational that’s used to manage manufacturing across the globe is under active attack, warned the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency in the second such warning in two months. Hackers are exploiting two vulnerabilities in the Delmia Apriso platform. First seen on…
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From Chef to CISO: An Empathy-First Approach to Cybersecurity Leadership
Myke Lyons, CISO at data-processing SaaS company Cribl, shares how he cooked up an unconventional journey from culinary school to cybersecurity leadership. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/chef-ciso-empathy-first-cybersecurity-leadership
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Aisuru botnet is behind record 20Tb/sec DDoS attacks
A new Mirai-based IoT botnet, dubbed Aisuru, was used to launch multiple high-impact DDoS attacks exceeding 20Tb/sec and/or 4gpps. In October 2025, the Aisuru Mirai-based IoT botnet launched massive DDoS attacks of over 20Tb/sec, mainly targeting online gaming, cybersecurity firm Netscout reports. The botnet uses residential proxies to reflect HTTPS DDoS attacks. Its nodes are…
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Advertising giant Dentsu reports data breach at subsidiary Merkle
Japanese advertising giant Dentsu has disclosed that its U.S.-based subsidiary Merkle suffered a cybersecurity incident that exposed staff and client data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/advertising-giant-dentsu-reports-data-breach-at-subsidiary-merkle/
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Check Point Allies with NVIDIA to Secure AI Platforms
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. today revealed it has developed a cybersecurity platform to secure artificial intelligence (AI) factories in collaboration with NVIDIA. Announced at the NVIDIA GTC conference, the AI Cloud Protect platform enables cybersecurity teams to leverage dynamic objects to enforce policies in real time using NVIDIA BlueField-3 data processing units (DPUs) to..…
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CISA warns of two more actively exploited Dassault vulnerabilities
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned today that attackers are actively exploiting two vulnerabilities in Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA Apriso, a manufacturing operations management (MOM) and execution (MES) solution. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-two-more-actively-exploited-dassault-vulnerabilities/
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Rethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, captcha, ceo, container, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, fraud, Hardware, iam, identity, login, malware, mfa, monitoring, passkey, password, phishing, risk, risk-management, scam, threat, tool, vulnerabilityRethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI madhav Tue, 10/28/2025 – 06:35 Traditional identity protections were never designed for the age of AI. They can’t stop the lightning-fast, highly convincing identity attacks AI facilitates. There’s a reason that nearly 60% of businesses say compromised credentials are the leading cause of breaches. Data Security Marco…
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Researchers warn of Qilin ransomware gang after group hit hundreds of orgs this year
In October alone, the suspected Russia-based group added more than 185 victims to its leak site, claiming to be behind recent cybersecurity incidents at Japanese beverage giant Asahi, the Texas city of Sugar Land, a county government in North Carolina and multiple power companies in Texas. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/qilin-ransomware-gang-hits-hundreds-of-orgs-2025
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Rethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, captcha, ceo, container, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, fraud, Hardware, iam, identity, login, malware, mfa, monitoring, passkey, password, phishing, risk, risk-management, scam, threat, tool, vulnerabilityRethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI madhav Tue, 10/28/2025 – 06:35 Traditional identity protections were never designed for the age of AI. They can’t stop the lightning-fast, highly convincing identity attacks AI facilitates. There’s a reason that nearly 60% of businesses say compromised credentials are the leading cause of breaches. Data Security Marco…
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New Android Trojan ‘Herodotus’ Outsmarts Anti-Fraud Systems by Typing Like a Human
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android banking trojan called Herodotus that has been observed in active campaigns targeting Italy and Brazil to conduct device takeover (DTO) attacks.”Herodotus is designed to perform device takeover while making first attempts to mimic human behaviour and bypass behaviour biometrics detection,” ThreatFabric said in a report shared…
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Palo Alto Networks Bets Big on Agentic AI
CEO Nikesh Arora: Next-Generation Security Play Ties Automation to Identity, Cloud. With new products set to launch, Palo Alto Networks is expanding its AI cybersecurity footprint. Chairman and CEO Nikesh Arora introduced the AgentiX platform, a retooled cloud approach, identity enhancements and a deal making Palo Alto the core security provider for Oracle Cloud. First…
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Beyond The CVE: Deep Container Analysis with Anchore
As an Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, I spend a lot of time thinking about risk, and increasingly, that risk lives within the software supply chain. The current industry focus on CVEs is a necessary, but ultimately insufficient, approach to securing modern, containerized applications. Frankly, relying on basic vulnerability scanning alone is like putting a single……
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How evolving regulations are redefining CISO responsibility
Tags: attack, awareness, breach, ciso, communications, compliance, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, governance, identity, incident response, intelligence, iot, nis-2, phone, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, sbom, service, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityIncreasing attacks on IoT and OT device vulnerabilities Cyberattacks are increasingly driven by software vulnerabilities embedded in OT and IoT devices. The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report noted that 20% of breaches were vulnerability-based, which is a close second to credential abuse, accounting for 22% of breaches. Year over year, breaches resulting from software…
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Palo Alto Networks Extends Scope and Reach of AI Capabilities
Palo Alto Networks unveils Prisma AIRS 2.0 and Cortex AgentiX to secure AI applications and automate cybersecurity workflows. With new AI-driven protection, no-code agent building, and integrated threat detection, the company aims to simplify and strengthen enterprise AI security operations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/palo-alto-networks-extends-scope-and-reach-of-ai-capabilities/
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Interview mit Orange Cyberdefense Cybersecurity Umbruch statt Aufbruch
Der Cybersecurity-Markt ist eher im Umbruch als im Aufbruch. Netzpalaver sprach mit Dr. Matthias Rosche, Managing Director bei Orange Cyberdefense Germany, auf der Sicherheitsmesse it-sa darüber, warum auf Cybersicherheit spezialisierte Unternehmen kaum noch Profite machen, wie immer mehr kleine Anbieter durch Konsolodierung verschwinden, was das mit Regularien, künstlicher Intelligenz und der Datensouveränität zu tun hat…
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Palo Alto Networks Extends Scope and Reach of AI Capabilities
Palo Alto Networks unveils Prisma AIRS 2.0 and Cortex AgentiX to secure AI applications and automate cybersecurity workflows. With new AI-driven protection, no-code agent building, and integrated threat detection, the company aims to simplify and strengthen enterprise AI security operations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/palo-alto-networks-extends-scope-and-reach-of-ai-capabilities/
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Palo Alto Adds Agentic AI to Supercharge Security Automation
CEO Nikesh Arora: Next-Generation Security Play Ties Automation to Identity, Cloud. With new products set to launch, Palo Alto Networks is expanding its AI cybersecurity footprint. Chairman and CEO Nikesh Arora introduced the AgentiX platform, a retooled cloud approach, identity enhancements and a deal making Palo Alto the core security provider for Oracle Cloud. First…
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Why Early Threat Detection Is a Must for Long-Term Business Growth
In cybersecurity, speed isn’t just a win, it’s a multiplier. The faster you learn about emerging threats, the faster you adapt your defenses, the less damage you suffer, and the more confidently your business keeps scaling. Early threat detection isn’t about preventing a breach someday: it’s about protecting the revenue you’re supposed to earn every…
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Why Early Threat Detection Is a Must for Long-Term Business Growth
In cybersecurity, speed isn’t just a win, it’s a multiplier. The faster you learn about emerging threats, the faster you adapt your defenses, the less damage you suffer, and the more confidently your business keeps scaling. Early threat detection isn’t about preventing a breach someday: it’s about protecting the revenue you’re supposed to earn every…