Tag: cybersecurity
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UK cyber agency handling four major incidents a week as nation-state attacks surge
Britain’s cybersecurity chief warned Tuesday that the country is handling four nationally significant cyber incidents every week, with the majority now traced back to hostile foreign governments rather than criminal hackers. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/UK-cyberattacks-ncsc-china
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Lotus Wiper Malware Targets Venezuelan Energy Systems in Destructive Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented data wiper that has been used in attacks targeting Venezuela at the end of last year and the start of 2026.Dubbed Lotus Wiper, the novel file wiper has been used in a destructive campaign targeting the energy and utilities sector in Venezuela, per findings from Kaspersky.”Two batch scripts…
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CyberSmart Partners with Renaissance to Deliver Complete Cyber Confidence for SMEs
Irish reseller Renaissance has announced a strategic partnership with CyberSmart, a UK-based cybersecurity provider focused on delivering continuous protection, compliance, and cyber risk management for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This collaboration brings CyberSmart’s cybersecurity solutions to a wider market, spanning real-time threat detection, vulnerability management, compliance assurance, and cybersecurity awareness training. Designed for simplicity…
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Anthropic investigates report of rogue access to hack-enabling Mythos AI
‘Handful’ of people allegedly gain unauthorised access to model adept at detecting cybersecurity vulnerabilities<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/apr/22/uk-inflation-increase-fuel-prices-oil-falls-trump-ceasefire-extended-business-live-news-updates”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>The AI developer Anthropic has confirmed it is investigating a report that unauthorised users have gained access to its Mythos model, which it has warned <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/08/anthropic-ai-cybersecurity-software”>poses risks to cybersecurity.The US startup made the statement after Bloomberg reported…
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March 2026 Cyber Threat Landscape Fueled by Ransomware, Breaches, and Access Markets
Tags: access, attack, breach, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, intelligence, ransomware, threatThe 2026 threat landscape continued to intensify in March, with ransomware attacks, expanding data breach activity, and a growing underground market for compromised access shaping the global cybersecurity environment. According to analysis from CRIL (Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs), organizations worldwide faced a highly active and coordinated threat ecosystem throughout the month. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/march-2026-threat-landscape/
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Mustang Panda’s New LOTUSLITE Variant Targets India Banks, South Korea Policy Circles
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new variant of a known malware called LOTUSLITE that’s distributed via a theme related to India’s banking sector.”The backdoor communicates with a dynamic DNS-based command-and-control server over HTTPS and supports remote shell access, file operations, and session management, indicating a continued espionage-focused capability set rather than First seen on thehackernews.com…
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South Korea Expands AI Cybersecurity to Safeguard Cloud-Based Education Systems
South Korea is stepping up its digital defenses for kids by expanding the reach of AI-powered cybersecurity systems, with a particular focus on private cloud environments used for teaching and learning. The Ministry of Education, working alongside the Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS), announced a series of upgrades designed to strengthen protection across…
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A Cybersecurity Lifeline for Lean IT Teams: Introducing C.R.E.W.
<div cla “Too small to target” is a dangerous cybersecurity myth, while “Where do I start?,” is a legitimate cyber defense question. Imagine leaving your office unlocked overnight”, not because you don’t have anything valuable, but because you assume no one would bother breaking in. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/a-cybersecurity-lifeline-for-lean-it-teams-introducing-c-r-e-w/
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How Security Teams Can Transform Data into Action
For today’s cybersecurity professionals, the biggest problem isn’t a lack of data they have plenty of it. They just don’t know how to transform it into actionable insights. The problem isn’t a lack of defense tools either. Quite to the contrary: Teams juggle on average 83 different solutions from nearly 30 vendors, inviting unnecessary.. First…
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Airbus Acquires Quarkslab to Counter AI Reverse Engineering
French Vendor’s QShield Offering Protects Edge Systems From Reverse Engineering. Aircraft manufacturer Airbus plans to acquire 100-person French cybersecurity vendor Quarkslab to strengthen sovereign European defenses by protecting aerospace and defense software, data and edge systems from AI-driven reverse engineering and exploitation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/airbus-acquires-quarkslab-to-counter-ai-reverse-engineering-a-31474
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Thousands of Apache ActiveMQ instances still unpatched, weeks after an actively exploited hole discovered
Tags: ai, apache, cybersecurity, defense, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, LLM, software, tool, update, vulnerabilityCSO. “In a world where an LLM can help an attacker weaponize a bug the second it’s announced, taking 12 days to patch is essentially a suicide note for your network”.Vulnerable are versions of ActiveMQ and ActiveMQ Broker before 5.19.4, and 6.0 to before 6.2.3; this means the flaw could have been exploited for over…
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Ransomware negotiator caught secretly assisting BlackCat extortion scheme
Angelo Martino pleaded guilty to helping BlackCat ransomware group while acting as a ransomware negotiator. Another U.S. cybersecurity expert, Angelo Martino, admitted helping the BlackCat ransomware group while working as a ransomware negotiator. Angelo Martino (41) admitted helping the BlackCat ransomware group while working for a U.S. incident response firm. >>A Florida man, formerly employed…
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Splunk Enterprise Security Unmasked Blog Recap
In the high-stakes world of cybersecurity, many organizations find themselves trapped in a “great dilemma”: they are drowning in a relentless sea of alerts while simultaneously battling massive technical debt and tool sprawl. To address these critical challenges, Hurricane Labs, an elite Splunk partner recently hosted an in-depth webinar to explore how Splunk Enterprise […]…
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Mozilla Used Anthropic’s Mythos to Find and Fix 271 Bugs in Firefox
The Firefox team doesn’t think emerging AI capabilities will upend cybersecurity long term, but they warn that software developers are likely in for a rocky transition. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/mozilla-used-anthropics-mythos-to-find-271-bugs-in-firefox/
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Seceon Recognized in the 2026 Gartner® “Voice of the Customer” Report for Security Information and Event Management
Seceon earns a 4.6 out of 5.0 overall rating from 82 verified customer reviews, with 90% of reviewers willing to recommend the platform, reflecting strong real-world satisfaction across the global services and financial sectors WESTFORD, Mass., April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/, Seceon Inc., a leading provider of AI-driven cybersecurity solutions for enterprises and managed security service providers (MSSPs),…
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The Ungoverned Workforce: Cybersecurity Insiders Finds 92% Lack Visibility Into AI Identities
Washington D.C., USA, April 21st, 2026, CyberNewswire Cybersecurity Insiders, in collaboration with Saviynt, has released new research indicating that AI identities are increasingly operating within core enterprise systems, often without established governance or visibility. The study finds that while 71% of CISOs and senior security leaders confirm AI tools have access to core systems such…
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22 BRIDGE:BREAK Flaws Expose Thousands of Lantronix and Silex SerialIP Converters
Cybersecurity researchers have identified 22 new vulnerabilities in popular models of serial-to-IP converters from Lantronix and Silex that could be exploited to hijack susceptible devices and tamper with data exchanged by them.The vulnerabilities have been collectively codenamed BRIDGE:BREAK by Forescout Research Vedere Labs, which identified nearly 20,000 Serial-to-Ethernet converters exposed First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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22 BRIDGE:BREAK Flaws Expose Thousands of Lantronix and Silex SerialIP Converters
Cybersecurity researchers have identified 22 new vulnerabilities in popular models of serial-to-IP converters from Lantronix and Silex that could be exploited to hijack susceptible devices and tamper with data exchanged by them.The vulnerabilities have been collectively codenamed BRIDGE:BREAK by Forescout Research Vedere Labs, which identified nearly 20,000 Serial-to-Ethernet converters exposed First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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22 BRIDGE:BREAK Flaws Expose Thousands of Lantronix and Silex SerialIP Converters
Cybersecurity researchers have identified 22 new vulnerabilities in popular models of serial-to-IP converters from Lantronix and Silex that could be exploited to hijack susceptible devices and tamper with data exchanged by them.The vulnerabilities have been collectively codenamed BRIDGE:BREAK by Forescout Research Vedere Labs, which identified nearly 20,000 Serial-to-Ethernet converters exposed First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to helping ransomware gang
A former employee of a cybersecurity firm pleaded guilty to aiding ransomware criminals to maximize their profits, with the goal of taking a cut of the ransom. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/ransomware-negotiator-pleads-guilty-to-helping-ransomware-gang/
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Forescout Uncovers New Security Risks in Widely Used Industrial Networking Devices
Cybersecurity firm Forescout has identified 22 previously unknown vulnerabilities in serial-to-IP converters, devices commonly used to connect legacy industrial equipment to modern networks. The company warns that thousands of these systems are currently exposed online, potentially increasing the risk of cyberattacks across critical infrastructure sectors. The findings are part of a new research initiative called…
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22 BRIDGE:BREAK Flaws Expose 20,000 Lantronix and Silex SerialIP Converters
Cybersecurity researchers have identified 22 new vulnerabilities in popular models of serial-to-IP converters from Lantronix and Silex that could be exploited to hijack susceptible devices and tamper with data exchanged by them.The vulnerabilities have been collectively codenamed BRIDGE:BREAK by Forescout Research Vedere Labs, which identified nearly 20,000 Serial-to-Ethernet converters exposed First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Gold für Coreview bei den Cybersecurity-Excellence-Awards 2026
Der Spezialist für den Schutz und das Management von Microsoft-365-Tenants, Coreview, wurde bei den diesjährigen Cybersecurity-Excellence-Awards in der Kategorie ‘SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)” mit Gold ausgezeichnet. Die Preise werden von Cybersecurity Insider, einem weltweiten Netzwerk von über 600.000 Security-Experten, verliehen und zeichnen Innovationen im Bereich der Cybersicherheit aus. Mit Coreview können Unternehmen die…
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Gold für Coreview bei den Cybersecurity-Excellence-Awards 2026
Der Spezialist für den Schutz und das Management von Microsoft-365-Tenants, Coreview, wurde bei den diesjährigen Cybersecurity-Excellence-Awards in der Kategorie ‘SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)” mit Gold ausgezeichnet. Die Preise werden von Cybersecurity Insider, einem weltweiten Netzwerk von über 600.000 Security-Experten, verliehen und zeichnen Innovationen im Bereich der Cybersicherheit aus. Mit Coreview können Unternehmen die…
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Gold für Coreview bei den Cybersecurity-Excellence-Awards 2026
Der Spezialist für den Schutz und das Management von Microsoft-365-Tenants, Coreview, wurde bei den diesjährigen Cybersecurity-Excellence-Awards in der Kategorie ‘SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)” mit Gold ausgezeichnet. Die Preise werden von Cybersecurity Insider, einem weltweiten Netzwerk von über 600.000 Security-Experten, verliehen und zeichnen Innovationen im Bereich der Cybersicherheit aus. Mit Coreview können Unternehmen die…
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The Ungoverned Workforce: Cybersecurity Insiders Finds 92% Lack Visibility Into AI Identities
Washington D.C., USA, 21st April 2026, CyberNewswire First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/the-ungoverned-workforce-cybersecurity-insiders-finds-92-lack-visibility-into-ai-identities/
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Azure SRE Agent flaw lets outsiders silently eavesdrop on enterprise cloud operations
Tags: access, ai, api, automation, cloud, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, finance, flaw, identity, infrastructure, microsoft, saas, service, toolWatching a privileged operator think out loud: The category of flaw should not be compared too closely to a conventional API bug, said Alexander Hagenah, cybersecurity researcher and executive director at Zurich-based financial infrastructure operator SIX Group.”A normal API issue is usually bound by a specific endpoint, dataset, or permission check. With an AI operations…
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Unchecked AI Agents Cause Cybersecurity Incidents at Two Thirds of Firms
Data exposure, operational disruption and financial losses among issues faced by businesses struggling with the rapid rise of AI agents, warns Cloud Security Alliance report First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/unchecked-ai-agents-cause/
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Threat Intel Scraping Without Burning Your Cover or Your Stack
Threat Intel Scraping sounds simple until it isn’t, here’s how cybersecurity teams avoid blocks, bad data, and unnecessary risk. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/threat-intel-scraping-without-burning-stack/