Tag: cybersecurity
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Self-Spreading ‘GlassWorm’ Infects VS Code Extensions in Widespread Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a self-propagating worm that spreads via Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions on the Open VSX Registry and the Microsoft Extension Marketplace, underscoring how developers have become a prime target for attacks.The sophisticated threat, codenamed GlassWorm by Koi Security, is the second such supply chain attack to hit the DevOps space…
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Ransomware recovery perils: 40% of paying victims still lose their data
Tags: access, attack, authentication, backup, breach, business, ceo, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, extortion, finance, GDPR, group, incident response, insurance, leak, mfa, privacy, ransom, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, threat, updateAdditional recovery pressures: Modern ransomware attacks now routinely involve double or triple extortion whereby attackers threaten to leak stolen data or launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks even after payment.This fundamentally changes the calculus on what victims can expect in cases where they decide to make a ransomware payment, which more often than not…
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Ransomware recovery perils: 40% of paying victims still lose their data
Tags: access, attack, authentication, backup, breach, business, ceo, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, extortion, finance, GDPR, group, incident response, insurance, leak, mfa, privacy, ransom, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, threat, updateAdditional recovery pressures: Modern ransomware attacks now routinely involve double or triple extortion whereby attackers threaten to leak stolen data or launch distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks even after payment.This fundamentally changes the calculus on what victims can expect in cases where they decide to make a ransomware payment, which more often than not…
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Building trust in AI: How to keep humans in control of cybersecurity
In this Help Net Security video, Rekha Shenoy, CEO at BackBox, takes a look at AI in cybersecurity, separating hype from reality. She explains why AI’s true value lies not in … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/24/trustworthy-ai-security-video/
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Building trust in AI: How to keep humans in control of cybersecurity
In this Help Net Security video, Rekha Shenoy, CEO at BackBox, takes a look at AI in cybersecurity, separating hype from reality. She explains why AI’s true value lies not in … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/24/trustworthy-ai-security-video/
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Building trust in AI: How to keep humans in control of cybersecurity
In this Help Net Security video, Rekha Shenoy, CEO at BackBox, takes a look at AI in cybersecurity, separating hype from reality. She explains why AI’s true value lies not in … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/24/trustworthy-ai-security-video/
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Justify Your Investment in Cybersecurity
Are Your Cybersecurity Investments Justified? Where organizations increasingly shift to cloud computing, the debate over justified spending on cybersecurity has never been more pertinent. With the rise of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets Security Management, many companies are re-evaluating how they protect their digital assets. NHIs, often seen as machine identities in cybersecurity, represent unique……
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Capable Defenses Against Advanced Threats
How Can Organizations Fortify Their Cybersecurity with Non-Human Identities? Where automation is ubiquitous, how can organizations ensure their systems remain secure against sophisticated threats? The answer lies in managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs) effectively. While digital ecosystems expand, the security of machine identities becomes a critical consideration for cybersecurity professionals, especially for organizations with robust cloud……
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AI browsers can be abused by malicious AI sidebar extensions: Report
‘Dumpster fires’: David Shipley, head of Canadian employee security awareness training firm Beauceron Security, agrees.”I think if CISOs are bored and want to spice up their lives with an incident, they should roll out these AI-powered hot messes to their users,” he said .”But, if they’re like most CISOs and they have lots of problems,…
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Breach Roundup: the Qilin Hack That Wasn’t
Also, Envoy Air Confirms Data Compromise Following Clop Extortion Campaign. This week, Qilin didn’t hack a Spanish tax agency, Nexperia standoff, Envoy Air confirmed a data compromise, Experian Netherlands fined 2.7M euros, ToolShell used to breach global networks, flaws in TP-Link Omada and Festa VPN routers and a New York firm settled a cybersecurity investigation.…
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Dataminr to Buy ThreatConnect for $290M in Intelligence Push
Proposed Acquisition Aims to Merge Internal Risk Data With External Threat Signals. Dataminr will acquire ThreatConnect, combining public data detection with internal intelligence to give CISOs an AI-powered, context-aware response platform. The deal is producing results for shared customers and is central to Dataminr’s push toward predictive, client-specific cybersecurity tools. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Why Composure Matters Most in an OT Cyber Crisis
McKesson Canada BISO on Importance of Mental Readiness and Cybersecurity Training. During an OT cyber crisis, the first response shouldn’t be technical, says Christian Miranda Moreira, BISO at McKesson Canada. The ability to maintain composure and follow documented response plans determines how well teams can contain incidents and recover critical business operations. First seen on…
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Why Cybersecurity Needs Continuous Exposure Management
Alan sits down with Himanshu Kathpal to discuss how modern cybersecurity teams are evolving from reactive defense to proactive exposure management. They explore why traditional approaches to risk reduction”, built around scanning, alerting, and periodic assessment”, are no longer enough in a world of continuous change and automated threats. Kathpal explains that the attack surface…
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Ex-L3Harris executive accused of selling trade secrets to Russia
The Department of Justice filed charges against Peter Williams, an Australian national who served as general manager of Trenchant, a specialized cybersecurity division within L3Harris. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ex-l3harris-executive-accused-of-selling-trade-secrets-to-russia/
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Impuls für nachhaltige Sicherheitskultur zum CybersecurityMonth
Der Cybersecurity-Awareness-Month im Oktober rückt jedes Jahr die Bedeutung digitaler Sicherheit in den Fokus. Angriffe auf Unternehmen nehmen zu, die Angriffsfläche wächst, und viele erfolgreiche Attacken beginnen mit einem simplen Klick auf einen schädlichen Link. Der Monat bietet daher eine Gelegenheit, nicht nur Aufmerksamkeit zu schaffen, sondern konkrete Sicherheitsroutinen zu etablieren und die Resilienz von…
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CISA warns of Lanscope Endpoint Manager flaw exploited in attacks
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Motex Landscope Endpoint Manager. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-lanscope-endpoint-manager-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/
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Burned-out security leaders view AI as double-edged sword
As companies face cybersecurity skills gaps and broader attack surfaces, they’re warily turning to AI-powered automation. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-augment-security-identity-soc/803608/
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Caminho Malware Loader Conceals .NET Payloads inside Images via LSB Steganography
Cybersecurity researchers at Arctic Wolf Labs have uncovered a cunning new threat dubbed Caminho, a Brazilian Loader-as-a-Service (LaaS) that’s turning everyday images into Trojan horses for malware. Active since March 2025 and evolved rapidly by June, this operation hides .NET payloads using Least Significant Bit (LSB) steganography inside files hosted on trusted sites like archive.org.…
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Caminho Malware Loader Conceals .NET Payloads inside Images via LSB Steganography
Cybersecurity researchers at Arctic Wolf Labs have uncovered a cunning new threat dubbed Caminho, a Brazilian Loader-as-a-Service (LaaS) that’s turning everyday images into Trojan horses for malware. Active since March 2025 and evolved rapidly by June, this operation hides .NET payloads using Least Significant Bit (LSB) steganography inside files hosted on trusted sites like archive.org.…
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025 – Lagebild zeigt, dass sich Cyberangriffe auf Mittelstand vervierfacht
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cyberangriffe-auf-deutsche-unternehmen-analyse-a-a2e9e8ae6c6f5bda7d975abf77ec0f84/
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Jingle Thief Hackers Exploit the Festive Season with Weaponized Gift Card Scams
Tags: credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, finance, fraud, hacker, scam, service, theft, threat, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated campaign targeting global retail and consumer services organizations through credential theft and gift card fraud. Dubbed >>Jingle Thief,
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…
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UK cyber law delays ‘deeply concerning,’ say MPs
Major recent cybersecurity incidents should spur the British government to act decisively on new cybersecurity laws, opposition MPs say. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/britain-cyber-law-delays-opposition-mps-warning
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…
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Stealthy Malware Leveraging Variable Functions and Cookies for Evasion
Cybersecurity researchers at Wordfence Threat Intelligence and their Care and Response teams have observed a persistent trend in new malware that leverages heavy obfuscation techniques to evade detection. While some malware attempts to blend in as legitimate files, the more common strategy involves sophisticated obfuscation through variable functions and cookie manipulation. This article explores this…
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Stealthy Malware Leveraging Variable Functions and Cookies for Evasion
Cybersecurity researchers at Wordfence Threat Intelligence and their Care and Response teams have observed a persistent trend in new malware that leverages heavy obfuscation techniques to evade detection. While some malware attempts to blend in as legitimate files, the more common strategy involves sophisticated obfuscation through variable functions and cookie manipulation. This article explores this…
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TransparentTribe Targets Linux Systems in Indian Military to Deploy DeskRAT
In July 2025, cybersecurity firm CYFIRMA uncovered an active phishing campaign targeting Linux-based operating systems used by Indian government and military organisations. This operation, attributed to TransparentTribe (also known as APT36 or Operation C-Major), is the latest in a series of ongoing cyber espionage campaigns supporting Pakistan’s strategic interests. TransparentTribe, a Pakistani-nexus threat group active…
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Stealthy Malware Leveraging Variable Functions and Cookies for Evasion
Cybersecurity researchers at Wordfence Threat Intelligence and their Care and Response teams have observed a persistent trend in new malware that leverages heavy obfuscation techniques to evade detection. While some malware attempts to blend in as legitimate files, the more common strategy involves sophisticated obfuscation through variable functions and cookie manipulation. This article explores this…
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Jingle Thief Hackers Exploit the Festive Season with Weaponized Gift Card Scams
Tags: credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, finance, fraud, hacker, scam, service, theft, threat, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated campaign targeting global retail and consumer services organizations through credential theft and gift card fraud. Dubbed >>Jingle Thief,
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TransparentTribe Targets Linux Systems in Indian Military to Deploy DeskRAT
In July 2025, cybersecurity firm CYFIRMA uncovered an active phishing campaign targeting Linux-based operating systems used by Indian government and military organisations. This operation, attributed to TransparentTribe (also known as APT36 or Operation C-Major), is the latest in a series of ongoing cyber espionage campaigns supporting Pakistan’s strategic interests. TransparentTribe, a Pakistani-nexus threat group active…