Tag: cybersecurity
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AdaptixC2 Emerges in npm Supply-Chain Exploit Against Developers
Tags: attack, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, framework, kaspersky, malicious, open-source, risk, software, supply-chain, threatCybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky have uncovered a sophisticated supply chain attack targeting the npm ecosystem, where threat actors distributed the AdaptixC2 post-exploitation framework through a malicious package disguised as a legitimate proxy utility. The discovery highlights the growing risk of open-source software repositories as attack vectors for delivering advanced malware. In October 2025, Kaspersky experts…
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CISA Warns of Oracle E-Business Suite SSRF Vulnerability Actively Exploited in Attacks
Tags: attack, business, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, oracle, risk, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after detecting active exploitation in the wild. The security flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-61884, poses significant risks to organizations running the widely-deployed enterprise resource planning software. Critical SSRF Flaw Requires Immediate Action CVE-2025-61884 is a…
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CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Windows SMB Vulnerability
Tags: cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, threat, vulnerability, windowsThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical Microsoft Windows Server Message Block (SMB) vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, warning that threat actors are actively exploiting the security flaw in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-33073, affects the Windows SMB Client and could allow attackers to escalate privileges on…
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Over 71,000 WatchGuard Devices Exposed to Remote Code Execution Attacks
The cybersecurity community has raised a serious alarm following the recent daily reporting of vulnerable WatchGuard devices impacted by a major security flaw. According to new data published on October 18, 2025, security researchers at Shadowserver observed over 71,000 WatchGuard devices part of a global exposure that could allow remote code execution attacks. This surge…
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CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Windows SMB Vulnerability
Tags: cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, threat, vulnerability, windowsThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical Microsoft Windows Server Message Block (SMB) vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, warning that threat actors are actively exploiting the security flaw in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-33073, affects the Windows SMB Client and could allow attackers to escalate privileges on…
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Vets Will Test UK Digital ID Plan”¯
As the UK tests digital ID cards for military veterans ahead of a 2027 nationwide rollout, privacy concerns and cybersecurity warnings are growing. Experts caution that without strong zero-trust principles, encryption, and PAM enforcement, the program could expose citizens and government systems to new risks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/vets-will-test-uk-digital-id-plan/
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European Cybersecurity Challenge 2025 – Deutschland holt dritten Platz bei Cybersicherheitsmeisterschaft
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/deutschland-dritter-platz-european-cybersecurity-challenge-2025-a-07e913ded7fbfe0e7a3569e14bb158e5/
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Vets Will Test UK Digital ID Plan”¯
As the UK tests digital ID cards for military veterans ahead of a 2027 nationwide rollout, privacy concerns and cybersecurity warnings are growing. Experts caution that without strong zero-trust principles, encryption, and PAM enforcement, the program could expose citizens and government systems to new risks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/vets-will-test-uk-digital-id-plan/
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Thales gibt Tipps für eine bessere Cyberhygiene
Der Cybersecurity Awareness Month erinnert uns daran, dass digitale Sicherheit kein einmaliges Projekt ist, sondern eine tägliche Routine. Technologien entwickeln sich ständig weiter First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/thales-gibt-tipps-fuer-eine-bessere-cyberhygiene/a42415/
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CISOs’ security priorities reveal an augmented cyber agenda
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, edr, email, framework, governance, healthcare, incident response, intelligence, malware, microsoft, mssp, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, siem, soc, software, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustCSOConsequently, 41% are planning to leverage AI to detect threats, for anomaly detection, and to automate security responses. Other respondents cited plans to leverage AI for malware detection and real-time risk prediction (39%), as well as DLP and improving enterprise system visibility.Further, 40% expect to see AI enhancements as part of their existing security systems,…
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US NSA alleged to have launched a cyber attack on a Chinese agency
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, china, ciso, cloud, communications, control, country, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, finance, hacker, infrastructure, international, login, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, RedTeam, resilience, sans, service, spy, supply-chain, technology“NSA does not confirm nor deny allegations in the media regarding its operations. Our core focus is countering foreign malign activities persistently targeting American interests, and we will continue to defend against adversaries wishing to threaten us.”The Chinese post says the country “shattered the US cyber attack plot of stealing secrets and infiltration and sabotage,…
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CISOs’ security priorities reveal an augmented cyber agenda
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, edr, email, framework, governance, healthcare, incident response, intelligence, malware, microsoft, mssp, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, siem, soc, software, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustCSOConsequently, 41% are planning to leverage AI to detect threats, for anomaly detection, and to automate security responses. Other respondents cited plans to leverage AI for malware detection and real-time risk prediction (39%), as well as DLP and improving enterprise system visibility.Further, 40% expect to see AI enhancements as part of their existing security systems,…
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US NSA alleged to have launched a cyber attack on a Chinese agency
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, china, ciso, cloud, communications, control, country, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, finance, hacker, infrastructure, international, login, malicious, mfa, monitoring, network, RedTeam, resilience, sans, service, spy, supply-chain, technology“NSA does not confirm nor deny allegations in the media regarding its operations. Our core focus is countering foreign malign activities persistently targeting American interests, and we will continue to defend against adversaries wishing to threaten us.”The Chinese post says the country “shattered the US cyber attack plot of stealing secrets and infiltration and sabotage,…
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CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical Windows SMB Flaw CVE-2025-33073
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert regarding the active exploitation of a high-severity Windows vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-33073. This flaw, rooted in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, enables attackers to escalate privileges to SYSTEM level on vulnerable Windows devices, potentially granting full control over affected systems. First seen…
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Five New Exploited Bugs Land in CISA’s Catalog, Oracle and Microsoft Among Targets
Tags: business, cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, oracle, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, officially confirming a recently disclosed vulnerability impacting Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) has been weaponized in real-world attacks.The security defect in question is CVE-2025-61884 (CVSS score: 7.5), which has been described as a First seen…
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Why 99% of Cold Emails to CISOs Fail (And the Surprising Truth About How They Actually Buy)
Cold emails to CISOs fail 99% of the time”, not because security purchases are planned, but because they’re reactive. New research shows 77% of cybersecurity deals are triggered by incidents and fear. Companies using targeted account-based strategies achieve 4x higher engagement. Here’s what works. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/why-99-of-cold-emails-to-cisos-fail-and-the-surprising-truth-about-how-they-actually-buy/
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Top cybersecurity conferences to attend in 2026
Security experts will come together to hear about the latest risk management strategies, novel hacking techniques, cyber governance and the technologies enterprises need to defend their networks. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/top-cybersecurity-conferences-2026/802238/
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CAPI Backdoor targets Russia’s auto and e-commerce sectors
A new campaign targets Russia’s auto and e-commerce sectors using a previously unknown .NET malware called CAPI Backdoor. Cybersecurity researchers at Seqrite Labs uncovered a new campaign, tracked as Operation MotorBeacon, that targeted the Russian automobile and e-commerce sectors with a previously unknown .NET malware dubbed CAPI Backdoor. >>SEQRITE Labs Research Team has recently uncovered a…
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Interview mit Watchguard KMUs brauchen starke Partner für Cybersecurity
Kleine aber auch viele mittelständische Unternehmen kommen ohne einen starken Partner für Cybersecurity an ihrer Seite nicht mehr aus. Netzpalaver sprach auf der Sicherheitsmesse it-sa mit Jonas Spieckermann, Manager Sales Engineering Central Europe bei Watchguard, darüber, warum KMUs einen Managed-Security-Service-Provider benötigen und insbesondere darüber, wie Watchguard mit dem eigenen Security-Plattform-Portfolio MSSPs unterstützt, damit diese auf…
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131 Chrome Extensions Caught Hijacking WhatsApp Web for Massive Spam Campaign
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a coordinated campaign that leveraged 131 rebranded clones of a WhatsApp Web automation extension for Google Chrome to spam Brazilian users at scale.The 131 spamware extensions share the same codebase, design patterns, and infrastructure, according to supply chain security company Socket. The browser add-ons collectively have about 20,905 active users.” First…
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Evilginx’s creator reckons with the dark side of red-team tools
Polish developer Kuba Gretzky wanted to prove that multi-factor authentication wasn’t foolproof. He succeeded, maybe too well. What happens when a cybersecurity warning becomes the threat itself? First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/evilginx-kuba-gretzky-interview-click-here-podcast
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Evilginx’s creator reckons with the dark side of red-team tools
Polish developer Kuba Gretzky wanted to prove that multi-factor authentication wasn’t foolproof. He succeeded, maybe too well. What happens when a cybersecurity warning becomes the threat itself? First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/evilginx-kuba-gretzky-interview-click-here-podcast
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Network security devices endanger orgs with ’90s era flaws
Tags: access, application-security, apt, authentication, breach, cisa, cisco, citrix, cloud, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, dos, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, firmware, flaw, government, group, incident response, infrastructure, injection, ivanti, jobs, linux, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, penetration-testing, programming, regulation, remote-code-execution, reverse-engineering, risk, risk-management, router, service, software, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day2024 networking and security device zero-day flaws Product CVE Flaw type CVSS Check Point Quantum Security Gateways and CloudGuard Network Security CVE-2024-24919 Path traversal leading to information disclosure 8.6 (High) Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance CVE-2024-20359 Arbitrary code execution 6.6 (Medium) Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance CVE-2024-20353 Denial of service 8.6 (High) Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance …
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Foreign hackers breached a US nuclear weapons plant via SharePoint flaws
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, china, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, flaw, framework, government, group, hacker, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Intruder, korea, microsoft, monitoring, network, ransomware, reverse-engineering, risk, russia, supply-chain, tactics, technology, theft, threat, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trustChina or Russia? Conflicting attribution: Microsoft attributed the broader wave of SharePoint exploitations to three Chinese-linked groups: Linen Typhoon, Violet Typhoon, and a third actor it tracks as Storm-2603. The company said the attackers were preparing to deploy Warlock ransomware across affected systems.However, the source familiar with the Kansas City incident tells CSO that a…
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Why ex-military professionals are a good fit for cybersecurity
After years of working as part of a team, many military veterans look for work that still carries meaning, challenge, and purpose. Cybersecurity offers a new way to serve and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/20/military-veterans-cybersecurity-careers/
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Why ex-military professionals are a good fit for cybersecurity
After years of working as part of a team, many military veterans look for work that still carries meaning, challenge, and purpose. Cybersecurity offers a new way to serve and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/20/military-veterans-cybersecurity-careers/
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Why cybersecurity hiring feels so hard right now
In this Help Net Security video, Carol Lee Hobson, CISO at PayNearMe, explores the realities behind the so-called cybersecurity “talent gap.” She explains why the issue is as … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/20/cybersecurity-talent-gap-video/