Tag: cybersecurity
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Cybersecurity Isn’t Just an IT Line Item, It’s a Business Imperative
Cybersecurity officers need to remember that the reality is, most attacks don’t begin with a dramatic break-in”¦ they start with a login. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/07/cybersecurity-isnt-just-an-it-line-item-its-a-business-imperative/
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Is AI here to take or redefine your cybersecurity role?
Tags: ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, cloud, compliance, conference, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, data, governance, intelligence, jobs, monitoring, phishing, risk, skills, soc, software, strategy, technology, threat, training, vulnerability“AI is coming, and will take some jobs, but no need to worry.”That headline ran atop a CSO story published in 2016. Nine years later, the prediction feels closer to coming true, with questions around jobs being replaced or redefined and whether cybersecurity pros should be worried taking on greater nuance, and still hanging in…
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CISA Issues Alert on Microsoft SharePoint 0-Day RCE Exploited in Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, microsoft, rce, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerability, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent security alert regarding a critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server that is being actively exploited in cyberattacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-53770, represents a significant threat to organizations running on-premises SharePoint installations. The flaw stems from a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability within…
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PoisonSeed Hackers Bypass FIDO Keys Using QR Phishing and Cross-Device Sign-In Abuse
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a novel attack technique that allows threat actors to bypass Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) key protections by deceiving users into approving authentication requests from spoofed company login portals.The activity, observed by Expel as part of a phishing campaign in the wild, has been attributed to a threat actor named PoisonSeed, which…
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How to land your first job in cybersecurity
According to LinkedIn, job applications have surged over 45% in the past year, with 11,000 applications submitted every minute. This flood of applications is making it harder … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/21/cybersecurity-role-skills/
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EncryptHub Targets Web3 Developers Using Fake AI Platforms to Deploy Fickle Stealer Malware
The financially motivated threat actor known as EncryptHub (aka LARVA-208 and Water Gamayun) has been attributed to a new campaign that’s targeting Web3 developers to infect them with information stealer malware.”LARVA-208 has evolved its tactics, using fake AI platforms (e.g., Norlax AI, mimicking Teampilot) to lure victims with job offers or portfolio review requests,” Swiss…
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U.S. CISA adds Fortinet FortiWeb flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Fortinet FortiWeb flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Fortinet FortiWeb flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-25257, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Hackers began exploiting the critical Fortinet FortiWeb flaw CVE-2025-25257 (CVSS score of 9.6) on the same day a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit…
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Malware Injected into 5 npm Packages After Maintainer Tokens Stolen in Phishing Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have alerted to a supply chain attack that has targeted popular npm packages via a phishing campaign designed to steal the project maintainers’ npm tokens.The captured tokens were then used to publish malicious versions of the packages directly to the registry without any source code commits or pull requests on their respective GitHub…
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Malware Injected into 6 npm Packages After Maintainer Tokens Stolen in Phishing Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have alerted to a supply chain attack that has targeted popular npm packages via a phishing campaign designed to steal the project maintainers’ npm tokens.The captured tokens were then used to publish malicious versions of the packages directly to the registry without any source code commits or pull requests on their respective GitHub…
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These are our favorite cyber books on hacking, espionage, crypto, surveillance, and more
These are our favorite cybersecurity books, both by fiction authors, as well as journalists and researchers. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/07/19/these-are-our-favorite-cyber-books-on-hacking-espionage-crypto-surveillance-and-more/
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Emerging Tech: Zwei Seiten der Cybersecurity-Medaille
Seit Kurzem steht DeepSeek in Europa auf der Abschussliste: Experten und Gesetzgeber sehen in dem chinesischen KI-Chatbot ein eindeutiges Risiko und rufen dazu auf, die Anwendung von digitalen App-Marktplätzen zu entfernen [1]. Dies unterstreicht, dass Systeme, die auf neuen Technologien aufbauen, immer mit Vorsicht zu genießen sind. Tiho Saric, Senior Sales Director von Gigamon, rät:……
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Threat actors scanning for apps incorporating vulnerable Spring Boot tool
Tags: access, attack, authentication, ciso, compliance, country, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, flaw, governance, group, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, kev, nist, organized, password, risk, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-day/health endpoints, commonly used to detect internet-exposed Spring Boot deployments. If vulnerable implementations of apps, including TeleMessage SGNL, are found, they could be exploited to steal sensitive data in heap memory, including plaintext usernames and passwords. The hole is serious enough that it was added this week to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Known Exploited…
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‘Critical’ FortiWeb Vulnerability Exploited In Attacks
Cybersecurity vendor Fortinet confirmed Friday that a critical-severity FortiWeb vulnerability has been ‘exploited in the wild.’ First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/fortinet-critical-fortiweb-vulnerability-exploited-in-attacks
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Security, AI Oversight Are Flashpoints in Draft Defense Bill
House, Senate Versions of 2026 NDAA Offer Competing Approaches to Cyber. Washington is wagering that future conflicts will unfold as much in cyberspace as on the battlefield, with House and Senate lawmakers unveiling dueling drafts of a nearly $900 billion defense bill that spotlights needs for cybersecurity and artificial intelligence technology. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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New Surge of Crypto-Jacking Hits Over 3,500 Websites
Cybersecurity experts at cside have discovered a clever campaign that infected over 3,500 websites with nefarious JavaScript miners, marking a startling return to crypto-jacking techniques reminiscent of the Coinhive heyday of 2017. This new wave, detected in late 2024, marks a departure from the resource-intensive miners of the past, which caused noticeable device slowdowns and…
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China’s Massistant Tool Secretly Extracts SMS, GPS Data, and Images From Confiscated Phones
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a mobile forensics tool called Massistant that’s used by law enforcement authorities in China to gather information from seized mobile devices.The hacking tool, believed to be a successor of MFSocket, is developed by a Chinese company named SDIC Intelligence Xiamen Information Co., Ltd., which was formerly known as Meiya…
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Ivanti Zero-Days Exploited to Drop MDifyLoader and Launch In-Memory Cobalt Strike Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malware called MDifyLoader that has been observed in conjunction with cyber attacks exploiting security flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) appliances.According to a report published by JPCERT/CC today, the threat actors behind the exploitation of CVE-2025-0282 and CVE-2025-22457 in intrusions observed between December 2024 and July First…
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Fancy Bear Hackers Target Governments and Military Entities with Advanced Tools
Tags: cyber, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, espionage, finance, government, group, hacker, military, russia, toolFancy Bear, designated as APT28 by cybersecurity experts, represents a sophisticated Russian cyberespionage collective operational since 2007, renowned for infiltrating governments, military organizations, and strategic entities globally. This group, also known under aliases such as Sofacy, Sednit, STRONTIUM, and Unit 26165, pursues motivations encompassing financial gain, reputational sabotage, espionage, and political agendas. Their operations frequently…
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Google Sues BadBox 2.0 Botnet Operators Behind 10 Million+ Infected Devices
Google has initiated legal proceedings against the operators of BadBox 2.0, identified as the largest botnet comprising internet-connected televisions and other devices. This botnet, uncovered through a collaborative effort with cybersecurity firms HUMAN Security and Trend Micro, has infected over 10 million uncertified devices running the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Unlike certified Android systems…
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Loaf and order: Belgian police launch bread-based cybersecurity campaign
The future of cybersecurity awareness might just be”¦ gluten-based. First seen on grahamcluley.com Jump to article: grahamcluley.com/loaf-and-order-belgian-police-launch-bread-based-cybersecurity-campaign/
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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Gets Enhanced Threat Dashboard
Microsoft has announced significant transparency improvements for its email security platform, introducing a new customer-facing dashboard that provides detailed visibility into threat protection effectiveness across organizations. The enhanced dashboard for Microsoft Defender for Office 365 represents a major step toward data-driven cybersecurity decision-making, offering security teams unprecedented insight into how their email protection systems perform…
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Critical NVIDIA Container Toolkit Flaw Allows Privilege Escalation on AI Cloud Services
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical container escape vulnerability in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit that could pose a severe threat to managed AI cloud services.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23266, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. It has been codenamed NVIDIAScape by Google-owned cloud security company Wiz.”NVIDIA Container Toolkit for all platforms contains…
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WAFFLED: New Technique Targets Web Application Firewall Weaknesses
Cybersecurity researchers at Northeastern University and Dartmouth College have unveiled a groundbreaking attack technique that exploits fundamental parsing discrepancies in Web Application Firewalls (WAFs), potentially compromising the security of millions of websites worldwide. The research, dubbed “WAFFLED” (Web Application Firewall Fuzzing through Language Exploitation and Discrepancy), demonstrates how attackers can bypass five major WAF platforms.…
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Clément Domingo: “We are not using AI correctly to defend ourselves”
Tags: access, ai, attack, control, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, finance, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, malicious, malware, office, password, programming, ransom, startup, threat, tool, trainingstartup, but dedicated to cybercrime in a very efficient way,” Domingo tells via email. “Most have what we call affiliates, which allows them to operate worldwide and attack any organization or entity. In most cases, the startup keeps 20% of the ransom and the accomplice takes 80%.”These are companies that, as he details, offer all…
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8 trends transforming the MDR market today
Tags: access, ai, at&t, attack, automation, breach, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, framework, GDPR, google, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, iot, least-privilege, monitoring, mssp, network, nis-2, ransomware, risk, service, siem, soc, sophos, strategy, technology, threat, tool, zero-trustDigital transformation complexifies the attack surface: As businesses modernize their IT environments, the complexity of securing hybrid and cloud-native infrastructures increases, making MDR an attractive option for scalable, expert-led protection, experts say.The shift to hybrid work, IoT adoption, and an increase in cloud migrations have dramatically expanded attack surfaces, while ransomware and AI-powered attacks constantly…
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CISA Publishes 13 ICS Security Advisories on Critical Flaws
Tags: advisory, cisa, control, cyber, cybersecurity, flaw, infrastructure, network, technology, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released thirteen Industrial Control Systems (ICS) security advisories on July 17, 2025, highlighting critical vulnerabilities that could compromise essential infrastructure operations. This coordinated disclosure represents one of the most significant advisory releases of the year, underscoring escalating threats to operational technology networks across multiple sectors. Three Priority Vulnerabilities…
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10 Best XDR (Extended Detection And Response) Solutions 2025
In 2025, the cybersecurity landscape is more fragmented and perilous than ever before. Organizations face an explosion of data sources, an increasing attack surface spanning endpoints, networks, cloud environments, and identities, and a relentless onslaught of sophisticated, multi-stage attacks. Traditional siloed security tools, while still important, often fail to provide the holistic visibility and coordinated…
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Why we must go beyond tooling and CVEs to illuminate security blind spots
In April, the cybersecurity community held its breath as the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program was plunged into a moment of existential crisis. In the end, an … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/18/attack-surface-exposure-management/
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Making security and development co-owners of DevSecOps
Tags: cybersecurityIn this Help Net Security interview, Galal Ibrahim Maghola, former Head of Cybersecurity at G42 Company, discusses strategic approaches to implementing DevSecOps at scale. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/18/galal-ibrahim-maghola-devsecops-practices-tips/
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Hackers Abuse DNS Blind Spots to Stealthily Deliver Malware
Tags: cyber, cybersecurity, dns, exploit, hacker, infrastructure, Internet, malicious, malware, threatCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated technique where threat actors are exploiting DNS infrastructure to covertly store and distribute malware, turning the internet’s domain name system into an unwitting accomplice for malicious activities. The discovery reveals how attackers can hide executable files within DNS TXT records, creating a stealthy delivery mechanism that bypasses traditional security…