Tag: cybersecurity
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Bankers Association’s Attack on Cybersecurity Transparency
Tags: attack, awareness, banking, breach, ciso, control, cybersecurity, data, extortion, finance, group, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, law, malicious, ransomware, riskA coalition of banking industry associations, including SIFA, the American Bankers Association (ABA), Bank Policy Institute (BPI), and several other lobbying groups have made a disgraceful appeal to the SEC to eliminate the rule requiring public disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents within four days of detection. This rule was established to ensure shareholders are properly…
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The top red teamer in the US is an AI bot
Tags: ai, attack, breach, cybersecurity, data, email, exploit, infrastructure, monitoring, ransomware, risk, software, threat, tool, training, updateDefenders need to rethink their approach: While Xbow is now besting human red-teamers, and at a rapid clip, defenders still have a long way to go to keep up with the onslaught of AI-perpetrated attacks, experts say.”Hackers are quickly adopting new tools that allow them to move faster, hit harder, and target more precisely than…
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Bridewell report indicates rise in lone wolf ransomware actors
Tags: attack, cybersecurity, data, encryption, extortion, ransomware, service, strategy, theft, threatBridewell, a UK-based cybersecurity services company, has released its latest CTI Annual Report a comprehensive deep dive into ransomware trends. It highlighted a significant shift in attack strategies, payment dynamics and threat actor behaviours, revealing that data theft and extortion have overtaken traditional encryption-only ransomware as the most successful approach for attackers. While encryption-based The…
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Short-term extension of expiring cyber information-sharing law could be on the table
Time is running short for Congress to renew the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cisa-2015-bill-extension-2025/
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FDA Urges Medical Product Makers to Beef Up OT Security
Agency: Rising Threats Put Manufacturing Supply Chains, Patient Safety at Risk. The Food and Drug Administration is urging medical product makers to carefully address the cybersecurity of their connected operational technologies, including advanced and smart devices used in their manufacturing and supply chains, to reduce the risk to rising cyberthreats. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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CISA Is Shrinking: What Does It Mean for Cyber?
Dark Reading Confidential Episode 7: Cyber experts Tom Parker and Jake Williams offer their views on the practical impact of cuts to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/cisa-is-shrinking-what-does-it-mean-for-cyber-
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Cybersecurity AI (CAI)
First seen on thesecurityblogger.com Jump to article: www.thesecurityblogger.com/cybersecurity-ai-cai/
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The 10 Hottest Cybersecurity Startups Of 2025 (So Far)
The hottest cybersecurity startups of 2025 so far include emerging vendors offering new tools for securing the cloud, data, AI and identities. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/the-10-hottest-cybersecurity-startups-of-2025-so-far
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Citrix Bleed 2 Flaw Enables Token Theft; SAP GUI Flaws Risk Sensitive Data Exposure
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed two now-patched security flaws in SAP Graphical User Interface (GUI) for Windows and Java that, if successfully exploited, could have enabled attackers to access sensitive information under certain conditions.The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-0055 and CVE-2025-0056 (CVSS scores: 6.0), were patched by SAP as part of its monthly updates for January First…
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2025 Cybersecurity Hiring Trends Report von ISC2 – Deshalb sollten Sie (Quer-)Einsteigern eine Chance geben
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cybersecurity-hiring-trends-quereinsteiger-a-35274785b93764cfb47f39975a12715f/
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CISA Publishes Guide to Address Memory Safety Vulnerabilities in Modern Software Development
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in collaboration with the National Security Agency (NSA), has released a comprehensive guide titled >>Memory Safe Languages: Reducing Vulnerabilities in Modern Software Development.
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Disrupting the operations of cryptocurrency mining botnets
Cybersecurity researchers devised two attack techniques to disrupt the operations of cryptocurrency mining botnets. Akamai Researchers uncovered two novel techniques to disrupt cryptocurrency mining botnets by exploiting flaws in common mining topologies. Current methods to stop cryptocurrecy mining botnets are pool bans or infrastructure takedowns, however, both are slow and complex. Researchers developed two faster techniques exploiting…
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North Korea-linked Supply Chain Attack Targets Developers with 35 Malicious npm Packages
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a fresh batch of malicious npm packages linked to the ongoing Contagious Interview operation originating from North Korea.According to Socket, the ongoing supply chain attack involves 35 malicious packages that were uploaded from 24 npm accounts. These packages have been collectively downloaded over 4,000 times. The complete list of the JavaScript…
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CISA Releases New ICS Advisories Highlighting Ongoing Threats and Exploits
Tags: cisa, control, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, infrastructure, mitigation, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released eight new Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on June 24, 2025, addressing critical vulnerabilities and ongoing threats to essential infrastructure. These advisories provide detailed technical information and mitigation guidance for a range of ICS products used worldwide. 1.Kaleris Navis N4 Terminal Operating System: Remote Exploits and…
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LLMs hype versus reality: What CISOs should focus on
Tags: ai, attack, backdoor, breach, business, chatgpt, ciso, cloud, control, corporate, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, finance, governance, LLM, malware, monitoring, network, open-source, risk, risk-management, sans, service, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerabilitynot using AI even though there is a lot of over-hype and promise about its capability. That said, organizations that don’t use AI will get left behind. The risk of using AI is where all the FUD is.”In terms of applying controls, rinse, wash, and repeat the processes you followed when adopting cloud, BYOD, and…
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Akamai proposes tool to defang cryptomining botnets
A new way of thinking: As cyber attacks evolve, it’s important for organizations to have a clear approach to how they want to respond, commented Fernando Montenegro, vice-president and cybersecurity practice lead at The Futurum Group. “That response may be different at the individual organization level when compared to the public response at large. I mention…
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Key Cyber Law’s Lapse Could Mute Threat Sharing Nationwide
Congress Faces Pressure to Modernize Cyber Definitions, Safeguards Before Deadline. With the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 set to expire this fall, lawmakers face mounting pressure to update its liability protections and outdated definitions, as experts warn that failure to modernize could undermine public-private threat sharing and weaken national cyber defenses. First seen on…
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AI May Not Reach Full Potential in the Rush to Productize
Demo-Force’s Chase Cunningham Says AI’s Promise Is Operational, Not Product-Based. Chase Cunningham, chief strategy officer at Demo-Force.com, cautions that AI is being commoditized instead of used to transform cybersecurity operations. Comparing it to the introduction of the wheel and fire, AI’s foundational role is being overlooked in favor of market-ready packaging, he says. First seen…
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Spain launches 40M cybersecurity hub in Murcia
Tags: cybersecurityFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/spain-launches-40m-cybersecurity-hub-in-murcia
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DefectDojo Brings MCP Support to Dojo Pro, Enabling Safer, Flexible AI Integration for Cybersecurity Teams
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/defectdojo-brings-mcp-support-to-dojo-pro-enabling-safer-flexible-ai-integration-for-cybersecurity-teams
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Oh! Canada Added to List of Nations Targeted in Salt Typhoon Telecom Spree
The Canadian Center for Cybersecurity has confirmed that the Chinese state-sponsored cyber-threat actor targeted one of its telecommunications companies in February via a Cisco flaw, as part of global attack wave. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/canada-targeted-salt-typhoon-telecom
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Researchers Find Way to Shut Down Cryptominer Campaigns Using Bad Shares and XMRogue
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed two novel methods that can be used to disrupt cryptocurrency mining botnets.The methods take advantage of the design of various common mining topologies in order to shut down the mining process, Akamai said in a new report published today.”We developed two techniques by leveraging the mining topologies and pool policies that…
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EagleSpy v5 RAT Promoted by Hacker for Stealthy Android Access
A notorious threat actor known as >>xperttechy
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Between Buzz and Reality: The CTEM Conversation We All Need
I had the honor of hosting the first episode of the Xposure Podcast live from Xposure Summit 2025. And I couldn’t have asked for a better kickoff panel: three cybersecurity leaders who don’t just talk security, they live it.Let me introduce them.Alex Delay, CISO at IDB Bank, knows what it means to defend a highly…
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U.S. House Bans WhatsApp on Official Devices Over Security and Data Protection Issues
The U.S. House of Representatives has formally banned congressional staff members from using WhatsApp on government-issued devices, citing security concerns.The development was first reported by Axios.The decision, according to the House Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), was motivated by worries about the app’s security.”The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high-risk to users First seen…