Tag: cybersecurity
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US Senate Democrats Push Noem on Cybersecurity Spending Cuts
Homeland Security Secretary Says Trump Budget Strengthens Cybersecurity. Senate Democrats Tuesday pushed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on the Trump administration’s cuts to the cybersecurity component of the U.S. federal department she leads. Noem told senators the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency will continue to fulfill its statutory obligations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Fitting Cybersecurity Investments into Your Budget
Tags: cybersecurityHow Can You Make Cybersecurity Budget Allocations Effective? How do organizations allocate effective funds to cybersecurity? The million-dollar question remains unanswered for many businesses, irrespective of their sizes. It’s not just a matter of investment in security, but also strategizing on where the cybersecurity budget needs to be applied. The holistic Approach to Cybersecurity Budgeting……
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Channel Women In Security: Breaking Into Cybersecurity Through The Channel
Cybersecurity is no longer a silo; it’s the backbone of the IT channel. Cass Cooper sits down with a senior channel leader to explore how to break into cybersecurity, why diverse perspectives are critical, and what skills actually matter in today’s fast-moving, AI driven landscape. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/channel-women-in-security-breaking-into-cybersecurity-through-the-channel
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Senators question Noem about CISA cuts, but get few details
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declined to provide specifics on what would be removed from the nation’s leading cybersecurity agency in light of the Trump administration’s proposed $491 million budget cut to the organization. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/noem-cisa-cuts-senate-hearing
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Cybersecurity salaries in 2025: Shifting priorities, rising demand for specialized roles
Tags: cybersecurityFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/cybersecurity-salaries-in-2025-shifting-priorities-rising-demand-for-specialized-roles
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U.S. Senate Democrats Push Noem on Cybersecurity Spending Cuts
Homeland Security Secretary Says Trump Budget Strengthens Cybersecurity. Senate Democrats Tuesday pushed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on the Trump administration’s cuts to the cybersecurity component of the U.S. federal department she leads. Noem told senators the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency will continue to fulfill its statutory obligations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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The State of AI in Cybersecurity 2025: What’s Working, What’s Lagging, and Why It Matters Now More Than Ever
This second annual study offers a deeper look at how organizations are using AI to detect and respond to attacks faster, where it’s making the biggest impact, and what’s holding adoption back. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/the-state-of-ai-in-cybersecurity-2025-whats-working-whats-lagging-and-why-it-matters-now-more-than-ever/
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SK Telecom says malware breach lasted 3 years, impacted 27 million numbers
SK Telecom says that a recently disclosed cybersecurity incident in April, first occurred all the way back in 2022, ultimately exposing the USIM data of 27 million subscribers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sk-telecom-says-malware-breach-lasted-3-years-impacted-27-million-numbers/
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Uncensored AI Tool Raises Cybersecurity Alarms
The Venice.ai chatbot gained traction in hacking forums for its uncensored access to advanced models First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uncensored-ai-tool-cybersecurity/
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Kimsuky APT Group Deploys PowerShell Payloads to Deliver XWorm RAT
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign orchestrated by the notorious Kimsuky Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, deploying intricately crafted PowerShell payloads to deliver the XWorm Remote Access Trojan (RAT). This operation showcases the group’s advanced tactics, leveraging encoded scripts and multi-stage attack chains to infiltrate systems, bypass traditional security mechanisms, and establish covert…
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Online criminals attacking HSBC ‘all the time’, says head of UK arm
Ian Stuart tells MPs that cybersecurity is biggest expense as bank systems face scrutiny after M&S and Co-op attacksThe boss of HSBC’s UK arm has said the bank is “being attacked all the time” by online criminals, with cybersecurity now its biggest expense, costing the lender hundreds of millions of pounds.Ian Stuart sought to reassure…
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Schädliche PyPI-Pakete missbrauchen Instagram- und TikTok-APIs
Cybersecurity-Forscher haben mehrere bösartige Python-Pakete entdeckt, die gezielt auf gestohlene E-Mail-Adressen angesetzt wurden. Die Tools nutzten offizielle Programmierschnittstellen (APIs) von TikTok und Instagram, um zu prüfen, ob bestimmte E-Mail-Adressen mit Nutzerkonten verknüpft sind. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/pypi-instagram-tiktok-apis
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8 KI-Sicherheitsrisiken, die Unternehmen übersehen
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, authentication, cisco, ciso, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, framework, governance, hacker, injection, LLM, RedTeam, risk, risk-management, security-incident, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityIn ihrem Wettlauf um Produktivitätssteigerungen durch generative KI übersehen die meisten Unternehmen die damit verbundenen Sicherheitsrisiken.Laut einer Studie des Weltwirtschaftsforums, die in Zusammenarbeit mit Accenture durchgeführt wurde, versäumen es 63 Prozent der Unternehmen, die Sicherheit von KI-Tools vor deren Einsatz zu überprüfen. Dadurch gehen sie eine Reihe von Risiken für ihr Unternehmen ein.Dies gilt sowohl…
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CISA Includes MDaemon Email Server XSS Flaw in KEV Catalog
Tags: cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, email, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, malicious, vulnerability, xssCybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting MDaemon Email Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog on May 19, 2025. This critical addition, identified as CVE-2024-11182, highlights a security flaw that allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code via crafted HTML emails. Federal agencies now have until…
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AWS Default IAM Roles Found to Enable Lateral Movement and Cross-Service Exploitation
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered risky default identity and access management (IAM) roles impacting Amazon Web Services that could open the door for attackers to escalate privileges, manipulate other AWS services, and, in some cases, even fully compromise AWS accounts.”These roles, often created automatically or recommended during setup, grant overly broad permissions, such as full S3…
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Skitnet malware: The new ransomware favorite
Tags: access, api, awareness, cybersecurity, data, detection, dns, encryption, malware, phishing, powershell, programming, ransomware, risk, rust, tool, trainingMalware employs advanced obfuscation: According to a Prodaft description, Skitnet uses Rust and Nim programming languages to execute a stealthy reverse shell over DNS, which is a method of covert C2 Communication using the DNS protocol instead of HTTP or other typical channels.Additionally, the malware leverages encryption, manual mapping, and dynamic API resolution to evade…
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Qilin Exploits SAP Zero-Day Vulnerability Weeks Ahead of Public Disclosure
Tags: authentication, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, endpoint, exploit, flaw, malicious, sap, vulnerability, zero-dayCybersecurity experts at OP Innovate have uncovered evidence that CVE-2025-31324, a critical zero-day vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, was actively exploited nearly three weeks before its public disclosure. This flaw, residing in the /developmentserver/metadatauploader endpoint, lacks proper authentication and authorization controls, enabling unauthenticated attackers to upload malicious files like web shells, leading to potential…
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DPRK IT Workers Impersonate Polish and US Nationals to Secure Full-Stack Developer Positions
A alarming cybersecurity report by Nisos has uncovered a sophisticated employment scam network potentially affiliated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). This network targets remote engineering and full-stack blockchain developer roles by impersonating Polish and US nationals. The threat actors behind this operation employ a range of deceptive tactics, including the use of…
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Sarcoma Ransomware Unveiled: Anatomy of a Double Extortion Gang
Cybersecurity Observatory of the Unipegaso’s malware lab published a detailed analysis of the Sarcoma ransomware. It is with great pleasure and honor that I present the first report produced by the Malware Analysis Lab, led by Luigi Martire. The lab was established within the Cybersecurity Observatory of the Unipegaso University, which I have the privilege…
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W3LL Phishing Kit Launches Active Campaign to Steal Outlook Login Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have recently uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign leveraging the notorious W3LL Phishing Kit. Originally identified by Group-IB in 2022, W3LL differentiates itself in the criminal ecosystem as a phishing-as-a-service (PaaS) tool, supported by a unique marketplace known as the W3LL Store. This marketplace allows threat actors to selectively purchase functionalities and components needed…
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Go-Based Malware Deploys XMRig Miner on Linux Hosts via Redis Configuration Abuse
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new Linux cryptojacking campaign that’s targeting publicly accessible Redis servers.The malicious activity has been codenamed RedisRaider by Datadog Security Labs.”RedisRaider aggressively scans randomized portions of the IPv4 space and uses legitimate Redis configuration commands to execute malicious cron jobs on vulnerable systems,” First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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Malicious PyPI Packages Exploit Instagram and TikTok APIs to Validate User Accounts
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered malicious packages uploaded to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that act as checker tools to validate stolen email addresses against TikTok and Instagram APIs.All three packages are no longer available on PyPI. The names of the Python packages are below -checker-SaGaF (2,605 downloads)steinlurks (1,049 downloads)sinnercore (3,300 downloads) First seen on…
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CISA Adds Actively Exploited Ivanti EPMM Zero-Day to KEV Catalog
Tags: authentication, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, endpoint, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, ivanti, kev, mobile, open-source, remote-code-execution, vulnerability, zero-dayCybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two critical zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The flaws CVE-2025-4427 and CVE-2025-4428 enable authentication bypass and remote code execution, respectively, and stem from insecure implementations of widely used open-source…
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Feeling Relieved with Solid Secrets Management
Feeling Overwhelmed By the Complexity of Cybersecurity? Are you one of the many professionals struggling to stay ahead of increasingly complex and evolving cybersecurity threats? If so, you’re not alone. The task of securing data and applications, particularly in the realm of the cloud, becomes more of a daunting task with each passing day. However,……
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Adapting to New Security Challenges in the Cloud
Understanding the Realm of Non-Human Identities in Cloud Security Is your organization fully prepared to confront the new wave of cloud security challenges? If your answer is uncertain or negative, have you considered transforming your cybersecurity strategy to include Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and secrets management? Imagine the NHIs as ‘tourists’ traveling, with ‘passports’ being their……
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Relaxing the Burden of Compliance with Automation
Does your Organization Struggle with Compliance? If so, you’re not alone. Compliance with cybersecurity regulations often involves navigating a complex web of rules, many of which are constantly changing. This can be a burdensome task for any organization, particularly those operating. But what if there was a way to alleviate this burden? Enter the field……
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Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity: Seceon’s Unified Platform Strategy for 2025 and Beyond
The cybersecurity landscape is at a tipping point. Enterprises and service providers alike are burdened by tool sprawl, alert fatigue, siloed operations, and rising adversarial sophistication. Traditional approaches relying on loosely integrated, analyst-driven products are struggling to keep up with today’s speed and scale of threats. Seceon is here to change that. Our vision for…
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New Phishing Attack Poses as Zoom Meeting Invites to Steal Login Credentials
A newly identified phishing campaign is targeting unsuspecting users by masquerading as urgent Zoom meeting invitations from colleagues. This deceptive tactic leverages the familiarity and trust associated with workplace communications to lure victims into a trap designed to steal their login credentials. Cybersecurity researchers have flagged this attack for its realistic approach, which includes a…
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New Hannibal Stealer Uses Stealth and Obfuscation to Evade Detection
A newly identified piece of malware, dubbed the >>Hannibal Stealer,