Tag: cybersecurity
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Nearly every Linux system built since 2017 vulnerable to ‘Copy Fail’ flaw
Security researchers and European cybersecurity officials are urging administrators to address the risk posed by a newly discovered security flaw that has been hiding in the Linux operating system for nearly a decade. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/linux-vulnerability-copy-fail-patch
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Name That Toon: Mark of (Security) Progress
Tags: cybersecurityFeeling creative? Have something to say about the last 20 years of cybersecurity? Our editors will award the best cybersecurity-related caption with a $20 gift card. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/name-that-toon-mark-security-progress
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Two American Cybersecurity Workers Jailed for BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
The cybersecurity workers used their knowledge and skills to conduct ransomware attacks for notorious gang, rather than protect victims against them First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cybersecurity-workers-jailed/
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Two American Cybersecurity Workers Jailed for BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
The cybersecurity workers used their knowledge and skills to conduct ransomware attacks for notorious gang, rather than protect victims against them First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cybersecurity-workers-jailed/
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New Android Spyware Platform Enables Rebranding and Resale
A newly discovered Android spyware platform is raising concerns among cybersecurity researchers by introducing a business model that allows buyers to rebrand and resell surveillance malware as their own product. Buyers can subscribe to the service, customize branding, and launch their own spyware operation with minimal effort. KidsProtect presents itself as a parental monitoring app,…
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Top Five Sales Challenges Costing MSPs Cybersecurity Revenue
The managed security services market is projected to grow from $38.31 billion in 2025 to $69.16 billion by 2030[1], with cybersecurity being the fastest-growing sector[2]. Despite this opportunity, many MSPs leave revenue on the table because their go-to-market strategy fails to connect technical expertise with business needs.This execution gap is where most deals stall. MSPs…
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Two Cybersecurity Professionals Get 4-Year Sentences in BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday announced the sentencing of two cybersecurity professionals to four years each in prison for their role in facilitating BlackCat ransomware attacks in 2023.Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, and Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas, were accused of deploying the ransomware against multiple victims located throughout the U.S. between…
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The Overlap of Cybersecurity and Financial Risk: Protecting Sensitive Data in Commodity Markets
Cybersecurity financial risk is rising in commodity markets as breaches, data loss and espionage threaten operations and investor trust. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/05/the-overlap-of-cybersecurity-and-financial-risk-protecting-sensitive-data-in-commodity-markets/
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Just 34% of cyber pros plan to stick with their current employer
Skills development: Richard Demeny, founder and CTO at Canary Wharfian, an online finance career platform, says that graduates and early professionals know they are calling the shots because even at the entry level talent is scarce.”[New entrants] are prioritizing opportunity and learnings, as pay is pretty much standard across the board, except for maybe high-finance…
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The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Data Breaches, AI Risks, and Phishing Campaigns Dominate Cybersecurity Landscape
In this week’s First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/tce-weekly-roundup-cybersecurity/
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US ransomware negotiators get 4 years in prison over BlackCat attacks
Two former employees of cybersecurity incident response companies Sygnia and DigitalMint were sentenced to four years in prison each for targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-ransomware-negotiators-get-4-years-in-prison-over-blackcat-attacks/
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Bank regulator sounds warning over cybersecurity threat posed by AI models
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, banking, cloud, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, defense, finance, flaw, germany, government, penetration-testing, service, supply-chain, technology, threat, vulnerabilityAccessing Mythos: It’s barely three weeks since Anthropic made Claude Mythos public on April 7 and it’s hard to recall a development that’s caused as much cybersecurity alarm in such a short space of time.Earlier this week, Michael Theurer, the chief supervisor of Bundesbank, Germany’s financial regulator, echoed APRA’s concern, telling Reuters that European banks…
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DHS Shutdown Ends as CISA Faces Long Recovery
Bipartisan Deal Funds DHS Components After Record 75-Day Shutdown. The House passed a bipartisan bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending a 75-day shutdown that forced the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency into a reactive posture and disrupted preventive cyber operations, even as workforce losses and proposed cuts threaten long-term resilience. First seen on…
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Anthropic’s Mythos Has Landed: Here’s What Comes Next for Cyber
In this latest installment of the Reporters’ Notebook video series, we discuss how the new AI model threatens to completely upend cybersecurity, and what industry leaders are telling the press. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/anthropic-mythos-cyber-what-comes-next
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After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too
OpenAI will begin rolling out it cybersecurity testing tool, GPT-5.5 Cyber only “to critical cyber defenders” at first. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/30/after-dissing-anthropic-for-limiting-mythos-openai-restricts-access-to-cyber-too/
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Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431): Frequently asked questions about Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerability
Tags: access, ai, attack, browser, cisa, cloud, container, crypto, cve, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, linux, mitigation, ransomware, risk, tool, update, vulnerabilityA flaw in the Linux kernel present since 2017 allows a local user to gain root access on virtually every major Linux distribution. A public exploit is available and reported to work reliably. Key Takeaways CVE-2026-31431 is a high severity local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel reportedly affecting virtually every major distribution released…
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New Python Backdoor Uses Tunneling Service to Steal Browser and Cloud Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a stealthy Python-based backdoor framework called DEEP#DOOR that comes with capabilities to establish persistent access and harvest a wide range of sensitive information from compromised hosts.”The intrusion chain begins with execution of a batch script (‘install_obf.bat’) that disables Windows security controls, dynamically extracts an First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Major Distributions
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw that could allow an unprivileged local user to obtain root.The high-severity vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-31431 (CVSS score: 7.8) has been codenamed Copy Fail by Xint.io and Theori.”An unprivileged local user can write four controlled bytes into the page cache of any readable…
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The Real Cost of a Data Breach for Small Businesses How to Prevent
Tags: attack, breach, business, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, finance, risk, threatData breaches pose a serious threat to small businesses, often resulting in significant financial losses, operational downtime, and long-term trust erosion. This blog examines the real costs of cyberattacks on SMBs, including direct expenses, hidden operational impacts, and reputational damage that can exceed recovery costs. It outlines the most common attack types targeting small organizations…
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Survey Sees Rising Demand for Senior Cybersecurity Pros in Age of AI
A global survey of 2,750 cybersecurity and IT professionals published this week finds that for the third consecutive year a lack of cybersecurity skills is cited as the top cause of security breaches (56%), with 51% reporting they specifically need individuals with senior-level skills. Conducted by Sapio Research on behalf of Fortinet, the survey, however,..…
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Survey Sees Rising Demand for Senior Cybersecurity Pros in Age of AI
A global survey of 2,750 cybersecurity and IT professionals published this week finds that for the third consecutive year a lack of cybersecurity skills is cited as the top cause of security breaches (56%), with 51% reporting they specifically need individuals with senior-level skills. Conducted by Sapio Research on behalf of Fortinet, the survey, however,..…
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From Army Ranger to Ethical Hacker: What Cybersecurity Can Learn from the Battlefield
<div cla Cybersecurity doesn’t start with tools”, it starts with mindset. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/from-army-ranger-to-ethical-hacker-what-cybersecurity-can-learn-from-the-battlefield/
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From Army Ranger to Ethical Hacker: What Cybersecurity Can Learn from the Battlefield
<div cla Cybersecurity doesn’t start with tools”, it starts with mindset. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/from-army-ranger-to-ethical-hacker-what-cybersecurity-can-learn-from-the-battlefield/
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SAP-Related npm Packages Compromised in Credential-Stealing Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about a new supply chain attack campaign targeting SAP-related npm Packages with credential-stealing malware.According to reports from Aikido Security, SafeDep, Socket, StepSecurity, and Google-owned Wiz, the campaign calling itself the mini Shai-Hulud has affected the following packages associated with SAP’s JavaScript and cloud application First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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SAP npm Packages Compromised by “Mini Shai-Hulud” Credential-Stealing Malware
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about a new supply chain attack campaign targeting SAP-related npm Packages with credential-stealing malware.According to reports from Aikido Security, SafeDep, Socket, StepSecurity, and Google-owned Wiz, the campaign calling itself the mini Shai-Hulud has affected the following packages associated with SAP’s JavaScript and cloud application First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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New Wave of DPRK Attacks Uses AI-Inserted npm Malware, Fake Firms, and RATs
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious code in an npm package after a malicious package as a dependency to the project by Anthropic’s Claude Opus large language model (LLM).The package in question is “@validate-sdk/v2,” which is listed on npm as a utility software development kit (SDK) for hashing, validation, encoding/decoding, and secure random generation. However, its…
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New Wave of DPRK Attacks Uses AI-Inserted npm Malware, Fake Firms, and RATs
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious code in an npm package after a malicious package as a dependency to the project by Anthropic’s Claude Opus large language model (LLM).The package in question is “@validate-sdk/v2,” which is listed on npm as a utility software development kit (SDK) for hashing, validation, encoding/decoding, and secure random generation. However, its…
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Time to keep up with AI-driven attacks is narrowing, OpenAI says
OpenAI is outlining a plan to expand access to advanced AI tools for cybersecurity defenders, warning that attackers are already using the technology to scale operations. In … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/29/openai-cybersecurity-plan-defenders-organizations/