Tag: cybersecurity
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Phishing Campaign Impersonates Booking.com, Plants Malware
Phishing campaign impersonates Booking.com to deploy credential-stealing malware, forcing organizations to boost cybersecurity defenses and stay alert. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/cybersecurity/phishing-campaign-booking-com-credential-stealer/
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Symantec Uses OpenAI Operator to Show Rising Threat of AI Agents
Symantec threat researchers used OpenAI’s Operator agent to carry out a phishing attack with little human intervention, illustrating the looming cybersecurity threat AI agents pose as they become more powerful. The agent learned how to write a malicious PowerShell script and wrote an email with the phishing lure, among other actions. First seen on securityboulevard.com…
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Water utilities would get cybersecurity boost under bipartisan Senate bill
Tags: cybersecurityThe Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act would expand USDA’s Circuit Rider Program. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/rural-water-utilities-cybersecurity-senate-bill/
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Biggest Cyber Threats to the Healthcare Industry Today
Healthcare organizations must enhance their cybersecurity arsenal. Doing so can help them prevent financial, compliance, and reputational damage. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/biggest-cyber-threats-healthcare-industry-today
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Cybersecurity in Kommunen: Eigeninitiative gefragt
Tags: awareness, best-practice, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, cyersecurity, DSGVO, germany, resilienceDeutsche Kommunen erscheinen in Sachen Cybersicherheit eine leichte Beute zu sein.Das cyberintelligence.institute hat in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Cybersicherheitsunternehmen NordPass in einer Studie die kommunale Cybersicherheit in Deutschland aus juristischer und organisatorischer Sicht analysiert. Demnach befinden sich Städte und Gemeinden in einer Zwickmühle.Auf der einen Seite sind die Kommunen der Studie zufolge ein interessantes Ziel. Locken…
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Cybersecurity Challenges in the Telecom Sector: Protecting Data and Infrastructure
The telecommunications sector is the backbone of many processes in life and business and must improve its cybersecurity posture. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/cybersecurity-challenges-in-the-telecom-sector-protecting-data-and-infrastructure/
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Boards Challenged to Embrace Cybersecurity Oversight
Integrating Cyber Risk into Business Risk Decisions Cybersecurity failures are now business risks that CEOs and Boards must own. The world of business owners, investors, and their representatives are collectively realizing the potentially catastrophic impacts of cybersecurity incidents if not incorporated into the strategic management of the most senior business leadership. Many regulatory bodies, insurance…
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Cybersecurity Industry Falls Short on Collaboration, Says Former GCHQ Director
Sir Jeremy Fleming spoke during Palo Alto Networks’ Ignite event in London on March 13 First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cyber-industry-collaboration-gchq/
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CIOs and CISOs take on NIS2: Key challenges, security opportunities
Tags: access, cio, ciso, compliance, cybersecurity, data, GDPR, group, healthcare, ISO-27001, jobs, monitoring, nis-2, office, organized, privacy, regulation, risk, skills, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, trainingCompliance will be easier for some: There are CIOs and CISOs who have found NIS2 compliance relatively easy: those who have worked toward ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, whether they remained in the preparation phase or actually got certified.Those who have the certification report having found themselves with “80% of the work done”: the company is ready…
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Decrypting Akira Ransomware on Linux/ESXi Without Paying Hackers
A team successfully decrypted an instance of the Akira ransomware on Linux/ESXi systems without succumbing to the hackers’ demands. This achievement not only underscores the ingenuity of cybersecurity experts but also serves as a powerful message to those who rely on extorting from vulnerable businesses and individuals. The Akira ransomware, known for its complex encryption…
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How can I integrate automated NHI auditing into our pipeline?
How Can Automated NHI Auditing Enhance Your Cybersecurity Strategy? Is your organization struggling with managing the ever-increasing volume of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) within your IT infrastructure? The NHI universe comprises machine identities created by combining a unique identifier or ‘Secret’ and the permissions granted to that Secret by a destination server. The challenge lies in……
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U.S. CISA adds Apple products and Juniper Junos OS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Appleproducts and Juniper Junos OSflaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: The vulnerability CVE-2025-21590 is an Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization issue in the kernel of Juniper Networks Junos OS…
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Strengthening the Human Firewall: Prioritising Mental Health in Cybersecurity Teams
There are few places more challenging than the frontlines of war. Danger lurks at every corner while enemy fire is a persistent threat. It’s a hostile and stress-induced environment that demands unwavering focus, and where a single error can have disastrous consequences. Fortunately, the frontlines of war are a place most people won’t encounter today.…
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Dems ask federal agencies for reassurance DOGE isn’t feeding data into AI willy-nilly
Pouring sensitive info into unapproved, unaccountable, unsafe models would be a ‘severe’ cybersecurity fail First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/03/13/democrat_letter_doge_ai_use/
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US must prioritize cybersecurity training for the military’s engineers
The Defense Department faces a startling capability gap. First seen on defensescoop.com Jump to article: defensescoop.com/2025/03/13/prioritize-cybersecurity-training-military-engineers/
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Healthcare cybersecurity set for AI boom in 2025
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/healthcare-cybersecurity-set-for-ai-boom-in-2025
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Groups From China, Russia, Iran Hitting OT Systems Worldwide
Threat Groups Are Mapping OT Networks for Future Targeting, Warns Dragos. A China-linked threat group called Voltzite is targeting operational technology systems at critical infrastructure organizations worldwide to steal network diagrams, OT operating instructions and information about geographic information systems, said cybersecurity firm Dragos. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/groups-from-china-russia-iran-hitting-ot-systems-worldwide-a-27722
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NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation: Dates, Facts and Requirements
New York, the city that never sleeps, is also the city that takes cybersecurity very seriously. If you’re part of the financial services ecosystem here”, or interact with businesses regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services”, you’ve likely come across the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation. What Is the NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation? The New…
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DFARS 101: Protecting CUI in Defense Contracts
If your company handles Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) for defense contracts, you’ve likely encountered DFARS and its key cybersecurity clauses: 7012, 7019, 7020, and 7021. But what exactly is DFARS, why is compliance crucial, and how can your business ensure it meets the requirements? This guide provides a high-level overview of DFARS compliance, including its……
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Australian financial firm hit with lawsuit after massive data breach
Tags: access, awareness, breach, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, finance, firewall, infrastructure, malware, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, risk-management, software, threat, training, updateproperly configuring and monitoring firewalls to protect against cyber-attacksupdating and patching software and operating systems consistently and in a timely mannerproviding regular, mandatory cybersecurity awareness training to staffallocating inadequate human, technological, and financial resources to manage cybersecurity.As a result of those failures, ASIC said in its court filing, “A FIIG employee inadvertently downloaded a .zip…
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The Rise of XWorm RAT: What Cybersecurity Teams Need to Know Now
The Rise of XWorm RAT: What Cybersecurity Teams Need to Know Now First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/the-rise-of-xworm-rat-what-cybersecurity-teams-need-to-know-now/
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Blind Eagle Targets Organizations with Weaponized .URL Files to Steal User Hashes
In a significant development in the cybersecurity landscape, APT-C-36, more commonly known as Blind Eagle, has intensified its operations targeting Colombian governmental, financial, and critical infrastructure organizations. Active since 2018, this Advanced Persistent Threat group has recently expanded its arsenal with sophisticated exploit techniques and malware, demonstrating an alarming ability to adapt to evolving security…
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86,000+ Healthcare Staff Records Exposed Due to AWS S3 Misconfiguration
A non-password-protected database belonging to ESHYFT, a New Jersey-based HealthTech company, was recently discovered by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler. The database contained over 86,000 records, amounting to 108.8 GB of sensitive information. This data breach, while not attributed to intentional malice, highlights the critical need for robust cybersecurity measures in the healthcare sector. Background of…
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Tech Complexity Puts UK Cybersecurity at Risk
Palo Alto Networks found that nearly two-thirds of UK organizations cited technology complexity as the most significant challenge towards building a sophisticated security posture First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/tech-complexity-uk-cyber-risk/
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Hackers Exploiting JSPSpy To Manage Malicious Webshell Networks
Tags: access, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, hacker, infrastructure, malicious, network, open-sourceCybersecurity researchers have recently identified a cluster of JSPSpy web shell servers featuring an unexpected addition, Filebroser, a rebranded version of the open-source File Browser file management tool. This discovery sheds light on how attackers continue to leverage web shells for persistent access and post-compromise operations while blending into legitimate infrastructure. JSPSpy With Webshell Infrastructure…