Tag: cybersecurity
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Cryptohack Roundup: Allegations Involving Melania Memecoins
Also: LastPass Warns of Phishing Campaign, Trump’s New CTFC Head Pick. Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents in digital assets. This week, Meteora CEO faced fraud allegations, LastPass warned of a phishing campaign, Trump taps crypto lawyer to lead CFTC, Mt. Gox delayed creditor repayments again and an Indian court blocked…
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FCC will vote to scrap telecom cybersecurity requirements
Tags: cybersecurityThe commission’s Republican chair, who voted against the rules in January, calls them ineffective and illegal. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fcc-cybersecurity-telecommunications-carriers-brendan-carr-eliminate-rules/804259/
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FCC will vote to scrap telecom cybersecurity requirements
Tags: cybersecurityThe commission’s Republican chair, who voted against the rules in January, calls them ineffective and illegal. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fcc-cybersecurity-telecommunications-carriers-brendan-carr-eliminate-rules/804259/
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FCC will vote to scrap telecom cybersecurity requirements
Tags: cybersecurityThe commission’s Republican chair, who voted against the rules in January, calls them ineffective and illegal. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/fcc-cybersecurity-telecommunications-carriers-brendan-carr-eliminate-rules/804259/
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Cybersecurity management for boards: Metrics that matter
Tags: ai, attack, automation, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, deep-fake, detection, dora, finance, firewall, governance, insurance, jobs, metric, mitigation, nis-2, nist, phishing, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, scam, soc, threat, trainingWhy does this matter? Resilience aligns with your actual business goals: continuity, trust and long-term value. It reflects your appetite for risk and your ability to adapt. And with regulations like DORA and NIS2 pushing accountability higher up the ladder, your board is on the hook. Financial impact and continuity metrics: You can’t fight cyber…
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Tips for CISOs switching between industries
Understand and demonstrate achieved results: Making the jump into a new industry isn’t about matching past job titles but about proving you can create impact in a new context. DiMarco says the key is to demonstrate relevance early.”When I pitch a candidate, I explain what they did, how they did it, and what their impact…
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Old threats, new consequences: 90% of cyber claims stem from email and remote access
Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, cisco, ciso, citrix, cloud, communications, control, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, encryption, finance, fraud, hacker, insurance, mail, malicious, microsoft, network, phishing, phone, ransomware, risk, sophos, tactics, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability2025 InsurSec Rankings Report, email and remote access remain the most prominent cyber threat vectors, accounting for 90% of cyber insurance claims in 2024.And, no surprise, larger companies continue to get hit hardest. But, interestingly, the virtual private networks (VPNs) many rely on are anything but secure, despite assumptions to the contrary.”We know from our…
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Hackers Use NFC Relay Malware to Clone TapPay Android Transactions
A new investigation from mobile security firm Zimperium has revealed a fast-growing cybersecurity threat targeting Android users through… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/nfc-relay-malware-clone-tap-to-pay-android/
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Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: October 2025
This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. Chekov: … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/30/hottest-cybersecurity-open-source-tools-of-the-month-october-2025/
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Threat Actors Abuse AzureHound Tool to Enumerate Azure and Entra ID Environments
Tags: attack, cloud, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, malicious, microsoft, penetration-testing, threat, toolThe cybersecurity landscape continues to shift toward cloud-based attacks, with threat actors increasingly exploiting legitimate security tools for malicious reconnaissance. AzureHound, a penetration testing utility designed for authorized security professionals, has become a weapon of choice for attackers seeking to understand and compromise Azure and Microsoft Entra ID environments. Understanding the Threat AzureHound is a…
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Airstalk Malware: Multi-Threaded C2 Steals Windows Logins
Tags: attack, communications, control, cyber, cybersecurity, infrastructure, login, malware, mobile, powershell, supply-chain, threat, windowsCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated Windows malware family dubbed Airstalk, which leverages legitimate mobile device management infrastructure to establish covert command-and-control communications and exfiltrate sensitive browser credentials. The malware, available in both PowerShell and .NET variants, has been linked with medium confidence to a nation-state threat actor operating through a likely supply chain attack…
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Airstalk Malware: Multi-Threaded C2 Steals Windows Logins
Tags: attack, communications, control, cyber, cybersecurity, infrastructure, login, malware, mobile, powershell, supply-chain, threat, windowsCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated Windows malware family dubbed Airstalk, which leverages legitimate mobile device management infrastructure to establish covert command-and-control communications and exfiltrate sensitive browser credentials. The malware, available in both PowerShell and .NET variants, has been linked with medium confidence to a nation-state threat actor operating through a likely supply chain attack…
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: DNS Poisoning Flaw, Supply-Chain Heist, Rust Malware Trick and New RATs Rising
The comfort zone in cybersecurity is gone. Attackers are scaling down, focusing tighter, and squeezing more value from fewer, high-impact targets. At the same time, defenders face growing blind spots — from spoofed messages to large-scale social engineering.This week’s findings show how that shrinking margin of safety is redrawing the threat landscape. Here’s what’s First…
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PhantomRaven Malware Found in 126 npm Packages Stealing GitHub Tokens From Devs
Tags: attack, authentication, credentials, cybersecurity, github, malicious, malware, software, supply-chainCybersecurity researchers have uncovered yet another active software supply chain attack campaign targeting the npm registry with over 100 malicious packages that can steal authentication tokens, CI/CD secrets, and GitHub credentials from developers’ machines.The campaign has been codenamed PhantomRaven by Koi Security. The activity is assessed to have begun in August 2025, when the first…
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More than 10 million impacted by breach of government contractor Conduent
The government contractor Conduent informed multiple states this week that a cybersecurity incident in January exposed the information of more than 10 million people. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/millions-impacted-breach-conduent
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More than 10 million impacted by breach of government contractor Conduent
The government contractor Conduent informed multiple states this week that a cybersecurity incident in January exposed the information of more than 10 million people. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/millions-impacted-breach-conduent
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Open-source security group pulls out of U.S. grant, citing DEI restrictions
The Trump administration’s zeal to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion programs is affecting national cybersecurity research, as a key open-source security foundation announced it would reject federal grant funding. The Python Software Foundation (PSF), which promotes safe and secure Python coding practices and helps oversee PyPI, the world’s largest open-source code repository for Python,…
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Open-source security group pulls out of U.S. grant, citing DEI restrictions
The Trump administration’s zeal to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion programs is affecting national cybersecurity research, as a key open-source security foundation announced it would reject federal grant funding. The Python Software Foundation (PSF), which promotes safe and secure Python coding practices and helps oversee PyPI, the world’s largest open-source code repository for Python,…
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025: Customer-Centric Innovation from ColorTokens
Bringing frictionless implementation [Progressive Segmentation and EDR integration] and rapid value realization to an award-winning and peer-recognized technology platform demystifies, simplifies, and makes it extremely easy for our customers to achieve cyber resilience. As a student of innovation and technology, I’ve seen time and again that raw technological prowess alone rarely sparks widespread adoption. The……
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025: Customer-Centric Innovation from ColorTokens
Bringing frictionless implementation [Progressive Segmentation and EDR integration] and rapid value realization to an award-winning and peer-recognized technology platform demystifies, simplifies, and makes it extremely easy for our customers to achieve cyber resilience. As a student of innovation and technology, I’ve seen time and again that raw technological prowess alone rarely sparks widespread adoption. The……
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Cybersecurity awareness news brief: What works, what doesn’t
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366633448/Cybersecurity-awareness-news-brief-What-works-what-doesnt
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Experts Reports Sharp Increase in Automated Botnet Attacks Targeting PHP Servers and IoT Devices
Tags: attack, botnet, cloud, control, cve, cybersecurity, data-breach, exploit, iot, network, threat, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a spike in automated attacks targeting PHP servers, IoT devices, and cloud gateways by various botnets such as Mirai, Gafgyt, and Mozi.”These automated campaigns exploit known CVE vulnerabilities and cloud misconfigurations to gain control over exposed systems and expand botnet networks,” the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) said in…
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New AI-Targeted Cloaking Attack Tricks AI Crawlers Into Citing Fake Info as Verified Facts
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new security issue in agentic web browsers like OpenAI ChatGPT Atlas that exposes underlying artificial intelligence (AI) models to context poisoning attacks.In the attack devised by AI security company SPLX, a bad actor can set up websites that serve different content to browsers and AI crawlers run by ChatGPT and…
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API Attack Awareness: Business Logic Abuse, Exploiting the Rules of the Game
As Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues, we wanted to dive even deeper into the attack methods affecting APIs. We’ve already reviewed Broken Object Level Authentication (BOLA), injection attacks, and authentication flaws; this week, we’re exploring business logic abuse (BLA). Unlike technical flaws, business logic flaws exploit how an API is designed to behave. They are difficult…
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API Attack Awareness: Business Logic Abuse, Exploiting the Rules of the Game
As Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues, we wanted to dive even deeper into the attack methods affecting APIs. We’ve already reviewed Broken Object Level Authentication (BOLA), injection attacks, and authentication flaws; this week, we’re exploring business logic abuse (BLA). Unlike technical flaws, business logic flaws exploit how an API is designed to behave. They are difficult…
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Survey Surfaces Greater Appreciation for AI Risks
A new Vanta survey of 3,500 IT and business leaders reveals that 72% believe cybersecurity risks have never been higher due to AI. While 79% are using or planning to use AI agents to defend against threats, many admit their understanding lags behind adoption”, highlighting the urgent need for stronger governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)…
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Survey Surfaces Greater Appreciation for AI Risks
A new Vanta survey of 3,500 IT and business leaders reveals that 72% believe cybersecurity risks have never been higher due to AI. While 79% are using or planning to use AI agents to defend against threats, many admit their understanding lags behind adoption”, highlighting the urgent need for stronger governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)…
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Preparing for the Digital Battlefield of 2026: Ghost Identities, Poisoned Accounts, & AI Agent Havoc
BeyondTrust’s annual cybersecurity predictions point to a year where old defenses will fail quietly, and new attack vectors will surge.IntroductionThe next major breach won’t be a phished password. It will be the result of a massive, unmanaged identity debt. This debt takes many forms: it’s the “ghost” identity from a 2015 breach lurking in your…
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Converged OT/IT Cybersecurity: Breaking Barriers for Unified Protection
As industrial operations and digital systems continue to merge, organizations are entering a new era of cybersecurity challenges. The boundaries between Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) have blurred, and with this convergence come both opportunities and risks. Traditionally, OT and IT have operated in silos. OT systems controlled machinery, sensors, and industrial processes,…
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10 npm Packages Caught Stealing Developer Credentials on Windows, macOS, and Linux
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of 10 malicious npm packages that are designed to deliver an information stealer targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS systems.”The malware uses four layers of obfuscation to hide its payload, displays a fake CAPTCHA to appear legitimate, fingerprints victims by IP address, and downloads a 24MB PyInstaller-packaged information stealer that…