Tag: cybersecurity
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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/
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Mastering agentic AI security through exposure management
As AI tools evolve from siloed chatbots to autonomous, hyperconnected systems, they create a vast new attack surface. Discover how to manage this risk by focusing on visibility, agency, and semantic security to protect your organization’s increasingly complex landscape of agentic AI systems. Key takeaways Organizations have moved from siloed AI chatbots to autonomous, hyperconnected…
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Mastering agentic AI security through exposure management
As AI tools evolve from siloed chatbots to autonomous, hyperconnected systems, they create a vast new attack surface. Discover how to manage this risk by focusing on visibility, agency, and semantic security to protect your organization’s increasingly complex landscape of agentic AI systems. Key takeaways Organizations have moved from siloed AI chatbots to autonomous, hyperconnected…
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Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry
The government of Sri Lanka has lost more than $3 million in two recent, separate cybersecurity incidents as the country continues to recover from its 2022 debt crisis. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/29/sri-lanka-discloses-another-missing-payment-days-after-hackers-stole-2-5m-from-its-finance-ministry/
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Sevii Adds Ability to Dynamically Deploy AI Agents to Combat Cyberattacks
By leveraging Myrmidon Defense Technology (MDT), Sevii enables cybersecurity teams to orchestrate autonomous AI agent swarms to hunt, isolate, and remediate threats at machine speed. This “AI fire with AI fire” approach addresses the critical shortage of security professionals while offering a fixed-cost model that eliminates the unpredictability of AI token consumption. First seen on…
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Sevii Adds Ability to Dynamically Deploy AI Agents to Combat Cyberattacks
By leveraging Myrmidon Defense Technology (MDT), Sevii enables cybersecurity teams to orchestrate autonomous AI agent swarms to hunt, isolate, and remediate threats at machine speed. This “AI fire with AI fire” approach addresses the critical shortage of security professionals while offering a fixed-cost model that eliminates the unpredictability of AI token consumption. First seen on…
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CISA Warns of ConnectWise ScreenConnect Flaw Exploited in Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning regarding a critical security flaw in ConnectWise ScreenConnect. CVE-2024-1708 is currently being exploited in real-world attacks. Because of this active threat, CISA officially added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on April 28, 2026. This addition serves as a major…
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CISA Warns of ConnectWise ScreenConnect Flaw Exploited in Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning regarding a critical security flaw in ConnectWise ScreenConnect. CVE-2024-1708 is currently being exploited in real-world attacks. Because of this active threat, CISA officially added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on April 28, 2026. This addition serves as a major…
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CISA Warns of ConnectWise ScreenConnect Flaw Exploited in Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning regarding a critical security flaw in ConnectWise ScreenConnect. CVE-2024-1708 is currently being exploited in real-world attacks. Because of this active threat, CISA officially added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on April 28, 2026. This addition serves as a major…
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CISA orders feds to patch Windows flaw exploited as zero-day
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to secure their Windows systems against a vulnerability exploited in zero-day attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-feds-to-patch-windows-flaw-exploited-in-zero-day-attacks/
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GitHub Fixes Critical RCE Bug CVE-2026-3854 Within Hours of Discovery
Tags: cloud, cve, cvss, cybersecurity, flaw, github, infrastructure, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers have revealed critical details about a newly identified RCE vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-3854, affecting both GitHub’s cloud infrastructure and GitHub Enterprise Server deployments. The flaw, which carries a high CVSS score of 8.7, could allow an authenticated user to execute arbitrary code on affected systems with a single crafted First seen on thecyberexpress.com…
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CISA Adds Actively Exploited ConnectWise and Windows Flaws to KEV
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, vulnerability, windowsThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting ConnectWise ScreenConnect and Microsoft Windows to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerabilities are listed below -CVE-2024-1708 (CVSS score: 8.4) – A path traversal vulnerability in ConnectWise ScreenConnect First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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CISA Adds Actively Exploited ConnectWise and Windows Flaws to KEV
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, vulnerability, windowsThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting ConnectWise ScreenConnect and Microsoft Windows to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerabilities are listed below -CVE-2024-1708 (CVSS score: 8.4) – A path traversal vulnerability in ConnectWise ScreenConnect First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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CISA Adds Actively Exploited ConnectWise and Windows Flaws to KEV
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, vulnerability, windowsThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting ConnectWise ScreenConnect and Microsoft Windows to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerabilities are listed below -CVE-2024-1708 (CVSS score: 8.4) – A path traversal vulnerability in ConnectWise ScreenConnect First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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AWS leans on prior ingenuity to face future AI and quantum threats
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, cloud, communications, computer, computing, control, credentials, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, exploit, google, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, lessons-learned, malicious, penetration-testing, phishing, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, updateSymmetric cryptography and the quantum threat: Back in the early 2010s, most hardware security modules used asymmetric cryptography to protect security keys. Asymmetric cryptography, the kind used to secure online communications, involves pairs of keys, one to lock, another to unlock. It’s a very useful and convenient approach when dealing with multiple parties.Amazon chose to…
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AWS leans on prior ingenuity to face future AI and quantum threats
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, cloud, communications, computer, computing, control, credentials, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, exploit, google, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, lessons-learned, malicious, penetration-testing, phishing, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, updateSymmetric cryptography and the quantum threat: Back in the early 2010s, most hardware security modules used asymmetric cryptography to protect security keys. Asymmetric cryptography, the kind used to secure online communications, involves pairs of keys, one to lock, another to unlock. It’s a very useful and convenient approach when dealing with multiple parties.Amazon chose to…
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CISA Adds Actively Exploited ConnectWise and Windows Flaws to KEV
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, vulnerability, windowsThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting ConnectWise ScreenConnect and Microsoft Windows to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerabilities are listed below -CVE-2024-1708 (CVSS score: 8.4) – A path traversal vulnerability in ConnectWise ScreenConnect First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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CISA Adds Actively Exploited ConnectWise and Windows Flaws to KEV
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, vulnerability, windowsThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting ConnectWise ScreenConnect and Microsoft Windows to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerabilities are listed below -CVE-2024-1708 (CVSS score: 8.4) – A path traversal vulnerability in ConnectWise ScreenConnect First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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CERT-In Warns of AI-Driven Cyber Threat Surge, MSMEs at Highest Risk
India’s cybersecurity watchdog, CERT-In, has raised concerns of the nature of modern cyber threats, particularly those driven by artificial intelligence. In its latest advisory, the cybersecurity watchdog has highlighted how frontier AI technologies are reshaping the threat landscape, making cyberattacks faster, more scalable, and far more accessible, even to less skilled attackers. First seen on thecyberexpress.com…
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U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Tags: cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, vulnerability, windowsU.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Windows Shell and ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2024-02-21 is a path traversal vulnerability…
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CISA Warns of Windows Shell Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert regarding a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows. On April 28, 2026, the agency officially added CVE-2026-32202 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This critical flaw involves a failure of a protection mechanism within the Microsoft Windows Shell, and active exploitation…