Tag: cybersecurity
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LockBit 5.0 Ransomware Targets Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi Systems
Cybersecurity researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a new and dangerous variant of LockBit ransomware that targets Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi systems, utilizing advanced obfuscation techniques and sophisticated cross-platform capabilities. Advanced Multi-Platform Attack Strategy LockBit 5.0 represents a significant evolution in ransomware threats, featuring dedicated variants for three critical computing platforms. All variants share…
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New XCSSET Malware Variant Targets macOS App Developers
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an advanced variant of the XCSSET malware specifically targeting macOS developers through infected Xcode projects, introducing sophisticated clipboard hijacking and enhanced data exfiltration capabilities. Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified yet another XCSSET variant in the wild that introduces further updates and new modules beyond those detailed in previous security analyses. The…
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Salesforce AI Agent Vulnerability Lets Attackers Steal Sensitive Data
Cybersecurity researchers at Noma Labs have discovered a critical vulnerability in Salesforce’s Agentforce AI platform that could allow attackers to steal sensitive customer data through sophisticated prompt injection techniques. The vulnerability, dubbed >>ForcedLeak,
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The Definitive Guide to Compliance Costs: Where Your Budget Goes
Key Takeaways Businesses are managing compliance on multiple fronts: cybersecurity standards, privacy regulations, third-party oversight, and sector-specific rules that change faster than budgets can adapt. Each requirement adds to the total cost of compliance. It’s easy to pinpoint your audit fees or the price of their GRC platform. But those are only part of the……
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Cybersecurity-Spezialisten gründen Red Blue Alliance
Drei führende Unternehmen aus den Bereichen Defensive Cybersecurity, Offensive Cybersecurity und Cybersecurity-Training haben die Red & Blue Alliance gegründet. Ziel ist es, Fachkräfte praxisnah auszubilden, zertifizierte Kompetenzen zu vermitteln und den Austausch zwischen Red und Blue Teams auf ein neues Niveau zu heben. Mitglieder dieser Allianz sind die SECUINFRA GmbH, ein Cyberdefense-Spezialist mit Sitz in……
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Cybersecurity-Spezialisten gründen Red Blue Alliance
Drei führende Unternehmen aus den Bereichen Defensive Cybersecurity, Offensive Cybersecurity und Cybersecurity-Training haben die Red & Blue Alliance gegründet. Ziel ist es, Fachkräfte praxisnah auszubilden, zertifizierte Kompetenzen zu vermitteln und den Austausch zwischen Red und Blue Teams auf ein neues Niveau zu heben. Mitglieder dieser Allianz sind die SECUINFRA GmbH, ein Cyberdefense-Spezialist mit Sitz in……
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How Regular CVE Scanning Reduces the Risk of RCE Attacks
Tags: attack, business, compliance, control, cve, cybersecurity, rce, remote-code-execution, resilience, risk, threat, vulnerabilityRemote Code Execution (RCE) attacks remain one of the most dangerous cybersecurity threats, allowing attackers to take full control of systems and cause severe business damage. Regular CVE scanning is a key part of how to prevent RCE attacks, helping organizations identify unpatched vulnerabilities, prioritize risks, and ensure timely remediation. This proactive approach also supports…
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New Chinese Espionage Hacking Group Uncovered
‘RedNovember’ Has Hacked Organizations in the US, Asia and Europe. A hacking group associated with widespread compromise of edge devices is a Chinese-state-aligned group, says cybersecurity firm Recorded Future. The firm says the threat actor, which it now tracks as RedNovember, is highly likely a Chinese state-sponsored threat activity group. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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150,000 Records of Home Health Care Firm Exposed on Web
Researcher Finds Database of Sensitive Patient Info With No Password Protection. An unencrypted database containing nearly 150,000 patient records of a California provider of home health and palliative care services was left exposed on the internet, said a cybersecurity researcher who discovered the unsecured data cache. Why does this keep happening in the healthcare sector?…
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‘Emergency’ Response Needed Amid Cisco Firewall Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cisco, cyberattack, cybersecurity, exploit, firewall, infrastructure, vulnerability, zero-dayCyberattacks that have exploited two zero-day Cisco firewall vulnerabilities prompted the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to issue an “emergency directive” Thursday. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/cisa-emergency-response-needed-amid-cisco-firewall-attacks
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U.S. CISA adds CISCO Secure Firewall ASA and Secure FTD flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds CISCO Secure Firewall ASA and Secure FTD flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added CISCO Secure Firewall ASA and Secure FTD flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CISA urges Federal Agencies to identify and mitigate potential compromise…
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Great Scott, I’m tired
Tags: cybersecurityHazel celebrates unseen effort in cybersecurity and shares some PII. Completely unrelated, but did you know “Back to the Future” turns 40 this year? First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/great-scott-im-tired/
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Dem report concludes Department of Government Efficiency violates cybersecurity, privacy rules
DOGE is “bypassing cybersecurity protections” at three agencies, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Democrats concluded. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/senate-democrats-report-doge-cybersecurity-privacy-violations/
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ForcedLeak Flaw in Salesforce Agentforce AI Agent Exposed CRM Data
Cybersecurity firm Noma Security reveals ForcedLeak, a critical flaw in Salesforce Agentforce that allowed data theft. Learn what companies need to do now to secure AI agents. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/forcedleak-salesforce-agentforce-ai-agent-crm-data/
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Salesforce Patches Critical ForcedLeak Bug Exposing CRM Data via AI Prompt Injection
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical flaw impacting Salesforce Agentforce, a platform for building artificial intelligence (AI) agents, that could allow attackers to potentially exfiltrate sensitive data from its customer relationship management (CRM) tool by means of an indirect prompt injection.The vulnerability has been codenamed ForcedLeak (CVSS score: 9.4) by Noma Security, First seen on…
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CTEM’s Core: Prioritization and Validation
Despite a coordinated investment of time, effort, planning, and resources, even the most up-to-date cybersecurity systems continue to fail. Every day. Why? It’s not because security teams can’t see enough. Quite the contrary. Every security tool spits out thousands of findings. Patch this. Block that. Investigate this. It’s a tsunami of red dots that not…
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Malicious Rust Crates Steal Solana and Ethereum Keys, 8,424 Downloads Confirmed
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious Rust crates impersonating a legitimate library called fast_log to steal Solana and Ethereum wallet keys from source code.The crates, named faster_log and async_println, were published by the threat actor under the alias rustguruman and dumbnbased on May 25, 2025, amassing 8,424 downloads in total, according to software supply chain…
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Malicious Rust Crates Steal Solana and Ethereum Keys, 8,424 Downloads Confirmed
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious Rust crates impersonating a legitimate library called fast_log to steal Solana and Ethereum wallet keys from source code.The crates, named faster_log and async_println, were published by the threat actor under the alias rustguruman and dumbnbased on May 25, 2025, amassing 8,424 downloads in total, according to software supply chain…
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Credit Unions Replaced Fragmented Tools With Seceon’s Platform
Credit unions are the financial lifeline for more than 139 million Americans. Built on a member-first philosophy, these not-for-profit institutions provide affordable banking, community trust, and financial empowerment. But in today’s digital-first era, credit unions face growing cybersecurity challenges. With rising ransomware attacks, phishing scams, and third-party vendor breaches, credit unions are prime targets for…
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Thales Named a Leader in the Data Security Posture Management Market
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, encryption, finance, GDPR, google, Hardware, identity, intelligence, law, microsoft, monitoring, network, office, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, soc, software, strategy, technology, threat, toolThales Named a Leader in the Data Security Posture Management Market madhav Thu, 09/25/2025 – 06:15 Most breaches begin with the same blind spot: organizations don’t know precisely what data they hold, or how exposed it is. Value and risk sit side by side. Data Security Todd Moore – Global VP of Data Security Products…
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Vulnerability in Salesforce AI could be tricked into leaking CRM data
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, cybersecurity, data, exploit, injection, Internet, software, supply-chain, tool, update, vulnerabilityGuardrails, not just patches: While Salesforce responded quickly with a patch, experts agree that AI agents represent a fundamentally broader attack surface. These systems combine memory, decision-making, and tool execution, meaning compromises can spread quickly and, as Bennett puts it, “at machine speed.” “It’s advisable to secure the systems around the AI agents in use, which…
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Three in four European companies are hooked on US tech
Secure your data, avoid US sanctions, and stay compliant with European cybersecurity alternatives First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/25/three_four_european_companies/
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North Korean Hackers Use New AkdoorTea Backdoor to Target Global Crypto Developers
The North Korea-linked threat actors associated with the Contagious Interview campaign have been attributed to a previously undocumented backdoor called AkdoorTea, along with tools like TsunamiKit and Tropidoor.Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, which is tracking the activity under the name DeceptiveDevelopment, said the campaign targets software developers across all operating systems, Windows, First seen on thehackernews.com…
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North Korean Hackers Use New AkdoorTea Backdoor to Target Global Crypto Developers
The North Korea-linked threat actors associated with the Contagious Interview campaign have been attributed to a previously undocumented backdoor called AkdoorTea, along with tools like TsunamiKit and Tropidoor.Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, which is tracking the activity under the name DeceptiveDevelopment, said the campaign targets software developers across all operating systems, Windows, First seen on thehackernews.com…
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CTEM’s Core: Prioritization and Validation
Despite a coordinated investment of time, effort, planning, and resources, even the most up-to-date cybersecurity systems continue to fail. Every day. Why? It’s not because security teams can’t see enough. Quite the contrary. Every security tool spits out thousands of findings. Patch this. Block that. Investigate this. It’s a tsunami of red dots that not…
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AI coding assistants amplify deeper cybersecurity risks
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, fintech, flaw, governance, injection, leak, LLM, metric, open-source, programming, radius, risk, risk-management, service, software, startup, strategy, threat, tool, training, vulnerability‘Shadow’ engineers and vibe coding compound risks: Ashwin Mithra, global head of information security at continuous software development firm Cloudbees, notes that part of the problem is that non-technical teams are using AI to build apps, scripts, and dashboards.”These shadow engineers don’t realize they’re part of the software development life cycle, and often bypass critical…
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How threat actors breached a U.S. federal civilian agency by exploiting a GeoServer flaw
Tags: breach, cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerabilityUS CISA revealed that threat actors exploited an unpatched vulnerability in GeoServer to breach a U.S. federal civilian agency’s network. Threat actors breached a U.S. federal agency via unpatched GeoServer flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-36401 (CVSS score of 9.8), which is a critical remote code execution (RCE) issue. In mid-July 2024, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure…
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CISA Reveals Hackers Breached U.S. Federal Agency via GeoServer RCE Flaw
Tags: access, breach, cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, detection, endpoint, exploit, flaw, hacker, incident response, Intruder, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityFederal cybersecurity agency CISA has disclosed that attackers exploited a remote code execution vulnerability in GeoServer to breach a U.S. federal civilian executive branch agency. The incident response began after endpoint detection alerts sounded at the agency. Over three weeks, cyber intruders used the flaw to gain initial access, move laterally, and establish persistence across…