Tag: data
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Preparing for the Quantum Era: Post-Quantum Cryptography Webinar for Security Leaders
Most organizations assume encrypted data is safe.But many attackers are already preparing for a future where today’s encryption can be broken. Instead of trying to decrypt information now, they are collecting encrypted data and storing it so it can be decrypted later using quantum computers.This tactic”, known as “harvest now, decrypt later””, means sensitive data…
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Should Cloud Be Classed as Critical Infrastructure?
Tags: access, authentication, banking, breach, business, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, dora, encryption, fido, finance, framework, governance, Hardware, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, mfa, network, nis-2, radius, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, strategy, supply-chain, technologyShould Cloud Be Classed as Critical Infrastructure? madhav Thu, 03/05/2026 – 09:53 Over the past few years, large-scale cloud outages have demonstrated just how deeply digital services are woven into the fabric of modern society. When widely used cloud platforms experience disruption, the impact extends far beyond individual applications; banking services stall, transport systems falter,…
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New MongoDB Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Crash Servers, Exposing Critical Data
Cato CTRL’s senior security researcher, Vitaly Simonovich, has uncovered a high-severity dos vulnerability in MongoDB, tracked as CVE-2026-25611, that lets unauthenticated attackers crash any exposed MongoDB server.”‹ CVE-2026-25611 is rooted in MongoDB’sOP_COMPRESSED wire protocol, a compression feature introduced in version 3.4 and enabled by default since version 3.6. The flaw is classified underCWE-405 (Asymmetric Resource Consumption),…
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Coruna Exploit Kit Targets Older iPhones in Multi-Stage Campaigns
Exploit kit Coruna targets iPhones running iOS 13.0 to 17.2.1, focusing on financial data theft First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/coruna-exploit-older-iphones/
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How a Music Streaming CEO Built an Open-Source Global Threat Map in His Spare Time
Frustrated by fragmented war news, Anghami’s Elie Habib built World Monitor, a platform that fuses global data, like aircraft signals and satellite detections, to track conflicts as they unfold. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/world-monitor-elie-habib/
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Europol Operation Seizes LeakBase Data Breach Site
A global operation has resulted in the takedown of popular cybercrime forum LeakBase First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/europol-seizes-leakbase-data/
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RedAlert Mobile Espionage Campaign Exploits Trojanized Rocket Alert App to Spy on Civilians
A newly discovered mobile espionage operation dubbed “RedAlert” has surfaced amid the ongoing IsraelIran conflict, exploiting wartime fear and dependency on early-warning systems. The campaign targets civilians by distributing a trojanized version of the Israeli Home Front Command’s official Rocket Alert application, aiming to harvest sensitive personal and geolocation data under the guise of legitimate security notifications. Researchers…
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State-affiliated hackers set up for critical OT attacks that operators may not detect
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, conference, control, credentials, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, firmware, fortinet, group, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, Intruder, lessons-learned, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, password, penetration-testing, phishing, regulation, russia, service, spear-phishing, supply-chain, threat, tool, ukraine, update, vulnerabilityRussia’s OT attack teams expand beyond Ukraine: The Russia-linked pair Kamacite and Electrum, which Dragos has tracked since the mid-2010s and is responsible for the 2015 and 2016 cyberattacks that took down parts of Ukraine’s power grid, expanded operations into NATO territory in 2025 after years focused almost exclusively on Ukrainian targets.Kamacite, which serves as…
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State-affiliated hackers set up for critical OT attacks that operators may not detect
Tags: access, antivirus, attack, conference, control, credentials, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, firmware, fortinet, group, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, Intruder, lessons-learned, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, password, penetration-testing, phishing, regulation, russia, service, spear-phishing, supply-chain, threat, tool, ukraine, update, vulnerabilityRussia’s OT attack teams expand beyond Ukraine: The Russia-linked pair Kamacite and Electrum, which Dragos has tracked since the mid-2010s and is responsible for the 2015 and 2016 cyberattacks that took down parts of Ukraine’s power grid, expanded operations into NATO territory in 2025 after years focused almost exclusively on Ukrainian targets.Kamacite, which serves as…
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14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
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14 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
Tags: access, api, attack, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, communications, computer, control, credentials, cve, cvss, cyber, data, data-breach, dns, dos, encryption, exploit, flaw, hacker, Hardware, infosec, infrastructure, Internet, kaspersky, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, network, nist, open-source, password, programming, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, stuxnet, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayAge: 30 yearsDate introduced: 1995Date fixed: February 2026Researchers unearthed a legacy flaw in the widely used libpng open-source library that had existed since the technology was first released more than 30 years ago.The heap buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2026-25646) meant that applications using the flawed software would crash when presented with a maliciously constructed PNG raster…
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FBI and Europol Seize LeakBase Forum Used to Trade Stolen Credentials
A joint law enforcement operation has dismantled LeakBase, one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools.The LeakBase forum, per the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), had over 142,000 members and more than 215,000 messages between members as of December 2025. Those attempting to access the…
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Operation Leak: Authorities Dismantle LeakBase Forum, Secure User Data and IP Logs
The FBI, working alongside international law enforcement agencies, has successfully dismantled the notorious cybercriminal forum LeakBase. Dubbed >>Operation Leak,<< this coordinated global effort resulted in the seizure of the platform's domains and its underlying infrastructure. LeakBase was a prominent online destination where cybercriminals gathered to buy, sell, and trade stolen databases, corporate data, and personal…
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Microsoft leads takedown of Tycoon2FA phishing service infrastructure
Stringent defenses needed: CSOs must employ stringent defenses against tools that use reverse proxies, Beggs said, including strengthening email filtering by enforcing DMARC, DKIM, and SPF; enforcing secure session handling at the edge by using client-bound session tokens tied to device or TLS certificates; ensuring continuous validation by issuing a new challenge when the device fingerprint…
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Microsoft leads takedown of Tycoon2FA phishing service infrastructure
Stringent defenses needed: CSOs must employ stringent defenses against tools that use reverse proxies, Beggs said, including strengthening email filtering by enforcing DMARC, DKIM, and SPF; enforcing secure session handling at the edge by using client-bound session tokens tied to device or TLS certificates; ensuring continuous validation by issuing a new challenge when the device fingerprint…
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What to Expect from Iran’s Digital Counterstrike
Tags: attack, breach, cloud, communications, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, espionage, exploit, extortion, finance, government, group, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, international, iran, leak, middle-east, military, network, ransomware, risk, risk-assessment, service, tool, update, vulnerability, wormAfter the United States and Israel began a bombing campaign on Iran, leading to the decapitation of its political and military leaders, the Middle East has erupted into waves of kinetic warfare. But what should we expect about cyber? Iran has a formidable offensive cybersecurity capability and is considered one of the four most aggressive…
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Intelligence Compromised: Data Abyss Report Details China’s Exploitation of U.S. IARPA Research
The post Intelligence Compromised: Data Abyss Report Details China’s Exploitation of U.S. IARPA Research appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/intelligence-compromised-data-abyss-report-details-chinas-exploitation-of-u-s-iarpa-research/
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How to Avoid Confidentiality Gaps in Early-Stage Startups
Startups often expose sensitive data during pitches and hiring. Learn when to use NDAs and simple workflows to close confidentiality gaps. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/avoid-confidentiality-gaps-early-stage-startups/
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Fig Security Raises $30M to Modernize SOC Infrastructure
Series A Funding Aims to Give Security Teams Visibility Into Complex SecOps Stacks. Fig Security has raised $30 million in Series A funding to help organizations modernize their SOC infrastructure. The startup said CISOs lack visibility into complex SecOps pipelines spanning SIEMs, data lakes and automation tools, which can lead to silent failures that undermine…
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Why AI, Zero Trust, and modern security require deep visibility
Tags: ai, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, incident response, intelligence, soc, strategy, threat, tool, zero-trust72% of organizations say NAV is essential for proactive threat hunting and reactive incident response69% say a NAV solution is vital to their threat detection and incident response processThis isn’t about adding more gadgets to the SOC. It’s about strengthening the foundation that the SOC stands on.When visibility is weak, every advanced capability becomes unstable:AI…
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The Instagram API Scraping Crisis: When ‘Public’ Data Becomes a 17.5 Million User Breach
17.5 million Instagram accounts leaked through API scraping. Meta denies breach, but your data is on the dark web. Here’s what actually happened. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/the-instagram-api-scraping-crisis-when-public-data-becomes-a-17-5-million-user-breach/
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Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Groundhog Day Meaning’
Tags: datavia the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/randall-munroes-xkcd-groundhog-day-meaning/
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The 10-hour problem: How visibility gaps are burning out the SOC
An alert firesThe context is partialThe data is dispersedThe logs are incompleteThe analyst starts correlating manually This is the invisible cost of poor visibility.Every alert becomes a puzzle, and analysts become professional puzzle-solvers. But puzzles don’t scale. Not when attacks move faster than your reconstruction speed.The hidden cost of insufficient NAVThe Forrester study shows that…
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Hacker mass-mails HungerRush extortion emails to restaurant patrons
Customers of restaurants using the HungerRush point-of-sale (POS) platform say they received emails from a threat actor attempting to extort the company, warning that restaurant and customer data could be exposed if HungerRush fails to respond. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-mass-mails-hungerrush-extortion-emails-to-restaurant-patrons/
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Airtable’s 500K Row Limit Is Not a Scalability Fix, It’s a Signal to Rethink Your Data Strategy
Airtable’s new 500,000-row limit is making headlines, but it is not a true scalability upgrade. It is a signal. A signal that many teams are…Read More First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2026/03/airtables-500k-row-limit-is-not-a-scalability-fix-its-a-signal-to-rethink-your-data-strategy/
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FBI seizes LeakBase cybercrime forum, data of 142,000 members
The FBI has seized the LeakBase cybercrime forum, a major online forum used by cybercriminals buy and sell hacking tools and stolen data. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fbi-seizes-leakbase-cybercrime-forum-data-of-142-000-members/
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NDSS 2025 Detecting Server-Induced Client Vulnerabilities In Windows Remote IPC
Tags: china, computing, conference, cve, data, detection, Internet, network, technology, tool, vulnerability, windowsSession 14C: Vulnerability Detection Authors, Creators & Presenters: (Except Where Noted – The Following Authors Are From The Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy Of Sciences) Fangming Gu, Qingli Guo, Jie Lu (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Qinghe Xie , Beibei Zhao, Kangjie Lu (University of Minnesota), Hong Li, Xiaorui Gong PAPER…
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Best DeleteMe Alternatives (2026): Competitors and Comparisons
Best DeleteMe alternatives for 2026 compared, including Incogni, Optery, Aura, Kanary, and Privacy Bee for data broker removal and privacy protection. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/deleteme-alternatives-2026-competitors-comparisons/
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LexisNexis confirms data breach at Legal & Professional arm, some customer records affected
Crooks claim 2 GB haul from AWS instance via React2Shell exploit First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/04/lexisnexis_legal_professional_confirms_data/