Tag: defense
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Looking Back, Looking Forward: Digesting a Dynamic Bouillabaisse of Cyber Evolution
Dark Reading editors reflect on two decades of dramatic change, from perimeter defense to assume-breach strategies, and warn that while AI, cloud, and COVID-19 have transformed the threat landscape, organizations are still failing at fundamental security hygiene that could stop sophisticated attacks in their tracks. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/looking-back-looking-forward-bouillabaisse-cyber-evolution
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The Newest Space Race Is Cyber
Satellites Will Be Newest Cyberwar Front. Now that space is becoming a battlefield, cyberwar will be waged there, experts predict, and the race is on to develop cyber defenses that can protect new satellite constellations from foreign cyber-warriors, online spies and even criminal hacker gangs. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/newest-space-race-cyber-a-31717
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7 tips for accelerating cyber incident recovery
Tags: attack, awareness, backup, breach, business, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, communications, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, finance, framework, governance, incident, incident response, infection, insurance, international, lessons-learned, malicious, malware, monitoring, nist, risk, service, technology, threat, updateEmphasize scoping and containment from the outset: Because you can’t recover from what you can’t stop, scoping and containment should be the absolute first priority during incident recovery, says Amit Basu, CIO and CISO at freight shipping firm International Seaway.”Before anything else, you must stop the bleeding,” he says. This means understanding the true scope…
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Kimsuky Uses LNK, JSE Lures to Target Recruiters, Crypto Users, Defense Officials
Kimsuky Hackers Use LNK and JSE Lures to Target Recruiters, Crypto Users, and Defense Officials. North Korea-linked threat group Kimsuky has launched at least four distinct spear-phishing campaigns in early 2026, targeting recruiters, cryptocurrency users, developers, defense personnel, and academic administrators. Despite using different themes and delivery methods, all campaigns follow a consistent attack chain:…
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The Newest Space Race is in Cyber
Satellites Will Be Newest Cyberwar Front. Now that space is becoming a battlefield, cyberwar will be waged there, experts predict, and the race is on to develop cyber defenses that can protect new satellite constellations from foreign cyber-warriors, online spies and even criminal hacker gangs. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/newest-space-race-in-cyber-a-31717
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New image-based prompt injection attack targets multimodal AI models
Researchers claim strong black-box transferability: The researchers evaluated the technique against multiple open-source LVLMs, including MiniGPT4, BLIP-2, InstructBLIP, BLIVA, and Qwen2.5-VL, the paper added.According to the paper, the attack achieved an average success rate of 66.36% across tested models, outperforming prior baseline attacks by roughly 41 percentage points.The researchers also said the technique demonstrated “strong…
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The AI backdoor your security stack is not built to see
Enterprises deploying LLMs have spent the past two years building defenses around a reasonable assumption: malicious behavior leaves a trace in the input. Scan for suspicious … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/18/metabackdoor-llm-backdoor-attack/
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The AI backdoor your security stack is not built to see
Enterprises deploying LLMs have spent the past two years building defenses around a reasonable assumption: malicious behavior leaves a trace in the input. Scan for suspicious … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/18/metabackdoor-llm-backdoor-attack/
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Former CISA nominee Sean Plankey named US CEO of defense startup
UFORCE, a London-based company founded by Ukrainians, is looking to make drones in America. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/former-cisa-nominee-sean-plankey-named-us-ceo-of-defense-startup/
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7AI Uncovers Browser Extension Campaign Evading EDR Defenses
7AI uncovered a browser-extension campaign that bypassed EDR defenses to inject malicious JavaScript into authenticated browser sessions. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/7ai-uncovers-browser-extension-campaign-evading-edr-defenses/
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Autonomous systems are finally working. Security is next
Security still runs at human speed: Despite advances in infrastructure, cloud and AI, the underlying workflow of security operations has not fundamentally changed. At its core, security still operates as a human-driven process: Alerts are generated, analysts investigate, context is assembled manually and decisions are made under pressure. This model was sufficient when environments were…
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FlowerStorm phishing gang adopts virtual-machine obfuscation to evade email defenses
Tags: attack, authentication, business, cloud, communications, control, credentials, defense, detection, email, framework, government, infrastructure, login, malicious, malware, mfa, microsoft, phishing, service, theftThe campaign dynamically adapts to victims: After deobfuscation, the phishing payload loads infrastructure designed to impersonate Microsoft 365 and other login portals while dynamically adapting to targeted users.According to the report, the malware can determine which authentication provider should be impersonated, preload victim email addresses into phishing pages, and customize branding elements such as company…
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OpenAI introduces Daybreak cyber platform, takes on Anthropic Mythos
Tags: access, ai, cisco, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, detection, fortinet, framework, government, malware, network, openai, oracle, penetration-testing, RedTeam, risk, software, strategy, technology, update, vulnerabilityOpenAI’s cybersecurity model stack: OpenAI is pursuing a scalable cyber defense platform strategy with Daybreak and is rolling out the initiative through three different model tiers: GPT-5.5 (default), GPT-5.5 with Trusted Access for Cyber, and GPT-5.5-Cyber.The standard GPT-5.5 model is positioned for general-purpose enterprise use cases, including developer assistance and knowledge work. GPT-5.5 with Trusted…
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Vidar Stealer Campaign Evades EDR to Steal Credentials
A new Vidar Stealer campaign is abusing trusted tools, multi”‘stage loaders, and heavy obfuscation to bypass EDR visibility and steal credentials from infected systems silently. This operation shows a clear shift toward “living”‘off”‘the”‘land” techniques and stealthy backdoor architectures that make traditional signature”‘based defenses almost useless. The campaign starts with spear”‘phishing emails that contain compressed archives,…
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Vidar Stealer Campaign Evades EDR to Steal Credentials
A new Vidar Stealer campaign is abusing trusted tools, multi”‘stage loaders, and heavy obfuscation to bypass EDR visibility and steal credentials from infected systems silently. This operation shows a clear shift toward “living”‘off”‘the”‘land” techniques and stealthy backdoor architectures that make traditional signature”‘based defenses almost useless. The campaign starts with spear”‘phishing emails that contain compressed archives,…
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WannaCry, the ransomware attack that changed the history of cybersecurity
WannaCry showed how unpatched flaws and leaked cyber tools can cripple global systems, reshaping cybersecurity defenses worldwide. In memory of the day the digital world was shaken, but learned to fight back. The WannaCry ransomware attack represents one of the most significant events in recent cybersecurity history, not only for its global scale but also…
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How Organizations Are Strengthening Defenses Against Scattered Spider
An On Demand video from ID Dataweb. Scattered Spider continues to evolve, and organizations across financial services, healthcare, insurance, telecommunications, and other sectors are strengthening defenses against increasingly sophisticated identity-driven threats. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/how-organizations-are-strengthening-defenses-against-scattered-spider-a-31660
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OpenAI’s Daybreak uses Codex Security to identify risky attack paths
OpenAI Daybreak is the company’s cybersecurity initiative focused on building AI-assisted software defense into the development process from the start. It combines OpenAI … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/12/openai-daybreak-openai-daybreak-vulnerability-validation-initiative/
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Google warns artificial intelligence is accelerating cyberattacks and zero-day exploits
Tags: access, ai, attack, cloud, cyber, cyberattack, defense, exploit, google, hacker, intelligence, supply-chain, threat, vulnerability, zero-dayGoogle says hackers now use AI to create exploits, automate attacks, evade defenses, and target AI supply chains at scale. Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the cyber threat landscape, and a new report from the Google Cloud Threat Intelligence team highlights how attackers already use AI to improve vulnerability exploitation and gain initial access to…
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1,800+ MCP servers exposed without authentication: How zero trust can secure the AI agent revolution
Tags: ai, attack, authentication, breach, cloud, control, credentials, data, data-breach, defense, exploit, framework, governance, identity, infrastructure, Internet, LLM, malicious, monitoring, network, risk, service, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trustThe epistemological chasm: What renders MCP vulnerabilities particularly vexatious is the fundamental asymmetry they exploit between machine cognition and human oversight.Tool poisoning attacks insert malevolent instructions into tool metadata that LLMs process with complete fidelity but that remain utterly invisible to human operators. The machine perceives everything; its ostensible supervisors perceive nothing. We have unwittingly…
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The Winter Games effect: When gold meets DDoS
Tags: attack, botnet, cctv, ddos, defense, detection, dns, government, group, infrastructure, international, Internet, iot, jobs, lockbit, network, penetration-testing, ransomware, router, service, strategy, threat, windowsAttack volumes 610x historical levels during the Winter Games period (February 623, 2026)Peak attack count reached more than 2,200 attacks on February 23NoName057(16) dominated public DDoS hacktivist claims with 47, although ransomware groups (Qilin, LockBit 5.0) also claimed success in various attacksTactical shift from pre-Winter Games high-bandwidth attacks (412.89Gbps peak) to Winter Games-period high-throughput attacksGeographic…
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Anthropic Mythos Proves It’s Time to Fight Agentic Discovery With Agentic Validation
Mythos Moves the Needle on AI Innovation, Defense Anthropic’s “Mythos moment” is accelerating vulnerability discovery, but speed without validation is a growing risk. As exploit windows shrink and remediation lags, more findings only mean more noise. The real advantage lies in validating what actually matters”, and fixing it first. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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The Hacker News Launches ‘Cybersecurity Stars Awards 2026’, Submissions Now Open
For nearly 20 years, we at The Hacker News have mostly told scary stories about cyberspace, big hacks, broken systems, and new threats.But behind every headline, there’s a quieter, better story.It’s the story of leaders making tough calls under pressure, teams building smarter defenses, and security products that keep hunting threats 24/7, even when it’s…
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Bot Defense Is No Longer Optional for High Tempo Consumer Platforms
The need to deal with bots is not new, though we’re seeing a surge in automated activity across the web at the moment, creating a cavalcade of problems for consumer-facing platforms. Some of this is self-created, although many external factors beyond the industry’s control are also responsible for the state of play. There’s much to…
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Small Defense Firms Lack Network Data to Stop Nation-State Hackers, Analyst Says
Team Cymru’s Stephen Campbell warned that small US defense contractors are not well prepared to face cyber intrusions through edge devices First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/small-defense-firms-lack-network/
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Five Eyes Sound Alarm on Autonomous AI Security Risks
Guidance Warns Autonomous Systems Expand Enterprise Exposure. Federal and Five Eyes cyber agencies warn that agentic AI systems – capable of autonomous action across enterprise environments – are introducing identity, visibility and control risks that could outpace existing defenses without continuous monitoring, zero trust enforcement and human oversight. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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The Half of Agent Security You’re Not Governing
The governance of AI agents faces a fundamental asymmetry: while MCP servers provide structured logs, the “Skills” that drive agent reasoning remain forensic black holes. As high-risk capabilities”, such as arbitrary code execution and state changes”, become prevalent in nearly 60% of enterprise deployments, traditional models like the “Rule of Two” are failing to prevent…
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7 Key Features That Make Secure Browsers Safer
Secure Browsers boost safety with tracking blocks, fingerprint protection, session control, and real-time threat defense against modern web attacks. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/7-key-features-make-secure-browsers-safer/