Tag: defense
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North Korean Hackers Lure Defense Engineers With Fake Jobs to Steal Drone Secrets
Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been attributed to a new wave of attacks targeting European companies active in the defense industry as part of a long-running campaign known as Operation Dream Job.”Some of these [companies’ are heavily involved in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sector, suggesting that the operation may be linked…
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Russia, China Will Weaponize UN Cyber Treaty, FDD Warns
Foundation for Defense of Democracies Warns Against Aligning With New Cyber Treaty. The United Nations’ cybercrime treaty, shaped by Russian and Chinese influence, could legitimize global digital repression by enabling prosecutions of journalists, activists and researchers under vague terms – despite U.S. opposition and mounting civil society alarm, analysts warned Thursday. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Agentic AI: A Force Multiplier CISOs Can’t Afford to Ignore
AI-Powered Threats Demand AI-Driven Defense As AI reshapes the cyber battlefield, CISOs face unprecedented pressure to defend at machine speed. Discover how agentic AI and deep observability are transforming defense from detection to foresight. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/agentic-ai-force-multiplier-cisos-cant-afford-to-ignore-p-3959
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Russia, China Will Weaponize UN Cyber Treaty, FDD Warns
Foundation for Defense of Democracies Warns Against Aligning With New Cyber Treaty. The United Nations’ cybercrime treaty, shaped by Russian and Chinese influence, could legitimize global digital repression by enabling prosecutions of journalists, activists and researchers under vague terms – despite U.S. opposition and mounting civil society alarm, analysts warned Thursday. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Agentic AI: A Force Multiplier CISOs Can’t Afford to Ignore
AI-Powered Threats Demand AI-Driven Defense As AI reshapes the cyber battlefield, CISOs face unprecedented pressure to defend at machine speed. Discover how agentic AI and deep observability are transforming defense from detection to foresight. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/agentic-ai-force-multiplier-cisos-cant-afford-to-ignore-p-3959
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Russia, China Will Weaponize UN Cyber Treaty, FDD Warns
Foundation for Defense of Democracies Warns Against Aligning With New Cyber Treaty. The United Nations’ cybercrime treaty, shaped by Russian and Chinese influence, could legitimize global digital repression by enabling prosecutions of journalists, activists and researchers under vague terms – despite U.S. opposition and mounting civil society alarm, analysts warned Thursday. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Russia, China Will Weaponize UN Cyber Treaty, FDD Warns
Foundation for Defense of Democracies Warns Against Aligning With New Cyber Treaty. The United Nations’ cybercrime treaty, shaped by Russian and Chinese influence, could legitimize global digital repression by enabling prosecutions of journalists, activists and researchers under vague terms – despite U.S. opposition and mounting civil society alarm, analysts warned Thursday. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Agentic AI: A Force Multiplier CISOs Can’t Afford to Ignore
AI-Powered Threats Demand AI-Driven Defense As AI reshapes the cyber battlefield, CISOs face unprecedented pressure to defend at machine speed. Discover how agentic AI and deep observability are transforming defense from detection to foresight. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/agentic-ai-force-multiplier-cisos-cant-afford-to-ignore-p-3959
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Lazarus Group’s Operation DreamJob Targets European Defense Firms
Cyber-attacks by North Korea’s Lazarus Group target European defense firms in drone development First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/lazarus-groups-operation-dreamjob/
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North Korean Lazarus hackers targeted European defense companies
North Korean Lazarus hackers compromised three European companies in the defense sector through a coordinated Operation DreamJob campaign leveraging fake recruitment lures. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-lazarus-hackers-targeted-european-defense-companies/
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North Korean Lazarus hackers targeted European defense companies
North Korean Lazarus hackers compromised three European companies in the defense sector through a coordinated Operation DreamJob campaign leveraging fake recruitment lures. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/north-korean-lazarus-hackers-targeted-european-defense-companies/
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…
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Smarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, wafSmarter Threats Need Smarter Defenses: AI, APIs, and the Reality for Critical Infrastructure Security madhav Thu, 10/23/2025 – 05:36 Critical infrastructure (CI) organizations are, as the name suggests, some of the most important in the global economy. They’re also some of the most technologically complex and, crucially, vulnerable. Their security must reflect that. Data Security…
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Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025: Extortion and Ransomware Lead Global Cybercrime Surge
The newly released Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025 reveals new data on global cyber threats. According to the report, more than half of all cyberattacks with known motives, 52%, are driven by extortion and ransomware. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/digital-defense-report-shares-cybercrime-trend/
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Why must CISOs slay a cyber dragon to earn business respect?
really prevents one, the board shrugs,” Levine says. CISOs “kind of normalize the idea that the company is constantly under attack. That is certainly true, but it makes it very difficult for the board to get worked up over preventing a single attack.” Moreover, this issue begs the question: Why should a security leader need…
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Manipulating the meeting notetaker: The rise of AI summarization optimization
Tags: access, ai, corporate, defense, detection, guide, risk, risk-assessment, strategy, supply-chain, tool, vulnerability“The main factor in last quarter’s delay was supply chain disruption.””The key outcome was overwhelmingly positive client feedback.””Our takeaway here is in alignment moving forward.””What matters here is the efficiency gains, not the temporary cost overrun.”The techniques are subtle. They employ high-signal phrases such as “key takeaway” and “action item,” keep statements short and clear,…
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Why must CISOs slay a cyber dragon to earn business respect?
really prevents one, the board shrugs,” Levine says. CISOs “kind of normalize the idea that the company is constantly under attack. That is certainly true, but it makes it very difficult for the board to get worked up over preventing a single attack.” Moreover, this issue begs the question: Why should a security leader need…
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Manipulating the meeting notetaker: The rise of AI summarization optimization
Tags: access, ai, corporate, defense, detection, guide, risk, risk-assessment, strategy, supply-chain, tool, vulnerability“The main factor in last quarter’s delay was supply chain disruption.””The key outcome was overwhelmingly positive client feedback.””Our takeaway here is in alignment moving forward.””What matters here is the efficiency gains, not the temporary cost overrun.”The techniques are subtle. They employ high-signal phrases such as “key takeaway” and “action item,” keep statements short and clear,…
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The Human Cost of Defense: A CISO’s View From the War Room
Semperis’ Midnight in the War Room reveals the unseen struggles, burnout and heroism of CISOs and defenders who protect our digital world every day. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/the-human-cost-of-defense-a-cisos-view-from-the-war-room/
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The Human Cost of Defense: A CISO’s View From the War Room
Semperis’ Midnight in the War Room reveals the unseen struggles, burnout and heroism of CISOs and defenders who protect our digital world every day. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/the-human-cost-of-defense-a-cisos-view-from-the-war-room/
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How Lazarus Group used fake job ads to spy on Europe’s drone and defense sector
ESET researchers have uncovered a fresh wave of Operation DreamJob, a long-running campaign linked to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. This latest activity targeted several … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/23/eset-lazarus-operation-dreamjob/
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Cache poisoning vulnerabilities found in 2 DNS resolving apps
At least one CVE could weaken defenses put in place following 2008 disclosure. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/bind-warns-of-bugs-that-could-bring-dns-cache-attack-back-from-the-dead/
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NDSS 2025 Symposium On Usable Security And Privacy (USEC) 2025, Paper Session 1
Tags: conference, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, international, LLM, network, password, phishing, privacy, technologyAuthors, Creators & Presenters: PAPERS On-demand RFID: Improving Privacy, Security, and User Trust in RFID Activation through Physically-Intuitive Design Youngwook Do (JPMorganChase and Georgia Institute of Technology), Tingyu Cheng (Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Notre Dame), Yuxi Wu (Georgia Institute of Technology and Northeastern University), HyunJoo Oh(Georgia Institute of Technology), Daniel J. Wilson…
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Report: US Cyber Defense Declines, First Time in 5 Years
CISA Budget and Staffing Cuts Undermine National Cyber Readiness, Officials Warn. Federal cybersecurity reforms have regressed for the first time since 2020, as staffing cuts, diminished agency authority and lost momentum threaten U.S. cyber resilience, according to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s 2025 report, which urges immediate action from the White House and Congress. First seen…
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Third-Party Breaches: Why Vendor Passwords Put Your Organization at Risk
The Expanding Threat Surface in Third-Party Access No matter how secure an organization’s internal defenses may be, the risk created by third parties cannot be ignored. A single vendor often has connections across dozens of client environments. Financial services firms rely on payment gateways, credit bureaus, and loan processors. E-commerce companies depend on checkout providers,……
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Third-Party Breaches: Why Vendor Passwords Put Your Organization at Risk
The Expanding Threat Surface in Third-Party Access No matter how secure an organization’s internal defenses may be, the risk created by third parties cannot be ignored. A single vendor often has connections across dozens of client environments. Financial services firms rely on payment gateways, credit bureaus, and loan processors. E-commerce companies depend on checkout providers,……
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FinWise data breach shows why encryption is your last defense
The FinWise breach shows that when insider threats strike, encryption is the last line of defense. Penta Security’s D.AMO platform unites encryption, key management, and access control to keep sensitive data secure. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/finwise-data-breach-shows-why-encryption-is-your-last-defense/
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Google ‘Careers’ scam lands job seekers in credential traps
Tags: attack, authentication, breach, control, credentials, cybersecurity, defense, google, identity, infrastructure, jobs, login, mfa, monitoring, north-korea, phishing, scam, strategy, threat, trainingWhat must organizations must: Sublime observed a sophisticated backend infrastructure supporting the phishing operation. Rather than just relying on a static fake login page, the attackers used newly registered domains (like gappywave[.]com, gcareerspeople[.]com) and what appeared to be command-and-control (C2) servers such as satoshicommands[.]com to process stolen credentials.Additionally, the HTML and JavaScript of the fake…
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Google ‘Careers’ scam lands job seekers in credential traps
Tags: attack, authentication, breach, control, credentials, cybersecurity, defense, google, identity, infrastructure, jobs, login, mfa, monitoring, north-korea, phishing, scam, strategy, threat, trainingWhat must organizations must: Sublime observed a sophisticated backend infrastructure supporting the phishing operation. Rather than just relying on a static fake login page, the attackers used newly registered domains (like gappywave[.]com, gcareerspeople[.]com) and what appeared to be command-and-control (C2) servers such as satoshicommands[.]com to process stolen credentials.Additionally, the HTML and JavaScript of the fake…