Tag: defense
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Chinese hackers breached critical infrastructure globally using enterprise network gear
Tags: access, backdoor, breach, business, china, communications, control, cve, defense, exploit, framework, germany, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, Internet, korea, law, malware, military, monitoring, network, open-source, penetration-testing, programming, service, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability72-hour vulnerability exploitation window: RedNovember demonstrated the ability to weaponize newly disclosed vulnerabilities faster than most organizations could deploy patches, researchers found. When researchers published proof-of-concept code for Check Point VPN vulnerability CVE-2024-24919 on May 30, 2024, RedNovember was attacking vulnerable systems by June 3.That campaign hit at least 60 organizations across Brazil, Germany, Japan,…
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The Security Maginot Line: Fighting Tomorrow’s Cyber Attacks With Yesterday’s Tech
Alan warns that cybersecurity is stuck in a “Maginot Line” mindset, clinging to outdated tools while attackers weaponize AI, supply chain compromises, and polymorphic malware. He argues for AI-native defenses, real agentic automation, and stronger supply chain vetting to keep pace with modern threats. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/09/the-security-maginot-line-fighting-tomorrows-cyber-attacks-with-yesterdays-tech/
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How attackers poison AI tools and defenses
Cyberattackers are using generative AI to draft polished spam, create malicious code and write persuasive phishing lures. They are also learning how to turn AI systems … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/29/poisoned-ai-prompt/
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RedNovember: Chinese APT Expands Global Espionage to U.S. Defense, Aerospace, and Tech Firms
The post RedNovember: Chinese APT Expands Global Espionage to U.S. Defense, Aerospace, and Tech Firms appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/rednovember-chinese-apt-expands-global-espionage-to-u-s-defense-aerospace-and-tech-firms/
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CMMC Compliance Becomes Mandatory for Defense Contractors
We’ve known it’s been coming, but it’s finally here: CMMC is no longer optional. Approval to issue the new Final Rule was fast-tracked, and the deadline is looming. In Brief: What is CMMC? CMMC is the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. The first version was released all the way back in 2020, as a way to……
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Shutdown Threat Puts Federal Cyber on Edge
Cybersecurity Programs, Workforce Face Disruption If Congress Fails to Act. A potential government shutdown threatens to gut federal cybersecurity operations, with key programs set to expire, agency cyber staff facing layoffs and no public contingency plans in place – leaving core defenses, threat sharing and incident response at risk. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Meet LockBit 5.0: Faster ESXi drive encryption, better at evading detection
the Windows binary uses heavy obfuscation and packing: it loads its payload through DLL reflection while implementing anti-analysis techniques like Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) patching and terminating security services;the Linux variant maintains similar functionality with command-line options for targeting specific directories and file types;the ESXi variant specifically targets VMware virtualization environments, and is designed…
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Proofpoint Exec: ‘Phishing is the Leading Cause of Breaches Globally’
During Proofpoint Protect 2025, company leaders detailed how AI is being used in phishing trends and in cyber-defense tactics. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/news-proofpoint-conference-ai-email-security-phishing/
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Why Identity and Access Still Represent the Weakest Link
Idan Dardikman, co-founder and CTO of Koi Security, discusses the company’s emergence from stealth and its mission to address one of cybersecurity’s most persistent challenges: securing identity. Dardikman explains that while the industry has poured resources into endpoint, network, and cloud defenses, identity and access continue to represent the weakest link in the chain. Credential..…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Highlights Vulnerability Management Importance in Breach Analysis, as Orgs Are Urged To Patch Cisco Zero-Days
Tags: 2fa, access, advisory, api, attack, authentication, breach, business, cisa, cisco, cloud, control, credentials, crime, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, endpoint, exploit, fido, finance, firewall, framework, github, grc, guide, identity, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, ISO-27001, kev, law, lessons-learned, malicious, malware, mfa, mitigation, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, privacy, ransomware, risk, saas, scam, security-incident, service, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, worm, zero-dayCISA’s takeaways of an agency hack include a call for timely vulnerability patching. Plus, Cisco zero-day bugs are under attack, patch now. Meanwhile, the CSA issued a framework for SaaS security. And get the latest on the npm breach, the ransomware attack that disrupted air travel and more! Here are six things you need to…
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Microsoft spots fresh XCSSET malware strain hiding in Apple dev projects
Upgraded nasty slips into Xcode builds, steals crypto, and disables macOS defenses First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/26/microsoft_xcsset_macos/
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Crash Tests for Security: Why BAS Is Proof of Defense, Not Assumptions
Car makers don’t trust blueprints. They smash prototypes into walls. Again and again. In controlled conditions.Because design specs don’t prove survival. Crash tests do. They separate theory from reality. Cybersecurity is no different. Dashboards overflow with “critical” exposure alerts. Compliance reports tick every box. But none of that proves what matters most to a CISO:The…
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Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism
Today’s world requires us to make complex and nuanced decisions about our digital security. Evaluating when to use a secure messaging app like Signal or WhatsApp, which passwords to store on your smartphone, or what to share on social media requires us to assess risks and make judgments accordingly. Arriving at any conclusion is an…
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Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism
Today’s world requires us to make complex and nuanced decisions about our digital security. Evaluating when to use a secure messaging app like Signal or WhatsApp, which passwords to store on your smartphone, or what to share on social media requires us to assess risks and make judgments accordingly. Arriving at any conclusion is an…
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Digital Threat Modeling Under Authoritarianism
Today’s world requires us to make complex and nuanced decisions about our digital security. Evaluating when to use a secure messaging app like Signal or WhatsApp, which passwords to store on your smartphone, or what to share on social media requires us to assess risks and make judgments accordingly. Arriving at any conclusion is an…
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Proofpoint Exec: ‘Phishing is the Leading Cause of Breaches Globally’
During Proofpoint Protect 2025, company leaders detailed how AI is being used in phishing trends and in cyber-defense tactics. The post Proofpoint Exec: ‘Phishing is the Leading Cause of Breaches Globally’ appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-proofpoint-conference-ai-email-security-phishing/
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Cisco ASA 0-Day RCE Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild
A critical zero-day vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2025-20333, this remote code execution flaw allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code as root on affected devices. Cisco published an advisory on September…
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SpyCloud Report: 2/3 Orgs Extremely Concerned About Identity Attacks Yet Major Blind Spots Persist
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, corporate, credentials, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, endpoint, government, identity, intelligence, jobs, malware, monitoring, ransomware, risk, theft, threat57% lack strong capabilities to invalidate exposed sessionsNearly two-thirds lack repeatable remediation workflowsAbout two-thirds do not have formal investigation protocolsLess than 20% can automate identity remediation across systemsOnly 19% of organizations have automated identity remediation processes in place. The rest rely on case-by-case investigation or incomplete playbooks that leave gaps attackers can exploit.”The defense mission…
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SpyCloud Report: 2/3 Orgs Extremely Concerned About Identity Attacks Yet Major Blind Spots Persist
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, corporate, credentials, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, endpoint, government, identity, intelligence, jobs, malware, monitoring, ransomware, risk, theft, threat57% lack strong capabilities to invalidate exposed sessionsNearly two-thirds lack repeatable remediation workflowsAbout two-thirds do not have formal investigation protocolsLess than 20% can automate identity remediation across systemsOnly 19% of organizations have automated identity remediation processes in place. The rest rely on case-by-case investigation or incomplete playbooks that leave gaps attackers can exploit.”The defense mission…
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Patch now: Attacker finds another zero day in Cisco firewall software
Tags: access, attack, best-practice, cisa, cisco, cve, cyber, defense, detection, exploit, firewall, firmware, Hardware, incident response, malware, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, router, software, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trustroot, which may lead to the complete compromise of the device.Affected are devices running Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) software, as well as devices running Cisco IOS, IOS XE and IOS XR software. There are two attack scenarios:an unauthenticated, remote attacker getting into devices running Cisco…
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CISO Spotlight: AJ Debole on the Business-Tech Divide, Breach Readiness, and AI Risks
Tags: ai, breach, business, ciso, corporate, cyber, defense, government, healthcare, law, oracle, ransomware, riskAJ Debole is Field CISO at Oracle, but her journey began far from the corporate boardroom. After starting out in law and government, she moved into healthcare and cyber defense, where she led teams through ransomware crises. In this spotlight, she explores the next wave of challenges aligning security with business incentives, taming AI […]…
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Urgent: Cisco ASA Zero-Day Duo Under Attack; CISA Triggers Emergency Mitigation Directive
Cisco is urging customers to patch two security flaws impacting the VPN web server of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software, which it said have been exploited in the wild.The zero-day vulnerabilities in question are listed below -CVE-2025-20333 (CVSS score: 9.9) – An improper validation…
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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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Evolved PXA Stealer wraps PureRAT in multi-layer obfuscation
Telegram and the Vietnamese infrastructure led to attribution: Metadata within exfiltrated ZIP archives pointed to @LoneNone, a Telegram handle previously associated with PXA Stealer. That same alias had appeared in earlier Cisco and SentinelOne reporting, and Validin also tied PureRAT infrastructure to Vietnamese actors, researchers noted.James Northey, SOC analyst and lead author of the report,…
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Contain or be contained: The security imperative of controlling autonomous AI
The most secure and resilient AI systems will be those with minimal direct human interaction, the CEO of Owl Cyber Defense argues. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/security-automonous-ai-threat-response/
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Hackers Use AI-Generated Code to Obfuscate Payloads and Bypass Traditional Defenses
A recent credential phishing campaign detected by Microsoft Threat Intelligence used AI-generated code within an SVG file to disguise malicious behavior. While the novel obfuscation techniques showcased attacker ingenuity, AI-powered defenses successfully blocked the attack”, underscoring that AI-augmented threats remain detectable when defenders adapt analytic strategies. On August 18, Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a targeted…
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Hackers Use AI-Generated Code to Obfuscate Payloads and Bypass Traditional Defenses
A recent credential phishing campaign detected by Microsoft Threat Intelligence used AI-generated code within an SVG file to disguise malicious behavior. While the novel obfuscation techniques showcased attacker ingenuity, AI-powered defenses successfully blocked the attack”, underscoring that AI-augmented threats remain detectable when defenders adapt analytic strategies. On August 18, Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a targeted…