Tag: defense
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Prevent, Detect, Contain: A Guide Against Black Basta Affiliates’ Attacks
Guidance to help organizations reduce their attack surface, implement a stronger defense-in-depth security model, as well as more quickly detect and contain an intrusion by this ever-prevalent threat. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/prevent-detect-contain-a-guide-against-black-basta-affiliates-attacks/
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Cloudflare Reveals AI Labyrinth to Counter Automated AI Attacks
Cloudflare has unveiledAI Labyrinth, an innovative platform designed to combat AI-powered bots that relentlessly crawl and scrape data from websites without permission. By employing AI-generated content, AI Labyrinth cleverly slows down and misdirects these bots, safeguarding legitimate websites while enhancing bot detection capabilities. What is AI Labyrinth? AI Labyrinth is a proactive defense mechanism that…
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CISOs are taking on ever more responsibilities and functional roles has it gone too far?
Tags: ai, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, computing, control, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, framework, fraud, governance, healthcare, infosec, intelligence, international, Internet, jobs, law, mitigation, nist, privacy, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, skills, software, supply-chain, technology, threatth century alongside technology and internet-enabled threats, morphing to meet the demands of the moment. But the position hasn’t just matured; in many cases it has expanded, taking on additional domains.”The CISO role has expanded significantly over the years as companies realize that information security has a unique picture of what is going on across…
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What CISA’s Red Team Disarray Means for US Cyber Defenses
DOGE is making wild moves at CISA, including bringing back fired probationary employees only to put them on paid leave, and reportedly gutting the agency’s red teams. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/cisa-red-team-disarray-cyber-defenses
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Ukrainian defense sector hit with Dark Crystal RAT
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/ukrainian-defense-sector-hit-with-dark-crystal-rat
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Live Webinar | AI vs. AI: Transforming Cybersecurity Through Proactive Technologies
Join this webinar to learn how AI defenses can stop AI attacks First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/webinars/live-webinar-ai-vs-ai-transforming-cybersecurity-through-proactive-w-6213
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Hackers Use Fake Meta Emails to Steal Ad Account Credentials
A recent phishing campaign uncovered by the Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC) has been exploiting fake Meta emails to deceive users into surrendering their Meta Business account credentials. The attackers initiate the phishing attempt by sending fraudulent emails disguised as official Instagram notifications, alerting users that their advertising accounts have been temporarily suspended due to…
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10 Critical Network Pentest Findings IT Teams Overlook
After conducting over 10,000 automated internal network penetration tests last year, vPenTest has uncovered a troubling reality that many businesses still have critical security gaps that attackers can easily exploit.Organizations often assume that firewalls, endpoint protection, and SIEMs are enough to keep them secure. But how effective are these defenses when put to the test?…
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CERT-UA Warns of Escalating Cyberattacks Targeting Ukraine’s Defense Sector with DarkCrystal RAT
The Government Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) issued an important warning about a series of targeted cyberattacks aimed at employees within Ukraine’s defense-industrial complex and members of the Armed Forces. These attacks have been tracked under the iden First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/cert-ua-warns-of-darkcrystal-rat/
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11 hottest IT security certs for higher pay today
Tags: access, attack, automation, business, cloud, container, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, exploit, finance, fortinet, google, governance, incident response, infosec, intelligence, Internet, jobs, linux, malicious, malware, monitoring, network, penetration-testing, remote-code-execution, resilience, reverse-engineering, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, skills, software, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, windowsOffensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE): OffSec’s Offensive Security Certified Expert consists of three courses: Advanced Web Attacks and Exploitation, Advanced Evasion Techniques and Breaching Defenses, and Windows User Mode Exploit Development. The format for each course exam is the same: Candidates have 48 hours to compromise a given target using various techniques. No formal prerequisites exist for any of the…
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Dept of Defense engineer took home top-secret docs, booked a fishing trip to Mexico then the FBI showed up
Tags: defenseSo much for that vacation First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/dod_engineer_took_home_topsecret/
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Fighting Financial Fraud With Adversarial AI Defenses
Experts Weigh the Advantages and Risks of Generative Adversarial Networks. With traditional rule-based fraud detection systems and even conventional machine learning models struggling to identify these highly deceptive fraud patterns, financial institutions are exploring generative adversarial networks to enhance fraud detection. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/fighting-financial-fraud-adversarial-ai-defenses-a-27792
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12 Hours or Else: Hong Kong’s Cybersecurity Explained
Tags: banking, cybersecurity, defense, framework, healthcare, infrastructure, law, risk, risk-assessmentHong Kong has officially enacted a new cybersecurity law aimed at securing critical infrastructure, a move that brings its regulatory framework closer to mainland China’s. The Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Bill, passed on March 19, 2025, requires key industries”, such as banking, energy, healthcare, and telecommunications”, to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses, conduct regular…
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Ukraine Defense Sector Under Attack Via Dark Crystal RAT
The UNC-200 threat group, active since last summer, has been utilizing the Signal messaging app to social engineer targets into downloading an infostealing remote access Trojan. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/ukraine-defense-sector-attack-dark-crystal-rat
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Effective Bot Management and E-Commerce Security: Protecting Retailers from Online Fraud
E-commerce thrives on real customer engagement, yet malicious bots regularly threaten to disrupt this digital ecosystem. To combat these ever-evolving attacks, retail businesses must implement modern bot management. Bot management refers to the deployment of security measures to detect, mitigate, and prevent malicious bot activity. Without robust bot defense, businesses suffer revenue loss, compromised security,……
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Public-private partnerships: A catalyst for industry growth and maturity
Tags: ceo, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, fortinet, framework, government, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, interpol, lessons-learned, mitre, resilience, software, threat, vulnerabilitySuccessful partnerships offer a blueprint for effective collaboration Numerous cybersecurity-focused partnerships are underway, involving successful collaboration across all sectors. These examples can help take public-private partnership efforts from abstract ideas to impactful execution and provide valuable insights and lessons learned.One example is the work being done by the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) and its members.…
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Too many software supply chain defense bibles? Boffins distill advice
How to avoid another SolarWinds, Log4j, and XZ Utils situation First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/software_supply_chain_defense/
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From Cloud Native to AI Native: Lessons for the Modern CISO to Win the Cybersecurity Arms Race
By adopting AI Native security operations, organizations gain a formidable defense posture and streamline their use of human talent for the most challenging, creative and impactful tasks First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/from-cloud-native-to-ai-native-lessons-for-the-modern-ciso-to-win-the-cybersecurity-arms-race/
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CERT-UA warns of cyber espionage against the Ukrainian defense industry using Dark Crystal RAT
CERT-UA warns of a cyber campaign using Dark Crystal RAT to target Ukraine’s defense sector, including defense industry employees and Defense Forces members. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) uncovered a new cyber espionage campaign targeting employees of defense-industrial complex enterprises and representatives of the Defense Forces of Ukraine with Dark Crystal RAT.…
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Signal Messenger Exploited in Targeted Attacks on Defense Industry Employees
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has reported a series of targeted cyberattacks against employees of the defense-industrial complex and members of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. These attacks have been ongoing since at least the summer of 2024 and have escalated in recent months. The attackers are using the Signal messenger app…
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How CISOs are approaching staffing diversity with DEI initiatives under pressure
Staffing diversity can help avoid homogenous thinking: Similarly, Sam McMahon, senior manager of IT and security at Valimail, underscores the necessity of representing different backgrounds and mindsets.”In my experience, even small security teams benefit greatly from the variety of perspectives that come with different backgrounds and skill sets,” he says. “We know that the majority…
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CERT-UA Warns: Dark Crystal RAT Targets Ukrainian Defense via Malicious Signal Messages
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of a new campaign that targets the defense sectors with Dark Crystal RAT (aka DCRat).The campaign, detected earlier this month, has been found to target both employees of enterprises of the defense-industrial complex and individual representatives of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.The activity involves First…
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Ukrainian military targeted in new Signal spear-phishing attacks
Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) is warning about highly targeted attacks employing compromised Signal accounts to send malware to employees of defense industry firms and members of the country’s army forces. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ukrainian-military-targeted-in-new-signal-spear-phishing-attacks/
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Google Acquires Wiz for Record $32 Billion
$32B Wiz acquisition: Google ramps up cloud security. Following Mandiant, this deal signals major GCP defense upgrade. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/google-acquires-wiz-for-record-32-billion/
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MirrorGuard: Adaptive Defense Mechanism Against Jailbreak Attacks for Secure Deployments
A novel defense strategy, MirrorGuard, has been proposed to enhance the security of large language models (LLMs) against jailbreak attacks. This approach introduces a dynamic and adaptive method to detect and mitigate malicious inputs by leveraging the concept of >>mirrors.
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China identifies Taiwanese hackers allegedly behind cyberattacks and espionage
In a rare move, China’s state security ministry released the names and photos of four alleged hackers within Taiwan’s defense ministry. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/china-taiwan-hacks-identify-cyber
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Top 10 Best Penetration Testing Companies in 2025
Penetration testing companies play a vital role in strengthening the cybersecurity defenses of organizations by identifying vulnerabilities in their systems, applications, and networks. These firms simulate real-world cyberattacks to uncover weaknesses that could be exploited by malicious actors, helping businesses implement proactive security measures. They provide services tailored to various industries, including web application security,…
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The Future of Enterprise Security: AI-powered Lateral Defense in a Dynamic Threat Landscape
Attackers increasingly leverage AI-powered exploitation and can quickly identify vulnerable systems, infiltrate networks unnoticed and move laterally to compromise critical assets. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/03/the-future-of-enterprise-security-ai-powered-lateral-defense-in-a-dynamic-threat-landscape/
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Apache Tomcat RCE Vulnerability Under Fire With 2-Step Exploit
The researchers who discovered the initial assault warned that the simple, staged attack is just the beginning for advanced exploit sequences that will test cyber defenses in new and more difficult ways. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/apache-tomcat-rce-vulnerability-exploit