Tag: detection
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‘Zero Disco’ campaign hits legacy Cisco switches with fileless rootkit payloads
Effects beyond one-time infection: According to Trend Micro, the campaign affected specific Cisco families, including 9400, 9300, and legacy 3750G switches. Affected organizations face more than a one-off compromise as infected switches can provide attackers a long-term, stealthy platform for lateral movement, data interception, or further payload delivery.Parts of the exploit are fileless or volatile,…
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SIEM, Startups, and the Myth (Reality?) of IT Inertia: A Reformed Analyst Reflects on SIEM MQ 2025
Vaguely magical and quadranty thing (Gemini) It’s not every day you get to reflect on a journey that started as an odd “googley” startup and culminates in a shiny Leaders placement on a Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM 2025 (MQ). When I joined Chronicle in the summer of 2019″Š”, “Ša name now rolled into the broader Google…
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F5 BIG-IP Breach: 44 CVEs That Need Your Attention Now
Tags: access, attack, breach, cisa, cloud, crowdstrike, cve, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, government, Hardware, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, kubernetes, malicious, mitigation, monitoring, network, risk, software, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementPartnering with an EDR vendor after a nation-state has already stolen your source code isn’t innovation, it’s a gamble. You don’t build a fire extinguisher while the house is burning. You find every spark before it becomes the next inferno. Key takeaways: F5’s BIG-IP is used to secure everything from government agencies to critical infrastructure. …
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F5 BIG-IP Breach: 44 CVEs That Need Your Attention Now
Tags: access, attack, breach, cisa, cloud, crowdstrike, cve, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, government, Hardware, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, kubernetes, malicious, mitigation, monitoring, network, risk, software, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementPartnering with an EDR vendor after a nation-state has already stolen your source code isn’t innovation, it’s a gamble. You don’t build a fire extinguisher while the house is burning. You find every spark before it becomes the next inferno. Key takeaways: F5’s BIG-IP is used to secure everything from government agencies to critical infrastructure. …
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Vier Fragen entscheiden über mehr Cyber-Resilienz
Die Mehrheit der Unternehmen weltweit setzt inzwischen Lösungen zum Schutz ihrer Endpunkte ein. Branchenweit wird dafür mit ähnlichen Schlagwörtern wie ‘KI-gestützt”, ‘Next-Gen” oder ‘integriert” um Aufmerksamkeit gebuhlt. Doch es bestehen erhebliche Unterschiede, insbesondere wenn Unternehmen von reiner Prävention zu strategischer und ganzheitlicher Detection & Response übergehen, um die Resilienz zu stärken. Dass Resilienz ein Top-Thema…
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Phishing training needs a new hook, here’s how to rethink your approach
Tags: ai, attack, authentication, computer, cybersecurity, detection, metric, mfa, mobile, phishing, risk, threat, training, vulnerabilityPhishing training offers minimal benefits: Grant Ho, assistant professor of computer science at The University of Chicago collaborated with UC San Diego and UC San Diego Health to evaluate the efficacy of annual training and embedded phishing training. In their research, they analyzed how approximately 20,000 employees at UCSD Health handled simulated phishing campaigns across…
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LevelBlue Announces Plans to Acquire XDR Provider Cybereason
The deal, which builds on LevelBlue’s recent acquisition of Trustwave and Aon, aims to provide customers with a broad portfolio of extended detection and response (XDR), managed detection and response (MDR), and forensic services. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/levelblue-acquires-xdr-provider-cybereason
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A View from the C-suite: Aligning AI security to the NIST RMF FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, csf, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, framework, governance, grc, guide, incident response, infrastructure, injection, jobs, LLM, malicious, nist, RedTeam, risk, risk-management, strategy, supply-chain, theft, tool, vulnerabilityOct 15, 2025 – Jeremy Snyder – In 2025, the AI race is surging ahead and the pressure to innovate is intense. For years, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) has been our trusted guide for managing risk. It consists of five principles: identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover. But with the rise of AI revolutionizing…
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Source code and vulnerability info stolen from F5 Networks
Tags: access, apt, attack, automation, best-practice, breach, ceo, ciso, control, credentials, crowdstrike, cybercrime, data, data-breach, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, group, guide, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, mitigation, monitoring, network, programming, risk, sans, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityF5 mitigations: IT and security leaders should make sure F5 servers, software, and clients have the latest patches. In addition, F5 has added automated hardening checks to the F5 iHealth Diagnostics Tool, and also suggests admins refer to its threat hunting guide to strengthen monitoring, and its best practices guides for hardening F5 systems.As a…
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Source code and vulnerability info stolen from F5 Networks
Tags: access, apt, attack, automation, best-practice, breach, ceo, ciso, control, credentials, crowdstrike, cybercrime, data, data-breach, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, group, guide, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, mitigation, monitoring, network, programming, risk, sans, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityF5 mitigations: IT and security leaders should make sure F5 servers, software, and clients have the latest patches. In addition, F5 has added automated hardening checks to the F5 iHealth Diagnostics Tool, and also suggests admins refer to its threat hunting guide to strengthen monitoring, and its best practices guides for hardening F5 systems.As a…
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How to spot dark web threats on your network using NDR
Dark web activity can hide in plain sight within everyday network traffic. Corelight’s NDR platform brings deep visibility, AI-driven detection, and behavioral analytics to uncover hidden threats across your network. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-to-spot-dark-web-threats-on-your-network-using-ndr/
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How to spot dark web threats on your network using NDR
Dark web activity can hide in plain sight within everyday network traffic. Corelight’s NDR platform brings deep visibility, AI-driven detection, and behavioral analytics to uncover hidden threats across your network. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-to-spot-dark-web-threats-on-your-network-using-ndr/
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PHASR von Bitdefender als Standalone-Lösung verfügbar
Die Proactive-Hardening and Attack-Surface-Reduction (PHASR) von Bitdefender ist ab sofort weltweit auch als Standalone-Lösung verfügbar. Damit steht die präventive Sicherheitstechnologie und branchenweit erste Endpoint-Sicherheitslösung, die dynamische, verhaltensbasierte Sicherheitshärtung mit Echtzeit-Informationen zu Bedrohungen kombiniert, um Ransomware- und LOTL-Angriffe (Living-off-the-Land) proaktiv zu stoppen, allen Unternehmen und Organisationen zur Verfügung. Ganz gleich, welche Endpoint-Protection (EPP)- oder Endpoint-Detection-and-Response (EDR)-Plattformen…
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PHASR von Bitdefender als Standalone-Lösung verfügbar
Die Proactive-Hardening and Attack-Surface-Reduction (PHASR) von Bitdefender ist ab sofort weltweit auch als Standalone-Lösung verfügbar. Damit steht die präventive Sicherheitstechnologie und branchenweit erste Endpoint-Sicherheitslösung, die dynamische, verhaltensbasierte Sicherheitshärtung mit Echtzeit-Informationen zu Bedrohungen kombiniert, um Ransomware- und LOTL-Angriffe (Living-off-the-Land) proaktiv zu stoppen, allen Unternehmen und Organisationen zur Verfügung. Ganz gleich, welche Endpoint-Protection (EPP)- oder Endpoint-Detection-and-Response (EDR)-Plattformen…
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Beyond the checklist: Building adaptive GRC frameworks for agentic AI
Tags: access, ai, breach, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, crime, data, detection, endpoint, finance, framework, fraud, governance, grc, international, metric, monitoring, nist, risk, risk-management, strategy, supply-chain, switchAutonomous agent drift First, I experienced an autonomous agent drift that nearly caused a severe financial and reputational crisis. We deployed a sophisticated agent tasked with optimizing our cloud spending and resource allocation across three regions, giving it a high degree of autonomy. Its original mandate was clear, but after three weeks of self-learning and…
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Roll your own bot detection: server-side detection (part 2)
This is the second part of our series on building a lightweight, vendor-free anti-bot system to protect your login endpoint. In Part 1, we focused on the client side: we designed a fingerprinting script that collects various signals from the browser, obfuscates the code, encrypts the payload, and injects it First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump…
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GhostBat RAT Android Malware Poses as Fake RTO Apps to Steal Banking Data from Indian Users
The GhostBat RAT campaign leverages diverse infection vectors”, WhatsApp, SMS with shortened URLs, GitHub-hosted APKs, and compromised websites”, to distribute malicious Android droppers. Once installed, these droppers employ multi-stage workflows, deliberate ZIP header manipulation, and heavy string obfuscation to evade antivirus detection and reverse”engineering. The threat actors utilize native libraries (.so) to dynamically resolve API…
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GhostBat RAT Android Malware Poses as Fake RTO Apps to Steal Banking Data from Indian Users
The GhostBat RAT campaign leverages diverse infection vectors”, WhatsApp, SMS with shortened URLs, GitHub-hosted APKs, and compromised websites”, to distribute malicious Android droppers. Once installed, these droppers employ multi-stage workflows, deliberate ZIP header manipulation, and heavy string obfuscation to evade antivirus detection and reverse”engineering. The threat actors utilize native libraries (.so) to dynamically resolve API…
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Maltrail: Open-source malicious traffic detection system
Maltrail is an open-source network traffic detection system designed to spot malicious or suspicious activity. It works by checking traffic against publicly available … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/15/maltrail-open-source-malicious-traffic-detection-system/
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Maltrail: Open-source malicious traffic detection system
Maltrail is an open-source network traffic detection system designed to spot malicious or suspicious activity. It works by checking traffic against publicly available … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/15/maltrail-open-source-malicious-traffic-detection-system/
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Maltrail: Open-source malicious traffic detection system
Maltrail is an open-source network traffic detection system designed to spot malicious or suspicious activity. It works by checking traffic against publicly available … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/15/maltrail-open-source-malicious-traffic-detection-system/
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The Defensive Gap: Why Modern SOCs Are Losing Ground and How to Close It
Despite continued investments in SIEMs, threat intelligence platforms, and managed detection services, many Security Operations Centers (SOCs) remain in a defensive position. SOCs are reactive, overstretched, and underprepared. High-profile breaches continue to grab headlines, but they are only what is visible. The reality is that SOC teams are overwhelmed by alert fatigue, organizational friction, and..…