Tag: detection
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CISOs are moving closer to the board, but budget hurdles remain
In recent years, CISOs have often felt that their board of directors did not take them seriously. This key issue for cybersecurity, however, is turning around, with 82% of CISOs now reporting directly to their CEOs, versus 47% in 2023, according to a survey by Splunk.Splunk’s report, which surveyed 500 CISOs, CSOs, and similar security officers,…
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Hackers Could Bypassing EDR Using Windows Symbolic Links to Disable Service Executables
A groundbreaking technique for exploiting Windows systems has emerged, combining the >>Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver
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write waf rules faster with WAF Rule Writer – Impart Security
Rule Writer is your go-to AI-powered assistant for tackling the messy, time-consuming world of WAF rule creation and management. It’s not just a tool”, it’s like having an extra teammate who never sleeps and always knows exactly what to do. The Truth About WAF Rules “Here’s the thing about WAF rules: most teams barely touch…
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DeepSeek hit by cyberattack and outage amid breakthrough success
Tags: access, ai, apple, attack, ceo, china, compliance, control, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, detection, encryption, finance, GDPR, google, group, HIPAA, infrastructure, malicious, nvidia, open-source, risk, saas, service, startup, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityChinese AI startup DeepSeek said it was hit by a cyberattack, prompting the company to restrict user registrations and manage website outages as demand for its AI assistant soared.According to the company’s status page, DeepSeek has been investigating the issue since late evening Beijing time on Monday.”Due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek’s services, registration…
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New Hacker Group Using 7z UltraVNC Tool to Deploy Malware Evading Detection
A sophisticated cyber campaign targeting Russian-speaking entities has been identified by cybersecurity researchers, unveiling a deceptive operation imitating the Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) of the Gamaredon APT group. The attackers believed to be part of the GamaCopy group, exploited military-related content as bait, leveraging open-source tools to obscure their activities. The attacks utilized 7z…
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Hackers Use Hidden Text Salting to Bypass Spam Filters and Evade Detection
In the latter half of 2024, Cisco Talos identified a significant increase in email threats leveraging >>hidden text salting,
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US takes aim at healthcare cybersecurity with proposed HIPAA changes
Tags: access, authentication, best-practice, breach, compliance, control, csf, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, dora, encryption, finance, framework, government, group, healthcare, HIPAA, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, jobs, law, malware, mfa, network, nist, penetration-testing, phishing, privacy, ransom, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, security-incident, service, skills, technology, threat, tool, update, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementThe US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a consultation on stricter rules for the safeguarding of electronic health records.The proposed revamp of security rules covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is designed to address the increased risk from cyberattacks such as ransomware against healthcare environments.The revamped rules…
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Why The Rise of AI Agents Demands a New Approach to Fraud Prevention
AI agents like OpenAI Operator complicate fraud detection, demanding fraud prevention solutions that leverage behavioral analysis and client-side signals to properly assess user intent. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/why-the-rise-of-ai-agents-demands-a-new-approach-to-fraud-prevention/
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Privacy Roundup: Week 4 of Year 2025
Tags: access, ai, apt, attack, backup, botnet, breach, cctv, cve, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, email, exploit, firmware, flaw, google, group, identity, infrastructure, korea, lazarus, leak, login, malicious, malware, north-korea, phishing, phone, privacy, regulation, remote-code-execution, risk, router, scam, service, software, startup, technology, threat, tool, update, virus, vulnerability, windowsThis is a news item roundup of privacy or privacy-related news items for 19 JAN 2025 – 25 JAN 2025. Information and summaries provided here are as-is for warranty purposes. Note: You may see some traditional “security” content mixed-in here due to the close relationship between online privacy and cybersecurity – many things may overlap;…
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New ransomware group Funksec is quickly gaining traction
Tags: access, ai, attack, computer, control, country, cybercrime, data, data-breach, ddos, detection, email, encryption, extortion, government, group, leak, LLM, malware, password, powershell, ransom, ransomware, russia, rust, service, threat, tool, usa, windowsThreat reports for December showed a newcomer to the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) landscape quickly climbing the ranks. Called Funksec, this group appears to be leveraging generative AI in its malware development and its founders are tied to hacktivist activity.Funksec was responsible for 103 out of 578 ransomware attacks tracked by security firm NCC Group in December,…
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Hidden Text Salting Disrupts Brand Name Detection Systems
A new phishing tactic has been identified by Cisco Talos, using hidden text salting to evade email security measures First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hidden-text-salting-disrupts-brand/
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ESXi ransomware attacks use SSH tunnels to avoid detection
Threat actors behind ESXi ransomware attacks target virtualized environments using SSH tunneling to avoid detection. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Sygnia warn that threat actors behind ESXi ransomware attacks target virtualized environments using SSH tunneling to avoid detection. Ransomware groups are exploiting unmonitored ESXi appliances to persist and access corporate networks. They use >>living-off-the-land
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CISOs’ top 12 cybersecurity priorities for 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, detection, framework, governance, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, mitigation, monitoring, mssp, oracle, penetration-testing, privacy, risk, risk-management, service, strategy, technology, threat, training, usa, zero-trustSecurity chief Andrew Obadiaru’s to-do list for the upcoming year will be familiar to CISOs everywhere: advance a zero-trust architecture in the organization; strengthen identity and access controls as part of that drive; increase monitoring of third-party risks; and expand the use of artificial intelligence in security operations.”Nothing is particularly new, maybe AI is newer,…
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Securing APIs at Scale: How to Achieve Comprehensive API Visibility and Threat Detection
e=4>APIs are the backbone of modern applications, enabling connectivity and functionality across diverse systems. However, the growing complexity of API ecosystems introduces vulnerabilities that attackers exploit to disrupt operations, steal data, or launch other malicious activities. Without real-time visibility and robust threat detection, businesses face significant risks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/securing-apis-at-scale-how-to-achieve-comprehensive-api-visibility-threat-a-27364
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New CEO Rob Greer on Scaling ExtraHop’s NDR Product Globally
Greer on Adding Capabilities Adjacent to NDR, Using Channel Partnerships for Scale. New ExtraHop CEO Rob Greer sees massive potential in scaling the company’s network detection and response platform globally. His strategy includes investing in international markets, enhancing channel partnerships and delivering value to large enterprises through seamless technology integration. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Black ‘Magic’ Targets Enterprise Juniper Routers With Backdoor
Such routers typically lack endpoint detection and response protection, are in front of a firewall, and don’t run monitoring software like Sysmon, making the attacks harder to detect. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/black-magic-enterprise-juniper-routers-backdoor
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ETW Threat Intelligence and Hardware Breakpoints
Learn to bypass EDR detection using NtContinue for hardware breakpoints without triggering ETW Threat Intelligence. This technical blog explores kernel debugging, debug registers, and EDR evasion with code examples. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/etw-threat-intelligence-and-hardware-breakpoints/
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Tycoon 2FA Phishing Kit Using Specially Crafted Code to Evade Detection
The rapid evolution of Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platforms is reshaping the threat landscape, enabling attackers to launch increasingly sophisticated phishing campaigns. One such advanced PhaaS platform, Tycoon, has seen widespread use since its emergence in August 2023. In November 2024, it debuted its latest iteration, Tycoon 2FA, which bypasses multifactor authentication (2FA) using Microsoft 365 session…
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10 top XDR tools and how to evaluate them
Tags: ai, attack, automation, business, cloud, computing, container, corporate, credentials, data, defense, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, finance, firewall, google, guide, Hardware, iam, ibm, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, marketplace, microsoft, mitigation, network, office, okta, open-source, organized, risk, security-incident, service, siem, skills, soar, software, spam, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-dayLittle in the modern IT world lends itself to manual or siloed management, and this is doubly true in the security realm. The scale of modern enterprise computing and modern application stack architecture requires security tools that can bring visibility into the security posture of modern IT components and integrate tightly to bring real-time threat…
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Entra Connect Attacker Tradecraft: Part 2
Tags: access, attack, authentication, business, cloud, control, credentials, detection, group, microsoft, password, powershell, service, windowsNow that we know how to add credentials to an on-premises user, lets pose a question: “Given access to a sync account in Domain A, can we add credentials to a user in another domain within the same Entra tenant?” This is a bit of a tall order assuming we have very few privileges in Entra…
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Google Cloud Security Threat Horizons Report #11 Is Out!
Tags: access, api, apt, attack, authentication, breach, business, cloud, corporate, credentials, cybersecurity, data, detection, exploit, extortion, google, identity, intelligence, leak, mfa, password, phishing, ransomware, service, tactics, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityThis is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our next Threat Horizons Report, #11 (full version) that we just released (the official blog for #1 report, my unofficial blogs for #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 and #10). My favorite quotes from the report follow below:…
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Security chiefs whose companies operate in the EU should be exploring DORA now
Tags: attack, business, ciso, compliance, conference, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, dora, finance, framework, GDPR, incident, network, regulation, resilience, risk, service, technology, threat, vulnerabilityIf your enterprise operates in Europe, you should care about the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which took effect on January 17. DORA, also known as Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament, aims to enhance and build the EU’s cybersecurity capabilities and it has been hanging like the Sword of Damocles over the heads…
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Mitiga Banks $30M Series B to Expand Cloud and SaaS Security Platform
New York/Israel startup selling threat detection, investigation, and response tools raised $30 million in a Series B led by SYN Ventures. The post Mitiga Banks $30M Series B to Expand Cloud and SaaS Security Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/mitiga-banks30m-series-b-to-expand-cloud-and-saas-security-platform/
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Mitiga Banks$30M Series B to Expand Cloud and SaaS Security Platform
New York/Israel startup selling threat detection, investigation, and response tools banks $30 million in a Series B led by SYN Ventures. The post Mitiga Banks$30M Series B to Expand Cloud and SaaS Security Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/mitiga-banks30m-series-b-to-expand-cloud-and-saas-security-platform/
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Three Keys to Modernizing Data Security: DSPM, AI, and Encryption
Tags: access, ai, automation, best-practice, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, detection, encryption, GDPR, incident response, infrastructure, privacy, regulation, risk, saas, security-incident, skills, software, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilityThree Keys to Modernizing Data Security: DSPM, AI, and Encryption andrew.gertz@t“¦ Tue, 01/21/2025 – 14:56 Organizations worldwide face a “perfect storm” of increasing and ever-evolving cyber threats. Internal and external factors are at play, elevating cyber risks and their consequences and mandating new approaches to safeguard data. A recent study based on responses from over…