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CISOs’ security priorities reveal an augmented cyber agenda
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, edr, email, framework, governance, healthcare, incident response, intelligence, malware, microsoft, mssp, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, siem, soc, software, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustCSOConsequently, 41% are planning to leverage AI to detect threats, for anomaly detection, and to automate security responses. Other respondents cited plans to leverage AI for malware detection and real-time risk prediction (39%), as well as DLP and improving enterprise system visibility.Further, 40% expect to see AI enhancements as part of their existing security systems,…
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CISOs’ security priorities reveal an augmented cyber agenda
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, detection, edr, email, framework, governance, healthcare, incident response, intelligence, malware, microsoft, mssp, phishing, ransomware, risk, service, siem, soc, software, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, usa, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustCSOConsequently, 41% are planning to leverage AI to detect threats, for anomaly detection, and to automate security responses. Other respondents cited plans to leverage AI for malware detection and real-time risk prediction (39%), as well as DLP and improving enterprise system visibility.Further, 40% expect to see AI enhancements as part of their existing security systems,…
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John Bolton charged over classified emails after Iranian hack of his AOL account
Former US national security adviser John Bolton is the latest in a line of Donald Trump’s critics to find themselves on the sharp end of charges from the US Department of Justice. First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/john-bolton-charged-over-classified-emails-after-iranian-hack-of-his-aol-account
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John Bolton charged over classified emails after Iranian hack of his AOL account
Former US national security adviser John Bolton is the latest in a line of Donald Trump’s critics to find themselves on the sharp end of charges from the US Department of Justice. First seen on bitdefender.com Jump to article: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/john-bolton-charged-over-classified-emails-after-iranian-hack-of-his-aol-account
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Why 99% of Cold Emails to CISOs Fail (And the Surprising Truth About How They Actually Buy)
Cold emails to CISOs fail 99% of the time”, not because security purchases are planned, but because they’re reactive. New research shows 77% of cybersecurity deals are triggered by incidents and fear. Companies using targeted account-based strategies achieve 4x higher engagement. Here’s what works. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/why-99-of-cold-emails-to-cisos-fail-and-the-surprising-truth-about-how-they-actually-buy/
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Network security devices endanger orgs with ’90s era flaws
Tags: access, application-security, apt, authentication, breach, cisa, cisco, citrix, cloud, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, dos, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, firmware, flaw, government, group, incident response, infrastructure, injection, ivanti, jobs, linux, mitigation, mobile, network, open-source, penetration-testing, programming, regulation, remote-code-execution, reverse-engineering, risk, risk-management, router, service, software, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day2024 networking and security device zero-day flaws Product CVE Flaw type CVSS Check Point Quantum Security Gateways and CloudGuard Network Security CVE-2024-24919 Path traversal leading to information disclosure 8.6 (High) Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance CVE-2024-20359 Arbitrary code execution 6.6 (Medium) Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance CVE-2024-20353 Denial of service 8.6 (High) Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance …
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 546 by Pierluigi Paganini INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Winos 4.0 hackers expand to Japan and Malaysia with new malware From Airport chaos to cyber…
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New .NET CAPI Backdoor Targets Russian Auto and E-Commerce Firms via Phishing ZIPs
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new campaign that has likely targeted the Russian automobile and e-commerce sectors with a previously undocumented .NET malware dubbed CAPI Backdoor.According to Seqrite Labs, the attack chain involves distributing phishing emails containing a ZIP archive as a way to trigger the infection. The cybersecurity company’s analysis is based…
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Silver Fox Expands Winos 4.0 Attacks to Japan and Malaysia via HoldingHands RAT
The threat actors behind a malware family known as Winos 4.0 (aka ValleyRAT) have expanded their targeting footprint from China and Taiwan to target Japan and Malaysia with another remote access trojan (RAT) tracked as HoldingHands RAT (aka Gh0stBins).”The campaign relied on phishing emails with PDFs that contained embedded malicious links,” Pei Han Liao, researcher…
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TDL 007 – Cyber Warriors Digital Shadows: Insights from Canada’s Cybersecurity Leader
Tags: ai, awareness, backup, breach, browser, business, cio, ciso, communications, conference, control, corporate, country, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, dns, email, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, incident, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, law, leak, linux, malicious, mfa, mitigation, network, organized, phone, privacy, ransom, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, router, service, startup, strategy, supply-chain, switch, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, windowsSummary In this episode of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop interviews Sami Khoury, the Senior Official for Cybersecurity for the Government of Canada. With a career spanning 33 years at the Communication Security Establishment (CSE), Khoury shares how a coincidental job application blossomed into a lifelong passion for national security. Khoury emphasizes that modern…
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John Bolton indictment says suspected Iranian hackers accessed his emails, issued threats
The indictment of the former national security adviser is the latest against President Donald Trump’s political enemies. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/john-bolton-indictment-says-suspected-iranian-hackers-accessed-his-emails-issued-threats/
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Attackers Exploit Zendesk Authentication Issue to Flood Targets’ Inboxes with Corporate Notifications
Cybercriminals have discovered a gap in Zendesk’s ticket submission process and are using it to bombard victims with waves of misleading support messages. When configured to accept anonymous requests, however, the service can be abused to generate email floods that appear to come from legitimate corporate domains. Earlier this week, security blogger Brian Krebs was…
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KnowBe4 warns of new PayPal invoice phishing scam
Security awareness firm KnowBe4 has issued a warning about a new PayPal themed phishing scam that uses real PayPal email addresses to trick victims into handing over sensitive financial information. The scam begins when victims receive an email from a legitimate PayPal domain containing an invoice for a large purchase they never made. The The…
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Bad sushi: China-nexus phishers shift to residential proxies
Earlier this year, Spamhaus researchers observed a major shift in phishing targeting Japan. Starting in April, a China-nexus threat actor began using residential proxy networks to send phishing emails instead of subnets at China Telecom and China Unicom. This blog explores the campaign’s origins and countermeasures against residential proxy-enabled spam. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump…
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Bad sushi: China-nexus phishers shift to residential proxies
Earlier this year, Spamhaus researchers observed a major shift in phishing targeting Japan. Starting in April, a China-nexus threat actor began using residential proxy networks to send phishing emails instead of subnets at China Telecom and China Unicom. This blog explores the campaign’s origins and countermeasures against residential proxy-enabled spam. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump…
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What Is Shadow AI and Why It Matters? FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, breach, business, chatgpt, compliance, data, email, framework, GDPR, governance, leak, monitoring, nist, office, regulation, risk, technology, tool, trainingOct 16, 2025 – Alan Fagan – What Is Shadow AI and Why It Matters – FireTail Blog Quick Facts: Shadow AI Shadow AI is when employees use AI tools within an organization without IT or compliance approval. Shadow AI often leads to data leaks, compliance gaps, and security risks. Examples include entering sensitive data…
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What Is Shadow AI and Why It Matters? FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, breach, business, chatgpt, compliance, data, email, framework, GDPR, governance, leak, monitoring, nist, office, regulation, risk, technology, tool, trainingOct 16, 2025 – Alan Fagan – What Is Shadow AI and Why It Matters – FireTail Blog Quick Facts: Shadow AI Shadow AI is when employees use AI tools within an organization without IT or compliance approval. Shadow AI often leads to data leaks, compliance gaps, and security risks. Examples include entering sensitive data…
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Phishing Alert: Fake ‘LastPass Hack’ Emails Spreading Malware
A new phishing campaign impersonating LastPass is circulating today, October 13, 2025, aiming to deceive users into downloading malicious desktop software. Emails purporting to come from “hello@lastpasspulse.blog” or “hello@lastpassgazette.blog” carry the alarming subject line “We Have Been Hacked Update Your LastPass Desktop App to Maintain Vault Security.” In reality, LastPass has not been compromised;…
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Phishing Alert: Fake ‘LastPass Hack’ Emails Spreading Malware
A new phishing campaign impersonating LastPass is circulating today, October 13, 2025, aiming to deceive users into downloading malicious desktop software. Emails purporting to come from “hello@lastpasspulse.blog” or “hello@lastpassgazette.blog” carry the alarming subject line “We Have Been Hacked Update Your LastPass Desktop App to Maintain Vault Security.” In reality, LastPass has not been compromised;…
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Operation Silk Lure: Weaponizing Windows Scheduled Tasks for ValleyRAT Delivery
A targeted cyber-espionage campaign exploiting Windows Scheduled Tasks and DLL side-loading to deploy the sophisticated ValleyRAT backdoor. The operation pivots on tailored spear-phishing emails, weaponized Windows shortcuts, and a persistent task scheduler mechanism, all delivering a multi-stage malware payload designed to harvest sensitive intelligence from Chinese FinTech and cryptocurrency firms. Adversaries behind Operation Silk Lure…
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Operation Silk Lure: Weaponizing Windows Scheduled Tasks for ValleyRAT Delivery
A targeted cyber-espionage campaign exploiting Windows Scheduled Tasks and DLL side-loading to deploy the sophisticated ValleyRAT backdoor. The operation pivots on tailored spear-phishing emails, weaponized Windows shortcuts, and a persistent task scheduler mechanism, all delivering a multi-stage malware payload designed to harvest sensitive intelligence from Chinese FinTech and cryptocurrency firms. Adversaries behind Operation Silk Lure…
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LastPass Warns Customers It Has Not Been Hacked Amid Phishing Email Scam
LastPass warns customers it has not been breached, after phishing emails falsely claim a hack and urge users to update their desktop app First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/lastpass-not-hacked-phishing-email/
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Fake LastPass, Bitwarden breach alerts lead to PC hijacks
An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming that the companies were hacked, urging them to download a supposedly more secure desktop version of the password manager. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-lastpass-bitwarden-breach-alerts-lead-to-pc-hijacks/
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Fake Google Job Offer Email Scam Targets Workspace and Microsoft 365 Users
Cybersecurity firm Sublime Security details a new credential phishing scam impersonating Google Careers to steal login details from Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 users. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-google-job-offer-email-scam-workspace-microsoft-365/
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Hackers Use Court-Themed Phishing to Deliver Info-Stealer Malware
A novel phishing campaign has emerged targeting Colombian users by abusing judicial notifications and weaponizing Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files. This sophisticated attack begins with a carefully crafted Spanish-language email impersonating the “17th Municipal Civil Court of the Bogotá Circuit,” complete with formal legal language and institutional details. The .SVG attachment named “Fiscalia General De…
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Hackers Use Court-Themed Phishing to Deliver Info-Stealer Malware
A novel phishing campaign has emerged targeting Colombian users by abusing judicial notifications and weaponizing Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files. This sophisticated attack begins with a carefully crafted Spanish-language email impersonating the “17th Municipal Civil Court of the Bogotá Circuit,” complete with formal legal language and institutional details. The .SVG attachment named “Fiscalia General De…