Tag: endpoint
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Piecing Together the Puzzle: A Qilin Ransomware Investigation
Huntress analysts reconstructed a Qilin ransomware attack from a single endpoint, using limited logs to reveal rogue ScreenConnect access, failed infostealer attempts, and the ransomware execution path. The investigation shows how validating multiple data sources can uncover activity even when visibility is reduced to a “pinhole.” First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/piecing-together-the-puzzle-a-qilin-ransomware-investigation/
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Piecing Together the Puzzle: A Qilin Ransomware Investigation
Huntress analysts reconstructed a Qilin ransomware attack from a single endpoint, using limited logs to reveal rogue ScreenConnect access, failed infostealer attempts, and the ransomware execution path. The investigation shows how validating multiple data sources can uncover activity even when visibility is reduced to a “pinhole.” First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/piecing-together-the-puzzle-a-qilin-ransomware-investigation/
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Recognizing and responding to cyber threats: What differentiates NDR, EDR and XDR
Tags: access, attack, automation, breach, cloud, communications, computer, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, edr, endpoint, firewall, intelligence, iot, malware, microsoft, monitoring, network, siem, software, sql, strategy, technology, threat, tool, windowsEDR identifies noticeable changes at the endpoint EDR, the oldest of the three detection technologies, monitors endpoints to mitigate attacks on them. Endpoints are network devices such as PCs, file servers, smartphones and IoT devices that connect to the network to communicate. A software agent is used to inventory EDR malware and suspicious activity detected…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Global Agencies Target Criminal “Bulletproof” Hosts, as CSA Unveils Agentic AI Risk Framework
Tags: access, advisory, ai, android, apple, attack, banking, breach, browser, chrome, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, credit-card, crypto, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, extortion, finance, firewall, firmware, flaw, framework, google, governance, government, group, guide, Hardware, ibm, identity, infection, infrastructure, international, Internet, law, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mobile, monitoring, network, open-source, oracle, password, phishing, radius, ransomware, rat, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, russia, scam, service, software, switch, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windowsCyber agencies call on ISPs to help combat “bulletproof” internet hosts that shield cybercriminals. Meanwhile, the CSA introduced a new methodology to assess the risks of autonomous AI. Plus, get the latest on the CIS Benchmarks, drone-detection systems, and malware infections. Key takeaways Crackdown on “bulletproof” hosting: International cyber agencies are urging ISPs and network…
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Why Network Monitoring Matters: How Seceon Enables Proactive, Intelligent Cyber Defence
Tags: attack, cloud, credentials, cyber, endpoint, exploit, infrastructure, monitoring, network, strategyIn today’s fast-evolving digital world, organizations increasingly rely on hybrid workforces, cloud-first strategies, and distributed infrastructures to gain agility and scalability. This transformation has expanded the network into a complex ecosystem spanning on-premises, cloud, and remote endpoints, vastly increasing the attack surface. Cyber adversaries exploit this complexity using stealth techniques like encrypted tunnels, credential misuse,…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Global Agencies Target Criminal “Bulletproof” Hosts, as CSA Unveils Agentic AI Risk Framework
Tags: access, advisory, ai, android, apple, attack, banking, breach, browser, chrome, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, credit-card, crypto, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, endpoint, extortion, finance, firewall, firmware, flaw, framework, google, governance, government, group, guide, Hardware, ibm, identity, infection, infrastructure, international, Internet, law, linux, malicious, malware, microsoft, mobile, monitoring, network, open-source, oracle, password, phishing, radius, ransomware, rat, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, russia, scam, service, software, switch, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windowsCyber agencies call on ISPs to help combat “bulletproof” internet hosts that shield cybercriminals. Meanwhile, the CSA introduced a new methodology to assess the risks of autonomous AI. Plus, get the latest on the CIS Benchmarks, drone-detection systems, and malware infections. Key takeaways Crackdown on “bulletproof” hosting: International cyber agencies are urging ISPs and network…
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Why Network Monitoring Matters: How Seceon Enables Proactive, Intelligent Cyber Defence
Tags: attack, cloud, credentials, cyber, endpoint, exploit, infrastructure, monitoring, network, strategyIn today’s fast-evolving digital world, organizations increasingly rely on hybrid workforces, cloud-first strategies, and distributed infrastructures to gain agility and scalability. This transformation has expanded the network into a complex ecosystem spanning on-premises, cloud, and remote endpoints, vastly increasing the attack surface. Cyber adversaries exploit this complexity using stealth techniques like encrypted tunnels, credential misuse,…
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How to turn threat intel into real security wins
Tags: access, api, attack, automation, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, communications, control, credentials, csf, data, data-breach, detection, dns, edr, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, framework, governance, guide, identity, intelligence, lessons-learned, mail, malware, mitre, nist, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, saas, siem, soar, soc, switch, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityThe CISO mandate: Risk, efficiency, investment, response: Reduce operational risk and financial loss Intelligence-led detection and response aim to prevent or minimise data loss and business disruption. The downstream effects, smaller blast radii, fewer regulatory headaches and lower recovery bills, are what boards recognise. Maximise staff efficiency Manual validation and correlation drive alert fatigue. Automating…
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How to turn threat intel into real security wins
Tags: access, api, attack, automation, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, communications, control, credentials, csf, data, data-breach, detection, dns, edr, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, framework, governance, guide, identity, intelligence, lessons-learned, mail, malware, mitre, nist, phishing, ransomware, resilience, risk, saas, siem, soar, soc, switch, tactics, theft, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityThe CISO mandate: Risk, efficiency, investment, response: Reduce operational risk and financial loss Intelligence-led detection and response aim to prevent or minimise data loss and business disruption. The downstream effects, smaller blast radii, fewer regulatory headaches and lower recovery bills, are what boards recognise. Maximise staff efficiency Manual validation and correlation drive alert fatigue. Automating…
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Recognizing and responding to cyber threats: What differentiates NDR, EDR and XDR
Tags: access, attack, automation, breach, cloud, communications, computer, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, edr, endpoint, firewall, intelligence, iot, malware, microsoft, monitoring, network, siem, software, sql, strategy, technology, threat, tool, windowsEDR identifies noticeable changes at the endpoint EDR, the oldest of the three detection technologies, monitors endpoints to mitigate attacks on them. Endpoints are network devices such as PCs, file servers, smartphones and IoT devices that connect to the network to communicate. A software agent is used to inventory EDR malware and suspicious activity detected…
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China”‘linked PlushDaemon hijacks DNS via ‘EdgeStepper’ to weaponize software updates
Hijacked update to backdoor deployment: With the network device serving as a stealthy redirect, PlushDaemon then exploits the hijacked update channel to gain access to end-systems. ESET observed how typical victim software (such as a Chinese input-method application) issues an HTTP GET to its update server, but because DNS was hijacked, the request lands at…
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Palo Alto kit sees massive surge in malicious activity amid mystery traffic flood
GlobalProtect login endpoints targeted, sparking concern that something bigger may be brewing First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/palo_alto_traffic_flood/
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Critical Twonky Server Flaws Let Hackers Bypass Login Protection
Tags: api, authentication, control, credentials, cyber, encryption, endpoint, flaw, hacker, leak, login, password, vulnerabilityTwonky Server version 8.5.2 contains two critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated attackers to steal administrator credentials and take complete control of the media server. Security researchers at Rapid7 discovered that an attacker can leak encrypted admin passwords through an unprotected API endpoint, then decrypt them using hardcoded encryption keys embedded directly in the…
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Blocking Traffic Manipulation in AWS Starts With IAM
Tl;DR Networking in the Cloud Without domain name resolution and effective traffic routing, the cloud breaks. This proved true last month, when a DNS issue affecting the AWS us-east-1 DynamoDB API endpoint disrupted operations at thousands of companies. While certainly an extreme example, it highlights how quickly a single networking issue can cascade, taking down……
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The nexus of risk and intelligence: How vulnerability-informed hunting uncovers what everything else misses
Tags: access, attack, authentication, business, cisa, compliance, cve, cvss, dark-web, data, defense, detection, dns, edr, endpoint, exploit, framework, intelligence, kev, linux, malicious, mitigation, mitre, monitoring, ntlm, nvd, open-source, password, powershell, remote-code-execution, risk, risk-management, siem, soc, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementTurning vulnerability data into intelligence: Once vulnerabilities are contextualized, they can be turned into actionable intelligence. Every significant CVE tells a story, known exploit activity, actor interest, proof-of-concept code or links to MITRE ATT&CK techniques. This external intelligence gives us the who and how behind potential exploitation.For example, when a privilege escalation vulnerability in Linux…
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Hidden API in Comet AI browser raises security red flags for enterprises
Broader Warning for AI browsers: The disclosure is likely to deepen enterprise hesitation around AI browser adoption. Grady noted that organizations will continue treating them as unsanctioned applications until they can fully assess the tradeoffs. “Security teams should ensure corporate policy is clear, and they have the tools to enforce that policy.”SquareX’s recommendation is rather…
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Application Containment: How to Use Ringfencing to Prevent the Weaponization of Trusted Software
The challenge facing security leaders is monumental: Securing environments where failure is not an option. Reliance on traditional security postures, such as Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) to chase threats after they have already entered the network, is fundamentally risky and contributes significantly to the half-trillion-dollar annual cost of cybercrime.Zero Trust fundamentally shifts First seen…
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Microsoft Mitigates Record 15.72 Tbps DDoS Attack Driven by AISURU Botnet
Microsoft on Monday disclosed that it automatically detected and neutralized a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeting a single endpoint in Australia that measured 15.72 terabits per second (Tbps) and nearly 3.64 billion packets per second (pps).The tech giant said it was the largest DDoS attack ever observed in the cloud, and that it originated from…
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Microsoft Mitigates Record 5.72 Tbps DDoS Attack Driven by AISURU Botnet
Microsoft on Monday disclosed that it automatically detected and neutralized a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeting a single endpoint in Australia that measured 5.72 terabits per second (Tbps) and nearly 3.64 billion packets per second (pps).The tech giant said it was the largest DDoS attack ever observed in the cloud, and that it originated from…
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Massive 15 Tbps DDoS Attack From 500K Devices Slams Azure Network
Microsoft Azure successfully defended against a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at 15.72 terabits per second (Tbps), making it the most significant DDoS attack ever observed in the cloud. On October 24, 2025, Azure’s DDoS Protection system automatically detected and mitigated a massive multi-vector attack targeting a single endpoint in Australia. The assault generated…
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SilentButDeadly: New Tool Blocks Network Traffic to Bypass EDR and Antivirus
A newly released open-source tool called SilentButDeadly is raising security concerns by demonstrating how attackers can effectively turn off Endpoint Detection and Response systems and antivirus software without terminating any processes. Developed by security researcher Ryan Framiñán and released on November 2, 2025, the tool exploits the Windows Filtering Platform to sever cloud connectivity for…
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Akira ransomware expands to Nutanix AHV, raising stakes for enterprise security
Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, business, cisco, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, firewall, infrastructure, leak, mfa, monitoring, network, ransomware, resilience, strategy, threat, update, veeam, vpn, vulnerability, windowsThreat that thrives in enterprise blind spots: Experts indicate that Akira leverages the blind spots that enterprises acknowledge but rarely fix. Of the blind spots, remote access tops the list, followed by patching.”Akira wins not because it has reinvented ransomware, but because it has perfected the parts enterprises fail to take seriously. It exploits the…
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North Korea’s ‘Job Test’ trap upgrades to JSON malware dropboxes
Developers remain a high-value target: Researchers highlighted that the campaign specifically targets developers involved in crypto and Web3 projects, using realistic-sounding personas and demo applications (real estate, DeFi, game forks) to lower suspicion. The state-linked actors’ shift from direct payload hosting to abusing legitimate JSON storage services suggests that even benign developer-centric platforms are now…
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Akira ransomware expands to Nutanix AHV, raising stakes for enterprise security
Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, business, cisco, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, firewall, infrastructure, leak, mfa, monitoring, network, ransomware, resilience, strategy, threat, update, veeam, vpn, vulnerability, windowsThreat that thrives in enterprise blind spots: Experts indicate that Akira leverages the blind spots that enterprises acknowledge but rarely fix. Of the blind spots, remote access tops the list, followed by patching.”Akira wins not because it has reinvented ransomware, but because it has perfected the parts enterprises fail to take seriously. It exploits the…
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North Korea’s ‘Job Test’ trap upgrades to JSON malware dropboxes
Developers remain a high-value target: Researchers highlighted that the campaign specifically targets developers involved in crypto and Web3 projects, using realistic-sounding personas and demo applications (real estate, DeFi, game forks) to lower suspicion. The state-linked actors’ shift from direct payload hosting to abusing legitimate JSON storage services suggests that even benign developer-centric platforms are now…
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AI-driven dynamic endpoint security is redefining trust
Network perimeters are gone. Modern security solutions must be proactive, dynamic and intelligent. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/spons/ai-driven-dynamic-endpoint-security-is-redefining-trust/805390/
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Refresh Your Akira Defenses Now, CISA Says, as OWASP Revamps Its App Sec Top 10 Risks
Tags: access, advisory, ai, antivirus, application-security, attack, authentication, backup, business, chatgpt, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, germany, group, guide, healthcare, infrastructure, injection, Internet, iot, law, malware, mfa, mitigation, phishing, privacy, programming, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityLearn why you should revise your Akira ransomware protection plans. Plus, find out what’s new in OWASP’s revamped Top 10 Web Application Risks list. Also, find out about agentic AI’s cognitive degradation risk. And get the latest on AI security trends and CISO compensation. Key takeaways CISA and other agencies are urging organizations, especially in…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Refresh Your Akira Defenses Now, CISA Says, as OWASP Revamps Its App Sec Top 10 Risks
Tags: access, advisory, ai, antivirus, application-security, attack, authentication, backup, business, chatgpt, cisa, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, germany, group, guide, healthcare, infrastructure, injection, Internet, iot, law, malware, mfa, mitigation, phishing, privacy, programming, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, soc, software, supply-chain, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityLearn why you should revise your Akira ransomware protection plans. Plus, find out what’s new in OWASP’s revamped Top 10 Web Application Risks list. Also, find out about agentic AI’s cognitive degradation risk. And get the latest on AI security trends and CISO compensation. Key takeaways CISA and other agencies are urging organizations, especially in…