Tag: endpoint
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Brave New Kernel: Microsoft Previews Safer Windows Ecosystem
Windows 11 Revamp Means No Kernel Access Required for Third-Party Security Tools Nearly one year after a faulty CrowdStrike software update disrupted 8.5 million Windows hosts, causing global IT chaos, Microsoft is previewing multiple resilience changes to Windows, including enabling third-party endpoint security tools to do their magic without needing kernel-level access. First seen on…
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Zig Strike: New Offensive Toolkit Generates Payloads to Evade AV, EDR, and XDR
A newly released offensive cybersecurity toolkit,Zig Strike, is making waves in the security community for its advanced ability to generate payloads that evade traditional and next-generation security defenses, including antivirus (AV), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solutions. According to the report, Zig Strike emerges as a response to the escalating…
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Adopting a Usage-based Alternative to Splunk for Endpoint Telemetry
Tags: endpointFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/native/adopting-a-usage-based-alternative-to-splunk-for-endpoint-telemetry
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AsyncRAT Campaign Continues to Evade Endpoint Detection
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/native/asyncrat-campaign-continues-to-evade-endpoint-detection
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6 key trends redefining the XDR market
Tags: access, ai, apache, attack, cloud, country, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, marketplace, microsoft, ml, monitoring, msp, mssp, network, office, open-source, ransomware, service, siem, soc, sophos, threat, toolXDR-as-a-service on the rise: A fully staffed SOC is out of reach for many organizations and that’s why the rise of XDR-as-a-service reflects growing demand for managed, scalable security capabilities.”With stretched teams and expanding attack surfaces, many organizations are turning to trusted providers to deliver round-the-clock detection and response,” says Santiago Pontiroli, lead security researcher…
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Don’t trust that email: It could be from a hacker using your printer to scam you
Tags: authentication, control, credentials, data, defense, dkim, dmarc, email, endpoint, exploit, framework, hacker, infrastructure, iot, login, mail, microsoft, monitoring, network, phishing, powershell, qr, risk, scam, tactics, tool, vulnerability, zero-daytenantname.mail.protection.outlook.com, and companies’ internal email address formats can be trivial to figure out or easy to scrape from public sources or social media. Once an attacker has the domain and a valid email address, they are able to send emails that appear to come from inside the organization.In the campaign observed by Varonis’ forensics experts,…
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Cisco warns of critical API vulnerabilities in ISE and ISE-PIC
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, best-practice, business, ceo, cisco, ciso, cloud, communications, control, credentials, data, defense, email, endpoint, exploit, firewall, flaw, framework, guide, Hardware, incident response, malicious, microsoft, mobile, network, penetration-testing, programming, risk, router, saas, sans, service, software, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, wafroot user.The fault behind both vulnerabilities: Holes in application programming interfaces (APIs).”Take this vulnerability seriously,” said Moses Frost, senior course instructor on cloud penetration testing at the SANS Institute. “In my experience assessing networks, I have found through testing that many lack essential patches and security hardening on their core network devices. I have seen Cisco…
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Microsoft Windows Security, Resiliency Updates: 5 Things To Know
Microsoft is using its Microsoft Virus Initiative to improve competitor deployment practices, bringing a Windows endpoint security platform to private preview and launching quick machine recovery as part of a series of Windows security and resilience moves. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/microsoft-windows-security-resiliency-updates-5-things-to-know
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The vulnerability management gap no one talks about
If an endpoint goes ping but isn’t on the network, does anyone hear it? First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/06/24/vulnerability_management_gap_noone_talks/
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Phishing campaign abuses Cloudflare Tunnels to sneak malware past firewalls
Why is Cloudflare Tunnel being abused?: The appeal of hosting attack infrastructure on Cloudflare Tunnel is that it is incredibly hard to detect or defend against.First, the tunnel is encrypted using HTTPS which means the only way to see what’s inside it is by using some form of TLS inspection. However, this would need to…
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North Korea’s BlueNoroff uses AI deepfakes to push Mac malware in fake Zoom calls
Campaign delivers modular, persistent, Mac-specific malware: Huntress recovered a total of eight distinct malicious binaries, each with specific tasks. The primary implant, ‘Telegram 2’, was written in Nim and embedded itself as a macOS LaunchDaemon to maintain persistence. It acted as a launchpad for the real power tools, including Go-based ‘Root Troy V4’ backdoor and…
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Arctic Wolf stärkt Partnerstrategie und Plattform
Arctic Wolf, ein weltweit führender Anbieter von Security-Operations-Lösungen, stellt gleich mehrere strategische Neuerungen vor: ein umfassend überarbeitetes MSP-Partnerprogramm, die Einführung von Aurora-Endpoint-Security für MSPs sowie neue Self-Service-Funktionen innerhalb der Arctic-Wolf-Aurora-Plattform. Ziel ist es, Managed-Service-Providern (MSPs) neue Wachstumspotenziale zu eröffnen und Kunden eine moderne, intuitive Alternative zu traditionellen SIEM-Lösungen zu bieten. Neues Partnerprogramm für Managed-Service-Provider MSPs…
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NinjaOne Adds macOS MDM to Streamline Cross-Platform Endpoint Management
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/ninjaone-adds-macos-mdm-to-streamline-cross-platform-endpoint-management
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MDEAutomator: Open-source endpoint management, incident response in MDE
Managing endpoints and responding to security incidents in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) can be time-consuming and complex. MDEAutomator is an open-source tool … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/16/mdeautomator-open-source-automation-microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-mde/
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DNS Rebind Protection Revisited
After this week’s attention to META and Yandex localhost abuses, it is time to revisit a core feature/option of protective DNS that offers a feel-good moment to those that applied this safety technique long before this abuse report came about. The in-depth report that triggered this is: Disclosure: Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android.…
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Arctic Wolf Expands MSP Strategy with New Partner Program and Aurora Endpoint Security
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/arctic-wolf-expands-msp-strategy-with-new-partner-program-and-aurora-endpoint-security
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Trend Micro fixes critical bugs in Apex Central and TMEE PolicyServer
Trend Micro fixed multiple vulnerabilities that impact its Apex Central and Endpoint Encryption (TMEE) PolicyServer products. Trend Micro address remote code execution and authentication bypass vulnerabilities impacting its Endpoint Encryption (TMEE) PolicyServer and Apex Central solutions. Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption PolicyServer is a centralized management server used in Trend Micro’s Endpoint Encryption solution. It acts…
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How to log and monitor PowerShell activity for suspicious scripts and commands
Block executable content from email client and webmailBlock executable files from running unless they meet a prevalence, age, or trusted list criterionBlock execution of potentially obfuscated scriptsBlock JavaScript or VBScript from launching downloaded executable contentBlock process creations originating from PSExec and WMI commands Log workstation PowerShell commands: Even without Microsoft Defender resources you need to…
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Trend Micro fixes critical vulnerabilities in multiple products
Trend Micro has released security updates to address multiple critical-severity remote code execution and authentication bypass vulnerabilities that impact its Apex Central and Endpoint Encryption (TMEE) PolicyServer products. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/trend-micro-fixes-six-critical-flaws-on-apex-central-endpoint-encryption-policyserver/
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Forgotten patches: The silent killer
Tags: attack, automation, backup, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, data, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, infrastructure, tool, update, vulnerabilityAccuracy over convenience: It’s tempting to prioritize speed or ease. But making patching easier cannot come at the expense of accuracy. Light enforcement, delays in applying updates, or gaps between tools and policy all introduce risk.Patch management must detect when systems drift out of compliance, whether due to misconfiguration, agent failure, or an unexpected event,…
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Why DNS Security Is Your First Defense Against Cyber Attacks?
In today’s cybersecurity landscape, much of the focus is placed on firewalls, antivirus software, and endpoint detection. While these tools are essential, one critical layer often goes overlooked: the Domain Name System (DNS). As the starting point of nearly every online interaction, DNS is not only foundational – it’s increasingly a target. When left unsecured,…
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Secure Enterprise Browser Adoption to Hit 25% by 2028
Secure enterprise browsers deliver multi-layered security, including web security, protection against malware on the endpoint, and defense against malicious extensions. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/gartner-secure-enterprise-browser-adoption-25-by-2028
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8 things CISOs have learned from cyber incidents
Tags: apt, attack, authentication, backup, breach, business, ciso, compliance, cyber, data, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, incident, incident response, infection, insurance, jobs, malicious, malware, metric, network, ransom, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, skills, tool, training, update, virus, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. You’ll need shift from defense to offence: The role and the CISO won’t be the same after an incident.”My job on December 11 was very different from my job on December 12 and beyond, says Brown.Following an incident, some organizations need to change to such an extent that they need a different CISO with…
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Mirai botnet weaponizes PoC to exploit Wazuh open-source XDR flaw
Two Mirai variants integrate the exploit: The first botnet exploiting CVE-2025-24016 was detected by Akamai in March and used a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that was published for the vulnerability in late February. That exploit targets the /security/user/authenticate/run_as API endpoint.The second botnet was detected in early May and targeted the /Wazuh endpoint, but the exploit payload…
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Cisco Reimagines Infrastructure for the AI Era, From Core to Edge, Cloud to Endpoint
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/cisco-reimagines-infrastructure-for-the-ai-era-from-core-to-edge-cloud-to-endpoint
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Bitdefender integriert Compliance-Management in Endpoint-Security-Lösung
Mit dem neu vorgestellten von Bitdefender können Unternehmen ihren Aufwand, Compliance-Vorgaben einzuhalten, deutlich reduzieren. Zugleich sind sie damit in der Lage, sich optimal und mit einem einzigen, umfassenden Prozess auf Audits vorzubereiten. Das neue Angebot ist auf die aktuelle komplexe Regulationslandschaft ausgerichtet und vollständig in die Bitdefender-Endpoint-Security und Risikoanalyse-Lösung integriert. Es bietet […] First seen…