Tag: framework
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Threat Actors Use AV/EDR Evasion Framework in the Wild to Deploy Malware Payloads
Elastic Security Labs has uncovered multiple campaigns leveraging SHELLTER, a commercial AV/EDR evasion framework originally designed for offensive security evaluations by red teams. Since late April 2025, threat actors have been using what appears to be Shellter Elite v11.0, released on April 16, 2025, to package and deploy various infostealer malware payloads. SHELLTER Framework Exploited…
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Next.js Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Trigger DoS via Cache Poisoning
A critical vulnerability, tracked asCVE-2025-49826, has been discovered and addressed in the popular React-based web framework, Next.js. The flaw, present in versions >=15.1.0 and <15.1.8, allowed attackers to exploit a cache poisoning bug, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition for affected applications, as per a report by Vercel. CVE ID Affected Versions Severity…
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Hackers Abuse Legitimate Inno Setup Installer to Deliver Malware
Cybercriminals are increasingly weaponizing legitimate software installer frameworks like Inno Setup to distribute malware, turning user-friendly tools into covert vehicles for malicious payloads. Originally designed to simplify software deployment on Windows, Inno Setup has become a favored tool among threat actors due to its trusted appearance and powerful Pascal scripting capabilities. This sophisticated abuse allows…
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Cybersecurity in the supply chain: strategies for managing fourth-party risks
Tags: access, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, exploit, framework, governance, intelligence, ISO-27001, law, mitigation, monitoring, nist, risk, risk-management, saas, service, soc, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerabilitySet clear data boundaries: The reality is that any organization consuming third-party software-as-a-service offerings and services has extremely limited control over the partners that their third parties are working with, says Curtis Simpson, CISO at Armis.”This is why it’s critically important to understand the sub-processors involved in the delivery of contracted SaaS offerings and services,…
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How cybersecurity leaders can defend against the spur of AI-driven NHI
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, exploit, framework, gartner, governance, group, guide, identity, infrastructure, least-privilege, LLM, login, monitoring, password, phishing, RedTeam, risk, sans, service, software, technology, tool, vulnerabilityVisibility Yageo Group had so many problematic machine identities that information security operations manager Terrick Taylor says he is almost embarrassed to say this, even though the group has now automated the monitoring of both human and non-human identities and has a process for managing identity lifecycles. “Last time I looked at the portal, there…
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Ghost in the Machine: A Spy’s Digital Lifeline
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, best-practice, cloud, communications, control, country, crypto, cyber, data, encryption, endpoint, framework, government, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, law, linux, mfa, military, network, resilience, risk, software, spy, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vpn, windows, zero-trust -
Why compliance gets easier when you don’t manually manage secrets
Manually managing secrets increases your compliance burden. This article explains what frameworks demand and how managed secrets platforms like Doppler keep you audit-ready. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/06/why-compliance-gets-easier-when-you-dont-manually-manage-secrets/
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The Rise of Agentic AI: Uncovering Security Risks in AI Web Agents
In our first post, we introduced the world of AI web agents defining what they are, outlining their core capabilities, and surveying the leading frameworks that make them possible. Now, we’re shifting gears to look at the other side of the coin: the vulnerabilities and attack surfaces that arise when autonomous agents browse, click,… First…
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Rethinking IT Risk Assessments for OT Environments
Sydney Trains’ Maryam Shoraka on Identifying the Blind Spots in OT Systems. IT organizations can apply multiple frameworks to help reduce risk, but relying on them in OT environments could create blind spots. Security leaders must rethink compliance-driven strategies and adapt controls to meet the unique demands of industrial systems, said Sydney Trains’ Maryam Shoraka.…
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Going Beyond the Hype of DPDPA Compliance: Are You Breach Ready?
The Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) marks a turning point for data privacy in India. Passed in 2023, the Act establishes a clear framework for the collection, processing, storage, and protection of personal data. For enterprises, it signals a deeper shift in how data responsibilities are assigned, and how businesses must be structured to……
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Hackers Leverage Critical Langflow Flaw to Deploy Flodrix Botnet and Seize System Control
Tags: ai, botnet, control, cve, cvss, cyber, cyberattack, exploit, flaw, framework, hacker, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityA sophisticated cyberattack campaign has emerged, exploiting a critical vulnerability in Langflow, a widely-used Python-based framework for building AI applications, to deploy the destructive Flodrix botnet. Identified as CVE-2025-3248 and carrying a near-perfect CVSS score of 9.8, this unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) flaw impacts Langflow versions prior to 1.3.0. Unveiling a Severe RCE Vulnerability…
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Fake account creation attacks: anatomy, detection, and defense
Fake account creation is one of the most persistent forms of online abuse. What used to be a fringe tactic (bots signing up to post spam) has become a scaled, repeatable attack. Today’s fake account farms operate with disposable identities, rotating infrastructure, and automation frameworks built to evade First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article:…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: U.S. Gov’t Urges Adoption of Memory-Safe Languages and Warns About Iran Cyber Threat
Tags: access, advisory, ai, api, attack, authentication, best-practice, cisa, computer, computing, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, exploit, finance, framework, google, governance, government, group, hacker, healthcare, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, Internet, iran, login, mfa, military, mitigation, mitre, network, nist, passkey, password, programming, ransomware, risk, rust, service, software, strategy, tactics, technology, terrorism, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, warfareCheck out the U.S. government’s latest call for developers to use memory-safe programming languages, as well as its warning for cybersecurity teams regarding cyber risk from hackers tied to Iran. Plus, get the latest on ransomware trends, the quantum computing cyber threat and more! Dive into five things that are top of mind for the…
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When Infostealer Frontiers Meet Identity-Centric Defense: Lessons from BSides SATX 2025
From malware markets to IAM frameworks, BSides SATX 2025 showed why modern security must evolve from static protection to identity-centric, adaptive defense. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/06/when-infostealer-frontiers-meet-identity-centric-defense-lessons-from-bsides-satx-2025/
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Frequently Asked Questions About Iranian Cyber Operations
Tags: access, advisory, api, apt, attack, authentication, awareness, cisa, cloud, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, dos, exploit, finance, framework, government, group, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, injection, Internet, iran, ivanti, malware, mfa, microsoft, middle-east, military, mitre, monitoring, network, password, ransomware, rce, remote-code-execution, risk, service, software, supply-chain, tactics, technology, terrorism, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, windowsTenable’s Research Special Operations team focuses on some frequently asked questions about Iranian cyber operations, including the tactics, techniques and procedures employed by Iran-based threat actors. Background Tenable’s Research Special Operations (RSO) team has compiled this blog to answer Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding Iranian cyber operations in the wake of the recent conflict and…
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Microsoft-Lücke ermöglicht E-Mail-Versand ohne Authentifizierung
Tags: access, authentication, ciso, cyberattack, data, defense, dkim, dmarc, exploit, framework, hacker, infrastructure, mail, microsoft, phishing, powershell, qr, risk, tool, usa, vulnerability, zero-dayDrucker und Scanner werden dank einer Schwachstelle in der Microsoft 365 Direct Send-Funktion zunehmend zu Mitteln für Hacker, um Phishing-Angriffe durchzuführen.Das Forensik-Team von Varonis hat eine Schwachstelle entdeckt, die es internen Geräten wie Druckern ermöglicht, E-Mails ohne Authentifizierung zu versenden. Dem Bericht zufolgewurde die Lücke bereits genutzt, um mehr als 70 Unternehmen, vorwiegend in den…
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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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Cybercriminals Use TeamFiltration Pentesting Framework to Breach Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, Outlook, and More
Tags: breach, cyber, cybercrime, data-breach, exploit, framework, malicious, microsoft, penetration-testing, threat, toolProofpoint threat researchers have exposed an active account takeover (ATO) campaign, dubbed UNK_SneakyStrike, exploiting the TeamFiltration pentesting framework to target Microsoft Entra ID user accounts. Since December 2024, this malicious operation has impacted over 80,000 user accounts across hundreds of organizations, achieving several successful breaches. UNK_SneakyStrike Campaign The attackers have weaponized TeamFiltration a tool originally…
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Feel Supported: Integrating NHIs into Your Security Framework
Why is NHI Integration Crucial for Your Security Framework? Ever thought about how to strengthen your organization’s security and minimize risks? Cybersecurity resilience lies in integrating Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets Security Management into the overarching security framework. A robust strategy for managing these machine identities plays a pivotal role in guaranteed success. Unpacking the……
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CC Signals lets you set boundaries with AI without locking down your work
Creative Commons introduced CC Signals, a new framework that helps data and content owners communicate how they want their work used by AI systems. The idea is to build a … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/26/cc-signals-ai-boundaries/
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Hackers Use Open-Source Offensive Cyber Tools to Attack Financial Businesses in Africa
The threat actor used a combination of open-source and publicly available tools to establish their attack framework First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/hackers-financial-businesses-africa/
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NVIDIA Megatron LM Flaw Allows Attackers to Inject Malicious Code
NVIDIA has issued an urgent security update for its open-source Megatron-LM framework, following the discovery of two critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to inject and execute malicious code on affected systems. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-23264 and CVE-2025-23265, impact all platforms running Megatron-LM versions prior to 0.12.0 and have prompted a swift response from…
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HPE Unifies Partner Programs Under One Framework to Simplify Growth, Resell, and Enablement
Tags: frameworkFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/hpe-unifies-partner-programs-under-one-framework-to-simplify-growth-resell-and-enablement
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Unstructured Data Management: Closing the Gap Between Risk and Response
Unstructured Data Management: Closing the Gap Between Risk and Response madhav Tue, 06/24/2025 – 05:44 The world is producing data at an exponential rate. With generative AI driving 90% of all newly created content, organizations are overwhelmed by an ever-growing data estate. More than 181 zettabytes of data now exist globally”, and 80% of it…
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Advanced Malware Campaign Targets WordPress and WooCommerce Sites with Hidden Skimmers
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign during a routine site cleanup, revealing a family of malicious code targeting WordPress and WooCommerce platforms. This campaign, which dates back to September 2023 as per their Threat Intelligence platform, showcases a dynamic and evolving framework with over 20 distinct samples. Sophisticated Malware Framework The…