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Cybersecurity leaders’ top seven takeaways from 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, governance, government, grc, identity, international, malicious, network, nist, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. AI forced companies to rethink their security strategies: At the same time, Abousselham notes how the rapid rollout of AI forced companies to shift their resources to keep pace with the change, while maintaining safe product releases. He calls 2025 the “chaotic introduction of agentic AI”.”I don’t think the industry was ready or expected…
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Cybersecurity leaders’ top seven takeaways from 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, governance, government, grc, identity, international, malicious, network, nist, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. AI forced companies to rethink their security strategies: At the same time, Abousselham notes how the rapid rollout of AI forced companies to shift their resources to keep pace with the change, while maintaining safe product releases. He calls 2025 the “chaotic introduction of agentic AI”.”I don’t think the industry was ready or expected…
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: Spyware Alerts, Mirai Strikes, Docker Leaks, ValleyRAT Rootkit, and 20 More Stories
This week’s cyber stories show how fast the online world can turn risky. Hackers are sneaking malware into movie downloads, browser add-ons, and even software updates people trust. Tech giants and governments are racing to plug new holes while arguing over privacy and control. And researchers keep uncovering just how much of our digital life…
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: Spyware Alerts, Mirai Strikes, Docker Leaks, ValleyRAT Rootkit, and 20 More Stories
This week’s cyber stories show how fast the online world can turn risky. Hackers are sneaking malware into movie downloads, browser add-ons, and even software updates people trust. Tech giants and governments are racing to plug new holes while arguing over privacy and control. And researchers keep uncovering just how much of our digital life…
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Empowering Security and Control: Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Management Integrates with Oracle Fusion Cloud Services
Tags: access, ai, automation, best-practice, business, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, data, data-breach, encryption, finance, GDPR, governance, government, guide, healthcare, HIPAA, intelligence, network, oracle, PCI, resilience, risk, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tool, zero-trustEmpowering Security and Control: Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Management Integrates with Oracle Fusion Cloud Services madhav Thu, 12/11/2025 – 06:50 In a landscape where the safeguarding of sensitive information is paramount, the collaboration between Thales and Oracle Fusion Cloud Services helps create operational independence, data sovereignty, and uncompromising control for organizations worldwide. At Thales, our…
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Empowering Security and Control: Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Management Integrates with Oracle Fusion Cloud Services
Tags: access, ai, automation, best-practice, business, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, data, data-breach, encryption, finance, GDPR, governance, government, guide, healthcare, HIPAA, intelligence, network, oracle, PCI, resilience, risk, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tool, zero-trustEmpowering Security and Control: Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Management Integrates with Oracle Fusion Cloud Services madhav Thu, 12/11/2025 – 06:50 In a landscape where the safeguarding of sensitive information is paramount, the collaboration between Thales and Oracle Fusion Cloud Services helps create operational independence, data sovereignty, and uncompromising control for organizations worldwide. At Thales, our…
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WIRTE Leverages AshenLoader Sideloading to Install the AshTag Espionage Backdoor
An advanced persistent threat (APT) known as WIRTE has been attributed to attacks targeting government and diplomatic entities across the Middle East with a previously undocumented malware suite dubbed AshTag since 2020.Palo Alto Networks is tracking the activity cluster under the name Ashen Lepus. Artifacts uploaded to the VirusTotal platform show that the threat actor…
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WIRTE Leverages AshenLoader Sideloading to Install the AshTag Espionage Backdoor
An advanced persistent threat (APT) known as WIRTE has been attributed to attacks targeting government and diplomatic entities across the Middle East with a previously undocumented malware suite dubbed AshTag since 2020.Palo Alto Networks is tracking the activity cluster under the name Ashen Lepus. Artifacts uploaded to the VirusTotal platform show that the threat actor…
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British government sanctions Russian and Chinese groups over information warfare
The U.K.’s foreign secretary announced sanctions on seven Russian individuals and influence networks, as well as the Chinese companies i-Soon and Integrity Technology Group. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/uk-sanctions-russia-china-entities-information-warfare
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Error-prone eVisa system a precursor of digital ID
Research highlights how the Home Office’s electronic visa system has used migrants as a ‘testing ground’ for the government’s wider digital ID ambitions First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366636198/Error-prone-eVisa-system-a-precursor-of-digital-ID
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…
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Polymorphic AI malware exists, but it’s not what you think
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybercrime, detection, edr, email, espionage, government, group, identity, infrastructure, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, phishing, radius, ransomware, risk, soc, technology, theft, threat, toolwhat the code block should do, or how it’s going to evade an antivirus. It’s just working under the assumption that Gemini just instinctively knows how to evade antiviruses (it doesn’t). There’s also no entropy to ensure the ‘self-modifying’ code differs from previous versions, or any guardrails to ensure it actually works. The function was…
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Japanese Firms Suffer Long Tail of Ransomware Damage
Ransomware actors have targeted manufacturers, retailers, and the Japanese government, with many organizations requiring months to recover. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/japanese-firms-suffer-long-tail-ransomware-damage
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Khashoggi widow files complaint in France alleging Saudi government infected devices with spyware
A French judge will determine whether investigators should proceed with a complaint from the widow of slain writer Jamal Khashoggi alleging that Saudi Arabia deployed spyware on her devices before his killing. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/khashoggi-widow-legal-complaint-filed-alleging-saudi-government-spyware
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MPs maul digital ID plans in Parliamentary debate
MPs brand the government’s digital ID plans ‘un-British’ and ‘an attack on civil liberties’ during debate on the controversial policy First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366636254/MPs-maul-digital-ID-plans-in-parliamentary-debate
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Indiens Regierung nimmt Entscheidung zurück – Staatliche Pflicht-App für neue Handys sorgt in Indien für Kritik
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/indien-anti-cyberbetrug-app-datenschutz-kritik-a-bd9aad84cf1863984f9392f370c47a43/
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Indiens Regierung nimmt Entscheidung zurück – Staatliche Pflicht-App für neue Handys sorgt in Indien für Kritik
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/indien-anti-cyberbetrug-app-datenschutz-kritik-a-bd9aad84cf1863984f9392f370c47a43/
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Ignoring AI in the threat chain could be a costly mistake, experts warn
Tags: ai, attack, automation, ceo, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, exploit, government, hacker, skills, sophos, technology, threat, toolHow CISOs could cut through the confusion: The conflicting narratives around AI threats leave many CISOs struggling to reconcile hype with operational reality.Given the emergence of AI-enabled cyber threats amid pushback from some cyber experts who contend these threats are not real, Sophos CEO Joe Levy tells CSO that AI is becoming a “Rorschach test,…
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When it comes to security resilience, cheaper isn’t always better
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, cctv, cio, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, exploit, government, hacker, healthcare, incident, incident response, jobs, leak, malicious, metric, mfa, monitoring, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, saas, service, soc, software, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustThe hidden trade-offs with resilience: Savings don’t erase risk. They shift it. What looks efficient today becomes exposed tomorrow. Cyber resilience is often the first casualty.Supply chain fragility: Cyber threats thrive on concentration. When procurement consolidates digital services into a single provider to save money, a single breach can have a ripple effect across your…
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When it comes to security resilience, cheaper isn’t always better
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, business, cctv, cio, ciso, cloud, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, encryption, exploit, government, hacker, healthcare, incident, incident response, jobs, leak, malicious, metric, mfa, monitoring, ransomware, RedTeam, resilience, risk, risk-management, saas, service, soc, software, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustThe hidden trade-offs with resilience: Savings don’t erase risk. They shift it. What looks efficient today becomes exposed tomorrow. Cyber resilience is often the first casualty.Supply chain fragility: Cyber threats thrive on concentration. When procurement consolidates digital services into a single provider to save money, a single breach can have a ripple effect across your…
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Apple, Google, and Samsung May Soon Activate Always-On GPS in India
India’s government is considering a controversial proposal that could require smartphone manufacturers to enable satellite location tracking on all devices permanently. The plan has sparked significant backlash from major tech companies, including Apple, Google, and Samsung, who argue the measure poses serious privacy and security risks. The proposal originates in India’s telecom industry, specifically the…
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Apple and Google Alert Users Worldwide After New Spyware Activity Surfaces
Evidence shows that certain people have been targeted by malicious actors, often linked to governments or state-backed groups. The post Apple and Google Alert Users Worldwide After New Spyware Activity Surfaces appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-apple-google-spyware-alert/
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Google, Apple Warn of State-Linked Surveillance Threats
Google and Apple have released new global cyber threat notifications, alerting users across dozens of countries to potential targeting by state-linked hackers. The latest warnings reflect growing concerns about government-backed surveillance operations and the expanding commercial spyware marketplace. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/google-apple-spyware-threat-alerts/
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Chinese State Hackers Use New BRICKSTORM Malware Against VMware Systems
CISA, NSA, and Canadian Cyber Centre warn that PRC state-sponsored hackers are using BRICKSTORM, a stealthy Go-based backdoor, for long-term espionage in Government and IT networks. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/chinese-state-hackers-brickstorm-vmware-systems/
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China Hackers Using Brickstorm Backdoor to Target Government, IT Entities
Chinese-sponsored groups are using the popular Brickstorm backdoor to access and gain persistence in government and tech firm networks, part of the ongoing effort by the PRC to establish long-term footholds in agency and critical infrastructure IT environments, according to a report by U.S. and Canadian security offices. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article:…