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KI als Cybercrime-Copilot
Tags: ai, business, ciso, cyberattack, cybercrime, dns, group, injection, intelligence, malware, openai, ransomware, RedTeam, sans, strategy, threat, toolDas KI-gestützte Entwickler-Tool Claude Code hat einem Cyberkriminellen dabei geholfen, in Netzwerke einzudringen.CISOs und Sicherheitsentscheider rechnen schon seit längerem damit, dass Cyberangriffe nicht mehr von Menschen mit KI-Tools, sondern von KI-Systemen selbst ausgehen. Diese Befürchtung hat sich nun mit neuen Forschungserkenntnissen bestätigt. So offenbart Anthropics aktueller Threat Intelligence Report , dass das KI-gestützte Entwickler-Tool Claude…
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KI als Cybercrime-Copilot
Tags: ai, business, ciso, cyberattack, cybercrime, dns, group, injection, intelligence, malware, openai, ransomware, RedTeam, sans, strategy, threat, toolDas KI-gestützte Entwickler-Tool Claude Code hat einem Cyberkriminellen dabei geholfen, in Netzwerke einzudringen.CISOs und Sicherheitsentscheider rechnen schon seit längerem damit, dass Cyberangriffe nicht mehr von Menschen mit KI-Tools, sondern von KI-Systemen selbst ausgehen. Diese Befürchtung hat sich nun mit neuen Forschungserkenntnissen bestätigt. So offenbart Anthropics aktueller Threat Intelligence Report , dass das KI-gestützte Entwickler-Tool Claude…
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Russian-Linked ATP29 Makes Another Run at Microsoft Credentials
Amazon researchers disrupted a watering hole campaign by Russian-linked cyberespionage group APT29 designed to use compromised websites to trick users into giving the threat actors access to their Microsoft accounts and data via the tech giant’s device code authentication flow. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/russian-linked-atp29-makes-another-run-at-microsoft-credentials/
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The Role of AI in the IT Industry Cybersecurity
AI adoption is surging 53% of organizations expect full or mature AI deployment in security by 2025, up from 47% just a year earlier. The statement itself highlights the acceptance of AI in cybersecurity among organizations. If you are among the group of organziations who are still stuck with the traditional cybersecurity methods, you must……
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 539 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. Lab Dookhtegan hacking group disrupts communications on dozens of Iranian ships New zero-click exploit allegedly used…
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Amazon blocks APT29 campaign targeting Microsoft device code authentication
Amazon stopped a Russia-linked APT29 watering hole attack that hijacked Microsoft device code authentication via compromised sites. Amazon announced that it had disrupted an opportunistic watering hole campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked cyber espionage group APT29 (aka SVR group, Cozy Bear, Nobelium, BlueBravo, Midnight Blizzard, and The Dukes). Amazon experts labeled the attacks as an opportunistic watering hole campaign using compromised…
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Google Urges 2.5B Gmail Users to Reset Passwords After Salesforce Breach
A sophisticated voice phishing operation has emerged as a significant threat to organizations worldwide, with cybercriminals successfully infiltrating Salesforce environments to steal sensitive data and demand ransom payments. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has identified this financially motivated campaign, designating the primary threat cluster as UNC6040, which has demonstrated alarming success in breaching corporate networks through…
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Lab Dookhtegan hacking group disrupts communications on dozens of Iranian ships
Lab Dookhtegan hacking group allegedly disrupted communications of 60 Iranian ships run by sanctioned firms NITC and IRISL. The hacking group Lab Dookhtegan allegedly disrupted the communications of 60 Iranian ships. The attack hit at least 39 tankers and 25 cargo ships operated by Iranian maritime companies National Iranian Oil Tanker Company and Iran Shipping Lines, which…
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Amazon Takes Down Russian APT29 Infrastructure Targeting Users
Tags: cyber, cybersecurity, group, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, network, russia, threat, warfareAmazon’s cybersecurity team has successfully disrupted a sophisticated watering hole campaign orchestrated by APT29, a notorious hacking group linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service. The August 2025 operation represents the latest chapter in an ongoing cyber warfare battle between tech giants and state-sponsored threat actors seeking to infiltrate global networks and harvest sensitive credentials. APT29’s…
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Google Warns Salesloft Drift Breach Impacts All Drift Integrations Beyond Salesforce
Google has revealed that the recent wave of attacks targeting Salesforce instances via Salesloft Drift is much broader in scope than previously thought, stating it impacts all integrations.”We now advise all Salesloft Drift customers to treat any and all authentication tokens stored in or connected to the Drift platform as potentially compromised,” Google Threat Intelligence…
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Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon expansion prompts multinational advisory
Tags: advisory, attack, authentication, breach, china, cisco, communications, container, corporate, country, cyber, data, exploit, firmware, flaw, government, group, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, ivanti, malware, military, monitoring, network, password, router, service, software, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-dayIvanti, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco flaws exploited: Salt Typhoon has been active since at least 2021, targeting critical infrastructure in telecom, transportation, government, and military bodies around the globe. Notably, a “cluster of activity” has been observed in the UK, according to the country’s National Cyber Security Centre.The group has had “considerable success” with “n-days,”…
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North Korean Hackers Weaponize Seoul Intelligence Files to Target South Koreans
Pyongyang-backed hacking group APT37 leveraged an internal South Korean intelligence briefing in a spear phishing campaign First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/north-korea-apt37-spear-phishing/
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Ransomware gang takedowns causing explosion of new, smaller groups
The ransomware ecosystem continues to splinter, with new gangs proliferating in the wake of law enforcement takedowns that have scattered affiliates and prompted criminal rebrands. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ransomware-gang-takedown-proliferation
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KI greift erstmals autonom an
Tags: ai, business, ciso, cyberattack, cybercrime, dns, group, injection, intelligence, malware, openai, ransomware, RedTeam, sans, strategy, threat, toolDas KI-gestützte Entwickler-Tool Claude Code hat einem Cyberkriminellen dabei geholfen, in Netzwerke einzudringen.CISOs und Sicherheitsentscheider rechnen schon seit längerem damit, dass Cyberangriffe nicht mehr von Menschen mit KI-Tools, sondern von KI-Systemen selbst ausgehen. Diese Befürchtung hat sich nun mit neuen Forschungserkenntnissen bestätigt. So offenbart Anthropics aktueller Threat Intelligence Report , dass das KI-gestützte Entwickler-Tool Claude…
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Cybercrime increasingly moving beyond financial gains
Tags: attack, awareness, business, ciso, computer, corporate, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, defense, disinformation, espionage, finance, government, group, hacker, hacking, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, malicious, military, network, ransom, ransomware, risk, risk-analysis, russia, strategy, theft, threat, tool, ukraine, vulnerability, wormsrcset=”https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?quality=50&strip=all 892w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=223%2C300&quality=50&strip=all 223w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=768%2C1033&quality=50&strip=all 768w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=761%2C1024&quality=50&strip=all 761w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=518%2C697&quality=50&strip=all 518w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=125%2C168&quality=50&strip=all 125w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=62%2C84&quality=50&strip=all 62w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=357%2C480&quality=50&strip=all 357w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=268%2C360&quality=50&strip=all 268w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=186%2C250&quality=50&strip=all 186w” width=”761″ height=”1024″ sizes=”auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px”> Incibe. En la imagen, Patricia Alonso GarcÃa.”We are very redundant when talking about cybercrime, because we always associate it with economic motivations,” says Hervé Lambert, global consumer operations…
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Google Warns Salesloft OAuth Breach Extends Beyond Salesforce, Impacting All Integrations
Google has revealed that the recent wave of attacks targeting Salesforce instances via Salesloft Drift is much broader in scope than previously thought, stating it impacts all integrations.”We now advise all Salesloft Drift customers to treat any and all authentication tokens stored in or connected to the Drift platform as potentially compromised,” Google Threat Intelligence…
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Silver Fox Hackers Use Driver Vulnerability to Evade Security on Windows Systems
A sophisticated campaign by the Silver Fox APT group that exploits a previously unknown vulnerable driver to bypass endpoint detection and response (EDR) and antivirus solutions on fully updated Windows 10 and 11 systems. Check Point Research (CPR) revealed on August 28, 2025, that the advanced persistent threat group has been leveraging the WatchDog Antimalware…
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Organized and Criminal, Ransomware Gangs Run Up Profits
Tags: access, attack, control, cyber, extortion, group, organized, ransomware, tactics, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementRansomware attacks are rising 49% as cyber gangs evolve into organized criminal enterprises. With over 200 groups operating like corporations, recruiting talent, using RaaS models, and deploying multi-extortion tactics, defenders must strengthen foundational controls, limit vendor access, and prioritize vulnerability management to stay ahead. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/organized-and-criminal-ransomware-gangs-run-up-profits-2/
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How Gainesville Regional Utilities is locking down vendor risk
Tags: access, breach, business, cio, ciso, compliance, conference, cyber, data, finance, group, HIPAA, infrastructure, malicious, penetration-testing, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, soc, strategy, threat, vulnerabilityIntake and triage: The requesting business unit submits an intake form detailing the vendor’s responsibilities, the IT service involved, the types of data needed, and any required system access. The IT security team then conducts an initial risk triage.Detailed assessment: If the vendor poses a moderate or high risk, it must complete a security questionnaire…
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Hackers Chase Credentials in Hybrid Cloud Deployments
Financially Motivated Actor Storm-0501 Systematically Probed Victim Environments. As enterprises go with hybrid cloud developments, so follow hackers, even if it means jumping through extra hoops to get to where the data is stored. Microsoft on Wednesday said it spotted a financially-motivated hacking group probing a hybrid on-premise. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Akira, Cl0p Top List of 5 Most Active Ransomware-as-a-Service Groups
Flashpoint published its 2025 midyear ransomware report that highlighted the top five most prolific groups currently in operation. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/akira-clop-top-5-most-active-ransomware-groups-list
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How does China keep stealing our stuff, wonders DoD group responsible for keeping foreign agents out
‘The homeland is no longer secure,’ says Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency leader First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/how_does_china_keep_stealing/
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FBI Issues Updated Warning on Salt Typhoon’s Global Cyber-Espionage Operations
The FBI has released new findings on a long-running cyber campaign that quietly infiltrated major U.S. telecommunications providers and critical infrastructure around the world. The campaign, carried out by a group of hackers linked to the Chinese government, is known as Salt Typhoon. According to federal officials, the operation has been active since at least……
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Trump administration setting the stage for elections power grab, voting rights group warns
A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice says the Trump administration has foreshadowed plans to meddle with mail-in voting, voter rolls and much more. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/trump-administration-power-grab-elections-voting-rights-group-warns/
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Security Leaders are Rethinking Their Cyber Risk Strategies, New Research from Tenable and Enterprise Strategy Group Shows
Tags: business, cloud, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, group, risk, strategy, technology, threat, tool, usa, vulnerabilityGet a firsthand look at how 400 security and IT leaders are tackling today’s cyber risk challenges in this latest study from Tenable and Enterprise Strategy Group. From budget allocation and prioritization methods to team structure, organizations are fundamentally rethinking how they manage cyber risk. Why? Because threats, exposures and assets are multiplying at a…
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ShadowSilk Targets Penetration-Testing Tools and Public Exploits to Breach Organizations
Tags: breach, cyber, cybersecurity, data, exploit, government, group, penetration-testing, threat, toolCybersecurity experts discovered an advanced persistent threat (APT) cluster called ShadowSilk in a thorough research published by Group-IB. Since at least 2023, this group has been actively breaching government institutions in Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific area. The group’s operations, ongoing as of July 2025, focus primarily on data exfiltration, leveraging a sophisticated blend of…
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Google Identifies ‘Widespread Data Theft’ Impacting Salesforce-Salesloft Drift Users
Google Threat Intelligence Group shared its findings about a threat actor responsible for stealing Salesforce customer data via Salesloft Drift. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-salesforce-salesloft-drift-data-breach/
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New Research Explores Emulating Scattered Spider Tactics in Real-World Scenarios
Experts have described methods for mimicking the strategies of the advanced persistent threat (APT) group Scattered Spider in a recent in-depth analysis by cybersecurity company Lares, allowing enterprises to strengthen their defenses through adversarial cooperation. Lares specializes in threat emulation, replicating real-world tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) observed in cybercriminal activities. By dissecting incidents like…
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China linked UNC6384 targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic
The China-linked APT group UNC6384 targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic to redirect it to a website that delivered malware. China-linked cyberespionage group UNC6384 targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic to redirect to a website used to deliver malware, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) warns. Cyberspies hijacked a network’s captive portal using an advanced adversary-in-the-middle…