Tag: incident response
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Hackers Weaponize KeePass Password Manager to Spread Malware and Steal Passwords
Tags: attack, cyber, exploit, hacker, incident response, infection, malware, open-source, password, threatThreat actors have successfully exploited the widely-used open-source password manager, KeePass, to spread malware and facilitate large-scale password theft. The attack, which was reported by WithSecure’s Incident Response team, involved modifying and re-signing KeePass installers with trusted certificates to deliver a custom malware loader dubbed KeeLoader. Malware Delivery Through KeePass The infection chain began with…
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CISA’s alert pivot reflects a new era of decentralized cyber threat communication
Tags: access, cisa, ciso, communications, cyber, cybersecurity, email, exploit, incident response, intelligence, kev, monitoring, risk, strategy, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityFrom centralized alerts to multi-channel intelligence: CISA’s shift means enterprises must now adopt a more proactive approach to gathering threat intelligence. While the agency isn’t reducing the volume of information shared, the distribution model now demands a more decentralized, digitally savvy strategy from recipients.This change empowers organizations to refine how they consume alerts, Varkey said.…
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INE Security Alert: Top 5 Takeaways from RSAC 2025
Comprehensive Training Platform Delivers Solutions for AI Security, Cloud Management, and Incident Response Readiness. Fresh from a high-impact presence at RSAC 2025, where INE Security welcomed thousands of visitors to its interactive booth at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, the global cybersecurity training and certification provider is addressing some of the top cybersecurity priorities emerging from the industry-leading…
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Deepfake attacks are inevitable. CISOs can’t prepare soon enough.
Tags: advisory, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, blockchain, business, ciso, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, espionage, finance, fraud, governance, grc, identity, incident response, jobs, law, mfa, north-korea, password, privacy, resilience, risk, scam, software, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, updateReal-world fabrications: Even security vendors have been victimized. Last year, the governance risk and compliance (GRC) lead at cybersecurity company Exabeam was hiring for an analyst, and human resources (HR) qualified a candidate that looked very good on paper with a few minor concerns, says Kevin Kirkwood, CISO.”There were gaps in how the education represented…
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The rise of vCISO as a viable cybersecurity career path
Tags: advisory, business, ceo, cio, ciso, compliance, computer, control, country, cyber, cybersecurity, government, grc, group, guide, healthcare, incident response, infrastructure, ISO-27001, jobs, mobile, network, nist, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, skills, strategy, technology, tool, trainingDamon Petraglia, vCISO and CISO on demand Blue Mantis Damon Petraglia A long-time cybersecurity pro with chops built up in the federal government world and through forensic investigation work, Damon Petraglia works as a vCISO and CISO on demand for the IT services firm Blue Mantis.”Where I am today as a vCISO is a culmination…
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Cisco patches max-severity flaw allowing arbitrary command execution
Tags: cisco, exploit, flaw, incident response, mitigation, security-incident, service, software, updateA patch is now available: Cisco has released software updates to address the flaw and is advising customers with service contracts entitled to regular updates to apply patches as they receive them.Customers without a service contract are advised to obtain the upgrades by contacting Cisco TAC. This includes customers who either purchase directly from Cisco…
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Hackers Exploit PDF Invoices to Target Windows, Linux, and macOS Systems
A recent discovery by the FortiMail Incident Response team has revealed a highly sophisticated email campaign targeting organizations in Spain, Italy, and Portugal. This attack distributes a potent Remote Access Trojan (RAT) known as RATty, primarily affecting Windows systems, but also posing a threat to Linux and macOS environments where the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)…
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Automated Incident Response: Why Notifications are Critical for On-Call Teams
Tags: incident responseFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/perspective/automated-incident-response-why-notifications-are-critical-for-on-call-teams
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CrowdStrike cuts 500 jobs in AI pivot, but flags risks
A CISO’s new mandate As security vendors trim traditional roles and lean more heavily on AI, will support, integration, and incident response suffer? Ali warned CISOs to “review vendor roadmaps for signs of over-prioritizing AI.”She cautioned that replacing essential human expertise, such as threat researchers or customer success teams, with automated systems like large language…
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‘Bring Your Own Installer’ Attack Targets SentinelOne EDR
Researchers from Aon’s Stroz Friedberg incident response firm discovered a new attack type, known as Bring Your Own Installer, targeting misconfigured SentinelOne EDR installs. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/bring-your-own-installer-attack-sentinelone-edr
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Bring Your Own Installer Attack Targets SentinelOne EDR
Researchers from Aon’s Stroz Friedberg incident response firm discovered a new attack type, known as Bring Your Own Installer, targeting misconfigured SentinelOne EDR installs. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/bring-your-own-installer-attack-sentinelone-edr
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Applying AI Agents in Cybersecurity With Trust, Transparency
Salesforce’s Brad Arkin on How Agents Are Transforming Security Ops. AI agents are no longer a future promise; they are already reshaping incident response and compliance at scale. Salesforce Chief Trust Officer Brad Arkin shared how security teams can deploy these digital teammates, navigate early challenges, and ensure trust and explainability remain at the core.…
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Top tips for successful threat intelligence usage
Tags: ai, attack, automation, cloud, computing, data, ddos, detection, exploit, firewall, group, guide, incident response, infosec, infrastructure, intelligence, law, mitigation, network, phishing, siem, skills, soar, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementMake sure you don’t have more intel than you need: Next is the matching phase: the most sophisticated TIP may be overkill if you have a small infosec department with limited skills or have a relatively simple computing environment. According to this 2025 report from Greynoise, threat feeds must match your own environment in terms…
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10 Kennzahlen, die CISOs weiterbringen
Geht es um Security-Kennzahlen, sollten CISOs sich auf das Wesentliche fokussieren. Die Security-Performance zu messen, gehört vielleicht nicht zu den aufregendsten Aufgaben eines CISOs kann allerdings sehr nützlich sein, um eine ganze Reihe von Herausforderungen zu bewältigen. Neben der Erkenntnis darüber, wie effektiv ihre Security-Bemühungen sind, können Sicherheitsentscheider mit den richtigen Kennzahlen unter anderem auch…
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Top cybersecurity products showcased at RSA 2025
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, awareness, breach, cisco, compliance, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, firewall, fortinet, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, login, malicious, open-source, phishing, risk, siem, soc, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-trustCisco: Foundational AI Security Model: Cisco introduced its Foundation AI Security Model, an open-source framework designed to standardize safety protocols across AI models and applications. This initiative aims to address the growing concerns around AI security and ensure Safer AI deployments. Cisco also unveiled new agentic AI features in its XDR and Splunk platforms, along…
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Iranian APT Group Breaches Middle Eastern Critical Infrastructure in Stealth Campaign
Recently, the FortiGuard Incident Response (FGIR) team has released an in-depth analysis detailing a prolonged, state-sponsored intrusion into First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/iranian-apt-group-breaches-middle-eastern-critical-infrastructure-in-stealth-campaign/
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Threat Actors Target Critical National Infrastructure with New Malware and Tools
A recent investigation by the FortiGuard Incident Response (FGIR) team has uncovered a sophisticated, long-term cyber intrusion targeting critical national infrastructure (CNI) in the Middle East, attributed to an Iranian state-sponsored threat group. Spanning from at least May 2023 to February 2025, with evidence of compromise dating back to May 2021, this espionage-driven campaign employed…
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Private-Public Partnership Vital for Fighting Cybercrime
FBI’s Sanjay Virmani Discusses Recent FBI Takedowns. Developing strong relationships with private sector and international partner organizations is vital for tackling cybercrime. A proactive approach ensures more efficient incident responses, said Sanjay Vermani, the special agent in charge of the FBI in San Francisco First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/private-public-partnership-vital-for-fighting-cybercrime-a-28232
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What is EDR? An analytical approach to endpoint security
Tags: access, android, antivirus, api, attack, automation, breach, cloud, corporate, data, defense, detection, edr, email, endpoint, firewall, incident response, infection, infosec, infrastructure, intelligence, Intruder, linux, macOS, malicious, malware, network, service, siem, soar, software, threat, tool, trainingEDR vs. antivirus: What’s the difference?: Antivirus software has similar goals to EDR, in that it aims to block malware from installing on and infecting endpoints (usually user PCs). The difference is that antivirus spots malicious activity by trying to match it to signatures, known patterns of code execution or behavior that the security community…
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The 14 most valuable cybersecurity certifications
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, automation, best-practice, blockchain, blueteam, china, cisa, cisco, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, conference, control, country, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, governance, government, guide, hacker, hacking, incident response, intelligence, Internet, jobs, kali, law, linux, malware, metric, microsoft, monitoring, network, penetration-testing, privacy, reverse-engineering, risk, risk-analysis, risk-management, skills, threat, training, vulnerability, windowsIndustry recognition Who’s to say one certification is more respected than another? Such criteria can be very subjective, so we turned to the most direct and unbiased source to cut through the ambiguity: job listings. In addition to education, skills, and qualifications, employers often specify certs they seek in their ideal candidate. These mentions carry…
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Chase CISO condemns the security of the industry’s SaaS offerings
Tags: ai, api, ciso, cloud, control, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, group, identity, incident response, infrastructure, network, risk, saas, sbom, threatSolutions missing: Fritz Jean-Louis, principal cybersecurity advisor at Info-Tech Research Group, said that he generally agreed with the Chase description of the cybersecurity challenges today.”One of the key points in the letter is that the modern SaaS model concentrates sensitive data behind a handful of cloud front doors. JP Morgan itself has logged multiple third-party…
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Outlaw Cybergang Launches Global Attacks on Linux Environments with New Malware
The Outlaw cybergang, also known as “Dota,” has intensified its global assault on Linux environments, exploiting weak or default SSH credentials to deploy a Perl-based crypto mining botnet. Detailed insights from a recent incident response case in Brazil, handled by Kaspersky, reveal the group’s evolving tactics. Sophisticated Threat Targets Weak SSH Credentials The attackers target…
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Enterprise-specific zero-day exploits on the rise, Google warns
Tags: access, apple, apt, attack, china, cisco, cloud, crime, crimes, cyberespionage, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, flaw, google, group, Hardware, incident response, injection, Internet, ivanti, korea, lessons-learned, mandiant, microsoft, mitigation, network, north-korea, remote-code-execution, russia, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-daySurge in network edge device exploitation: Of the 33 zero-day vulnerabilities in enterprise-specific products, 20 targeted hardware appliances typically located at the network edge, such as VPNs, security gateways, and firewalls. Notable targets last year included Ivanti Cloud Services Appliance, Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS, Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance, and Ivanti Connect Secure VPN.Targeted attacks against…
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Ransomware-Attacke bei Hitachi Vantara
Tags: breach, cloud, computer, cyberattack, data, group, incident response, infrastructure, ransom, ransomware, serviceDie Ransomware-Gruppe Akira soll bei Hitachis IT-Services- und Infrastruktur-Tochter zugeschlagen haben.Vertreter von Hitachi Vantara haben gegenüber dem Security-Portal Bleeping Computer (BC) eingeräumt, dass das Unternehmen am 26. April mit Ransomware angegriffen wurde und in der Folge einige seiner Systeme offline nehmen musste.Als Tochterunternehmen des japanischen Hitachi-Konzerns ist Hitachi Vantara auf Datenplattformen und Infrastruktursysteme für Unternehmen…
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Understanding 2024 cyber attack trends
Mandiant has released the M-Trends 2025 report, which outlines global cyber attack trends based on their own incident response engagements from 2024. Key trends and insights … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/04/24/understanding-2024-cyber-attack-trends/