Tag: incident response
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Act Now: $100M in FY25 Cyber Grants for SLTTs Available Before August 15
Tags: attack, breach, cisa, cloud, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, governance, government, identity, incident response, infrastructure, iot, metric, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityWith over $100 million on the table in FY25 cybersecurity grants, state, local and tribal governments have until August 15, 2025 to apply to secure critical cyber funding to strengthen their defenses. On August 1st, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced the FY 2025 Notice…
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Top cybersecurity M&A deals for 2025
Tags: 5G, access, ai, api, apple, application-security, attack, automation, awareness, banking, breach, business, ceo, cisco, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, detection, edr, email, endpoint, finance, firewall, gitlab, government, group, ibm, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, leak, microsoft, mitigation, network, password, programming, risk, risk-management, saas, service, software, sophos, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, waf, zero-trustPalo Alto Networks to buy CyberArk for $25B as identity security takes center stage July 30, 2025: Palo Alto Networks is making what could be its biggest bet yet by agreeing to buy Israeli identity security company CyberArk for around $25 billion. “We envision Identity Security becoming the next major pillar of our multi-platform strategy, complementing our leadership…
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SonicWall urges customers to take VPN devices offline after ransomware campaign
Multiple cybersecurity incident response firms are warning about the possibility that a zero-day vulnerability in some SonicWall devices is allowing ransomware attacks. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/sonicwall-possible-zero-day-gen-7-firewalls-ssl-vpn
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CISA releases Thorium, an open-source, scalable platform for malware analysis
Tags: access, ceo, cio, cisa, compliance, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, docker, framework, github, governance, incident response, kubernetes, malware, open-source, privacy, risk, skills, toolRethinking malware analysis at scale: Enterprise-grade malware analysis tools and platforms have been widely used in the security community. But many of them require paid licenses, lack orchestration at scale, or are difficult to integrate with enterprise workflows. Experts view Thorium as a significant democratization of advanced malware analysis technology.”It is a big deal as…
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CISA Unveils Eviction Strategies Tool to Aid Incident Response
CISA has launched a new tool to streamline cyber incident response and aid in adversary eviction First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cisa-eviction-strategies-tool/
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Mind the overconfidence gap: CISOs and staff don’t see eye to eye on security posture
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, grc, group, hacker, identity, incident response, intelligence, international, least-privilege, metric, network, phishing, ransomware, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, soc, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, updateMisplaced priorities: Investments often favor visibility and compliance over “core capabilities like detection engineering, incident response, and threat containment,” according to Santiago Pontiroli, lead security researcher at cybersecurity vendor Acronis TRU.Delayed adaptation: AI-driven threats demand faster, smarter defenses, but key upgrades (such as behavior-based analytics or automation) are often postponed due to underestimated risk, according…
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Applying Tenable’s Risk-based Vulnerability Management to the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s Essential Eight
Tags: ai, attack, breach, business, cloud, compliance, container, control, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, endpoint, finance, firewall, framework, google, government, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, microsoft, mitigation, network, ransomware, risk, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windows, zero-dayLearn how Thales Cyber Services uses Tenable to help customers navigate the maturity levels of the Essential Eight, enabling vulnerability management and staying ahead of cyber threats. In today’s fast-moving digital world, cyber threats are more advanced and relentless than ever. A single security breach can mean financial loss, reputational damage and operational chaos. That’s…
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Cisco Talos at Black Hat 2025: Briefings, booth talks and what to expect
Cisco Talos is back at Black Hat with new research, threat detection overviews and opportunities to connect with our team. Whether you’re interested in what we’re seeing in the threat landscape, detection engineering or real-world incident response, here’s where and how to find us. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/cisco-talos-at-black-hat-2025-briefings-booth-talks-and-what-to-expect/
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Hackers Exploit IIS Servers with New Web Shell Script for Full Remote Control
Tags: control, cyber, exploit, hacker, incident response, Internet, microsoft, middle-east, service, windowsSecurity researchers have examined a complex online shell script called UpdateChecker.aspx that was installed on compromised Internet Information Services (IIS) servers in response to a notable increase in cyberthreats directed at Microsoft Windows installations. This analysis stems from a follow-up investigation by FortiGuard’s Incident Response Team into a prolonged intrusion at a Middle East critical…
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Singapore’s cybersecurity paradox: Top firms rated A, yet all breached
Tags: access, attack, china, cybersecurity, espionage, exploit, group, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, metric, mfa, network, resilience, risk, router, service, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerabilitySingapore faces targeted threats: Beyond statistical exposure, Singapore is also facing targeted campaigns against its critical infrastructure. One such operation involves China-linked threat group UNC3886, recently observed exploiting vulnerabilities in Juniper (Junos OS) routers to infiltrate telecom and service provider networks.Gilad Maizles, threat researcher at SecurityScorecard, said, “The campaign appears to be operated through a…
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Singapore’s cybersecurity paradox: Top firms rated A, yet all breached
Tags: access, attack, china, cybersecurity, espionage, exploit, group, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, metric, mfa, network, resilience, risk, router, service, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerabilitySingapore faces targeted threats: Beyond statistical exposure, Singapore is also facing targeted campaigns against its critical infrastructure. One such operation involves China-linked threat group UNC3886, recently observed exploiting vulnerabilities in Juniper (Junos OS) routers to infiltrate telecom and service provider networks.Gilad Maizles, threat researcher at SecurityScorecard, said, “The campaign appears to be operated through a…
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Cyber First Responders: Once More Unto the Breach
The Critical Disciples of Incident Response and Crisis Management in Cybersecurity If you’re looking for a career that lets you serve your community and protect critical systems, cybersecurity may be right for you. It offers more than just technical work. It’s a crisis discipline and increasingly, one of the most vital roles in disaster resilience.…
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EmergencyResponse von Sophos bündelt noch mehr Expertise
Cyberkriminelle bleiben in der Offensive und erweitern ständig ihre Möglichkeiten, in Unternehmensumgebungen einzudringen, um finanziellen, operativen und rufschädigenden Schaden zuzufügen. Das macht unter anderem der aktuelle State of Ransomware Report 2025 deutlich. Entsprechend ist in den meisten Fällen die Zusammenarbeit mit einem erfahrenen Incident-Response-Anbieter unerlässlich, wenn Unternehmen von einem Bedrohungsakteur angegriffen werden. Sophos und Secureworks…
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Cisco Confirms Active Exploits Targeting ISE Flaws Enabling Unauthenticated Root Access
Tags: access, advisory, cisco, exploit, flaw, identity, incident response, security-incident, service, vulnerabilityCisco on Monday updated its advisory of a set of recently disclosed security flaws in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) to acknowledge active exploitation.”In July 2025, the Cisco PSIRT [Product Security Incident Response Team], became aware of attempted exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities in the wild,” the company said…
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Sophos Emergency Incident-Response-Service bündelt führende Cyber-Expertise
Mit Sophos Emergency Incident Response ersetzt Sophos den bisherigen Rapid Response Service durch ein leistungsstärkeres, integriertes Angebot. Unternehmen, die von einem Angriff betroffen sind oder einen Verdacht haben können sich sofort an das Sophos-Team wenden. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/sophos-emergency-incident-response-service-buendelt-fuehrende-cyber-expertise/a41453/
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Threat actors scanning for apps incorporating vulnerable Spring Boot tool
Tags: access, attack, authentication, ciso, compliance, country, credentials, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, flaw, governance, group, hacker, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, kev, nist, organized, password, risk, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-day/health endpoints, commonly used to detect internet-exposed Spring Boot deployments. If vulnerable implementations of apps, including TeleMessage SGNL, are found, they could be exploited to steal sensitive data in heap memory, including plaintext usernames and passwords. The hole is serious enough that it was added this week to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Known Exploited…
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Ransomware actors target patched SonicWall SMA devices with rootkit
Tags: access, attack, backdoor, control, credentials, exploit, flaw, incident response, malware, mandiant, network, password, ransomware, security-incident, startup, vpn, vulnerabilitytemp.db and persist.db, that store sensitive information, including user account credentials, session tokens, and OTP seed values.Although the flaw has been publicly documented and analyzed in detail by researchers as potentially leading to the exposure of admin credentials, GTIG and Mandiant don’t have evidence this is the flaw that was exploited. It is also possible…
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Talos IR ransomware engagements and the significance of timeliness in incident response
The decision between immediate action and delayed response made the difference between ransomware prevention and complete encryption in these two real-world Talos IR engagements. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/talos-ir-ransomware-engagements-and-the-significance-of-timeliness-in-incident-response/
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The 10 most common IT security mistakes
Tags: access, attack, backup, best-practice, bsi, business, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, data, detection, group, incident response, infrastructure, Internet, login, mfa, microsoft, monitoring, network, office, password, ransomware, risk, security-incident, service, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vpn2. Gateway: Weak passwords: The problem: Weak passwords repeatedly make it easier for cybercriminals to gain access to a company network. A domain administrator password with six characters or a local administrator password with only two characters is no obstacle for perpetrators. It is more than clear that this issue is often neglected in practice,…
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8 tough trade-offs every CISO must navigate
Tags: access, ai, attack, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, cyber, cybersecurity, ddos, defense, detection, framework, group, healthcare, incident response, jobs, malicious, mfa, regulation, resilience, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. Weighing security investments when the budget forces choices: Closely related to the trade-off around risk is what CISOs must navigate when it comes to security investments.”For most CISOs, when they have to make tough choices, 99% of the time it’s due to budget constraints that force them to weight risks versus rewards,” says John…
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Expertise-Booster für Sophos Emergency Incident Response
Cyberkriminelle bleiben in der Offensive und erweitern ständig ihre Möglichkeiten, in Unternehmensumgebungen einzudringen, um finanziellen, operativen und rufschädigenden Schaden zuzufügen. Das macht unter anderem der aktuelle State of Ransomware Report 2025 deutlich. Entsprechend ist in den meisten Fällen die Zusammenarbeit mit einem erfahrenen Incident-Response-Anbieter unerlässlich, wenn Unternehmen von einem Bedrohungsakteur angegriffen werden. Sophos und Secureworks…
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Kanvas: Open-source incident response case management tool
Kanvas is an open-source incident response case management tool with a simple desktop interface, built in Python. It gives investigators a place to work with SOD (Spreadsheet … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/09/kanvas-open-source-incident-response-case-management-tool/
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Persistent Exploitation of ASP.NET Components Fuels Remote Code Execution Attacks
Context During a recent incident response engagement in June, our team observed an unattributed adversary exploiting a public-facing ASP.NET application, immediately followed by hands-on-keyboard activity. First seen on research.kudelskisecurity.com Jump to article: research.kudelskisecurity.com/2025/07/07/persistent-exploitation-of-asp-net-components-fuels-remote-code-execution-attacks/
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Ingram Micro confirms ransomware attack after days of downtime
Tags: attack, breach, control, incident response, monitoring, msp, programming, ransomware, resilience, risk, software, supply-chain, threatWeak links: tech supply chain targeted: This attack on Ingram Micro reflects a broader shift in threat actors focusing on increasingly targeting beyond software development firms to broader tech supply chain nodes to maximize disruption.Jain added that entities like distributors, MSPs, and logistics providers offer high leverage with relatively lower security maturity compared to large…
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Cl0p Ransomware’s Exfiltration Process Exposes RCE Vulnerability
Tags: computer, cyber, cybercrime, data, data-breach, flaw, group, incident response, ransomware, rce, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityA newly disclosed vulnerability in the Python-based data-exfiltration utility used by the notorious Cl0p ransomware group has exposed the cybercrime operation itself to potential attack. The flaw, cataloged as GCVE-1-2025-0002, was identified by Italian security researcher Lorenzo N and published by the Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg (CIRCL) on July 1, 2025. Vulnerability Details The…