Tag: infrastructure
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TDL 020 – Why DNS Is Your First Line of Cyber Defense – Chris Buijs
Tags: access, attack, automation, business, cisco, ciso, cloud, container, corporate, country, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, dns, encryption, endpoint, finance, firewall, group, hacker, ibm, infrastructure, Internet, iot, jobs, malicious, microsoft, network, office, phone, programming, router, saas, service, software, startup, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool, training, update, usa, vulnerability, zero-trustIn Episode 20 of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with Amsterdam-based tech veteran Chris Buijs to discuss the often-overlooked backbone of internet security: DNS (Domain Name System). The “Set-it-and-Forget-it” Trap Buijs, who transitioned from an electrician to a network architect, notes that many organizations treat DNS as a “utility” rather than a…
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FIRESTARTER Backdoor Hit Federal Cisco Firepower Device, Survives Security Patches
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed that an unnamed federal civilian agency’s Cisco Firepower device running Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software was compromised in September 2025 with malware called FIRESTARTER.FIRESTARTER, per CISA and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is assessed to be a backdoor designed for remote access and…
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KI-Vishing auf Knopfdruck: Die kriminelle Plattform ATHR revolutioniert Telefonbetrug
Die Plattform ATHR kombiniert KI mit klassischen Phishing-Methoden, um Angriffe fast vollständig zu automatisieren. Für eine Einstiegsgebühr von 4.000 US-Dollar erhalten Kriminelle Zugang zu einer Infrastruktur, die selbst erfahrene Sicherheitsfilter umgeht und globale Marken wie Google und Microsoft ins Visier nimmt. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/ki-vishing-athr-telefonbetrug
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Xiongmai IP Camera Flaw Lets Attackers Bypass Authentication
Tags: access, authentication, cctv, cyber, cybersecurity, flaw, infrastructure, technology, vulnerabilityA critical security vulnerability has been identified in Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology’s XM530 IP Cameras, putting countless commercial facilities at risk. This severe flaw allows remote attackers to bypass authentication protocols and access sensitive device information easily. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published an official alert regarding the issue on April 23, 2026. Critical…
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Compromised everyday devices power Chinese cyber espionage operations
China-linked threat actors have shifted from individually procured infrastructure to large-scale covert networks, botnets built from compromised routers and other edge … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/24/ncsc-china-covert-networks-advisory/
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Breach Roundup: Myanmar Scam Compound Managers Charged
Also, Europol Cracks DDoS Networks, Mythos Finds Bugs, France Portal Hit. This week, scam compounds. Attackers exploit flaws pre-disclosure. A crackdown on DDoS-for-hire. No Mythos for CISA, yes for Mozilla. France ID portal breach. Israeli and Venezuelan critical infrastructure targeted. Russian hacking in Ukraine. An Apache flaw. A ransomware negotiator aided BlackCat. First seen on…
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The curious case of Sean Plankey’s derailed CISA nomination
Questions over who wanted Plankey blocked: On March 3, Ana Visneski, a former head of global disaster response at Amazon Web Services and former chief of digital media for the US Coast Guard, posted on Bluesky that she was “hearing from multiple sources” that Plankey “has been fired and escorted out of Coast Guard HQ…
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Chinese attackers are pwning your infrastructure to use in attacks, 10 countries warn
All the Typhoons, everywhere, all at once First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/23/china_covert_networks/
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Five steps to become Mythos ready
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, flaw, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, LLM, mitre, network, office, open-source, openai, risk, software, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAI is uncovering vulnerabilities at a scale that will overwhelm legacy defenses. Here is how to build a security organization that is Mythos ready. Key takeaways While frontier AI models like Claude Mythos boost cyber defenses, they also empower attackers to discover and weaponize vulnerabilities at unprecedented machine speed. To avoid getting buried by an…
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Five steps to become Mythos ready
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, flaw, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, LLM, mitre, network, office, open-source, openai, risk, software, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAI is uncovering vulnerabilities at a scale that will overwhelm legacy defenses. Here is how to build a security organization that is Mythos ready. Key takeaways While frontier AI models like Claude Mythos boost cyber defenses, they also empower attackers to discover and weaponize vulnerabilities at unprecedented machine speed. To avoid getting buried by an…
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Surveillance companies exploiting telecom system to spy on targets’ locations, research shows
The campaigns exploited a weakness in telecom infrastructure to allow the unnamed vendors to secretly pose as real cellular providers and pinpoint victims’ locations. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/surveillance-companies-exploiting-telecom-systems-to-track-location
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Trump’s Top Cyber Nominee Withdraws After Turbulent Process
Sean Plankey Abandons Bid After Yearlong Delay as CISA’s Leadership Vacuum Deepens. Sean Plankey withdrew his nomination after a 13-month stalled process, leaving the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency without a Senate-confirmed director as political disputes, workforce cuts and budget pressure continue to hamper federal cyber operations. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Mythos Is a Wake-Up Call for DDoS Defense
Will Anthropic’s Mythos, with its AI-powered identification of software and infrastructure weaknesses, upset the financial services industry by means of new, AI-developed attacks? Major bank leaders were called to an urgent meeting by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, over concerns that the latest AI model released by Anthropic (the developer..…
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Iran-nexus threat groups refine attacks against critical infrastructure
State-sponsored and hacktivist groups have shown greater determination to damage or disable energy, water and other key sectors. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/iran-nexus-threat-groups-refine-attacks-against-critical-infrastructure/818299/
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Every Employee is Getting an AI Assistant, But Is Security Infrastructure Ready?
2 min readThere’s a conversation happening inside almost every enterprise right now. Leadership has decided that AI agents are going to change how the organization works. Claude for Work licenses are being purchased. Rollouts are being planned. Employees are being told that their personal AI assistant is here and that it will change everything about…
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U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Microsoft Defender to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw in Microsoft Defender to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a flaw in Microsoft Defender, tracked as CVE-2026-33825 (CVSS score of 7.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2026-33825 is a Microsoft Defender flaw that can be exploited…
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North Korean Fake IT Workers Infiltrate Firms to Dodge Sanctions
North Korean threat actors are once again leveraging deceptive remote work schemes to infiltrate global organizations, using fake IT worker personas to generate revenue and bypass international sanctions. A recent investigation, triggered by cryptocurrency security researcher ZachXBT, sheds light on the infrastructure and tactics behind this evolving campaign. ZachXBT identified the domain luckyguys[.]site as being…
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Checkmarx KICS Docker Repo Hijacked in Malicious Code Injection Attack
Tags: attack, cloud, credentials, cyber, docker, infrastructure, injection, malicious, software, supply-chain, threatA massive software supply chain attack has targeted the official Checkmarx KICS (Keeping Infrastructure as Code Secure) Docker Hub repository. Discovered on April 22, 2026, by Docker and Socket, the compromise involves trojanized Docker images and malicious VS Code extensions designed to harvest and exfiltrate highly sensitive developer credentials and cloud infrastructure secrets. Threat actors…
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CNAPP ein Kaufratgeber
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, authentication, cloud, container, detection, edr, encryption, framework, group, ibm, infrastructure, intelligence, kubernetes, linux, ml, monitoring, network, open-source, risk-management, saas, soar, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, vmwareCloud Security bleibt ein diffiziles Thema und die Tools, mit denen sie sich gewährleisten lässt, werden zunehmend komplexer und schwieriger zu durchschauen auch dank der ungebrochenen Liebe der Branche zu Akronymen. Mit CNAPP kommt nun ein weiteres hinzu. Die Abkürzung steht für Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform und kombiniert die Funktionen von vier separaten Cloud-Security-Werkzeugen: Cloud…
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5 Red Flags für Unternehmen, bei denen Infrastruktur zum Risiko wird
First seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/5-red-flags-unternehmen-infrastruktur-risiko
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Riddled with flaws, serialEthernet converters endanger critical infrastructure
Tags: access, authentication, control, credentials, data, data-breach, exploit, firmware, flaw, infrastructure, malicious, network, open-source, password, rce, remote-code-execution, risk, service, threat, update, vulnerabilityNew RCE and other vulnerabilities: Aside from all the known vulnerabilities from open-source components, the Forescout researchers also performed manual security analysis and identified previously unknown flaws in the firmware of three specific devices from two vendors: Lantronix EDS3000PS Series, Lantronix EDS5000 Series, and Silex SD330-AC.The web-based management interface of the Lantronix EDS5000 had five…
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Riddled with flaws, serialEthernet converters endanger critical infrastructure
Tags: access, authentication, control, credentials, data, data-breach, exploit, firmware, flaw, infrastructure, malicious, network, open-source, password, rce, remote-code-execution, risk, service, threat, update, vulnerabilityNew RCE and other vulnerabilities: Aside from all the known vulnerabilities from open-source components, the Forescout researchers also performed manual security analysis and identified previously unknown flaws in the firmware of three specific devices from two vendors: Lantronix EDS3000PS Series, Lantronix EDS5000 Series, and Silex SD330-AC.The web-based management interface of the Lantronix EDS5000 had five…
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Malicious pgserve, automagik developer tools found in npm registry
Advice to victimized developers: Developers who have downloaded the malicious versions of pgserver and automagik need to act fast, says Tanya Janca, head of Canadian secure coding consultancy SheHacksPurple.”Rotate every credential you can think of, right now, before you do anything else,” she said. “Then harden your CI/CD network egress controls so your build runners…
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Interview: Critical local infrastructure is missing link in UK cyber resilience
Jonathan Lee, director of cyber strategy at Trend AI, argues for more focus on local and municipal cyber resilience First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366641946/Interview-Critical-local-infrastructure-is-missing-link-in-cyber-resilience
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You’re Not Watching MCPs. Anthropic’s Vulnerability Shows Why You Should Be.
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, breach, control, credentials, cve, data, framework, hacker, infrastructure, injection, LLM, remote-code-execution, risk, saas, siem, supply-chain, threat, update, vulnerabilityLast week, researchers at OX Security published findings that should stop every security leader in their tracks. They discovered a critical vulnerability baked directly into Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol SDK, affecting every supported language: Python, TypeScript, Java, and Rust. The result: remote code execution on any system running a vulnerable MCP implementation, with direct access…
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A Poisoned Xinference Package Targets AI Inference Servers
Three poisoned xinference releases on PyPI target AI infrastructure credentials. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/a-poisoned-xinference-package-targets-ai-inference-servers/
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UK government says 100 countries have spyware that can hack people’s phones
The U.K.’s cybersecurity chief warned that U.K. businesses and critical infrastructure are underestimating the threat from spyware attacks and other cyberthreats, with more governments having access to the powerful surveillance technology than ever. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/uk-government-says-100-countries-have-spyware-that-can-hack-peoples-phones/