Tag: infrastructure
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Weak at the seams
Tags: advisory, ai, attack, automation, business, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, framework, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, Internet, network, resilience, risk, service, supply-chain, technology, tool, update, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayThe normal choices are the dangerous ones: Consider the stack a typical large enterprise was running in 2024: One vendor for ERP and supply chain, another for perimeter enforcement, another for networking and another for endpoint protection. Standard choices, responsibly made. Within a twelve-month window, each of those categories experienced significant disruptions, from zero-day exploits…
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China’s Tianjin Supercomputer Center Allegedly Hit in 10-Petabyte Data Theft
A threat actor has allegedly executed one of the largest data heists in China’s history, siphoning an astounding 10 petabytes of highly classified information from the National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Tianjin. The stolen dataset reportedly includes sensitive defense documents, missile schematics, and advanced aerospace research. The Tianjin center serves as a centralized infrastructure hub…
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CISA Issues Warning on Critical Ivanti EPMM Flaw Exploited in Ongoing Attacks
Tags: attack, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, endpoint, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, ivanti, kev, mobile, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert regarding a critical security flaw in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM). The agency recently added the vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-1340, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog after confirming that threat actors are actively exploiting it in real-world attacks. Critical Ivanti EPMM Flaw…
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Weak at the seams
Tags: advisory, ai, attack, automation, business, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, finance, firewall, framework, healthcare, infrastructure, insurance, Internet, network, resilience, risk, service, supply-chain, technology, tool, update, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayThe normal choices are the dangerous ones: Consider the stack a typical large enterprise was running in 2024: One vendor for ERP and supply chain, another for perimeter enforcement, another for networking and another for endpoint protection. Standard choices, responsibly made. Within a twelve-month window, each of those categories experienced significant disruptions, from zero-day exploits…
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Internet-Exposed ICS Devices Raise Alarm for Critical Sectors
Exposed ICS devices and insecure protocols like Modbus increase risks to critical infrastructure, enabling disruption, data access, and potential sabotage. Malware targeting industrial control systems (ICS) poses a serious risk to critical infrastructure, with threats like Stuxnet, Industroyer, Triton, Havex, and BlackEnergy already demonstrating the ability to disrupt operations, cause outages, and even inflict physical…
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Phishers sneak through using GitHub and Jira’s own mail delivery infrastructure
Attackers are abusing the notification systems of SaaS platforms like GitHub and Jira to send phishing and spam emails, Cisco Talos researchers are warning. >>Because the … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/09/saas-platforms-notification-systems-phishing/
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Meta Business Alerts Abused for Phishing Campaigns
Hackers are weaponizing legitimate Meta Business Manager notifications to sneak phishing emails past security filters and into users’ inboxes. By abusing trusted Meta infrastructure, attackers make their messages appear authentic while quietly funneling victims to credential”‘stealing pages. Because Meta systems generate these invites, the emails come from real Meta domains such as facebookmail.com and pass…
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Iran-linked hackers disrupt operations at US critical infrastructure sites
As the US and Israel’s war has ramped up, so too have hacks on US industrial sites. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/iran-linked-hackers-disrupt-operations-at-us-critical-infrastructure-sites/
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Russia-linked APT28 uses PRISMEX to infiltrate Ukraine and allied infrastructure with advanced tactics
APT28 targets Ukraine and allies with PRISMEX malware, using stealthy techniques for espionage and command-and-control. Russia-linked group APT28 (aka UAC-0001, akaFancy Bear,Pawn Storm,Sofacy Group,Sednit,BlueDelta, andSTRONTIUM) is running a spear-phishing campaign against Ukraine and its allies, deploying a new malware suite called PRISMEX. Active since September 2025, the campaign uses advanced stealth techniques like steganography and…
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CISA Orders Rapid Patching For ‘Critical’ Ivanti Mobile Management Flaw
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is ordering federal agencies to prioritize patching for a critical-severity Ivanti mobile management vulnerability. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/cisa-orders-rapid-patching-for-critical-ivanti-mobile-management-flaw
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Arelion employs NETSCOUT Arbor DDoS protection products
Tags: ai, attack, automation, business, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, ddos, defense, detection, government, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, mitigation, monitoring, network, risk, router, service, strategy, tactics, technology, threat“As a Tier-1 Internet carrier supporting the majority of global Internet traffic, this continued collaboration reflects our ongoing investment in best-of-breed network security solutions to protect the technology ecosystem. Our partnership combines Arelion’s global network performance and NETSCOUT’s leading Arbor DDoS attack protection solutions to provide world-class experiences for our customers.” Scott Nichols, Chief Commercial…
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How botnet-driven DDoS attacks evolved in 2H 2025
Tags: ai, attack, botnet, dark-web, ddos, defense, dns, finance, government, group, infrastructure, intelligence, international, Internet, iot, jobs, law, LLM, mitigation, network, resilience, risk, service, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, usa, vulnerabilityMassive attack capacity: Demonstration attacks peaked at 30Tbps and 4 gigapackets per second, primarily launched by Internet of Things (IoT) botnets such as Aisuru and TurboMirai variants.AI integration: The use of AI, including dark-web large language models (LLMs), moved from emerging trend to operational reality, making sophisticated attacks accessible to a wider range of threat actors.Persistent threat…
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Two prominent Egyptian journalists targeted with elaborate spearphishing campaign
Digital civil rights nonprofit Access Now released a report on the findings with the mobile security company Lookout on Wednesday, saying they saw evidence the hackers may “use the methods and infrastructure associated with the attacks to deliver spyware and exfiltrate data.” First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/two-egyptian-journalists-targeted-spearphishing-campaign
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Kubernetes Strategy: When It’s a Fit and Who Should Run It
<div cla Many organizations that use containers now run at least some production workloads on Kubernetes, and it comes up in most infrastructure discussions. But not every organization actually needs it or needs to run it themselves. This Q&A explains when Kubernetes is a good fit, when it’s overkill, what skills you need, and how…
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Kritische Infrastruktur unter Beschuss: Apple, BKA, NASA Europol down
Kritische Infrastruktur in Gefahr. Hacker haben bewiesen, dass auch der DDoS-Schutz von großen Webseiten für sie kein Problem darstellt. First seen on tarnkappe.info Jump to article: tarnkappe.info/artikel/cyberangriffe/kritische-infrastruktur-unter-beschuss-apple-nasa-europol-down-328044.html
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Iranian Threat Actors Target U.S. Critical Infrastructure
Iranian attackers are targeting U.S. critical infrastructure by exploiting PLCs with legitimate tools, enabling stealthy disruption of industrial systems. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/iranian-threat-actors-target-u-s-critical-infrastructure/
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US operation evicts Russia from hacked SOHO routers used to breach critical infrastructure
The newly disclosed cyberattack campaign is the latest evidence of the threat end-of-life routers pose to major organizations. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/russia-routers-hacking-dns-fbi-disruption/816960/
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Iranian Threat Actors Disrupt US Critical Infrastructure Via Exposed PLCs
Attackers compromised Internet-facing OT devices and caused file and display manipulation, operational disruption, and financial losses across sectors. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-security/iranian-threat-actors-us-critical-infrastructure-exposed-plcs
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Iranian Attackers Are Targeting U.S. Energy, Water Systems, Federal Agencies Say
CISA, the FBI, and other U.S. security agencies are warning that Iran-linked threat groups like CyberAv3ngers are compromising industrial controllers like PLCs to attack critical infrastructure operations in such sectors as water and energy, part of the expanding cyber warfare in the wake of the U.S. and Israeli bombing campaign of the Middle Eastern country.…
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AI Security Risks: How Enterprises Manage LLM, Shadow AI and Agentic Threats FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, conference, control, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, framework, gartner, GDPR, governance, guide, infrastructure, injection, LLM, malicious, microsoft, monitoring, network, nvidia, office, regulation, risk, saas, software, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityApr 08, 2026 – – Quick Facts: Enterprise AI Security Most enterprises are running AI at scale before their security teams have visibility into it. Shadow AI (unsanctioned AI tools spreading department by department) is now the most common entry point for data leakage. Agentic AI introduces a new category of risk: autonomous systems that…
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Cyberkriminelle haben ihre Angriffe Monate im Voraus auf die Steuersaison 2026 vorbereitet
Check Point Software Technologies warnt vor einer deutlichen Zunahme von auf die Steuererklärungszeit ausgerichteten Cyberangriffen. Neue Erkenntnisse von Check Point Research zeigen, dass diese Kampagnen nicht opportunistisch entstehen. Die Angreifer bauen ihre Infrastruktur Monate im Voraus auf, indem sie betrügerische Domains, Phishing-Websites und schädliche E-Mail-Kampagnen nutzen. Hierzulande wird vor allem mit angeblichen E-Mails von Elster und…
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Anthropic Launches Claude Mythos Preview Focused on Zero-Day Vulnerability Discovery
Anthropic recently unveiled Claude Mythos Preview, a groundbreaking general-purpose language model demonstrating an unprecedented, emergent ability to autonomously discover and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities. In response to these powerful capabilities, the company introduced Project Glasswing, a coordinated defensive initiative aimed at securing critical software infrastructure before cyberattackers can leverage similar tools. This release marks a watershed…
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Data trust is the hidden reason most AI initiatives fail
Ready, Fire, AI. Ninety percent of enterprises are already running Enterprise GenAI at scale. That number comes from new research conducted by MIND in partnership with CISO ExecNet, and it should give every security leader pause. Not because AI adoption is surprising. But because of what sits directly beneath it. Although 90% of organizations are…
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Iran”‘linked PLC attacks cause real”‘world disruption at critical US infra sites
Tags: access, advisory, apt, attack, automation, ciso, control, cyber, group, healthcare, infrastructure, iran, switch, threatA recurring Iranian playbook: The advisory linked the current campaign to a pattern of Iranian state-affiliated targeting of US industrial control systems. The authoring agencies have previously reported similar activity by CyberAv3ngers, affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cyber Electronic Command, which compromised at least 75 Unitronics PLC devices across water, wastewater, and other…
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Masjesu Botnet Targets Routers in Commercial DDoS Attacks
Hackers are abusing the Masjesu botnet to run high-volume DDoS-for-hire attacks against routers, gateways, and other exposed IoT infrastructure, turning everyday network hardware into commercial attack firepower. Operating quietly since early 2023 and still active in 2026, Masjesu (also known as XorBot) shows how mature, stealth-focused botnets are reshaping the DDoS marketplace. Masjesu is a commercially run…
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Iran”‘Backed Threat Actors Hit US CNI Providers via Internet”‘Facing OT Assets
CISA has revealed Iranian attacks causing disruption and financial loss at US critical infrastructure firms First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/iranbacked-hackers-cni-ot-assets/
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U.S. agencies alert: Iran-linked actors target critical infrastructure PLCs
U.S. agencies warn Iran-linked threat actors are targeting internet-exposed PLCs used in critical infrastructure networks. U.S. agencies, including the FBI and CISA, warn that Iran-linked hackers are targeting internet-exposed Rockwell/Allen-Bradley PLCs used in critical infrastructure. The agencies published a joint advisory involving multiple federal organizations. >>Iran-affiliated advanced persistent threat (APT) actors are conducting exploitation activity…
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Critical Alert: Iranian-Affiliated Actors Target U.S. Infrastructure via Industrial Control Systems
The post Critical Alert: Iranian-Affiliated Actors Target U.S. Infrastructure via Industrial Control Systems appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/iranian-apt-targeting-us-critical-infrastructure-ot-plcs/