Tag: infrastructure
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Critical infrastructure operators add more insecure industrial equipment online
The problem isn’t limited to legacy technology. New devices are exposed with critical vulnerabilities. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/industrial-control-systems-internet-exposed-vulnerabilities-bitsight/761122/
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Critical infrastructure operators putting more insecure industrial equipment on the internet
The problem isn’t limited to legacy technology. New devices are coming online with critical vulnerabilities. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/industrial-control-systems-internet-exposed-vulnerabilities-bitsight/761122/
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Evolved PXA Stealer wraps PureRAT in multi-layer obfuscation
Telegram and the Vietnamese infrastructure led to attribution: Metadata within exfiltrated ZIP archives pointed to @LoneNone, a Telegram handle previously associated with PXA Stealer. That same alias had appeared in earlier Cisco and SentinelOne reporting, and Validin also tied PureRAT infrastructure to Vietnamese actors, researchers noted.James Northey, SOC analyst and lead author of the report,…
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Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Targeting Telecommunications Infrastructure to Steal Sensitive Data
Tags: china, communications, cyber, data, espionage, exploit, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, network, threatChinese state-sponsored cyber threat group Salt Typhoon has intensified long-term espionage operations against global telecommunications infrastructure, according to recent legal and intelligence reporting. Aligned with the Ministry of State Security (MSS) and active since at least 2019, Salt Typhoon has systematically exploited network edge devices to establish deep persistence and exfiltrate highly sensitive communications metadata,…
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Chinese State-Sponsored Hackers Targeting Telecommunications Infrastructure to Steal Sensitive Data
Tags: china, communications, cyber, data, espionage, exploit, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, network, threatChinese state-sponsored cyber threat group Salt Typhoon has intensified long-term espionage operations against global telecommunications infrastructure, according to recent legal and intelligence reporting. Aligned with the Ministry of State Security (MSS) and active since at least 2019, Salt Typhoon has systematically exploited network edge devices to establish deep persistence and exfiltrate highly sensitive communications metadata,…
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Banking Trojans Targeting Android Users Disguise as Government and Trusted Payment Apps
Since August 2024, a financially motivated threat group has been targeting Android users in Indonesia and Vietnam with banking trojans disguised as official government identity and payment applications. By employing elaborate download mechanisms, reusing infrastructure, and leveraging template-based spoofed sites, the operators have used a coordinated campaign to evade detection and steal user credentials. The…
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How threat actors breached a U.S. federal civilian agency by exploiting a GeoServer flaw
Tags: breach, cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerabilityUS CISA revealed that threat actors exploited an unpatched vulnerability in GeoServer to breach a U.S. federal civilian agency’s network. Threat actors breached a U.S. federal agency via unpatched GeoServer flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-36401 (CVSS score of 9.8), which is a critical remote code execution (RCE) issue. In mid-July 2024, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure…
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Banking Trojans Targeting Android Users Disguise as Government and Trusted Payment Apps
Since August 2024, a financially motivated threat group has been targeting Android users in Indonesia and Vietnam with banking trojans disguised as official government identity and payment applications. By employing elaborate download mechanisms, reusing infrastructure, and leveraging template-based spoofed sites, the operators have used a coordinated campaign to evade detection and steal user credentials. The…
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Building Essentials for a Robust OT Security Strategy
CS4CA Europe London Event Chair Wayne Harrop on OT Risk and Collaboration. Critical infrastructure providers are facing a volatile geopolitical landscape that could lead to cyberattacks and business disruptions. In advance of the CS4CA Europe London Conference (Sept. 30 – Oct. 1, 2025), conference chair Wayne Harrop shares key cyber strategies to counter enterprise threats.…
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RainyDay, Turian and Naikon Malwares Abuse DLL Search Order to Execute Malicious Loaders
Cisco Talos has uncovered a sophisticated, long-running campaign active since 2022 that leverages DLL search order hijacking to deliver a novel PlugX variant with overlapping characteristics of the RainyDay and Turian backdoors. This operation, targeting telecommunications and manufacturing organizations across Central and South Asia, demonstrates a remarkable convergence of malware functionality and shared infrastructure that…
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CISA Issues Alert on Actively Exploited Google Chrome 0-Day Vulnerability
Tags: browser, chrome, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, google, infrastructure, risk, vulnerability, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent security alert regarding an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome. The vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-10585, affects the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine within Google Chromium, creating significant security risks for users worldwide. Critical Type Confusion Flaw Discovered The newly identified vulnerability represents a…
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Service Accounts in Active Directory: These OG NHIs Could Be Your Weakest Link
While non-human identities (NHIs) in cloud and SaaS operations may be getting lots of attention right now, securing your Active Directory service accounts can go a long way in reducing risk. Here are three steps you can take right now. Key takeaways Expect sprawl: Agentic AI and cloud native development accelerate non-human identity (NHI) growth. …
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Dark Reading Confidential: Battle Space: Cyber Pros Land on the Front Lines of Protecting US Critical Infrastructure
Dark Reading Confidential Episode 10: It’s past time for a comprehensive plan to protect vital US systems from nation-state cyberattacks, and increasingly, that responsibility is falling to asset owners across a vast swath of organizations, who likely never bargained for an international cyber conflict playing out in their environments. But here we are. And here’s…
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U.S. CISA adds Google Chromium flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Tags: browser, chrome, cisa, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, google, infrastructure, kev, update, vulnerabilityU.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Google Chromium flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-10585, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. In mid-September, Google released security updates to address four vulnerabilities in the Chrome web browser, including CVE-2025-10585, which…
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‘SIM Farms’ Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say
The agency says it found a network of some 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards”, enough to knock out cell service in the NYC area. Experts say it mirrors facilities typically used for cybercrime. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/sim-farm-new-york-threatened-us-infrastructure-feds-say/
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OpenSSF warns that open source infrastructure doesn’t run on thoughts and prayers
Foundations say billions of downloads rely on registries running on fumes and someone’s gotta pay the bills First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/23/openssf_open_source_infrastructure/
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Threat Actors Breach Enterprise Infrastructure Within 18 Minutes of Initial Access
Attackers are accelerating their foothold in corporate networks: over the past three months (June 1 to August 31, 2025), the average time from initial breach to lateral movement”, called “breakout time””, fell to just 18 minutes. In one striking incident, “Akira” ransomware operators moved laterally in only six minutes after compromising a SonicWall VPN. This…
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Hackers Hijacking IIS Servers Using Malicious BadIIS Module to Serve Malicious Content
Leveraging a native IIS module named BadIIS, attackers manipulated search engine crawler traffic to poison search results and redirect legitimate users to scam or adult-oriented websites. Infrastructure overlaps link this activity to ESET’s “Group 9” cluster and share functional similarities with Cisco Talos’s “DragonRank” campaign. In March 2025, Unit 42 researchers uncovered an advanced SEO…
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6 novel ways to use AI in cybersecurity
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, business, ceo, cloud, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, network, phishing, risk, service, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training2. Machine-learning generative adversarial networks: Michel Sahyoun, chief solutions architect with cybersecurity technology firm NopalCyber, recommends using generative adversarial networks (GANs) to create, as well as protect against, highly sophisticated previously unseen cyberattacks. “This technique enables cybersecurity systems to learn and adapt by training against a very large number of simulated threats,” he says.GANs allow…
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6 novel ways to use AI in cybersecurity
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, business, ceo, cloud, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, network, phishing, risk, service, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training2. Machine-learning generative adversarial networks: Michel Sahyoun, chief solutions architect with cybersecurity technology firm NopalCyber, recommends using generative adversarial networks (GANs) to create, as well as protect against, highly sophisticated previously unseen cyberattacks. “This technique enables cybersecurity systems to learn and adapt by training against a very large number of simulated threats,” he says.GANs allow…
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Fake Job Offers Used to Deliver Advanced Malware Targeting Job Seekers
Iranian threat actors are exploiting job seekers’ aspirations through sophisticated fake recruitment campaigns designed to deploy advanced malware across Europe’s critical infrastructure sectors. The attack methodology demonstrates remarkable operational security and state-sponsored tradecraft characteristics. Nimbus Manticore, also known as UNC1549 or Smoke Sandstorm, constructs elaborate fake recruitment websites that impersonate major aerospace companies including Boeing, Airbus, Rheinmetall,…
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Microsoft DCU’s Takedown of RaccoonO365
When I saw the name of the Microsoft Digital Crime Unit’s latest target, “RaccoonO365” I probably reacted to it differently than most. With the help of a friend in Lagos, we’ve been watching the money launderers and things have reached a point that they now refer to what we previously called “Business Email Compromise” or…
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CS4CA: OT Security Strategies for Critical Infrastructure
Speaker for Upcoming CS4CA Europe London Event Discusses OT Risk and Collaboration. IT and OT teams at critical infrastructure companies face the imperative of balancing digitalization and automation with cybersecurity. In advance of the CS4CA Europe London Conference (Sept. 30 – Oct. 1, 2025), event speaker Marta Majtenyi previews some of the major themes. First…
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Details About Chinese Surveillance and Propaganda Companies
Tags: business, china, data-breach, firewall, government, infrastructure, startup, strategy, technologyDetails from leaked documents: While people often look at China’s Great Firewall as a single, all-powerful government system unique to China, the actual process of developing and maintaining it works the same way as surveillance technology in the West. Geedge collaborates with academic institutions on research and development, adapts its business strategy to fit different…
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European airports continue to crawl after a cyberattack on Collins’ MUSE systems
Tags: access, breach, ceo, cyberattack, data, exploit, group, india, infrastructure, risk, service, threat, vulnerabilityShared infrastructure and systemic risk: Collins Aerospace’s MUSE platform serves many airports’ check-in and baggage drop systems, meaning a fault there ripples across multiple nations. Brussels, Heathrow, Berlin and Dublin all reported impacts. Frankfurt and Paris airports were relatively spared, showing that usage of the compromised system varies.”Although information is still limited, the disruption at…
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DORA Der Weckruf für den Finanzsektor
Es gibt nur wenige Branchen, die so stark reguliert sind wie der Finanzsektor. In regelmäßigen Abständen erscheinen neue Gesetzesrahmen und das aus gutem Grund: Finanzdienstleister gehören zum Rückgrat nationaler Infrastruktur und sind deshalb ein Hauptziel von Cyber-Angriffen und Betrugsmaschen. Jede neue Regulierung muss daher wasserdicht sein. Der Digital-Operational-Resilience-Act (DORA) der EU ist hier die jüngste…
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Massive Lucid PhaaS Campaign: 17,500 Phishing Domains Mimic 316 Global Brands
Cybersecurity researchers at Netcraft have uncovered two sophisticated phishing campaigns linked to the Lucid and Lighthouse Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platforms, revealing a massive operation that has deployed over 17,500 phishing domains targeting 316 brands across 74 countries. This discovery highlights the growing threat of commercialized cybercrime infrastructure that enables low-skilled attackers to conduct sophisticated phishing operations…
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CSO Awards winners highlight security innovation and transformation
Tags: ai, attack, automation, awareness, best-practice, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, conference, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, finance, flaw, framework, governance, group, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, login, malicious, metric, mitre, network, penetration-testing, phishing, privacy, programming, risk, risk-management, service, siem, skills, soc, software, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementFSU tackles third-party risk with tighter vendor management program: Organization: Florida State UniversityProject: Third-Party Risk Management ProgramSecurity leader: Bill Hunkapiller, CISOOfficials at Florida State University wanted to ensure that data shared with outside entities was well protected. To achieve that, CISO Bill Hunkapiller and his team revamped its third-party risk management program so that the…
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CISA warns of malware deployed through Ivanti EPMM flaws
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) disclosed two malware strains found in a network compromised via Ivanti EPMM flaws. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published technical details of two malware families that were discovered in the network of an unnamed organization following the compromise of Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM).…
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Cyberangriff auf Flughafen-Dienstleister; Verspätungen am Flughafen BER (20.9.2025)
Es hat die nächste (halb-) kritische Infrastruktur getroffen. Ein Flughafen-Dienstleister (meinen Informationen zufolge Collins Aerospace), der Europa-weit tätig ist, wurde wohl von einem Cyberangriff betroffen. Am Flughafen BER (Berlin-Brandenburg International) kam es daher bei der Abfertigung zu großen Verspätungen, weil … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/09/20/cyberangriff-auf-flughafen-dienstleister-verspaetungen-am-flughafen-ber/