Tag: intelligence
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Russia-linked ColdRiver used LostKeys malware in recent attacks
Tags: apt, attack, cyberespionage, espionage, google, government, group, intelligence, malware, russia, threatSince early 2025, Russia-linked ColdRiver has used LostKeys malware to steal files in espionage attacks on Western governments and organizations. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group discovered LOSTKEYS, a new malware used by Russia-linked APT COLDRIVER, in recent attacks to steal files and gather system info. TheColdRiverAPT (aka “Seaborgium”, “Callisto”, “Star Blizzard”,”TA446″) is a Russian cyberespionage group…
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Google Rolls Out On-Device AI Protections to Detect Scams in Chrome and Android
Google on Thursday announced it’s rolling out new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered countermeasures to combat scams across Chrome, Search, and Android.The tech giant said it will begin using Gemini Nano, its on-device large language model (LLM), to improve Safe Browsing in Chrome 137 on desktops.”The on-device approach provides instant insight on risky websites and allows us…
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38,000+ FreeDrain Subdomains Found Exploiting SEO to Steal Crypto Wallet Seed Phrases
Cybersecurity researchers have exposed what they say is an “industrial-scale, global cryptocurrency phishing operation” engineered to steal digital assets from cryptocurrency wallets for several years.The campaign has been codenamed FreeDrain by threat intelligence firms SentinelOne and Validin.”FreeDrain uses SEO manipulation, free-tier web services (like gitbook.io, webflow.io, and github.io First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article:…
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From Managing Vulnerabilities to Managing Exposure: The Critical Shift You Can’t Ignore
Tags: ai, attack, best-practice, breach, business, cloud, computing, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, office, risk, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementVulnerability management remains core to reducing cyber risk, but as the attack surface grows, teams need a risk-driven strategy that looks beyond vulnerabilities to see the bigger picture. Discover how exposure management unifies data and prioritizes real exposures, keeping teams proactive and ahead of cyber threats. The limits of siloed security Over the years, the…
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CISA warns of cyberattacks targeting the US oil and gas infrastructure
Tags: advisory, cisa, control, cyberattack, cybersecurity, flaw, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, network, open-source, password, risk, threatStronger passwords, segmentation, and manual operations are advised: CISA cited past analysis to emphasize that targeted systems use default or easily guessable (using open-source tools) passwords. Changing default passwords for strong and unique ones is important for public-facing internet devices that have the capability to control OT systems or processes, it added in the advisory.Segmenting…
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Iranian Hackers Posing as Model Agency to Target Victims
Unit 42, the threat intelligence arm of Palo Alto Networks, has exposed a covert operation likely orchestrated by Iranian cyber actors. The campaign involves a fraudulent website, megamodelstudio[.]com, meticulously designed to impersonate the Hamburg-based Mega Model Agency. Cyberespionage Campaign Uncovered Registered on February 18, 2025, and hosted at IP address 64.72.205[.]32 since March 1, 2025,…
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Russian COLDRIVER Hackers Deploy LOSTKEYS Malware to Steal Sensitive Information
The Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has uncovered a sophisticated new malware dubbed LOSTKEYS, attributed to the Russian government-backed threat actor COLDRIVER, also known as UNC4057, Star Blizzard, and Callisto. Active since at least December 2023, with significant campaigns observed in January, March, and April 2025, LOSTKEYS represents a notable evolution in COLDRIVER’s toolkit, which…
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OpenCTI: Free Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform for Security Experts
OpenCTI (Open Cyber Threat Intelligence) stands out as a free, open source platform specifically designed to address this need-delivering robust capabilities for cyber threat intelligence (CTI) management and analysis. Created by Filigran, OpenCTI allows organizations to structure, store, and visualize both technical details (like Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures-TTPs-and observables) and non-technical information (such as attribution…
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Why Identity Signals Are Replacing IOCs in Threat Intelligence
The CISO’s View: Too Many Alerts, Too Little Context Imagine a SOC analyst under pressure. Their screen is filled with IP addresses, malware hashes, geolocations, login alerts, and thousands of other signals. It’s a flood of noise. IOCs used to be the gold standard for cyber threat detection, but today? Attackers don’t need malware or……
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Google Uncovers LOSTKEYS Malware Used by Russian COLDRIVER for Cyber Espionage
In a concerning escalation of cyber-espionage activity, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has revealed the emergence of a First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/google-uncovers-lostkeys-malware-used-by-russian-coldriver-for-cyber-espionage/
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Hacker Exploits AI Art Tool to Steal 1.1TB of Disney Data
California Man Pleads Guilty to Two Felony Charges Related to Hacking Employee’s PC. A California man agreed to plead guilty to hacking a Disney employee’s personal computer and stealing over one terabyte of confidential company data. Authorities say the man posted a malicious artificial intelligence art application online and used it to steal an employee’s…
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Bridging Cyber and Physical Threats
CISO Sean Atkinson on Proactive, Integrated Approach to Hybrid Threat Defense. Center for Internet Security CISO Sean Atkinson calls for integrated threat intelligence, stronger community collaboration, and enhanced playbooks to confront rising hybrid threats that exploit gaps across cybersecurity and physical domains. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/bridging-cyber-physical-threats-a-28314
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Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years
Now the US director of national intelligence, Gabbard failed to follow basic cybersecurity practices on several of her personal accounts, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/tulsi-gabbard-dni-weak-password/
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Nation-State Actors Continue to Exploit Weak Passwords, MFA
Trellix’s John Fokker Advises CISOs to Prioritize Patching, MFA, Network Visibility. Threat actors aren’t rushing to adopt AI tools to exploit vulnerabilities. They still prefer a victim with weak passwords, bad MFA, bad patching. It is the easiest way to make money for criminals so they don’t have to invest in AI, said John Fokker,…
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AI Security, Safety Questions Dominate RSAC Conference 2025
‘Building Fast’ While ‘Building Competently’ Remains Key, Expert Says. Questions over the risk posed by artificial intelligence dominated discussions at this year’s RSAC Conference in San Francisco. Experts said that building models – at speed – that are secure and reliable remains essential for creating AI tools organizations will trust and want to adopt. First…
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Uncovering the Security Risks of Data Exposure in AI-Powered Tools like Snowflake’s CORTEX
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the technological landscape, tools like Snowflake’s CORTEX Search Service are revolutionizing data retrieval with advanced fuzzy search and LLM-driven Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) capabilities. However, beneath the promise of efficiency lies a critical security concern: unintended data exposure. A recent analysis highlights how even tightly configured access and masking…
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Hackers Exploit Samsung MagicINFO, GeoVision IoT Flaws to Deploy Mirai Botnet
Threat actors have been observed actively exploiting security flaws in GeoVision end-of-life (EoL) Internet of Things (IoT) devices to corral them into a Mirai botnet for conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.The activity, first observed by the Akamai Security Intelligence and Response Team (SIRT) in early April 2025, involves the exploitation of two operating system command…
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New Investment Scams Use Facebook Ads, RDGA Domains, and IP Checks to Filter Victims
Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on two threat actors that orchestrate investment scams through spoofed celebrity endorsements and conceal their activity through traffic distribution systems (TDSes).The activity clusters have been codenamed Reckless Rabbit and Ruthless Rabbit by DNS threat intelligence firm Infoblox.The attacks have been observed to lure victims with bogus First seen on…
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OpenAI Shifts For-Profit Branch to Public Benefit Corporation, Staying Under Nonprofit Oversight
Landmark organizational shift, OpenAI announced its transition from a capped-profit LLC to a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) while maintaining governance under its original nonprofit structure. The move, detailed in a May 2025 letter from CEO Sam Altman, aims to balance scalable resource acquisition with the company’s mission of ensuring artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all…
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New ClickFix Attack Imitates Ministry of Defence Website to Target Windows Linux Systems
Tags: attack, cyber, cyberattack, government, india, infection, intelligence, linux, malicious, malware, threat, windowsA newly identified cyberattack campaign has surfaced, leveraging the recognizable branding of India’s Ministry of Defence to distribute cross-platform malware targeting both Windows and Linux systems. Uncovered by threat intelligence researchers at Hunt.io, this operation employs a ClickFix-style infection chain, mimicking official government press release portals to lure unsuspecting users into executing malicious payloads. The…
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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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xAI Developer Accidentally Leaks API Key Granting Access to SpaceX, Tesla, and X LLMs
An employee at Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture, xAI, inadvertently disclosed a sensitive API key on GitHub, potentially exposing proprietary large language models (LLMs) linked to SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter/X. Cybersecurity specialists estimate the leak remained active for two months, offering outsiders the capability to access and query highly confidential AI systems engineered with internal…
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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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How OSINT supports financial crime investigations
In this Help Net Security interview, Stuart Clarke, CEO at Blackdot Solutions, discusses the strategic use of open-source intelligence (OSINT) in tackling financial crime. He … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/05/stuart-clarke-blackdot-solutions-financial-crime-osint/