Tag: intelligence
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Russia was behind a destructive cyber attack on a water utility in 2024, Denmark says
Denmark has blamed Russia for a destructive cyberattack on a water utility, calling it part of Moscow’s hybrid campaign against Western critical infrastructure. Denmark has accused Russia of orchestrating destructive cyberattacks against a water utility in 2024, framing them as part of broader hybrid attacks on Western critical infrastructure. Denmark’s Defence Intelligence Service attributed a…
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Europe’s AI Challenge Runs Deeper Than Regulation
Europe Faces Barriers No Legal Rewrite Can Fix. An assumption propelling a proposed recalibration of European tech regulation is that red tape is holding back the trading bloc from gaining ground in a global race for artificial intelligence dominated by the United States and China. But Europe’s problem isn’t merely regulatory drag. First seen on…
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Why Smart Glasses in Hospitals Are Not a Bright Idea
Smart eyewear such as Meta-AI Ray Ban glasses – which sport microphones, cameras and can connect to artificial intelligence – pose emerging patient privacy and other risks especially when worn in healthcare settings, said Garrett Zickgraf of consulting firm LBMC. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/smart-glasses-in-hospitals-are-bright-idea-i-5509
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Scripted Sparrow Utilizes Automation to Generate and Dispatch Attack Messages
Tags: attack, automation, business, cyber, cybersecurity, email, group, infrastructure, intelligenceScripted Sparrow, a prolific Business Email Compromise (BEC) collective with members spanning three continents, has raised significant concerns among cybersecurity researchers due to the sophisticated automation infrastructure underlying their large-scale fraudulent operations. Recent analysis by Fortra’s Intelligence and Research Experts (FIRE) reveals that the group’s staggering operational scale estimated at 3 million highly targeted messages…
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ISMG Editors’: When KYC No Longer Signals Trust
Also: Cyber Insurers Brace for AI Risk, Shopping Agents Rewrite E-commerce. In this week’s ISMG Editors’ Panel, four editors examine how artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping trust, risk and decision-making, from identity verification and cyber insurance to the rise of AI agents in online shopping. The ISMG Editors’ Panel runs weekly. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Cyber Pros Emerge as Bold AI Adopters, While AI Changes Data Security Game, CSA Reports Say
Tags: advisory, ai, api, attack, awareness, business, cloud, compliance, control, credit-card, crime, crimes, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, finance, framework, google, governance, guide, healthcare, injection, intelligence, law, LLM, lockbit, malicious, metric, mitigation, monitoring, network, office, openai, ransom, ransomware, risk, risk-management, service, skills, sql, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityFormerly “AI shy” cyber pros have done a 180 and become AI power users, as AI forces data security changes, the CSA says. Plus, PwC predicts orgs will get serious about responsible AI usage in 2026, while the NCSC states that, no, prompt injection isn’t the new SQL injection. And much more! Key takeaways Cyber…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Cyber Pros Emerge as Bold AI Adopters, While AI Changes Data Security Game, CSA Reports Say
Tags: advisory, ai, api, attack, awareness, business, cloud, compliance, control, credit-card, crime, crimes, crypto, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, finance, framework, google, governance, guide, healthcare, injection, intelligence, law, LLM, lockbit, malicious, metric, mitigation, monitoring, network, office, openai, ransom, ransomware, risk, risk-management, service, skills, sql, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityFormerly “AI shy” cyber pros have done a 180 and become AI power users, as AI forces data security changes, the CSA says. Plus, PwC predicts orgs will get serious about responsible AI usage in 2026, while the NCSC states that, no, prompt injection isn’t the new SQL injection. And much more! Key takeaways Cyber…
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FireTail’s 2022 Review on Macro, Industry, and Thoughts About What’s Next FireTail Blog
Tags: ai, api, attack, cloud, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, exploit, finance, government, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, jobs, office, open-source, regulation, russia, startup, strategy, technology, usa, vulnerabilityDec 19, 2025 – Jeremy Snyder – New beginnings, such as new years, provide a nice opportunity to look back at what we have just experienced, as well as look forward to what to expect. 2022 was a year of transition in many ways, and 2023 may well be the same. I wanted to reflect…
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Top lawmaker asks White House to address open-source software risks
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s chairman voiced concern about foreign adversaries tampering with code. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/open-source-security-tom-cotton-letter-white-house/808379/
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Cracked Software and YouTube Videos Spread CountLoader and GachiLoader Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that has used cracked software distribution sites as a distribution vector for a new version of a modular and stealthy loader known as CountLoader.The campaign “uses CountLoader as the initial tool in a multistage attack for access, evasion, and delivery of additional malware families,” Cyderes Howler…
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Criminal IP and Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR integrate to bring AI-driven exposure intelligence to automated incident response
Criminal IP (criminalip.io), the AI-powered threat intelligence and attack surface monitoring platform developed by AI SPERA, is now officially integrated into Palo Alto Networks’ Cortex XSOAR. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/criminal-ip-and-palo-alto-networks-cortex-xsoar-integrate-to-bring-ai-driven-exposure-intelligence-to-automated-incident-response/
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Criminal IP and Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR integrate to bring AI-driven exposure intelligence to automated incident response
Torrance, United States / California, 19th December 2025, CyberNewsWire First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/criminal-ip-and-palo-alto-networks-cortex-xsoar-integrate-to-bring-ai-driven-exposure-intelligence-to-automated-incident-response/
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Unlocking New Possibilities for Security Operations: NSFOCUS’s AI Agent Capabilities Recognized by Authoritative Institution
Recently, Forrester, a globally renowned independent research and advisory firm, released the report “Navigate The AI Agent Ecosystem In China, Forrester Research, October 2025[1].” NSFOCUS was successfully included in this report. In the report, Forrester identified four key technological trends: With the rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence, AI Agent technology is deepening its application within…The…
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Denmark blames Russia for destructive cyberattack on water utility
Danish intelligence officials blamed Russia for orchestrating cyberattacks against Denmark’s critical infrastructure, as part of Moscow’s hybrid attacks against Western nations. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/denmark-blames-russia-for-destructive-cyberattack-on-water-utility/
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Denmark Blames Russia for Destructive Cyber-Attacks
The Danish intelligence service believes some pro-Russian hacktivist groups have links with the Kremlin First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/denmark-blames-russia-for/
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Italian Ferry Malware Attack Sparks International Probe
French intelligence agencies uncovered what appears to be a coordinated foreign interference operation targeting the GNV Fantastic. The post Italian Ferry Malware Attack Sparks International Probe appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-italian-ferry-malware-attack/
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Clop Ransomware Group Targets Gladinet CentreStack Servers to Exfiltrate Data
Tags: attack, corporate, cyber, data, exploit, extortion, group, intelligence, Internet, ransomware, vulnerabilityThe notorious Clop ransomware group has launched a new data extortion campaign targeting internet-facing Gladinet CentreStack file servers, exploiting an unknown vulnerability to steal sensitive corporate information. Incident responders from the Curated Intelligence community first identified this campaign, which marks the latest in a series of Clop attacks targeting enterprise file transfer and storage solutions.…
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APT35 Leak Reveals Spreadsheets Containing Domains, Payments, and Server Information
Iranian cyber unit Charming Kitten, officially designated APT35, has long been dismissed as a noisy but relatively unsophisticated threat actor a politically motivated collective known for recycled phishing templates and credential-harvesting pages. Episode 4, the latest intelligence dump, fundamentally rewrites that assessment. What emerges is not a hacker collective but a government department, complete with…
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Denmark says Russia was behind two ‘destructive and disruptive’ cyber-attacks
Intelligence service says attacks were work of groups connected to Russian state in ‘clear evidence’ of hybrid warThe Danish government has accused Russia of being behind two “destructive and disruptive” cyber-attacks in what it describes as “very clear evidence” of a hybrid war.The Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) announced on Thursday that Moscow was behind…
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Russian Credential-Harvesting Apes Ukraine Webmail Platform
Widely Used ukr.net Is a Repeat Focus for APT28 Cyberespionage Operations. Don’t expect cyber spies to respect distinctions between military and civilian networks, especially in times of war, warn researchers tracking persistent Russian military intelligence credential-harvesting attacks against users of Ukraine’s popular, commercial UKR.NET webmail platform. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/russian-credential-harvesting-apes-ukraine-webmail-platform-a-30325
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Raspberry Pi used in attempt to take over ferry
Tags: ceo, control, dns, Hardware, infrastructure, intelligence, malware, monitoring, network, phoneProceed with caution: Villanustre encouraged anyone discovering such a device to proceed cautiously. “Disconnecting the device could result in losing important forensic information if not careful. It’s not too hard to equip the device with a tiny battery or supercapacitor that would give it enough time to wipe itself out if disconnected from the network or…
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Im November 2025 sind Cyberangriffe im DACH-Raum um zehn Prozent zurückgegangen
Check Point Research (CPR), die Sicherheitsforschungsabteilung von Check Point Software Technologies hat seinen Global Threat Intelligence Report für November 2025 veröffentlicht. Der Bericht zeigt, dass Unternehmen im Laufe des vergangenen Monats weltweit durchschnittlich 2.003 Cyber-Angriffen pro Woche ausgesetzt waren. Dies entspricht einem Anstieg von drei Prozent gegenüber Oktober und einem Anstieg von vier Prozent gegenüber…
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Im November 2025 sind Cyberangriffe im DACH-Raum um zehn Prozent zurückgegangen
Check Point Research (CPR), die Sicherheitsforschungsabteilung von Check Point Software Technologies hat seinen Global Threat Intelligence Report für November 2025 veröffentlicht. Der Bericht zeigt, dass Unternehmen im Laufe des vergangenen Monats weltweit durchschnittlich 2.003 Cyber-Angriffen pro Woche ausgesetzt waren. Dies entspricht einem Anstieg von drei Prozent gegenüber Oktober und einem Anstieg von vier Prozent gegenüber…
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The Case for Dynamic AI-SaaS Security as Copilots Scale
Within the past year, artificial intelligence copilots and agents have quietly permeated the SaaS applications businesses use every day. Tools like Zoom, Slack, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and ServiceNow now come with built-in AI assistants or agent-like features. Virtually every major SaaS vendor has rushed to embed AI into their offerings.The result is an explosion of…
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The Raspberry Pi wakeup call: Why enterprises must rethink physical security
Tags: ceo, control, dns, Hardware, infrastructure, intelligence, malware, monitoring, network, phoneProceed with caution: Villanustre encouraged anyone discovering such a device to proceed cautiously. “Disconnecting the device could result in losing important forensic information if not careful. It’s not too hard to equip the device with a tiny battery or supercapacitor that would give it enough time to wipe itself out if disconnected from the network or…
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The Raspberry Pi wakeup call: Why enterprises must rethink physical security
Tags: ceo, control, dns, Hardware, infrastructure, intelligence, malware, monitoring, network, phoneProceed with caution: Villanustre encouraged anyone discovering such a device to proceed cautiously. “Disconnecting the device could result in losing important forensic information if not careful. It’s not too hard to equip the device with a tiny battery or supercapacitor that would give it enough time to wipe itself out if disconnected from the network or…
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‘Ink Dragon’ threat group targets IIS servers to build stealthy global network
Tags: access, attack, china, control, credentials, data, exploit, firewall, government, group, infrastructure, intelligence, microsoft, network, office, threat, vulnerability, wafmodus operandi to several other Chinese threat groups engaged in nation-state surveillance, such as UNC6384, whose campaigns targeted European diplomats.However, during a recent investigation at the office of a European government, Check Point said it had discovered that the group has now pivoted towards what it called “an unusually sophisticated playbook” with longer term goals.Key…