Tag: intelligence
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Russia-linked hackers target Signal, WhatsApp of officials globally
Russia-linked hackers are targeting Signal and WhatsApp accounts of government and military officials worldwide, warns Dutch intelligence. Dutch intelligence agencies (MIVD and AIVD) warn of a global campaign by Russia-linked threat actors aiming to compromise Signal and WhatsApp accounts. The operation targets government officials, civil servants, and military personnel, highlighting growing cyber risks to sensitive…
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Kremlin hackers attempting to compromise Signal, WhatsApp accounts globally
Russian state hackers are carrying out a global campaign to compromise Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to government officials and military personnel, Dutch intelligence warned Monday. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russian-hackers-target-signal-whatsapp-warn-dutch-intelligence-agencies
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Russian hackers crack into officials’ Signal and WhatsApp accounts
Russian state hackers are trying to break into Signal and WhatsApp accounts used by diplomats, military staff, and government officials worldwide, Dutch intelligence agencies … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/09/signal-whatsapp-accounts-russian-hackers/
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The Portland Timbers expand from data protection to cybersecurity with Acronis
The Portland Timbers’ continued partnership with Acronis reflects a shared vision for modern cyber resilience, one built on consolidation, threat intelligence and integrated protection. This expansion goes beyond backup and recovery to incorporate cybersecurity capabilities, including Acronis EDR, Acronis RMM and Acronis Email Security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/the-portland-timbers-expand-from-data-protection-to-cybersecurity-with-acronis/
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4 ways to prepare your SOC for agentic AI
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, best-practice, cloud, compliance, control, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, framework, governance, guide, identity, injection, intelligence, least-privilege, metric, mitre, radius, RedTeam, risk, siem, skills, soar, soc, threat, toolBuild capabilities for AI governance, content and quality: Upskilling existing analysts alone is not enough. As AI agents begin operating across tools, making decisions and triggering actions with minimal human involvement, the demands on the SOC will extend well beyond traditional analyst capabilities, experts say.Content engineering, for instance, is one emerging requirement. In an AI-enabled…
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Threat Intelligence und Private Scanning – Cohesity integriert Google-Funktionen für die Sicherheit von Backup-Daten
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cohesity-google-threat-intelligence-private-scanning-backup-malware-a-bce5b4442ae2aa5c1f6f7e63ed1378f7/
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“‹”‹How Chinese Hackers Reached America’s Surveillance Infrastructure
Chinese government-linked hackers have breached a network used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to manage court-authorized surveillance operations. The intrusion, first detected on February 17, 2026, involved systems supporting the FBI’s Digital Collection System Network (DSCNet), infrastructure used to process wiretap and foreign intelligence surveillance requests. While the breach was initially handled quietly, the……
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AI Is Moving Faster Than Security Controls
Tags: access, ai, api, automation, computing, control, cybersecurity, data, governance, group, intelligence, monitoring, risk, service, software, technology, tool, updateAI is entering organisations faster than the security controls designed to govern it. Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming embedded across organisations. AI assistants are now writing code, summarising documents, analysing data, and supporting operational decisions. What began as experimentation is quickly becoming operational dependency. For security teams, the challenge is not simply adopting AI. The…
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Tarnung als Taktik: Warum Ransomware-Angriffe raffinierter werden
Tags: access, ai, ciso, control, cyber, cyberattack, detection, encryption, endpoint, extortion, framework, intelligence, lockbit, mitre, openai, ransomware, RedTeam, service, software, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilityStatt eines kurzen, aber sehr schmerzhaften Stiches setzen Cyberkrimelle zunehmend darauf, sich in ihren Opfern festzubeißen und beständig auszusaugen.Ransomware-Angreifer ändern zunehmend ihre Taktik und setzen vermehrt auf unauffällige Infiltration. Dies liegt daran, dass die Drohung mit der Veröffentlichung sensibler Unternehmensdaten zum Hauptdruckmittel bei Erpressungen geworden ist.Der jährliche Red-Teaming-Bericht von Picus Security zeigt, dass Angreifer zunehmen…
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OpenAI Codex Security Scanned 1.2 Million Commits and Found 10,561 High-Severity Issues
OpenAI on Friday began rolling out Codex Security, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered security agent that’s designed to find, validate, and propose fixes for vulnerabilities.The feature is available in a research preview to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, Business, and Edu customers via the Codex web with free usage for the next month.”It builds deep context about your…
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Hackers abusing AI at every stage of cyberattacks
Microsoft says threat actors are increasingly using artificial intelligence in their operations to accelerate attacks, scale malicious activity, and lower technical barriers across all aspects of a cyberattack. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-hackers-abusing-ai-at-every-stage-of-cyberattacks/
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Iran-linked hackers target IP cameras across Israel and Gulf states for military intelligence
Researchers observed Iran-linked actors targeting IP cameras across Israel and Gulf countries, likely to support military intelligence and battle damage assessment. According to the Check Point Cyber Security Report 2026, cyber operations are increasingly used to support military activity and battle damage assessment (BDA). During the Israel-Iran tensions, researchers from Check Point Software Technologies observed…
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Iran-linked hackers target IP cameras across Israel and Gulf states for military intelligence
Researchers observed Iran-linked actors targeting IP cameras across Israel and Gulf countries, likely to support military intelligence and battle damage assessment. According to the Check Point Cyber Security Report 2026, cyber operations are increasingly used to support military activity and battle damage assessment (BDA). During the Israel-Iran tensions, researchers from Check Point Software Technologies observed…
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Claude AI Exposes 22 Firefox Vulnerabilities in Just Two Weeks
Artificial intelligence has officially entered the realm of advanced vulnerability research, moving beyond simple code assistance to autonomous threat hunting. This highly accelerated discovery rate outpaces traditional manual research, with the AI uncovering more vulnerabilities in one month than human researchers reported in any single month of 2025. Fourteen of these discoveries were classified as…
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Pentagon Moves to Cut Anthropic From Defense AI Work
Defense Contractors May Be Forced to Remove Claude From Pentagon Programs. The Pentagon labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk after accusing the artificial intelligence firm of restricting military use of its tools, a move that could force defense contractors to cut ties with Claude as the company prepares a legal challenge and the tech sector warns…
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Analysis: Blast Radius for Third-Party Breaches Bigger Than Reported
An analysis of 136 unique major breaches involving third-parties affecting 710 companies, published this week by Black Kite, finds approximately 26,000 additional organizations were impacted, affecting as many as 433 million individuals. Ferhat Dikbiyik, chief research and intelligence officer for Black Kite, said the analysis shines a spotlight on the fact that the actual blast..…
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The Multi-Billion Dollar AI Bet: Who Owns the Outcome?
Growing AI Investments Push Enterprises to Demand Accountability From Tech Vendors Companies spent over $300 billion on artificial intelligence last year, yet most initiatives produced little measurable value. As skepticism grows, a new debate is emerging around accountability in enterprise technology contracts and whether vendors should share responsibility for outcomes. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Nearly half of exploited zero-day flaws target enterprise-grade technology
A report by Google Threat Intelligence Group warns that AI will be used to speed and scale attacks in 2026. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/half-exploited-zero-day-flaws-enterprise-grade-technology/814021/
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Transparent Tribe Uses AI to Mass-Produce Malware Implants in Campaign Targeting India
The Pakistan-aligned threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has become the latest hacking group to embrace artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding tools to strike targets with various implants.The activity is designed to produce a “high-volume, mediocre mass of implants” that are developed using lesser-known programming languages like Nim, Zig, and Crystal and rely on trusted services…
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What is AI Security? Top Security Risks in LLM Applications
Artificial Intelligence is turning out to be the non-negotiable in everyday enterprise infrastructure AI chatbots in customer service, copilots assisting developers, and many more. LLMs, the abbreviated form of Large Language Models, are now embedded across business workflows. Organizations are using AI to simplify work by incorporating it in analyzing documents, automating communication, writing… First…
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Google GTIG: 90 zero-day flaws exploited in 2025 as enterprise targets grow
Google’s GTIG reports 90 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2025, up from 78 in 2024, with a growing share targeting enterprise systems. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) identified 90 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild in 2025. While slightly below the 100 observed in 2023, the number increased from 78 in 2024, with…
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Challenges and projects for the CISO in 2026
Tags: access, ai, authentication, automation, awareness, cisco, ciso, cloud, communications, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, finance, framework, group, identity, intelligence, leak, mobile, network, service, soc, sophos, strategy, technology, trainingHazel DÃez (Banco Santander), Roberto Lara (Vodafone), Marijus Briedis (NordVPN), Ãlvaro Fernández (Sophos), and Ãngel Ortiz (Cisco). Banco Santander, Vodafone, NordVPN, Sophos y Cisco. Montaje: Foundry Against this backdrop, Cisco defines AI as “the fundamental technology that will set the cybersecurity agenda in 2026,” in the words of Ortiz, who refers to the company’s Integrated…
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Google Uncovers 90 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Under Active Exploitation in 2025
Tags: cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, google, group, intelligence, mobile, software, threat, vulnerability, zero-dayGoogle Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) reported 90 zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild during 2025. While this total is slightly below the 2023 peak, it highlights a critical shift in the cybersecurity landscape, as attackers are increasingly abandoning generic browser exploits to target edge devices, enterprise software, and mobile operating systems.”‹ Shifting Targets and…
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Why should businesses be optimistic about AI in cybersecurity
Are Businesses Fully Leveraging AI for Optimized Cybersecurity? Security is evolving quickly, demanding businesses to stay ahead with innovative technologies. One such powerful tool is Artificial Intelligence (AI). But how well are companies integrating AI into their cybersecurity measures, and are they truly optimistic about the potential benefits? Understanding Non-Human Identities in Cybersecurity In cybersecurity,……
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The Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, corporate, cryptography, cyber, data, data-breach, detection, encryption, exploit, firewall, intelligence, mitigation, monitoring, PCI, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerabilityThe Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security andrew.gertz@t“¦ Thu, 03/05/2026 – 16:09 Multi-cloud data security threats are escalating at an unprecedented rate. According to Forrester and the 2025 Thales Global Cloud Data Security Study, the primary drivers of multi-cloud risks are: growing complexity, insufficient access controls, and the…
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Iran intelligence backdoored US bank, airport, software outfit networks
MOIS-linked MuddyWater crew has a new, custom implant First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/mudywater_backdoor_us_networks/
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Check Point Unveils Secure AI Advisory Service to Help Enterprises Govern AI Adoption
Check Point Software has launched a new Secure AI Advisory Service designed to help organisations adopt artificial intelligence safely while maintaining governance, regulatory compliance, and risk control. As AI rapidly moves from experimental use cases to becoming a core part of enterprise infrastructure, many organisations are struggling to keep governance and oversight in step with…
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Google says 90 zero-days exploited in 2025 as commercial vendor activity grows
Google Threat Intelligence Group said it tracked 90 zero-day vulnerabilities that were exploited by a variety of actors last year, surpassing the 78 that were used by threat actors in 2024. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/google-says-90-zero-days-exploited-apt-spyware-vendors
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Google says 90 zero-days were exploited in attacks last year
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracked 90 zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited throughout 2025, almost half of them in enterprise software and appliances. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-says-90-zero-days-were-exploited-in-attacks-last-year/