Tag: intelligence
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NSFOCUS Threat Intelligence Interviewed in The Top Trends Shaping Threat Intelligence in Asia Pacific Report by International Authority
Forrester, an international authoritative consulting firm, released “The Top Trends Shaping Threat Intelligence in Asia Pacific”. With its deep technical accumulation, product system and mature solutions in the field of threat intelligence, NSFOCUS was interviewed for the report. As enterprises cope with the rapidly changing cybersecurity and regulatory environment in the Asia-Pacific region, threat intelligence…The…
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Best of the Worst: Five Attacks That Already Knew Your Name
<div cla TL;DR This week’s Attack of the Day posts revealed a clear shift from volume to precision. A phishing PDF auto-launched a credential harvest page the instant it opened, no click required. A QR code inside another PDF had the target’s email address pre-encoded in base64, so the landing page pre-filled the victim’s username…
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Why Intelligence Requirements Fall Flat and How to Fix Them with a Practical Priority Intelligence Requirements Framework
Blogs Blog Why Intelligence Requirements Fall Flat and How to Fix Them with a Practical Priority Intelligence Requirements Framework In this post, we examine why intelligence requirements often fail to drive decisions and how to operationalize Priority Intelligence Requirements to align collection, analysis, and action. Begin your free trial today. Contact Sales First seen on…
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Banks Must Act Like Interpol to Fight Fraud Networks
Joël Winteregg of Vyntra on How AI Is Industrializing Fraud at Unprecedented Scale. Gen AI has created a paradise for fraudsters, said Joel Winteregg, CEO of Vyntra. Just as Interpol coordinates across borders to dismantle criminal networks, Winteregg said banks must operate as a unified intelligence network, because the fraud operations targeting them already do.…
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CEOs: You Don’t Add AI. You Rebuild for It.
Why Most AI Strategies Fail Before They Scale Artificial intelligence has moved from experimentation to expectation. Nearly every enterprise has deployed AI in some form….Read More First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2026/04/ceos-you-dont-add-ai-you-rebuild-for-it/
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13th April Threat Intelligence Report
The Los Angeles Police Department has reported a data breach involving a digital storage system used by the L.A. City Attorney’s Office. The exposure included 7.7 terabytes and more than 337,000 files, […] First seen on research.checkpoint.com Jump to article: research.checkpoint.com/2026/13th-april-threat-intelligence-report/
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What Is Identity Risk Intelligence? (And Why It’s Replacing Monitoring)
Tags: attack, credentials, cybersecurity, data-breach, identity, intelligence, monitoring, risk, toolA new category is emerging in cybersecurity For years, organizations have relied on monitoring tools to detect compromised credentials and exposed data. But as identity has become the primary attack surface, those tools are no longer enough. A new category is emerging in response: Identity Risk Intelligence This isn’t just a new label. It represents……
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Citizen Lab: Law Enforcement Used Webloc to Track 500 Million Devices via Ad Data
Hungarian domestic intelligence, the national police in El Salvador, and several U.S. law enforcement and police departments have been attributed to the use of an advertising-based global geolocation surveillance system called Webloc.The tool was developed by Israeli company Cobwebs Technologies and is now sold by its successor Penlink after the two firms merged in July…
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Claude and ChatGPT Exploited in Sweeping Cyber Campaign Against Government Agencies
In a groundbreaking technical report released by Gambit Security researcher Eyal Sela, new details have emerged about a massive cyberattack targeting government infrastructure. A single threat actor successfully leveraged artificial intelligence platforms to breach nine Mexican government agencies. The campaign, which operated from late December 2025 through mid-February 2026, resulted in the exfiltration of hundreds…
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Pentagon Memo Blasted Anthropic for PR Campaign
DOD Official: AI Firm Wanted ‘Approval Role in the Operational Decision Chain’. Internal memos used to by the Department of Defense to justify its decision to blacklist artificial intelligence firm Anthropic said the firm’s models could not be reliably controlled for military use. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/pentagon-memo-blasted-anthropic-for-pr-campaign-a-31398
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Mallory Launches AI-Native Threat Intelligence Platform, Turning Global Threat Data Into Prioritized Action
9th, 2026, CyberNewswire Built by a veteran security team and led by a former Google and Mandiant executive, Mallory delivers intelligence that drives action for enterprise security teams. Mallory is launching a AI-native threat intelligence platform, purpose-built to answer the questions CISOs and their teams are asking every day: The platform monitors thousands of threat…
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ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini Among 11 AI Models Vulnerable to One-Line Jailbreak
A newly discovered jailbreak technique named >>sockpuppeting<< successfully forces 11 leading artificial intelligence models, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, to bypass their safety guardrails. By exploiting a standard application programming interface (API) feature with a single line of code, attackers can trick these models into generating malicious outputs without requiring complex mathematical optimisation. When a…
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News alert: Mallory launches AI-native platform to cut through alert noise and surface real risk
AUSTIN, Texas, Apr. 9, 2026, CyberNewswire“, Mallory is launching a AI-native threat intelligence platform, purpose-built to answer the questions CISOs and their teams are asking every day: “¢What are the real threat vectors for our organization? “¢What’s actually exploitable… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/news-alert-mallory-launches-ai-native-platform-to-cut-through-alert-noise-and-surface-real-risk/
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What to Know About CyberAv3ngers: The IRGC-Linked Group Targeting Critical Infrastructure
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, authentication, automation, backup, cctv, chatgpt, cisa, communications, compliance, control, credentials, crypto, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, dns, email, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, government, group, healthcare, infrastructure, intelligence, international, Internet, iot, iran, kev, leak, linux, malicious, malware, mitigation, mitre, monitoring, network, office, openai, password, radius, resilience, risk, router, service, siem, software, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementAn Iran-affiliated threat group has evolved from defacing water utility displays to deploying custom ICS malware and exploiting Rockwell Automation PLCs across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors. Key takeaways: CyberAv3ngers is a state-directed threat group operating under Iran’s IRGC Cyber-Electronic Command. The U.S. Treasury sanctioned six named officials in February 2024 and the State Department…
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OpenAI Readies Rollout of New Cyber Model as Industry Shifts to Defense
OpenAI is finalizing a cybersecurity product slated for a restricted release to select partners. The new model, as reported by Axios, could signal growing anxiety among developers that their latest creations may be too dangerous for the public. The shift comes as artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities reach a critical threshold in autonomous hacking and reasoning……
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Mallory Launches AI-Native Threat Intelligence Platform, Turning Global Threat Data Into Prioritized Action
Austin, Texas, United States, 9th April 2026, CyberNewswire First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/mallory-launches-ai-native-threat-intelligence-platform-turning-global-threat-data-into-prioritized-action/
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Security researchers tricked Apple Intelligence into cursing at users. It could have been a lot worse
Wash your mouth out with digital soap First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/09/security_researchers_tricked_apple_intelligence/
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Mallory Launches AI-Native Threat Intelligence Platform, Turning Global Threat Data Into Prioritized Action
Austin, Texas, United States, 9th April 2026, CyberNewswire First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/mallory-launches-ai-native-threat-intelligence-platform-turning-global-threat-data-into-prioritized-action/
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Attackers Deploy Hidden Magecart Skimmer on Magento Using SVG onload Abuse
Security researchers at Sansec uncovered a large-scale Magecart campaign targeting Magento e-commerce platforms. Nearly 100 online stores were infected with a sophisticated credit card skimmer. To evade security scanners and steal shopper payment data seamlessly, attackers concealed the malicious payload inside an invisible SVG image element. Threat intelligence suggests the attackers likely breached the sites…
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From the field to the report and back again: How incident responders can use the Year in Review
Tags: intelligenceThe Year in Review distills Talos IR’s observations into structured intelligence, but defenders should also be feeding this report back into their own preparation cycles. Here’s how. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/from-the-field-to-the-report-and-back-again-how-incident-responders-can-use-the-year-in-review/
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Microsoft Details How Defender Protects High-Value Assets in Real-World Attacks
Microsoft has significantly upgraded its Defender platform to automatically detect and block sophisticated cyberattacks targeting High-Value Assets (HVAs) like domain controllers and web servers. By leveraging the new Microsoft Security Exposure Management tool, the system now uses context-aware intelligence to easily distinguish normal administrative tasks from malicious activities on critical network infrastructure. As cyberattacks become…
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OT Cybersec Sector Frets Anthropic Will Leave It Behind
Pure Play OT Security Firms Want A Seat At The Table. There’s growing concern in the operational technology cybersecurity community that manufacturers and operators, and their security vendors, will be left out in the cold by the latest efforts to use artificial intelligence in securing critical software. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/ot-cybersec-sector-frets-anthropic-will-leave-behind-a-31374
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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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6 Winter 2026 G2 Leader Badges prove this DDoS protection stands out
Leader Enterprise DDoS ProtectionMomentum Leader DDoS ProtectionRegional Leader (Asia) DDoS ProtectionLeader DDoS ProtectionLeader Web SecurityArbor Sightline was also recognized as a leader in enterprise network management. NETSCOUTWhat NETSCOUT Customers Are Saying About TMS“The Arbor Threat Mitigation System allows us to defend not only our internal systems, but our customers.”, Darren G.”“NETSCOUT delivers unmatched network visibility…
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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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CIA director quietly elevated agency’s cyber espionage division
The Center for Cyber Intelligence, which had resided within the CIA’s Directorate of Digital Innovation since 2015, was promoted to a full-fledged mission center last October. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cia-director-elevated-agency-cyber-espionage-division
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Hackers exploit a critical Flowise flaw affecting thousands of AI workflows
Tags: access, ai, authentication, container, cve, data, data-breach, docker, exploit, flaw, hacker, injection, intelligence, linkedin, network, update, vulnerabilityHackers exploit unpatched instances: While a patch has been available for months, a recent VulnCheck finding places the first in-the-wild exploitation on April 6. Caitlin Condon, VP of Security Research at the vulnerability intelligence company, warned of the abuse through a LinkedIn post.”Early this morning, VulnCheck’s Canary network began detecting first-time exploitation of CVE-2025-59528, an…
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Russian Forest Blizzard Hackers Hijack Home Routers for Global Spying
Microsoft Threat Intelligence reveals how Russian hacking group Forest Blizzard uses home routers for DNS hijacking and spying. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/russian-forest-blizzard-hackers-hijack-home-routers/
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Hackers Target Adobe Reader Users With Sophisticated Zero-Day Exploit
Tags: adobe, attack, cyber, exploit, hacker, intelligence, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerability, zero-daySecurity researchers at EXPMON have uncovered a highly sophisticated, unpatched zero-day vulnerability actively targeting Adobe Reader users. The exploit, first detected in the wild late last month, allows threat actors to silently steal local files, gather sensitive system information, and potentially deploy remote code execution (RCE) attacks against compromised machines. According to the threat intelligence…