Tag: intelligence
-
QakBot-Linked BC Malware Adds Enhanced DNS Tunneling and Remote Access Features
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new BackConnect (BC) malware that has been developed by threat actors linked to the infamous QakBot loader.”BackConnect is a common feature or module utilized by threat actors to maintain persistence and perform tasks,” Walmart’s Cyber Intelligence team told The Hacker News. “The BackConnect(s) in use were ‘DarkVNC’ alongside…
-
10 top XDR tools and how to evaluate them
Tags: ai, attack, automation, business, cloud, computing, container, corporate, credentials, data, defense, detection, edr, email, encryption, endpoint, finance, firewall, google, guide, Hardware, iam, ibm, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, marketplace, microsoft, mitigation, network, office, okta, open-source, organized, risk, security-incident, service, siem, skills, soar, software, spam, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, zero-dayLittle in the modern IT world lends itself to manual or siloed management, and this is doubly true in the security realm. The scale of modern enterprise computing and modern application stack architecture requires security tools that can bring visibility into the security posture of modern IT components and integrate tightly to bring real-time threat…
-
GamaCopy: A New Cyber Espionage Group Imitating Gamaredon to Target Russia
A recent report from the Knownsec 404 Advanced Threat Intelligence team reveals the emergence of GamaCopy, a cyber First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/gamacopy-a-new-cyber-espionage-group-imitating-gamaredon-to-target-russia/
-
Google Cloud Security Threat Horizons Report #11 Is Out!
Tags: access, api, apt, attack, authentication, breach, business, cloud, corporate, credentials, cybersecurity, data, detection, exploit, extortion, google, identity, intelligence, leak, mfa, password, phishing, ransomware, service, tactics, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityThis is my completely informal, uncertified, unreviewed and otherwise completely unofficial blog inspired by my reading of our next Threat Horizons Report, #11 (full version) that we just released (the official blog for #1 report, my unofficial blogs for #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 and #10). My favorite quotes from the report follow below:…
-
Ex-CIA intelligence analyst charged for stealing, sharing secrets
Tags: intelligenceFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/ex-cia-intelligence-analyst-charged-for-stealing-sharing-secrets
-
Trump admin tells all Democrats on intelligence oversight board to resign
The Trump administration has requested all Democratic members of an independent board meant to keep tabs on U.S. government intelligence efforts to resign, three people familiar with the matter told Recorded Future News.]]> First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/trump-admin-tells-democrats-on-intel-oversight-board-to-resign
-
Trump-Backed Stargate Initiative to Pour $500B into AI
AI Consortium Includes OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle. Tech giants OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle are forming a new entity in a bid to advance artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. Stargate aims to establish the foundational infrastructure for future AI development, including building data centers nationwide. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/trump-backed-stargate-initiative-to-pour-500b-into-ai-a-27350
-
Cisco Previews AI Defenses to Cloud Security Platform
Set for release in March, Cisco AI Defense will provide algorithmic red teaming of large language models with technology that came over as part of the Robust Intelligence acquisition last year. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/cisco-previews-ai-defense-cloud-security
-
DLL Sideloading Proxying: New Campaign Delivers Sliver Implants to German Targets
Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) has uncovered an ongoing cyber campaign targeting German organizations using sophisticated tactics First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/dll-sideloading-proxying-new-campaign-delivers-sliver-implants-to-german-targets/
-
UK Government Debuts AI Tools for Enhanced Public Services
‘Humphrey’ Meant so Streamline Civil Service Work Across Whitehall. The British government on Tuesday launched artificial intelligence-powered tools intended to help civil servants offer improved public service in a first step toward implementing a plan meant to transform the United Kingdom into a world AI leader. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/uk-government-debuts-ai-tools-for-enhanced-public-services-a-27344
-
DONOT Group Deploys Malicious Android Apps in India
The advanced persistent threat (APT) group is likely India-based and targeting individuals with connections to the country’s intelligence community. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/donot-group-malicious-android-apps-india
-
Greek authorities subject refugees to invasive surveillance
Greek border authorities are subjecting asylum seekers to invasive phone confiscations and artificial intelligence-powered surveillance, in another potential violation of European data protection laws First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366618223/Greek-authorities-subject-refugees-to-invasive-surveillance
-
President Trump Scraps Biden’s AI Safety Executive Order
Trump Has Pledged to ‘Support AI Development’ But Not Yet Shared Specifics. President Donald Trump on the first day of his second term fulfilled a campaign promise to rescind a 2023 Biden executive order designed to curb the risk posed by artificial intelligence to consumers and national security. The Trump administration has not yet previewed…
-
7 top cybersecurity projects for 2025
Tags: access, advisory, ai, backup, best-practice, breach, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, encryption, framework, google, governance, infrastructure, intelligence, law, mitigation, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerabilityAs 2025 dawns, CISOs face the grim reality that the battle against cyberattackers never ends. Strong and carefully planned cybersecurity projects are the best way to stay a step ahead of attackers and prevent them gaining the upper hand.”Urgency is the mantra for 2025,” says Greg Sullivan, founding partner of cybersecurity services firm CIOSO Global.…
-
API Security’s Role in Responsible AI Deployment
By now, you will almost certainly be aware of the transformative impact artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are having on the world. What you may not be aware of, however, is the role Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are playing in the AI revolution. The bottom line is that APIs are critical to AI systems but […]…
-
New Cyber Threat Exposed: Advanced Techniques Used to Target German Systems
A new cyberattack targeting German entities has recently been uncovered by Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL). This attack leverages sophisticated techniques such a First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/sliver-impact-and-dll-sideloading/
-
Wie sich Cybersecurity mit KI im Jahr 2025 weiterentwickelt
Kürzlich veröffentlichte Google Cloud seinen Cybersecurity Forecast für das Jahr 2025 [1]. Der Bericht enthält zukunftsweisende Erkenntnisse mehrerer führender Sicherheitsverantwortlicher von Google Cloud darunter Google Threat Intelligence, Mandiant Consulting und das Office of the CISO von Google Cloud. Sie beschreiben unter anderem, wie die nächste Phase der künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) sowohl für Angreifer als… First…
-
Ukraine restores state registers after suspected Russian cyberattack
Ukraine has restored the infrastructure of its state registers, which were disrupted last month by a major cyberattack believed to have been carried out by Russian military intelligence hackers.]]> First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/ukraine-restores-registers-after-cyberattack
-
Threat Intelligence’s Top Players Tackle Evolving Cyber Risk
Acquisitions, AI and Emerging Threats Define Strategy for Recorded Future, Google. From Google’s $5.4 billion acquisition of Mandiant to Recorded Future’s fraud insights following Mastercard’s $2.65 billion purchase, threat intelligence vendors are innovating with AI and are focused on operationalizing their data through automation and managed services. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/threat-intelligences-top-players-tackle-evolving-cyber-risk-a-27327
-
DoNot Team Linked to New Tanzeem Android Malware Targeting Intelligence Collection
The Threat actor known as DoNot Team has been linked to a new Android malware as part of highly targeted cyber attacks.The artifacts in question, named Tanzeem (meaning “organization” in Urdu) and Tanzeem Update, were spotted in October and December 2024 by cybersecurity company Cyfirma. The apps in question have been found to incorporate identical…
-
Indian APT Group DONOT Misuses App for Intelligence Gathering
Android apps, linked to APT group DONOT, disguised as a chat platform for intelligence gathering First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/indian-apt-group-donot-app/
-
20th January Threat Intelligence Report
Hotel management platform Otelier has suffered a data breach that resulted in extraction of almost eight terabytes of data. The threat actors compromised company’s Amazon S3 cloud storage, stealing guests’ personal information […] First seen on research.checkpoint.com Jump to article: research.checkpoint.com/2025/20th-january-threat-intelligence-report/
-
Russia-Linked Hackers Target Kazakhstan in Espionage Campaign with HATVIBE Malware
Russia-linked threat actors have been attributed to an ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting Kazakhstan as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to gather economic and political intelligence in Central Asia.The campaign has been assessed to be the work of an intrusion set dubbed UAC-0063, which likely shares overlap with APT28, a nation-state group affiliated with Russia’s…
-
Umfrage von Kaspersky – Threat Intelligence zwischen Effektivität und Kosten
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cyberangriffspraevention-mit-threat-intelligence-a-323b05333676f6e78623ae94989a05d0/
-
NSFOCUS Included in External Threat Intelligence Service Providers Landscape Q1 2025
Santa Clara, Calif. January 20, 2025 NSFOCUS, a global provider of intelligent hybrid security solutions, announced that it has been included in the Forrester report, The External Threat Intelligence Service Providers Landscape, Q1 2025 among Notable Providers recently. This is the second time for NSFOCUS to be included in this report, as we have…The post…
-
Ukraine’s State Registers Restored Following Cyber-Attack
The December 2024 cyber-attack on the country’s state registers, was attributed to Russian military intelligence services First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ukraine-state-registers-restored/
-
âš¡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [20 January]
As the digital world becomes more complicated, the lines between national security and cybersecurity are starting to fade. Recent cyber sanctions and intelligence moves show a reality where malware and fake news are used as tools in global politics. Every cyberattack now seems to have deeper political consequences. Governments are facing new, unpredictable threats that…
-
FunkSec Ransomware Dominating Ransomware Attacks, Compromised 85 Victims In December
FunkSec is a RaaS operator that makes use of artificial intelligence and demonstrates how threat actor strategies are constantly evolving. The analysis reveals that artificial intelligence has limited sophistication, even though it enables rapid operations scaling and the generation of ransomware. Claims that have been recycled or fabricated undermine credibility and suggest that there may…