Tag: intelligence
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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…
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Shrinking the IAM Attack Surface through Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms (IVIP)
The Fragmented State of Modern Enterprise IdentityEnterprise IAM is approaching a breaking point. As organizations scale, identity becomes increasingly fragmented across thousands of applications, decentralized teams, machine identities, and autonomous systems. The result is Identity Dark Matter: identity activity that sits outside the visibility of centralized IAM and First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article:…
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Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Finds Thousands of Zero-Day Flaws Across Major Systems
Artificial Intelligence (AI) company Anthropic announced a new cybersecurity initiative called Project Glasswing that will use a preview version of its new frontier model, Claude Mythos, to find and address security vulnerabilities.The model will be used by a small set of organizations, including Amazon Web Services, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike,& First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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FBI Takes Down Russian Campaign That Compromised Thousands of Routers
Tags: attack, cyber, cyberespionage, infrastructure, intelligence, network, office, router, russia, threatIn a major counter-cyberespionage action dubbed >>Operation Masquerade,<< the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI successfully neutralized a global network of compromised small office/home office (SOHO) routers. The infrastructure was controlled by Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) to execute sophisticated Domain Name System (DNS) hijacking attacks against high-value intelligence targets. The Threat Actor and Attack…
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Russian Threat Actors Abuse Home Routers in Expanding DNS Hijacking Wave
Russian military-linked hackers are actively compromising poorly secured home and small-office routers to hijack internet traffic and spy on organizations worldwide. Microsoft Threat Intelligence recently exposed this massive global campaign by a group known as Forest Blizzard, which has already impacted over 200 organisations and 5,000 consumer devices. Forest Blizzard is a sophisticated state-sponsored threat…
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Iran-Linked Hackers Disrupt U.S. Critical Infrastructure by Targeting Internet-Exposed PLCs
Tags: attack, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, finance, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iran, technologyIran-affiliated cyber actors are targeting internet-facing operational technology (OT) devices across critical infrastructures in the U.S., including programmable logic controllers (PLCs), cybersecurity and intelligence agencies warned Tuesday.”These attacks have led to diminished PLC functionality, manipulation of display data and, in some cases, operational disruption and financial First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article: thehackernews.com/2026/04/iran-linked-hackers-disrupt-us-critical.html
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Anthropic Calls Its New Model Too Dangerous to Release
Anthropic Limits Access to New AI Model Amid Concerns Over Misuse. Anthropic asserted Tuesday that it’s created a new era for cybersecurity after developing an artificial intelligence model too dangerous to release to public. The company’s unreleased Claude Mythos Preview model has already found thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Russian Hackers Hit SOHO Routers in Cyberespionage Campaign
Tags: cloud, cyberespionage, dns, government, hacker, intelligence, microsoft, military, router, russia, spyHijacking DNS Settings Helps Russian Hackers Decrypt TLS Traffic, Microsoft Warns. Hackers tied to Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency are compromising SOHO routers to hijack their DNS settings and spy on the cloud activities of high-value government, IT, telecommunications and energy organizations, Microsoft warns. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/russian-hackers-hit-soho-routers-in-cyberespionage-campaign-a-31354
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Russian Hackers Hit SOHO Routers in Cyberespionage Campaign
Tags: cloud, cyberespionage, dns, government, hacker, intelligence, microsoft, military, router, russia, spyHijacking DNS Settings Helps Russian Hackers Decrypt TLS Traffic, Microsoft Warns. Hackers tied to Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency are compromising SOHO routers to hijack their DNS settings and spy on the cloud activities of high-value government, IT, telecommunications and energy organizations, Microsoft warns. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/russian-hackers-hit-soho-routers-in-cyberespionage-campaign-a-31354
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Russian Hackers Hit SOHO Routers in Cyberespionage Campaign
Tags: cloud, cyberespionage, dns, government, hacker, intelligence, microsoft, military, router, russia, spyHijacking DNS Settings Helps Russian Hackers Decrypt TLS Traffic, Microsoft Warns. Hackers tied to Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency are compromising SOHO routers to hijack their DNS settings and spy on the cloud activities of high-value government, IT, telecommunications and energy organizations, Microsoft warns. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/russian-hackers-hit-soho-routers-in-cyberespionage-campaign-a-31354
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Russia Hacked Routers to Steal Microsoft Office Tokens
Hackers linked to Russia’s military intelligence units are using known flaws in older Internet routers to mass harvest authentication tokens from Microsoft Office users, security experts warned today. The spying campaign allowed state-backed Russian hackers to quietly siphon authentication tokens from users on more than 18,000 networks without deploying any malicious software or code. First…
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Trump’s Proposed CISA Cuts Spark Alarm Among Cybersecurity Experts
Trump’s proposed budget cuts to CISA raise concerns about U.S. cyber defense, as experts warn of reduced collaboration and threat intelligence sharing. The post Trump’s Proposed CISA Cuts Spark Alarm Among Cybersecurity Experts appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-trump-cisa-budget-cuts-2027/
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National security veterans warn against delays in FISA 702 reauthorization
Tags: intelligenceThe missive, obtained by Recorded Future News, arrives days before policymakers return from recess next week and aim for a quick extension Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for another 18 months. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/national-security-vets-warn-section-702-authorization-delay
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Russia’s Fancy Bear still attacking routers to boost fake sites, NCSC warns
200 orgs and 5,000 devices compromised so far in Vlad’s latest intelligence grab, Microsoft reckons First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/07/russia_fancy_bear_ncsc_router_attack/
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The rise of proactive cyber: Why defense is no longer enough
Tags: attack, breach, ciso, control, country, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, framework, google, government, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, korea, law, microsoft, network, north-korea, risk, threat, toolWhat ‘proactive cyber’ means: Despite the more aggressive language, this shift toward private-sector involvement doesn’t envision vigilante-style payback by aggrieved organizations. It instead embraces a more systematic effort to interfere with adversaries earlier in the attack chain using authorities and capabilities that already exist.”To be clear, this is not hacking back,” Joyce said. “This is…
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The noisy tenants: Engineering fairness in multi-tenant SIEM solutions
Tags: ai, apache, api, cloud, compliance, control, crowdstrike, data, defense, detection, edr, endpoint, fedramp, finance, framework, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, login, microsoft, monitoring, risk, saas, security-incident, service, siem, soc, software, strategy, threat, tool, update, vulnerability24/7/365 SOC monitoring: Round-the-clock coverage backed by global experts to validate and prioritize alerts.Proactive threat hunting: Active searches for hidden threats rather than just waiting for automated triggers.AI and machine learning integration: Leveraging everything from basic anomaly detection to “Agentic AI” to reduce noise and accelerate investigations.Active incident response and containment: Capabilities to isolate endpoints…
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New Microsoft Defender Update Issued for Windows 11, Windows 10, and Server Images
Microsoft has rolled out a fresh security intelligence update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus to help secure Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Server images. Released on April 7, 2026, this update equips endpoints with the latest threat detection logic and AI-enhanced cloud protection to defend against emerging malware campaigns. Keeping antimalware solutions up to date…
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Flowise AI Agent Builder Under Active CVSS 10.0 RCE Exploitation; 12,000+ Instances Exposed
Tags: ai, cve, cvss, data-breach, exploit, flaw, injection, intelligence, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerabilityThreat actors are exploiting a maximum-severity security flaw in Flowise, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform, according to new findings from VulnCheck.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-59528 (CVSS score: 10.0), a code injection vulnerability that could result in remote code execution.”The CustomMCP node allows users to input configuration settings for connecting First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Flowise AI Agent Builder Under Active CVSS 10.0 RCE Exploitation; 12,000+ Instances Exposed
Tags: ai, cve, cvss, data-breach, exploit, flaw, injection, intelligence, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerabilityThreat actors are exploiting a maximum-severity security flaw in Flowise, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform, according to new findings from VulnCheck.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-59528 (CVSS score: 10.0), a code injection vulnerability that could result in remote code execution.”The CustomMCP node allows users to input configuration settings for connecting First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Flowise AI Agent Builder Under Active CVSS 10.0 RCE Exploitation; 12,000+ Instances Exposed
Tags: ai, cve, cvss, data-breach, exploit, flaw, injection, intelligence, open-source, rce, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerabilityThreat actors are exploiting a maximum-severity security flaw in Flowise, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform, according to new findings from VulnCheck.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-59528 (CVSS score: 10.0), a code injection vulnerability that could result in remote code execution.”The CustomMCP node allows users to input configuration settings for connecting First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Censys Raises $70M to Advance AI-Driven Threat Intelligence
Internet Intelligence Platform Targets Real-Time Cybethreat Defense. Censys raised $70 million to expand its AI-driven cybersecurity platform, focusing on real-time visibility into internet infrastructure. Co-founder and CEO Zakir Durumeric said faster attacks and evolving tactics require automated defenses powered by high-quality data and global intelligence. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/censys-raises-70m-to-advance-ai-driven-threat-intelligence-a-31349
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TrojAI Extends Scope and Reach of Platform for Securing AI Environments
TrojAI has extended its platform for securing artificial intelligence (AI) applications, tools and platforms to now include a red teaming capability that is performed by AI agents that have been specifically trained to perform that task. Additionally, the company has extended its firewall for AI to now include an instance of AI coding assistants, while..…
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Not Without My AI Agent: Models Break Rules to Save Peers
Researchers Find Frontier Models Defy Humans to Protect AI Peers. Artificial intelligence systems will lie, falsify records and sabotage company systems to prevent their fellow models from being shut down – even when no one told them to care. Researchers at the University of California Berkeley and Santa Cruz campuses dub the behavior peer-preservation. First…
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6th April Threat Intelligence Report
The European Commission, the European Union’s executive body, has confirmed a data breach after its Europa.eu platform was compromised through a third-party exchange linked to the Trivy supply chain attack. The incident […] First seen on research.checkpoint.com Jump to article: research.checkpoint.com/2026/6th-march-threat-intelligence-report-2/
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Escaping the COTS trap
IAMGRCIGAThreat detection platformMost enterprises like them because:They already “work.”They deploy easily and quickly.Reduced long-term expenditure as promised by vendors.At a glance, these benefits are compelling. The challenges arise when the software becomes more than a tool and starts shaping the architecture itself. Emerging dynamics: AI and the next wave of lock-in: Artificial intelligence represents both…
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Google DeepMind Flags New Threat as Malicious Web Content Puts AI Agents at Risk
Tags: ai, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, google, intelligence, malicious, risk, threat, vulnerabilityAs artificial intelligence evolves from simple chatbots to autonomous agents that actively browse the web, a new cybersecurity threat has emerged. Researchers at Google DeepMind have identified a critical vulnerability they call >>AI Agent Traps.<< These are adversarial web pages and digital environments specifically crafted to manipulate, deceive, or exploit visiting AI agents. AI agents…
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Cybersecurity Leaders to Watch in California’s Artificial Intelligence Industry
California’s artificial intelligence industry includes security leaders working across frontier model development, enterprise AI platforms, data infrastructure, observability, and AI-native software products. The executives in this feature bring experience from high-growth startups, major technology companies, cloud-native environments, offensive security, incident response, compliance, and product security. Their backgrounds reflect how AI security leadership now spans not…The…
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Zunehmende technische Eskalation bei DDoS-Angriffen in der DACH-Region
Der neue NETSCOUT DDoS Threat Intelligence Report zeigt eine dramatische Verschärfung der Cyberbedrohungslage durch hacktivistische Aktivitäten und die Nutzung von DDoS-Attacken als präzisionsgelenkte Waffen mit geopolitischem Einfluss: In der zweiten Jahreshälfte 2025 wurden weltweit mehr als acht Millionen DDoS-Angriffe registriert [1]. Besonders auffällig ist der Druck auf kritische Infrastrukturen, ausgelöst durch Hacktivisten, DDoS-for-hire-Dienste und Botnetze….…
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6 critical mistakes that undermine cyber resilience (and how to fix them)
Tags: attack, automation, backup, best-practice, business, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, guide, identity, intelligence, malware, metric, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, soc, strategy, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityGuide to Managing Strong Personalities During a Cybercrisis. Mistake 2: Fragmented asset and risk views: Fragmented asset and risk views make it difficult for teams to understand what is actually in their environment and where the most pressing exposures reside. When devices, configurations, and identity data live in separate tools or are maintained inconsistently, gaps…