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Cybercrime increasingly moving beyond financial gains
Tags: attack, awareness, business, ciso, computer, corporate, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, defense, disinformation, espionage, finance, government, group, hacker, hacking, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, iran, malicious, military, network, ransom, ransomware, risk, risk-analysis, russia, strategy, theft, threat, tool, ukraine, vulnerability, wormsrcset=”https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?quality=50&strip=all 892w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=223%2C300&quality=50&strip=all 223w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=768%2C1033&quality=50&strip=all 768w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=761%2C1024&quality=50&strip=all 761w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=518%2C697&quality=50&strip=all 518w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=125%2C168&quality=50&strip=all 125w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=62%2C84&quality=50&strip=all 62w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=357%2C480&quality=50&strip=all 357w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=268%2C360&quality=50&strip=all 268w, b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patricia-Alonso.png?resize=186%2C250&quality=50&strip=all 186w” width=”761″ height=”1024″ sizes=”auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px”> Incibe. En la imagen, Patricia Alonso GarcÃa.”We are very redundant when talking about cybercrime, because we always associate it with economic motivations,” says Hervé Lambert, global consumer operations…
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Dutch intelligence warn that China-linked APT Salt Typhoon targeted local critical infrastructure
Dutch intelligence reports Chinese cyber spies (Salt Typhoon, RedMike) targeted the Netherlands, hitting critical infrastructure. The Dutch intelligence and security services MIVD and AIVD say Chinese cyber spies linked to Salt Typhoon (RedMike) targeted the Netherlands in a campaign hitting global critical infrastructure. In late 2024, a large-scale Chinese cyberespionage campaign targeting global telecoms was…
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New Android Malware ‘SikkahBot’ Targets Students in Bangladesh
A newly discovered Android malware, dubbed SikkahBot, is actively targeting students in Bangladesh by posing as official applications from the Bangladesh Education Board. This malware campaign, identified by Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL), has been in operation since July 2024. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/sikkahbot-malware-campaign/
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Your Map for the Cloud Security Maze: An Integrated Cloud Security Solution That’s Part of an Exposure Management Approach
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ciso, cloud, container, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, exploit, guide, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, kubernetes, mitigation, risk, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementCheck out highlights from the IDC white paper “Bridging Cloud Security and Exposure Management for Unified Risk Reduction,” which explains how CNAPPs help security teams tame the complexity of multi-cloud environments by shifting from a reactive, alert-driven model to a proactive exposure management strategy. Organizations’ rapid expansion into the cloud has created a complex and…
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2025 CSO Hall of Fame: George Finney on decryption risks, AI, and the CISO’s growing clout
Tags: ai, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, computing, conference, cyber, cybersecurity, data, encryption, intelligence, jobs, LLM, microsoft, risk, soc, threat, tool, zero-trustWhat do you see as the biggest cybersecurity challenges for the next generation of CISOs, and how should they prepare? : George Finney: One major challenge is the threat of attackers saving encrypted data today with the intention of decrypting it later. With quantum computing, we know that in five to 10 years, older encryption…
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How ACI Worldwide Plans to Take APP Scams Head-On – Part 2
XML-Based Messaging Tech Extends Fraud Detection Into Wider Bank Use Cases. ACI’s signals network intelligence harnesses neural networks and federated machine learning to spot fraud in real time without banks sharing data. Beyond fraud detection, its insights can drive business growth from other business units, and ACI aims to accelerate adoption by making it open…
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Anthropic Blocks Hackers Attempting to Exploit Claude AI for Cyber Attacks
Anthropic, a leading AI research company, has successfully disrupted multiple attempts by cybercriminals to misuse its Claude AI model for sophisticated cyberattacks, as detailed in their latest Threat Intelligence report. The company has implemented advanced safeguards, including real-time classifiers and hierarchical summarization techniques, to detect and mitigate these abuses. By leveraging these technical measures, Anthropic…
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Google Identifies ‘Widespread Data Theft’ Impacting Salesforce-Salesloft Drift Users
Google Threat Intelligence Group shared its findings about a threat actor responsible for stealing Salesforce customer data via Salesloft Drift. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-salesforce-salesloft-drift-data-breach/
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Dutch intelligence agencies report country was targeted by Chinese cyber spies
The Netherlands announced on Thursday that it was targeted by a Chinese cyber-espionage campaign tracked as Salt Typhoon and RedMike that has been compromising critical infrastructure globally. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/dutch-intelligence-cyber-spies-salt
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Microsoft Unveils Storm-0501’s Cloud-Based Ransomware Deployment Tactics
Tags: backup, cloud, cyber, data, encryption, endpoint, exploit, intelligence, malware, microsoft, ransom, ransomware, tactics, threatMicrosoft Threat Intelligence has detailed the evolving tactics of the financially motivated threat actor Storm-0501, which has transitioned from traditional on-premises ransomware deployments to sophisticated cloud-based operations. Unlike conventional ransomware that relies on endpoint encryption malware and subsequent decryption key negotiations, Storm-0501 exploits cloud-native capabilities to exfiltrate massive data volumes, obliterate backups, and enforce ransom…
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Chinese State Hackers Target Global Critical Infrastructure, NSA Warns
A coalition of cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from across the globe, including the United States National Security Agency (NSA), has issued a joint advisory revealing ongoing cyber intrusions by State-Sponsored Actors linked to the Chinese government. These actors are allegedly targeting critical infrastructure networks around the world in a broad and persistent campaign of cyber…
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China linked UNC6384 targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic
The China-linked APT group UNC6384 targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic to redirect it to a website that delivered malware. China-linked cyberespionage group UNC6384 targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic to redirect to a website used to deliver malware, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) warns. Cyberspies hijacked a network’s captive portal using an advanced adversary-in-the-middle…
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UNC6395 targets Salesloft in Drift OAuth token theft campaign
Hackers breached Salesloft to steal OAuth/refresh tokens for Drift AI chat; GTIG and Mandiant link the campaign to threat actor UNC6395. Google Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant researchers investigate a large-scale data theft campaign carried out to hack the sales automation platform Salesloft to steal OAuth and refresh tokens associated with the Drift artificial intelligence (AI) chat…
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Someone Created the First AI-Powered Ransomware Using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b Model
Cybersecurity company ESET has disclosed that it discovered an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ransomware variant codenamed PromptLock.Written in Golang, the newly identified strain uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to generate malicious Lua scripts in real-time. The open-weight language model was released by OpenAI earlier this month.”PromptLock First seen on thehackernews.com…
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NSA, FBI, Others Say Chinese Tech Firms are Aiding Salt Typhoon Attacks
A report from intelligence agencies in the U.S., UK, and elsewhere outlined how three Chinese tech firms are supply China’s intelligence services with products and services that are being used in global campaigns by the state-sponsored APT group Salt Typhoon. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/nsa-fbi-others-say-chinese-tech-firms-are-aiding-salt-typhoon-attacks/
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Can AI make threat intelligence easier? One platform thinks so
When analysts at RH-ISAC found themselves spending 10 hours a week just collecting threat intelligence, they knew their process wasn’t sustainable. They were manually tracking … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/28/feedly-threat-intelligence/
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7 Anzeichen für akuten MSSP-Bedarf
Tags: best-practice, ceo, ciso, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, incident, incident response, intelligence, mssp, service, soc, software, threat, tool, updateManaged Security Service Provider können das Sicherheitsniveau nachhaltig steigern.Ein Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) bietet seinen Kunden ein umfassendes Spektrum an Sicherheits-Services. Als Drittanbieter kann ein MSSP die Arbeitsbelastung der internen IT-Teams deutlich reduzieren und Zeit freisetzen, um sich mit essenziellen Unternehmensprozessen und strategischen Überlegungen auseinanderzusetzen. Darüber hinaus kann ein MSSP unter anderem auch dazu…
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Anthropic detects the inevitable: genAI-only attacks, no humans involved
Tags: ai, attack, business, ciso, control, cybercrime, cybersecurity, defense, dns, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, malicious, malware, open-source, openai, RedTeam, threat, tool, warfarenot find.”There is potentially a lot of this activity we’re not seeing. Anthropic being open about their platform being used for malicious activities is significant, and OpenAI has recently shared the same as well. But will others open up about what is already likely happening?” Brunkard asked. “Or maybe they haven’t shared because they don’t…
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The Career Delta: Navigating AI, Cybersecurity and Change
Concerns About Enterprise AI Are Opening New Opportunities for Problem-Solvers Some organizations are hesitant about implementing artificial intelligence tools in their enterprises because of accuracy, security and privacy concerns. That hesitation creates opportunities for professionals who can bridge the gap between technical potential and practical deployment. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/career-delta-navigating-ai-cybersecurity-change-p-3930
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Someone Created First AI-Powered Ransomware Using OpenAI’s gpt-oss:20b Model
Cybersecurity company ESET has disclosed that it discovered an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ransomware variant codenamed PromptLock.Written in Golang, the newly identified strain uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally via the Ollama API to generate malicious Lua scripts in real-time. The open-weight language model was released by OpenAI earlier this month.”PromptLock First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Allied spy agencies blame 3 Chinese tech companies for Salt Typhoon attacks
The three companies were accused of providing “cyber-related products and services to China’s intelligence services, including multiple units in the People’s Liberation Army and Ministry of State Security” since at least 2021, according to the advisory. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/allied-spy-agencies-blame-chinese-companies-salt-typhoon
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Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors
Anthropic on Wednesday revealed that it disrupted a sophisticated operation that weaponized its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot Claude to conduct large-scale theft and extortion of personal data in July 2025.”The actor targeted at least 17 distinct organizations, including in healthcare, the emergency services, and government, and religious institutions,” the company said. “ First seen on…
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DDoS Threat Intelligence Report von Netscout – NoName057(16) treibt Zahl der DDoS-Angriffe in die Höhe
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/netscout-bericht-ddos-attacken-2025-a-9010a88718afac17e633c6ab372cef4d/
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VulnCheck Shifts To Channel-Focused Model For Exploit Intelligence Offering
VulnCheck launched its first formal partner program Wednesday to drive the next phase of growth for its exploit intelligence offering, which aims to provide greater automation for cyber defense, according to Founder and CEO Anthony Bettini. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/vulncheck-shifts-to-channel-focused-model-for-exploit-intelligence-offering
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Salesloft OAuth Breach via Drift AI Chat Agent Exposes Salesforce Customer Data
A widespread data theft campaign has allowed hackers to breach sales automation platform Salesloft to steal OAuth and refresh tokens associated with the Drift artificial intelligence (AI) chat agent.The activity, assessed to be opportunistic in nature, has been attributed to a threat actor tracked by Google Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant, tracked as UNC6395.”Beginning as…
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Blind Eagle’s Five Clusters Target Colombia Using RATs, Phishing Lures, and Dynamic DNS Infra
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered five distinct activity clusters linked to a persistent threat actor known as Blind Eagle between May 2024 and July 2025.These attacks, observed by Recorded Future Insikt Group, targeted various victims, but primarily within the Colombian government across local, municipal, and federal levels. The threat intelligence firm is tracking the activity under…
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China linked Silk Typhoon targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic
The China-linked APT group Silk Typhoon targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic to redirect it to a website that delivered malware. China-linked cyberespionage group Silk Typhoon targeted diplomats by hijacking web traffic to redirect to a website used to deliver malware, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) warns. Cyberspies hijacked a network’s captive portal using an…
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Hackers Abuse Compromised OAuth Tokens to Access and Steal Salesforce Corporate Data
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has issued an advisory concerning a broad data theft operation targeting corporate Salesforce instances via the Drift integration. Beginning as early as August 8, 2025, UNC6395 leveraged valid access and refresh tokens associated with the Salesloft Drift app to connect as an authenticated connected app user, executing large-scale SOQL queries…