Tag: jobs
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SMS Pools and what the US Secret Service Really Found Around New York
Tags: apple, authentication, business, china, conference, control, country, credit-card, crime, crypto, data, email, exploit, finance, fraud, google, group, Hardware, infrastructure, iphone, jobs, korea, law, linux, mfa, mobile, phishing, phone, scam, service, smishing, software, theft, usa, windowsLast week the United Nations General Assembly kicked off in New York City. On the first day, a strange US Secret Service press conference revealed that they had seized 300 SIM Servers with 100,000 SIM cards. Various media outlets jumped on the idea that this was some state-sponsored sleeper cell waiting to destroy telecommunication services…
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Top 10 fastest growing ICT jobs
AI is reshaping the workforce in ways that security leaders cannot ignore. The AI Workforce Consortium’s new report, ICT in Motion: The Next Wave of AI Integration, provides a … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/29/ai-ict-workforce/
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Top 10 fastest growing ICT jobs
AI is reshaping the workforce in ways that security leaders cannot ignore. The AI Workforce Consortium’s new report, ICT in Motion: The Next Wave of AI Integration, provides a … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/29/ai-ict-workforce/
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Software CEO tells Catholic uni panel AI won’t take out jobs, but it could take out brains
As exorcist convention decries AI’s potential for ‘necromancy’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/26/ai_catholic_uni/
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North Korea Fake Job Recruiters Up Their Backdoor Game
Eset: Lazarus Group Shares Backdoor With Newer Pyongyang Threat Actor. A gang of North Korean hackers behind fake IT job recruitment scams now have access to a remote access Trojan favored by their more technically advanced counterparts tracked collectively as the Lazarus Group, say security researchers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/north-korea-fake-job-recruiters-up-their-backdoor-game-a-29586
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Shutdown Threat Puts Federal Cyber on Edge
Cybersecurity Programs, Workforce Face Disruption If Congress Fails to Act. A potential government shutdown threatens to gut federal cybersecurity operations, with key programs set to expire, agency cyber staff facing layoffs and no public contingency plans in place – leaving core defenses, threat sharing and incident response at risk. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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SpyCloud Report: 2/3 Orgs Extremely Concerned About Identity Attacks Yet Major Blind Spots Persist
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, corporate, credentials, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, endpoint, government, identity, intelligence, jobs, malware, monitoring, ransomware, risk, theft, threat57% lack strong capabilities to invalidate exposed sessionsNearly two-thirds lack repeatable remediation workflowsAbout two-thirds do not have formal investigation protocolsLess than 20% can automate identity remediation across systemsOnly 19% of organizations have automated identity remediation processes in place. The rest rely on case-by-case investigation or incomplete playbooks that leave gaps attackers can exploit.”The defense mission…
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SpyCloud Report: 2/3 Orgs Extremely Concerned About Identity Attacks Yet Major Blind Spots Persist
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, corporate, credentials, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, defense, endpoint, government, identity, intelligence, jobs, malware, monitoring, ransomware, risk, theft, threat57% lack strong capabilities to invalidate exposed sessionsNearly two-thirds lack repeatable remediation workflowsAbout two-thirds do not have formal investigation protocolsLess than 20% can automate identity remediation across systemsOnly 19% of organizations have automated identity remediation processes in place. The rest rely on case-by-case investigation or incomplete playbooks that leave gaps attackers can exploit.”The defense mission…
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SentinelOne Hires Industry Vet Ana Pinczuk As New President Of Technology
SentinelOne announced Thursday it has hired Ana Pinczuk, a veteran executive at tech giants including Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, as its new president of product and technology. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/sentinelone-hires-industry-vet-ana-pinczuk-as-new-president-of-technology
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ShadowV2 and AWS: The Rise of Cloud-Native DDoS-for-Hire Attacks
ShadowV2 exploits AWS Docker flaws to deliver advanced DDoS-for-hire attacks. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/cloud-security/shadowv2-and-aws-the-rise-of-cloud-native-ddos-for-hire-attacks/
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North Korean IT Worker Gains Access to Organization’s Network Through Innocent Job Application
In today’s complex threat landscape, adversaries increasingly favor “malware-less” intrusion methods that slip past traditional defenses. One particularly insidious scheme involves North Korean operatives posing as legitimate remote IT professionals to infiltrate corporate networks. Trellix researchers recently uncovered a campaign in which a fake applicant seamlessly advanced through hiring stages at a major U.S. healthcare…
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North Korean IT Worker Gains Access to Organization’s Network Through Innocent Job Application
In today’s complex threat landscape, adversaries increasingly favor “malware-less” intrusion methods that slip past traditional defenses. One particularly insidious scheme involves North Korean operatives posing as legitimate remote IT professionals to infiltrate corporate networks. Trellix researchers recently uncovered a campaign in which a fake applicant seamlessly advanced through hiring stages at a major U.S. healthcare…
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Iran Targets Job-Seeking European Aerospace Engineers
Iranian Hackers Impersonate Online Recruiters. Western Europeans working in aerospace, defense manufacturing or telecoms are receiving waves of emails from putative job recruiters who actually are Iranian state hackers ready to unleash a backdoor and an infostealer. Check Point tracks the threat actor as Nimbus Manticore. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/iran-targets-job-seeking-european-aerospace-engineers-a-29517
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Exposed Docker Daemons Fuel DDoS Botnet
The for-hire platform leverages legitimate cloud-native tools to make detection and disruption harder for defenders and SOC analysts. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/exposed-docker-daemons-fuel-ddos-botnet
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Barracuda Hires Ex-RSA Chief Rohit Ghai As New CEO
Barracuda Networks announced Tuesday that it has hired longtime cybersecurity executive Rohit Ghai as its new CEO to succeed Hatem Naguib, who has stepped down. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/barracuda-hires-ex-rsa-chief-rohit-ghai-as-new-ceo
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Iranian Hackers Use Fake Job Lures to Breach Europe’s Critical Industries
New research from Check Point Research reveals the Iranian cyber group Nimbus Manticore is targeting defence, telecom, and aerospace companies in Europe with fake job offers. Learn how they use advanced malware to steal sensitive data. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/iranian-hackers-fake-job-breach-europe-industries/
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ShadowV2 Botnet Exploits Misconfigured AWS Docker Containers for DDoSHire Service
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet that customers can rent access to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against targets of interest.The ShadowV2 botnet, according to Darktrace, predominantly targets misconfigured Docker containers on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud servers to deploy a Go-based malware that turns infected systems into attack nodes First seen…
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Workers fear for their jobs as JLR’s latest shutdown extended
Tags: jobsWith no idea when engines restart, families gear down on spending ahead of Christmas First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/23/jaguar_landrover_shutdown_extended/
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Suspected Iran-backed attackers targeting European aerospace sector with novel malware
Instead of job offers, victims get MiniJunk backdoor and MiniBrowse stealer First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/09/23/iran_targeting_european_aerospace/
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The CISO’s guide to rolling out generative AI at scale
Tags: access, ai, best-practice, chatgpt, ciso, communications, governance, guide, jobs, lessons-learned, network, privacy, risk, technology, tool, trainingSet the stage for success Before launch, host an organization-wide lunch and learn to introduce the platform, explain the rollout’s goals, and connect the initiative to real work. This is not a marketing event; it’s an operational alignment session. Bring the vendor in to walk through the platform, show what it does, and answer questions.…
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The CISO’s guide to rolling out generative AI at scale
Tags: access, ai, best-practice, chatgpt, ciso, communications, governance, guide, jobs, lessons-learned, network, privacy, risk, technology, tool, trainingSet the stage for success Before launch, host an organization-wide lunch and learn to introduce the platform, explain the rollout’s goals, and connect the initiative to real work. This is not a marketing event; it’s an operational alignment session. Bring the vendor in to walk through the platform, show what it does, and answer questions.…
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Fake Job Offers Used to Deliver Advanced Malware Targeting Job Seekers
Iranian threat actors are exploiting job seekers’ aspirations through sophisticated fake recruitment campaigns designed to deploy advanced malware across Europe’s critical infrastructure sectors. The attack methodology demonstrates remarkable operational security and state-sponsored tradecraft characteristics. Nimbus Manticore, also known as UNC1549 or Smoke Sandstorm, constructs elaborate fake recruitment websites that impersonate major aerospace companies including Boeing, Airbus, Rheinmetall,…
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Microsoft DCU’s Takedown of RaccoonO365
When I saw the name of the Microsoft Digital Crime Unit’s latest target, “RaccoonO365” I probably reacted to it differently than most. With the help of a friend in Lagos, we’ve been watching the money launderers and things have reached a point that they now refer to what we previously called “Business Email Compromise” or…
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TDL 005 – A Defender’s Journey: From Passion Project to Protecting Children Online
Tags: access, business, control, corporate, country, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, defense, dns, encryption, endpoint, finance, github, government, group, guide, identity, Internet, jobs, microsoft, network, open-source, privacy, risk, service, technology, tool, zero-trustSummary A Defender’s Journey: From Passion Project to Protecting Children Online In a recent episode of “The Defender’s Log,” host David Redekop sat down with cybersecurity expert Will Earp to discuss his unconventional path into the industry and his current mission-driven career. Earp, a self-proclaimed “tinkerer” from a young age, shared how his early fascination…
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Flight delays continue across Europe after weekend cyber-attack
Software provider Collins Aerospace completing updates after Heathrow, Brussels and Berlin hit by problems<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/sep/22/rachel-reeves-gatwick-second-runway-growth-jobs-environmental-disaster-business-live-news”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>Passengers are facing another day of flight delays across Europe, as big airports continue to grapple with the <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/20/heathrow-airport-delays-cyber-attack-berlin-brussels-cancelled-delays”>aftermath of a cyber-attack on the company behind the software used for check-in and boarding.Several of the largest airports…
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Threat Actors Exploit Oracle Database Scheduler to Infiltrate Corporate Networks
Threat actors have begun exploiting the Oracle Database Scheduler’s External Jobs feature to execute arbitrary commands on corporate database servers, enabling stealthy initial footholds and rapid escalation of privileges. By abusing the extjobo.exe executable, attackers can run encoded PowerShell commands, establish encrypted tunnels with Ngrok, and deploy ransomware, all while evading detection through aggressive cleanup…
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DPRK Hackers Use ClickFix to Deliver BeaverTail Malware in Crypto Job Scams
Threat actors with ties to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (aka DPRK or North Korea) have been observed leveraging ClickFix-style lures to deliver a known malware called BeaverTail and InvisibleFerret.”The threat actor used ClickFix lures to target marketing and trader roles in cryptocurrency and retail sector organizations rather than targeting software development roles,” GitLab…
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UNC1549 Hacks 34 Devices in 11 Telecom Firms via LinkedIn Job Lures and MINIBIKE Malware
An Iran-nexus cyber espionage group known as UNC1549 has been attributed to a new campaign targeting European telecommunications companies, successfully infiltrating 34 devices across 11 organizations as part of a recruitment-themed activity on LinkedIn.Swiss cybersecurity company PRODAFT is tracking the cluster under the name Subtle Snail. It’s assessed to be affiliated with Iran’s Islamic First…
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DOD official: We need to drop the cybersecurity talent hiring window to 25 days
Mark Gorak outlined that the department has seen a drop in the time it takes to hire, but much more work is needed. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/dod-cyber-workforce-hiring-25-days-mark-gorak-fedtalks/
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Who Owns Threat and Exposure Management in Your Organization?
A study conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group, now part of Omdia, in partnership with Tenable shows responsibility for exposure management scattered across multiple teams with conflicting priorities. It’s time to build the team of the future, discover what ‘good’ looks like and how to get there. Key takeaways Teams are fragmented, with most organizations lacking…