Tag: network
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Industrial Systems Hit by New Email-Worm Threat Wave
Email-borne worms are driving a fresh wave of incidents against industrial control systems (ICS), even as overall malware activity on these networks appears to be slowly declining. New data from Q4 2025 shows that phishing-driven distribution of the XWorm backdoor has sharply shifted the risk landscape for operational technology (OT) environments worldwide. The share of…
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OpenAI Extends GPT-5.4-Cyber Access to Trusted Organizations Worldwide
OpenAI has announced the expansion of its >>Trusted Access for Cyber<< program, granting worldwide security organizations access to its advanced GPT-5.4-Cyber model. The initiative operates on a foundational premise: cutting-edge cyber capabilities must reach network defenders on a broad scale while maintaining strict trust, validation, and safety safeguards. By sharing these tools with a diverse…
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Apple AirTag tracking can be misled by replayed Bluetooth signals
Apple’s AirTag is designed to help users track lost items by relying on a vast network of nearby Apple devices. New research shows that this same system can be manipulated to … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/17/apple-airtag-relay-attack-location/
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Anonymizing Network Traffic: A Dive into SOCKS5 and Data Encryption
SOCKS5 protocol explained: anonymize traffic, boost security with encryption, bypass restrictions, and enable reliable data collection for business use. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/anonymizing-network-traffic-socks5-data-encryption/
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Anonymizing Network Traffic: A Dive into SOCKS5 and Data Encryption
SOCKS5 protocol explained: anonymize traffic, boost security with encryption, bypass restrictions, and enable reliable data collection for business use. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/anonymizing-network-traffic-socks5-data-encryption/
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Anonymizing Network Traffic: A Dive into SOCKS5 and Data Encryption
SOCKS5 protocol explained: anonymize traffic, boost security with encryption, bypass restrictions, and enable reliable data collection for business use. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/anonymizing-network-traffic-socks5-data-encryption/
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CISA Warns of ‘Detrimental Capacity Impacts’ Amid Shutdown
CISA Acting Director Says Major Staffing Gaps Are Weakening Federal Network Defense. The acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the administration’s fiscal year $2.5 billion budget request reflects mounting strain from workforce shortages and shutdown disruptions that have reduced staffing to 40% in recent months. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Cargo theft malware actor spent a month inside a decoy network before researchers pulled the plug
Proofpoint researchers executed a malicious payload from a threat actor known to target trucking and logistics companies in late February 2026, doing so inside a decoy … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/16/cargo-theft-malware-actor-decoy-network/
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How the enterprise supply chain has created a global attack surface
For years, organisations have treated cyber security as something that happens within their own walls. Protect the network, secure the endpoints, monitor the environment. Job done. Security was architected like a moat and castle, but today the model is no longer effective. Today, the real exposure sits outside the organisation. It sits in third parties,…
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How the enterprise supply chain has created a global attack surface
For years, organisations have treated cyber security as something that happens within their own walls. Protect the network, secure the endpoints, monitor the environment. Job done. Security was architected like a moat and castle, but today the model is no longer effective. Today, the real exposure sits outside the organisation. It sits in third parties,…
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Only 16% of Businesses are Fully Compliant with NIS2 Despite 2024 Compliance Deadline
New research from CyberSmart has revealed that, despite a compliance deadline that has now passed, only 16% of businesses required to comply with the EU’s Network and Information Security Directive 2 (NIS2) are confident that they are fully compliant. Worryingly, 11% of respondents were unsure what NIS2 is, despite falling within its scope. The CyberSmart…
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Beating the Mythos clock: Using Tenable Hexa AI custom agents for automated patching
Tags: ai, business, cvss, cyberattack, data, exploit, LLM, mitigation, network, remote-code-execution, risk, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementSee how Tenable Hexa AI custom agents empower you to counter machine-speed threats by automating vulnerability remediation. Learn how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) automates execution of risk-driven patching workflows, shifting your strategy from reactive tracking to continuous exposure management. Key takeaways Even in previews, powerful AI models like Claude Mythos show us how quickly…
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Critical Cisco ISE Flaws Let Remote Attackers Execute Malicious Code
Networking giant Cisco has issued an urgent security advisory warning of two newly discovered vulnerabilities impacting its Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC). Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a widely deployed security policy management platform that provides secure access to enterprise network resources. The most severe of these new flaws…
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RCE by design: MCP architectural choice haunts AI agent ecosystem
sh, bash, powershell, curl, rm, and other high-risk binaries, they added.The core issue is that there’s currently no check in place to verify that a STDIO command is intended to initialize an MCP server rather than perform a malicious task. Furthermore, the researchers observed that even if the sent command fails to start the server,…
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Newly Discovered PowMix Botnet Hits Czech Workers Using Randomized C2 Traffic
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of an active malicious campaign that’s targeting the workforce in the Czech Republic with a previously undocumented botnet dubbed PowMix since at least December 2025.”PowMix employs randomized command-and-control (C2) beaconing intervals, rather than persistent connection to the C2 server, to evade the network signature detections,” Cisco Talos First seen on thehackernews.com…
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The endless CISO reporting line debate, and what it says about cybersecurity leadership
Tags: access, business, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, control, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, firewall, governance, infrastructure, jobs, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, strategy, technology, vulnerabilityThe governance gap behind the debate: The persistence of this debate reflects a broader governance gap.Historically, information security emerged as a technical discipline embedded within IT departments. Early security teams focused primarily on protecting infrastructure: Firewalls, access controls, network monitoring and vulnerability management. In that environment, it was natural for the security function to sit…
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We’re only seeing the tip of the chip-smuggling iceberg
A string of federal indictments has exposed a pervasive shadow network of data centers and fake products spanning Southeast Asia. To secure national security, the U.S. must move enforcement from the airport gate to the factory floor. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ai-chip-smuggling-china-export-controls-enforcement-op-ed/
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Anonymizing Network Traffic: A Dive into SOCKS5 and Data Encryption
SOCKS5 protocol explained: anonymize traffic, boost security with encryption, bypass restrictions, and enable reliable data collection for business use. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/anonymizing-network-traffic-socks5-data-encryption/
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Anonymizing Network Traffic: A Dive into SOCKS5 and Data Encryption
SOCKS5 protocol explained: anonymize traffic, boost security with encryption, bypass restrictions, and enable reliable data collection for business use. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/anonymizing-network-traffic-socks5-data-encryption/
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Claude Mythos: Prepare for your board’s cybersecurity questions about the latest AI model from Anthropic
Tags: ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, best-practice, business, ceo, cisa, cloud, compliance, container, control, cve, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, fedramp, finance, flaw, framework, governance, group, HIPAA, identity, injection, insurance, kev, law, linkedin, linux, LLM, macOS, network, PCI, risk, service, soc, software, strategy, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windows, zero-day, zero-trustWith the Federal Reserve Chairman meeting with bank CEOs to discuss the security implications of Claude Mythos, you can bet that your board of directors will ask you about the impact of the AI model on your cybersecurity strategy. Here’s how to prepare. Key takeaways Anthropic announced Claude Mythos Preview, its most powerful general-purpose frontier…
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Why Orgs Need to Test Networks to Withstand DDoS Attacks During Peak Loads
Security teams can’t test distributed denial-of-service defenses in a vacuum. They need to test during periods of high demand, such as tax filing deadlines. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/test-networks-withstand-ddos-attacks-peak-loads
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4 questions to ask before outsourcing MDR
2. Can your team separate real threats from noise?: Alert fatigue is one of the biggest barriers to effective security. Tools generate volumes of signals, but not all alerts represent real risk. When everything looks critical, teams either burn out or miss the alerts that matter most.MDR helps by applying human expertise and threat intelligence…
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Major Scam Network Triad Nexus Adapts Operations to Avoid U.S. Scrutiny
After the U.S. Treasury last year sanctioned the Funnull CDN it used, the Triad Nexus scam network changed up its operations and began using major cloud services providers, creating front companies, and shifting away from targeting U.S. victims, instead is focusing on those in Asia, according to Silent Push researchers. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump…
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Taming Network Policy Sprawl with AI
Zero-trust and micro-segmentation have become the default direction for enterprise network security, and for good reason. But the shift has introduced an operational problem that few organizations were ready for: an explosion of fragmented rules, overlapping policies and billions of complex access paths that no human team can realistically manage on its own. Alan Shimel..…
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Palo Alto Networks übernimmt Koi und definiert neue Sicherheitskategorie ‘Agentic Endpoint Security”
Palo Alto Networks hat den Abschluss der Übernahme von Koi bekannt gegeben. Mit der Akquisition adressiert Palo Alto Networks eine wachsende Sicherheitslücke, die durch den zunehmenden Einsatz von KI”‘Agenten auf Endgeräten entsteht: Zwar bieten agentische Tools Unternehmen Produktivitätssteigerungen, sie schaffen aber gleichzeitig eine neue Angriffsfläche, die herkömmliche Sicherheitstools nicht entdecken. Durch den Zugriff auf kritische…
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China-linked cloud credential heist runs on typos and SMTP
Typosquatting for cloud-native espionage: The campaign relies heavily on deception, the researchers pointed out, using C2 domains closely resembling legitimate Alibaba Cloud services. The typosquatting approach allows malicious traffic to blend into routine cloud operations, specifically in environments where outbound filtering is absent.The implant used is an obfuscated ELF binary, with an executable designed for…
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Janela RAT Spreads via Fake MSI Installers, Malicious Extensions
Janela Remote Access Trojan (RAT) campaign using fake Windows MSI installers and malicious browser extensions to infiltrate financial networks and exfiltrate sensitive data. The latest Janela RAT samples are being distributed through public GitLab repositories, where attackers host MSI installation files disguised as legitimate software installers. Unsuspecting users in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico the campaign’s primary targets are lured into downloading these…
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How AI is transforming threat detection
Tags: ai, attack, automation, best-practice, business, ceo, cisa, cve, cyber, data, detection, email, endpoint, framework, google, governance, group, incident response, intelligence, international, jobs, kev, malware, network, nist, organized, phishing, risk, skills, soc, switch, technology, threat, toolReducing alert fatigue: In alert triage, AI agents are reducing alert fatigue by clustering alert patterns and enabling risk-based prioritization, adds Dipto Chakravarty, chief product and technology officer at Black Duck.For example, natural language processing agents can summarize threat alerts at scale and correlate them with threat intel feeds such as CVE.org and the CISA KEV Catalog,…