Tag: network
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Microsoft leads takedown of Tycoon2FA phishing service infrastructure
Stringent defenses needed: CSOs must employ stringent defenses against tools that use reverse proxies, Beggs said, including strengthening email filtering by enforcing DMARC, DKIM, and SPF; enforcing secure session handling at the edge by using client-bound session tokens tied to device or TLS certificates; ensuring continuous validation by issuing a new challenge when the device fingerprint…
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Microsoft leads takedown of Tycoon2FA phishing service infrastructure
Stringent defenses needed: CSOs must employ stringent defenses against tools that use reverse proxies, Beggs said, including strengthening email filtering by enforcing DMARC, DKIM, and SPF; enforcing secure session handling at the edge by using client-bound session tokens tied to device or TLS certificates; ensuring continuous validation by issuing a new challenge when the device fingerprint…
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What to Expect from Iran’s Digital Counterstrike
Tags: attack, breach, cloud, communications, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, espionage, exploit, extortion, finance, government, group, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, international, iran, leak, middle-east, military, network, ransomware, risk, risk-assessment, service, tool, update, vulnerability, wormAfter the United States and Israel began a bombing campaign on Iran, leading to the decapitation of its political and military leaders, the Middle East has erupted into waves of kinetic warfare. But what should we expect about cyber? Iran has a formidable offensive cybersecurity capability and is considered one of the four most aggressive…
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Fake Zoom, Teams Meeting Invites Use Compromised Certificates to Drop Malware
A new phishing campaign is using stolen certificates from TrustConnect Software PTY LTD to sign malware. By impersonating updates for Zoom and Microsoft Teams, hackers install RMM tools to gain persistent, privileged access to networks First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-zoom-teams-invites-malware-certificates/
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NDSS 2025 On The Realism Of LiDAR Spoofing Attacks Against Autonomous Driving Vehicle
Session 14D: Autonomous Vehicles Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ningfei Wang (University of California, Irvine), Shaoyuan Xie (University of California, Irvine), Takami Sato (University of California, Irvine), Yunpeng Luo (University of California, Irvine), Kaidi Xu (Drexel University), Qi Alfred Chen (University of California, Irvine) PAPER Revisiting Physical-World Adversarial Attack On Traffic Sign Recognition: A Commercial Systems…
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The 10-hour problem: How visibility gaps are burning out the SOC
An alert firesThe context is partialThe data is dispersedThe logs are incompleteThe analyst starts correlating manually This is the invisible cost of poor visibility.Every alert becomes a puzzle, and analysts become professional puzzle-solvers. But puzzles don’t scale. Not when attacks move faster than your reconstruction speed.The hidden cost of insufficient NAVThe Forrester study shows that…
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Stranger Things Meets Cybersecurity: Lessons from the Hive Mind
Events and concepts from the Stranger Things television series illustrate how enterprises can defend their networks and stay right side up. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/stranger-things-meets-cybersecurity-lessons-hive-mind
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NDSS 2025 Detecting Server-Induced Client Vulnerabilities In Windows Remote IPC
Tags: china, computing, conference, cve, data, detection, Internet, network, technology, tool, vulnerability, windowsSession 14C: Vulnerability Detection Authors, Creators & Presenters: (Except Where Noted – The Following Authors Are From The Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy Of Sciences) Fangming Gu, Qingli Guo, Jie Lu (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Qinghe Xie , Beibei Zhao, Kangjie Lu (University of Minnesota), Hong Li, Xiaorui Gong PAPER…
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Attackers are using your network against you, according to Cloudflare
Blind spots in complex cloud environments allow identity-based attacks to achieve the same outcome as complex malware or zero-day exploits. Sophistication need not apply. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cloudflare-annual-threat-report-2026/
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How a Brute Force Attack Unmasked a Ransomware Infrastructure Network
A routine RDP brute-force alert led to unusual credential hunting and a geo-distributed VPN-linked infrastructure. Huntress Labs explains how one compromised login unraveled a suspected ransomware-as-a-service ecosystem tied to initial access brokers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-a-brute-force-attack-unmasked-a-ransomware-infrastructure-network/
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China’s Silver Dragon Razes Governments in EU, SE Asia
The emerging actor, part of the APT41 nexus, gains initial access via phishing, and uses legitimate network services to obscure cyberespionage activities. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/china-silver-dragon-governments-eu-se-asia
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Car Tyre Sensors Can Be Used to Track Drivers Without Their Knowledge
New research from IMDEA Networks reveals how unencrypted signals from tyre pressure sensors in brands like Toyota and Mercedes can be used for covert vehicle tracking. Learn how these low-cost systems can map out your daily routines and why current regulations fail to protect driver privacy. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/car-tyre-sensors-track-drivers-without-knowledge/
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Car Tyre Sensors Can Be Used to Track Drivers Without Their Knowledge
New research from IMDEA Networks reveals how unencrypted signals from tyre pressure sensors in brands like Toyota and Mercedes can be used for covert vehicle tracking. Learn how these low-cost systems can map out your daily routines and why current regulations fail to protect driver privacy. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/car-tyre-sensors-track-drivers-without-knowledge/
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Car Tyre Sensors Can Be Used to Track Drivers Without Their Knowledge
New research from IMDEA Networks reveals how unencrypted signals from tyre pressure sensors in brands like Toyota and Mercedes can be used for covert vehicle tracking. Learn how these low-cost systems can map out your daily routines and why current regulations fail to protect driver privacy. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/car-tyre-sensors-track-drivers-without-knowledge/
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Shadow AI vs Managed AI: What’s the Difference? FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, chatgpt, ciso, cloud, computer, control, credentials, credit-card, data, data-breach, framework, google, injection, intelligence, Internet, law, LLM, malicious, mitre, monitoring, network, password, phishing, phone, risk, software, switch, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityMar 04, 2026 – – Quick Facts: Shadow AI vs. Managed AIShadow AI is a visibility gap: It refers to any AI tool used by employees that the IT department doesn’t know about. Most companies have 10x more AI tools in use than they realize.Managed AI is a “Paved Path”: It uses approved, secure versions…
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Anthropic AI ultimatums and IP theft: The unspoken risk
Tags: ai, ceo, china, ciso, data, data-breach, defense, google, government, intelligence, monitoring, network, openai, risk, service, theft, toolChina’s extraction campaign: A targeting operation, not a curiosity: Anthropic’s disclosure that three China”‘based AI companies (DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax) ran more than 16 million interactions through roughly 24,000 fraudulent accounts is not a story about model misuse. It is a story about targeting. These campaigns went straight at Claude’s most sensitive capabilities: agentic…
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Microsoft’s February Security Update of High-Risk Vulnerability Notice for Multiple Products
Tags: cyber, microsoft, network, office, remote-code-execution, risk, update, vulnerability, windowsOverview On February 11, 2026, NSFOCUS CERT monitored Microsoft’s release of its February security update patches, addressing 59 security issues across widely used products such as Windows, Azure, Microsoft Office, and Visual Studio Code. These vulnerabilities include privilege escalation, remote code execution, and other high-risk vulnerabilities. In this monthly update, 5 vulnerabilities are rated as…The…
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AI-powered attack kits go open source, and CyberStrikeAI may be just the beginning
100-plus prebuilt tool recipes and a human-readable YAML-based extension system;Attack-chain graph, risk scoring, and “step-by-step replay”;Password-protected web user interfaces (UIs) and audit logs;A knowledge base with vector search, hybrid retrieval, and searchable archives;Vulnerability management with create, read, update, delete (CRUD) operations, severity tracking, status workflow, and statistics;Batch task management that can organize task queues and…
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Juniper PTX Routers at Risk, Critical Takeover Flaw Disclosed
Juniper Tells Customers to Tune Their Firewall. A critical vulnerability in Juniper Networks’ primary operating system could give threat actors root level privileges to execute code on Juniper’s PTX Series routers. Successful exploitation would give attackers full command and control over devices without the need for authentication. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/juniper-ptx-routers-at-risk-critical-takeover-flaw-disclosed-a-30904
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Paint maker giant AkzoNobel confirms cyberattack on U.S. site
The multinational Dutch paint company AkzoNobel has confirmed to BleepingComputer that hackers breached the network of one of its U.S. sites. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/paint-maker-giant-akzonobel-confirms-cyberattack-on-us-site/
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NDSS 2025 A Comparative Evaluation Of Large Language Models In Vulnerability Detection
Session 14C: Vulnerability Detection Authors, Creators & Presenters: Jie Lin (University of Central Florida), David Mohaisen (University of Central Florida) PAPER From Large to Mammoth: A Comparative Evaluation of Large Language Models in Vulnerability Detection Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated strong potential in tasks such as code understanding and generation. This study evaluates several…
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NDSS 2025 Be Careful Of What You Embed: Demystifying OLE Vulnerabilities
Tags: conference, cve, data, detection, exploit, Internet, malicious, microsoft, network, office, remote-code-execution, risk, tool, vulnerability, windowsSession 14C: Vulnerability Detection Authors, Creators & Presenters: Yunpeng Tian (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Feng Dong (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Haoyi Liu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Meng Xu (University of Waterloo), Zhiniang Peng (Huazhong University of Science and Technology; Sangfor Technologies Inc.), Zesen Ye (Sangfor Technologies Inc.), Shenghui Li…
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Cloudflare tracked 230 billion daily threats and here is what it found
Cloudflare’s network blocks over 230 billion threats per day. The volume indicates how routine and automated the attack cycle has become, and the patterns behind that … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/03/cloudflare-cyber-threat-report-2026/
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On Moltbook
The MIT Technology Review has a good article on Moltbook, the supposed AI-only social network: Many people have pointed out that a lot of the viral comments were in fact posted by people posing as bots. But even the bot-written posts are ultimately the result of people pulling the strings, more puppetry than autonomy. “Despite…
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Unite.AI – Is the K-12 Digital Environment Creating the Next Generation of Hackers?
This article was originally published in Unite.AI on 02/24/26 by Charlie Sander. With every new device that is connected to the network comes additional responsibility Schools have become a digital hub for students, with edtech platforms helping them learn. A whopping $165 billion has been invested in the market as of 2026, with benefits comprising, but not…
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Project Compass Targets 764 Network as 30 Arrested and Victims Rescued
Europol’s Project Compass targets The Com (aka 764 network), an online group exploiting minors. After 30 arrests, officials say the hunt for those involved is far from over. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/project-compass-764-network-aarrest-victims-rescued/
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Hackers Exploit Telegram for Initial Access to Corporate VPN, RDP, and Cloud Systems
Tags: access, cloud, corporate, credentials, cyber, data-breach, exploit, hacker, marketplace, network, ransomware, vpnHackers are increasingly abusing Telegram as an initial access marketplace, turning stealer logs and leaked credentials into direct entry points for corporate VPN, RDP, and cloud environments. The platform now acts as a high-speed bridge between compromised credentials and full network compromise, supporting ransomware operators, Initial Access Brokers (IABs), and hacktivist collectives. Telegram hosts popular…
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Epic Fury introduces new layer of enterprise risk
Tags: access, apt, attack, business, cisa, ciso, communications, country, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, disinformation, exploit, group, infrastructure, intelligence, international, Internet, iran, malware, middle-east, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, rust, service, software, technology, tool, ukrainePhysical attacks on US-linked locations through direct action or partner groups. We are already seeing Iranian missile launches into a variety of nations in the region.Cyber operations that include disruptive activity, targeted intrusions, credential and access harvesting, destructive malware deployment, and the use of compromised infrastructure to support broader influence or operational objectives.Proxy networks across…
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Chrome security flaw enabled spying via Gemini Live assistant
A Google Chrome vulnerability lets malicious extensions hijack Gemini Live to spy on users and steal sensitive files. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks found a Chrome vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0628, that could let malicious extensions take control of the Gemini Live AI assistant. By abusing the flaw, attackers could spy on users and exfiltrate sensitive…