Tag: network
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Six for 2026: The cyber threats you can’t ignore
Cybersecurity threats in 2026 are accelerating, driven by AI, automation, and more effective social engineering. Corelight outlines six emerging attack trends and explains how network visibility can help defenders respond faster. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/six-for-2026-the-cyber-threats-you-cant-ignore/
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Maximum-severity n8n flaw lets randos run your automation server
Unauthenticated RCE means anyone on the network can seize full control First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/08/n8n_rce_bug/
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IPFire update brings new network and security features to firewall deployments
Security and operations teams often work with firewall platforms that require frequent tuning or upgrades to meet evolving network demands. IPFire has released its 2.29 Core … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/08/ipfire-2-29-core-update-199-security-features/
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Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi extradited to China after Cambodia arrest
Chen founded the Prince Group, a multinational conglomerate authorities allege served as a front for ‘one of Asia’s largest transnational criminal organisations'<a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/17/chen-zhi-prince-group-cambodia-cyber-crime-sanctioned”>Chinese-born tycoon Chen Zhi, who was indicted by the US on fraud and money-laundering charges for running a multibillion-dollar online scam network from Cambodia, has been arrested there and extradited to China, Phnom…
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How capable are NHIs in managing complex networks?
Tags: networkAre You Prepared to Leverage the Full Potential of Non-Human Identities in Complex Networks? Organizations are increasingly reliant on complex networks, with machine identities playing a critical role in maintaining security and operational integrity. But how capable are these Non-Human Identities (NHIs) when navigating such intricate environments? Understanding Non-Human Identities Non-Human Identities are pivotal to……
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NDSS 2025 A Multifaceted Study On The Use of TLS And Auto-detect In Email Ecosystems
Session 8A: Email Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ka Fun Tang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Che Wei Tu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Sui Ling Angela Mak (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Sze Yiu Chau (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) PAPER A Multifaceted Study on the Use of TLS and…
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CrazyHunter Ransomware Targets Healthcare Sector Using Sophisticated Evasion Tactics
A sophisticated new ransomware variant, CrazyHunter, has emerged as a critical threat to the healthcare sector, employing advanced anti-malware evasion techniques and rapid network propagation that have security researchers deeply concerned. Trellix, which has been actively tracking this threat since its initial appearance, reports that the ransomware represents a significant evolution in cybercriminal tactics targeting…
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Malicious NPM Packages Deliver NodeCordRAT
IntroductionZscaler ThreatLabz regularly monitors the npm database for suspicious packages. In November 2025, ThreatLabz identified three malicious packages: bitcoin-main-lib, bitcoin-lib-js, and bip40. The bitcoin-main-lib and bitcoin-lib-js packages execute a postinstall.cjs script during installation, which installs bip40, the package that contains the malicious payload. This final payload, named NodeCordRAT by ThreatLabz, is a remote access trojan (RAT) with data-stealing capabilities. It is also possible to download bip40…
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Malicious NPM Packages Deliver NodeCordRAT
IntroductionZscaler ThreatLabz regularly monitors the npm database for suspicious packages. In November 2025, ThreatLabz identified three malicious packages: bitcoin-main-lib, bitcoin-lib-js, and bip40. The bitcoin-main-lib and bitcoin-lib-js packages execute a postinstall.cjs script during installation, which installs bip40, the package that contains the malicious payload. This final payload, named NodeCordRAT by ThreatLabz, is a remote access trojan (RAT) with data-stealing capabilities. It is also possible to download bip40…
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NDSS 2025 Automatic Insecurity: Exploring Email Auto-configuration In The Wild
Tags: attack, conference, credentials, cyber, email, Internet, network, technology, threat, vulnerabilitySession 8A: Email Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Shushang Wen (School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China), Yiming Zhang (Tsinghua University), Yuxiang Shen (School of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China), Bingyu Li (School of Cyber Science and Technology, Beihang University), Haixin Duan (Tsinghua…
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Black Cat Behind SEO Poisoning Malware Campaign Targeting Popular Software Searches
A cybercrime gang known as Black Cat has been attributed to a search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign that employs fraudulent sites advertising popular software to trick users into downloading a backdoor capable of stealing sensitive data.According to a report published by the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT/CC) and…
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Check Point unterstützt nun Google Cloud Network Security Integration
Mit der Unterstützung der Google Cloud Network Security Integration positioniert sich Check Point CloudGuard Network Security als Anbieter, der Sicherheit und Performance vereint First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/check-point-unterstuetzt-nun-google-cloud-network-security-integration/a43287/
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Neue Ransomware-Bedrohung zielt auf deutsche Unternehmen
Tags: backup, ciso, cloud, cyberattack, encryption, extortion, firewall, germany, infrastructure, intelligence, network, ransomware, threat, tool, vmware, vulnerabilityDer Ransomware-Dienst Ransomhouse nutzt jetzt eine komplexe Dual-Schlüssel-Verschlüsselung und automatisierte Angriffe auf VMware ESXi.Sicherheitsexperten haben kürzlich festgestellt, dass die Ransomware-Gruppe Jolly Scorpius ihren RaaS-(Ransomware as a Service)-Dienst Ransomhouse massiv verbessert hat. Wie das Threat-Intelligence-Team von Palo Alto Networks berichtet, nutzt die Gruppe jetzt ein fortschrittliches duales Verschlüsselungssystem.Die Angriffe basieren auf einer aktualisierten Version des Verschlüsselungs-Trojaner…
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How to eliminate IT blind spots in the modern, AI-driven enterprise
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, awareness, cio, cloud, control, data, detection, endpoint, governance, group, identity, injection, intelligence, metric, monitoring, network, radius, risk, service, technology, tool, training, vulnerabilityThe more organizations lean on artificial intelligence (AI), spread workloads across different environments, and tie systems together, the harder it becomes for traditional security practices to present a complete picture of what’s going on. The result is a growing number of blind spots hidden misconfigurations, inconsistent controls, and unpredictable behaviors across systems and AI agents…
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How to eliminate IT blind spots in the modern, AI-driven enterprise
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, awareness, cio, cloud, control, data, detection, endpoint, governance, group, identity, injection, intelligence, metric, monitoring, network, radius, risk, service, technology, tool, training, vulnerabilityThe more organizations lean on artificial intelligence (AI), spread workloads across different environments, and tie systems together, the harder it becomes for traditional security practices to present a complete picture of what’s going on. The result is a growing number of blind spots hidden misconfigurations, inconsistent controls, and unpredictable behaviors across systems and AI agents…
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8 things CISOs can’t afford to get wrong in 2026
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, automation, awareness, breach, business, ciso, cloud, communications, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, dora, encryption, finance, firmware, GDPR, healthcare, identity, incident response, india, infrastructure, injection, insurance, intelligence, iot, jobs, law, malicious, monitoring, network, privacy, ransom, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, scam, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-trust“Identity and access controls for AI agents and AI platforms are one of the most important areas of concern for CISOs,” says Jason Stading, director at global technology research and advisory firm ISG. “Right now, permissions and access rights for AI are a black box in many areas. We will see a major push over…
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NSFOCUS SSCS Recognized by FrostSullivan in Insights for CISOs: Challenges and Opportunities in the Software Supply Chain Security Space
Recently, the world-renowned market research firm Frost & Sullivan officially released a strategic report: Insights for CISOs: Challenges and Opportunities in the Software Supply Chain Security Space. In this report tailored for the global CISO community, NSFOCUS was featured among vendors offering Software Supply Chain Security (SSCS). The report provided an overview of NSFOCUS’s specialized…The…
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Why Palo Alto Is Eyeing a $400M Buy of Endpoint Vendor Koi
Deal Represents Return to Tuck-In M&A for Palo After 3 Multi-Billion Dollar Deals Palo Alto Networks is in talks to buy Washington D.C-based endpoint security startup Koi for $400 million. Koi is focused on securing extensions, AI models, code packages and containers, and its differentiation lies in mapping, assessing risk and govern the software landscape…
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Kimwolf Android botnet abuses residential proxies to infect internal devices
The Kimwolf botnet, an Android variant of the Aisuru malware, has grown to more than two million hosts, most of them infected by exploiting vulnerabilities in residential proxy networks to target devices on internal networks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kimwolf-android-botnet-abuses-residential-proxies-to-infect-internal-devices/
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NDSS 2025 HADES Attack: Understanding And Evaluating Manipulation Risks Of Email Blocklists
Tags: attack, conference, dns, email, exploit, infrastructure, Internet, malicious, mitigation, network, risk, service, spam, technologySession 8A: Email Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ruixuan Li (Tsinghua University), Chaoyi Lu (Tsinghua University), Baojun Liu (Tsinghua University;Zhongguancun Laboratory), Yunyi Zhang (Tsinghua University), Geng Hong (Fudan University), Haixin Duan (Tsinghua University;Zhongguancun Laboratory), Yanzhong Lin (Coremail Technology Co. Ltd), Qingfeng Pan (Coremail Technology Co. Ltd), Min Yang (Fudan University), Jun Shao (Zhejiang Gongshang University)…
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NDSS 2025 Exploiting the Complexity Of Modern CSS For Email And Browser Fingerprinting
Session 8A: Email Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Leon Trampert (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Daniel Weber (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Lukas Gerlach (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Christian Rossow (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Michael Schwarz (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security) PAPER Cascading Spy Sheets: Exploiting the Complexity…
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Is GenAI Leaving Two-Thirds of Security Teams Behind?
Security teams have a singular goal: detect and stop threats from disrupting business. Attackers change tactics and networks evolve constantly, but defenders are the ones who will always bear the burden. Businesses are heavily adopting AI to become more efficient, scale, and augment the human workforce, yet defenders must figure out how to secure any..…
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Open WebUI bug turns the ‘free model’ into an enterprise backdoor
Tags: access, api, authentication, backdoor, data, exploit, flaw, malicious, mitigation, network, nvd, remote-code-execution, risk, tool, updateEscalating to Remote Code Execution: The risk doesn’t stop at account takeover. If the compromised account has workspace.tools permissions, attackers can leverage that session token to push authenticated Python code through Open WebUI’s Tools API, which executes without sandboxing or validation.This turns a browser-level compromise into full remote code execution on the backend server. Once…
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New VVS Stealer Malware Targets Discord Users via Fake System Errors
Palo Alto Networks’ new report reveals VVS Stealer uses Discord Injection and fake error messages to steal tokens and MFA codes. Protect your account from this new Python-based threat. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/vvs-stealer-malwar-discord-system-errors/
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The Role of Behavioral Analytics in Enhancing Cybersecurity Defense
Behavioral analytics, or BA, is becoming increasingly useful in the world of cybersecurity. With cyberthreats ever-evolving and with businesses of all shapes and sizes striving to keep up, BA is helping companies future-proof their data, networks, and other assets with greater confidence BA uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to train on threat..…
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AI, Quantum, and the New Threat Frontier: What Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026?
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, container, control, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, encryption, exploit, finance, flaw, framework, governance, government, healthcare, iam, identity, infrastructure, injection, LLM, malicious, metric, monitoring, network, nist, open-source, oracle, regulation, resilience, risk, service, skills, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, waf, zero-day, zero-trustAI, Quantum, and the New Threat Frontier: What Will Define Cybersecurity in 2026? madhav Tue, 01/06/2026 – 04:44 If we think 2025 has been fast-paced, it’s going to feel like a warm-up for the changes on the horizon in 2026. Every time this year, Thales experts become cybersecurity oracles and predict where the industry is…
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Product showcase: Blokada for Android gives users control over network traffic
Blokada is a network privacy and ad-blocking application available on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is designed to reduce ads, block trackers, and limit unwanted … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/06/product-showcase-blokada-android-control-network-traffic/
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Passwords are still breaking compliance programs
The security stack has grown, but audits still stumble on passwords. CISOs see this every year. An organization may have strong endpoint tools, layered network defenses, and a … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/06/passwords-compliance-control/
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Covenant Health Notifying 480K Patients of 2025 Data Theft
Ransomware Gang Qilin Had Claimed It Stole 852 GB of Health System’s Data. Nearly half a million patients of a Catholic healthcare network that serves New England and parts of Pennsylvania began the new year by receiving notifications that hackers may have stolen their health information in a May 2025 hacking incident. First seen on…