Tag: risk
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Chrome Zero-Day, ‘FoxyWallet’ Firefox Attacks Threaten Browsers
Separate threats to popular browsers highlight the growing security risk for enterprises presented by the original gateway to the Web, which remains an integral tool for corporate users. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/browsers-targeted-chrome-zero-day-malicious-firefox-extensions
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U.S. House Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Seeks to Modernize Border Infrastructure Security with Proactive OT/IT Security Measures
Tags: ai, attack, awareness, cctv, cisa, cloud, control, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, fedramp, government, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, law, mitigation, monitoring, network, office, privacy, risk, service, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trustThe FY 2026 House Homeland Security Appropriations Bill highlights growing focus in Congress on protecting border infrastructure from cyber threats. The directive to implement continuous monitoring and real-time threat intelligence reflects a broader push toward modern, preventive cybersecurity across federal agencies. As the digital and physical worlds become increasingly intertwined, the technologies used to protect…
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Critical Vulnerability in Microsens Devices Exposes Systems to Hackers
A series of critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in MICROSENS NMP Web+, a widely used network management platform for industrial and critical manufacturing environments, putting thousands of organizations worldwide at significant risk of cyberattack. The flaws, reported by security researchers Tomer Goldschmidt and Noam Moshe of Claroty Team82 and coordinated with the German BSI CERT-Bund,…
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LLMs are guessing login URLs, and it’s a cybersecurity time bomb
Tags: ai, api, blockchain, cybersecurity, data, github, LLM, login, malicious, monitoring, office, risk, supply-chain, trainingGithub poisoning for AI training: Not all hallucinated URLs were unintentional. In an unrelated research, Netcraft found evidence of attackers deliberately poisoning AI systems by seeding GitHub with malicious code repositories.”Multiple fake GitHub accounts shared a project called Moonshot-Volume-Bot, seeded across accounts with rich bios, profile images, social media accounts and credible coding activity,” researchers…
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Rethinking Cyber-Risk as Traditional Models Fall Short
Systemic cyber-risk models are not accounting for rapidly evolving threats, and a time when organizations are more interconnected than ever. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/rethinking-cyber-risk-traditional-models-fall-short
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KnowBe4 stellt neues Assessment-Tool zur Bewertung der Sicherheitskultur vor
Hier setzt das PMA an: Entwickelt von Perry Carpenter, einem führenden Experten für Sicherheitskultur, bietet das Tool einen klar strukturierten, praxisnahen Rahmen zur Selbsteinschätzung. Im Fokus stehen nicht technische Systeme, sondern die menschlichen und organisatorischen Faktoren, die für wirksames Human Risk Management entscheidend sind. First seen on infopoint-security.de Jump to article: www.infopoint-security.de/knowbe4-stellt-neues-assessment-tool-zur-bewertung-der-sicherheitskultur-vor/a41280/
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Wie Zugriffe durch Dritte zur Achillesferse von Herstellern werden
In nahezu jedem fünften Datenschutzvorfall der letzten Jahre waren dritte Parteien involviert. Die Ursachen sind vielfältig: geteilte VPNs, fehlende Segmentierung, keine Echtzeitüberwachung. Insbesondere in der Fertigungsindustrie, wo externe Verbindungen zu Dienstleistern, Lieferanten und Partnern zum Alltag gehören, kann dies schnell zu einem strukturellen Risiko werden. Leider werden diese Verbindungen häufig nur als betriebliche Notwendigkeit betrachtet,…
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Mit Netzwerkerkennung Cybersecurity-Risiken bewerten und minimieren
60 % der Cybersicherheits-vorfälle betreffen Netzwerkgeräte, die nicht von der IT-Abteilung bemerkt wurden. Solche unsichtbaren Bestandteile von Netzwerkinfrastrukturen sind daher die größte Schwachstelle schließlich kann man nichts schützen, von dem man nicht weiß, dass es überhaupt existiert. Netzwerkerkennung auch Network Discovery sollte daher der Grundstein für die Sicherheit von Netzwerken sein, um […] First seen…
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A New Maturity Model for Browser Security: Closing the Last-Mile Risk
Despite years of investment in Zero Trust, SSE, and endpoint protection, many enterprises are still leaving one critical layer exposed: the browser.It’s where 85% of modern work now happens. It’s also where copy/paste actions, unsanctioned GenAI usage, rogue extensions, and personal devices create a risk surface that most security stacks weren’t designed to handle. For…
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New C4 Bomb Attack Breaks Through Chrome’s AppBound Cookie Protections
Tags: attack, breach, browser, chrome, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, encryption, google, risk, theftCybersecurity researchers have unveiled a new attack”, dubbed the “C4 Bomb” (Chrome Cookie Cipher Cracker)”, that successfully bypasses Google Chrome’s much-touted AppBound Cookie Encryption. This breakthrough exposes millions of users to renewed risks of cookie theft, credential compromise, and potential data breaches, despite Google’s recent efforts to harden Chrome against infostealer malware. AppBound Cookie Encryption…
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US DOJ makes progress combatting North Korean remote IT worker schemes
Any organization is at risk: During a media briefing, senior DOJ and FBI officials noted that at least one of the organizations that had unknowingly contracted the illicit workers was a government contractor, but, they said, anyone in the US posting jobs for remote workers is at risk.”The threat posed by DPRK operatives is both…
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Django App Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Code Execution
Security researchers have uncovered severe vulnerabilities in Django that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. These flaws, ranging from directory traversal to log injection, highlight critical security risks in one of Python’s most popular web frameworks. Recent Security Advisories Django’s security team addressed multiple vulnerabilities in 2025: Exploit Chain: Directory Traversal…
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Federal Reserve System CISO on aligning cyber risk management with transparency, trust
In this Help Net Security interview, Tammy Hornsby-Fink, CISO at Federal Reserve System, shares how the Fed approaches cyber risk with a scenario-based, intelligence-driven … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/01/tammy-hornsby-fink-federal-reserve-system-cyber-risk/
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The Rise of Agentic AI: Uncovering Security Risks in AI Web Agents
In our first post, we introduced the world of AI web agents defining what they are, outlining their core capabilities, and surveying the leading frameworks that make them possible. Now, we’re shifting gears to look at the other side of the coin: the vulnerabilities and attack surfaces that arise when autonomous agents browse, click,… First…
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US DOJ announces progress combatting North Korean remote IT worker schemes
Any organization is at risk: During a media briefing, senior DOJ and FBI officials noted that at least one of the organizations that had unknowingly contracted the illicit workers was a government contractor, but, they said, anyone in the US posting jobs for remote workers is at risk.”The threat posed by DPRK operatives is both…
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Airoha Chip Vulns Put Sony, Bose Earbuds & Headphones at Risk
The vulnerabilities, which have yet to be published, could allow a threat actor to hijack not only Bluetooth earbuds and headphones but also the devices connected to them. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/airoha-chip-vulns-sony-bose-earbuds-headphones
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Rethinking IT Risk Assessments for OT Environments
Sydney Trains’ Maryam Shoraka on Identifying the Blind Spots in OT Systems. IT organizations can apply multiple frameworks to help reduce risk, but relying on them in OT environments could create blind spots. Security leaders must rethink compliance-driven strategies and adapt controls to meet the unique demands of industrial systems, said Sydney Trains’ Maryam Shoraka.…
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Top 5 High-Risk CVEs of June 2025
Each month brings a flood of vulnerability disclosures. But only a few truly matter. The ones being exploited. The ones buried in critical systems. The ones that could take down… The post Top 5 High-Risk CVEs of June 2025 appeared first on Strobes Security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/06/top-5-high-risk-cves-of-june-2025/
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How to Chart an Exposure Management Leadership Path for You, Your Boss and Your Organization
Tags: access, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, container, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, identity, incident response, iot, jobs, kubernetes, ransom, regulation, risk, security-incident, service, soc, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementEach Monday, the Tenable Exposure Management Academy provides the practical, real-world guidance you need to shift from vulnerability management to exposure management. In this post, we share some tips on how to lead the move to exposure management. You can read the entire Exposure Management Academy series here. For years, organizations poured resources into reactive…
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How 2 Ransomware Attacks on 2 Hospitals Led to 2 Deaths in Europe
Two deadly Ransomware Attacks on European hospitals show cybercrime now risks lives not just data with patients dying after treatment delays. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/how-ransomware-attacks-hospitals-2-deaths-in-europe/
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Hikvision Canada ordered to cease operations over security risks
The Canadian government has ordered Hikvision’s subsidiary in the country to cease all operations following a review that determined them to pose a national security risk. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hikvision-canada-ordered-to-cease-operations-over-security-risks/
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Critical D-Link Router Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution by Attackers
Tags: cyber, firmware, flaw, Hardware, network, remote-code-execution, risk, router, service, vulnerabilityA series of critical security vulnerabilities have been identified in D-Link DIR-816 routers, exposing users worldwide to the risk of remote code execution and network compromise. The flaws affect all hardware revisions and firmware versions of the DIR-816 (non-US), which has reached its End of Life (EOL) and End of Service Life (EOS), meaning no…
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: Airline Hacks, Citrix 0-Day, Outlook Malware, Banking Trojans and more
Ever wonder what happens when attackers don’t break the rules”, they just follow them better than we do? When systems work exactly as they’re built to, but that “by design” behavior quietly opens the door to risk?This week brings stories that make you stop and rethink what’s truly under control. It’s not always about a…
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Microsoft hints at revoking access to the Windows kernel, eventually
Future kernel access in the balance Microsoft did not agree to an interview on its kernel strategy, but a representative did share with CSO a brief statement about the initial announcement’s intentions.”This is an opportunity for partners to test building their solutions outside the kernel and is not an announcement of future plans for kernel…
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US Cyber Diplomacy at Risk Amid State Department Shakeup
State Moves to Restructure Cyber Bureau and Issue Mass Layoffs Despite Court Order. Current and recent former Department of State staffers told Information Security Media Group the agency is preparing to implement layoffs and begin a reorganization despite a San Francisco federal district court order blocking across-the-board layoffs at federal agencies. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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IBM WebSphere Application Server Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution
A critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-36038, has been discovered in IBM WebSphere Application Server, exposing organizations to the risk of remote code execution by unauthenticated attackers. This flaw, which affects widely deployed versions 8.5 and 9.0, is rated with aCVSS base score of 9.0, underlining its severity and the urgency for remediation. Vulnerability Details The…
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Beyond CVE: The hunt for other sources of vulnerability intel
Tags: advisory, application-security, china, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, github, government, guide, infrastructure, intelligence, kev, microsoft, nvd, oracle, ransomware, risk, siem, soar, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-dayCurrent alternatives include diverse vendor sources: Independent providers of aggregated vulnerability information such as Flashpoint, VulnCheck, Tenable, BitSight and others are another option. Many of these vendors offer curated datasets that capture vulnerabilities often missed or delayed by CVE, Lefkowitz points out. They also offer critical context such as exploitability, ransomware risk, and social risk.”To…
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Third-party breaches double, creating ripple effects across industries
Supply chain risks remain top-of-mind for the vast majority of CISOs and cybersecurity leaders, according to SecurityScorecard. Their findings reveal that the way most … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/06/30/supply-chain-cyber-risks/
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More than 25% of UK businesses hit by cyber-attack in last year, report finds
Exclusive: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says lack of action leaves firms at risk of ‘sleepwalking’ into problemsMore than one in four UK businesses have been the victim of a <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/technology/cybercrime”>cyber-attack in the last year and many more risk “sleepwalking” into such disruption unless they take urgent action, according to a report.About 27% of…