Tag: service
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38,000+ FreeDrain Subdomains Found Exploiting SEO to Steal Crypto Wallet Seed Phrases
Cybersecurity researchers have exposed what they say is an “industrial-scale, global cryptocurrency phishing operation” engineered to steal digital assets from cryptocurrency wallets for several years.The campaign has been codenamed FreeDrain by threat intelligence firms SentinelOne and Validin.”FreeDrain uses SEO manipulation, free-tier web services (like gitbook.io, webflow.io, and github.io First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to article:…
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From Managing Vulnerabilities to Managing Exposure: The Critical Shift You Can’t Ignore
Tags: ai, attack, best-practice, breach, business, cloud, computing, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, endpoint, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, office, risk, service, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementVulnerability management remains core to reducing cyber risk, but as the attack surface grows, teams need a risk-driven strategy that looks beyond vulnerabilities to see the bigger picture. Discover how exposure management unifies data and prioritizes real exposures, keeping teams proactive and ahead of cyber threats. The limits of siloed security Over the years, the…
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The Subscription Society
In the quaint town of Everyville, USA, Sarah starts her day with a familiar routine. She wakes up in her rented apartment, checks her phone (leased through her mobile plan), and streams her favourite morning playlist on Spotify. As she sips her coffee, brewed from beans delivered monthly by a subscription service, Sarah reflects on……
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Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) Emerges as a Leading Framework for Cyberattacks
Tags: attack, cyber, cyberattack, data, detection, framework, international, kaspersky, network, ransomware, serviceRansomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) has solidified its position as the dominant framework driving ransomware attacks in 2024, according to the latest insights from Kaspersky ahead of International Anti-Ransomware Day on May 12. Kaspersky Security Network data reveals an 18% drop in ransomware detections from 5,715,892 in 2023 to 4,668,229 in 2024, yet the share of affected users…
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CrowdStrike cuts 500 jobs in AI pivot, but flags risks
A CISO’s new mandate As security vendors trim traditional roles and lean more heavily on AI, will support, integration, and incident response suffer? Ali warned CISOs to “review vendor roadmaps for signs of over-prioritizing AI.”She cautioned that replacing essential human expertise, such as threat researchers or customer success teams, with automated systems like large language…
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UK Launches New Cybersecurity Assessment Initiatives to Drive Secure by Design
The UK government unveiled two new assessment schemes to boost confidence in the security of products and services during CYBERUK First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-cybersecurity-assessment/
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From certificate chaos to scalable simplicity: Why partners are rethinking how they sell and manage SSL
Tags: serviceManaging SSL certificates used to be tedious and manual, but not anymore. With Sectigo’s Certificate as a Service (CaaS), partners can shift from per-cert chaos to scalable, subscription-based simplicity. Automate renewals, support OV certs, and boost profits with predictable revenue and less operational stress. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/from-certificate-chaos-to-scalable-simplicity-why-partners-are-rethinking-how-they-sell-and-manage-ssl/
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Cisco IOS, XE, and XR Vulnerability Allows Remote Device Reboots
Cisco has issued an urgent security advisory (cisco-sa-twamp-kV4FHugn) warning of a critical vulnerability in its widely used IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR software. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-20154, allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger denial-of-service (DoS) conditions by forcing devices to reboot remotely. Vulnerability Overview The weakness stems from improper handling ofTwo-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP)control…
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The ITDR Imperative: Securing Active Directory
ITDR is the next stage in enterprise security as attackers increasingly target credentials.. However, while the industry discusses ITDR at length, one fact continues to be overlooked: Any serious ITDR strategy must begin with protecting the user credentials within the directory services, for example, Microsoft Active Directory (AD). Why Active Directory is Central to ITDR……
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India-Pakistan conflict underscores your C-suite’s need to prepare for war
Tags: business, ciso, communications, conference, cyber, cyberattack, data-breach, disinformation, government, india, infrastructure, military, network, russia, service, supply-chain, ukraine, update, usa, vulnerabilityHow the India-Pakistan conflict raises the stakes: Should the conflict between these two nuclear powers escalate and become a full-blown war, the disruption to supply chains, research and development, and support services has the potential to be significant. Pakistan’s technical hubs in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad will be placed in jeopardy. India’s technical hubs in…
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Early 2025 DDoS Attacks Signal a Dangerous Trend in Cybersecurity
As we enter 2025, the threat landscape continues to evolve, with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks growing in both scale and sophistication. So far this year, we’ve already seen several major DDoS attacks over 5 million Requests Per Second (RPS), signaling a concerning trend for organizations worldwide. These attacks are larger than anything we’ve……
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Windows flaw exploited as zero-day by more groups than previously thought
Attackers managed to deploy infostealer: In this attack, the Balloonfly group didn’t get to the stage of deploying the Play ransomware, as that is usually one of the final stages when attackers have control over significant parts of the network for maximum damage. However, the group did deploy an infostealer called Grixba that’s usually part…
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Die LockBit-Onion-Website wurde gehackt
Hacke die Cyberkriminellen scheint die Devise. Die Onion-Website der Ransomware-Gruppe LockBit wurde wohl erfolgreich angegriffen. Die Angreifer erbeuteten die LockBit-Datenbank mit sensitiven Informationen über die Operationen der Grupp. Die LockBit-Ransomware-Gruppe Lockbit ist eine russischsprachige Gruppe, welche Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) betreibt. Bei … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/05/08/die-lockbit-onion-website-wurde-gehackt/
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UK Government to Roll Out Passkeys Late This Year
FIDO-Based Authentication to Replace SMS-Based Verification, Says UK NCSC. The U.K. government is set to replace SMS-based verification systems for digital services with passkeys later this year in a bid to shore-up cyber defenses. The authentication initiative is being developed by the U.K. National Cybersecurity Center using FIDO standards. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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HHS to Build ‘Secure’ Data Platform for Autism Research
NIH, CMS Project Raises Patient Data Privacy Concerns, Advocates Say. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it will build a data platform allowing researchers to ‘securely’ access data from Medicare and Medicaid claims, patient electronic medical records and consumer wearables to better understand autism spectrum disorder causes and treatments. First seen on…
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Meta awarded $167m in court battle with spyware mercenaries
WhatsApp owner Meta is awarded millions of dollars in damages and compensation after its service was exploited by users of mercenary spyware developer NSO’s infamous Pegasus mobile malware. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366623689/Meta-awarded-167m-in-court-battle-with-spyware-mercenaries
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Tech Talk- AI Engine: A look at Transformative AI for Deep Insight into Anomalous Traffic
Graph-based anomaly detection transforms how network operators uncover threats and service issues by providing a deeper, relationship-driven understanding of all network activity traversing the eco-system. Unlike traditional methods that analyze isolated data points or rely on predefined rules, a graph-based approach leverages AI, ML, and graph theory to map and analyze the intricate relationships between……
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South African Airways says cyberattack disrupted operational systems
The attack temporarily disrupted services at the airline, which is investigating whether information was stolen. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/south-african-airways-cyberattack-disrupted
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Opening Up Open Banking: The CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights Rule
Tags: access, automation, banking, compliance, container, control, credit-card, data, finance, identity, monitoring, privacy, regulation, service, software, switch, toolOpening Up Open Banking: The CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights Rule andrew.gertz@t“¦ Tue, 05/06/2025 – 18:23 Explore the impact of the CFPB’s new Personal Financial Data Rights rule and how it aims to empower consumers, drive competition, and reshape open banking in the U.S. Ammar Faheem – Director Product Marketing (CIAM) More About This Author…
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Quantum supremacy: Cybersecurity’s ultimate arms race has China way in front
Tags: ai, authentication, automation, backup, banking, breach, business, china, ciso, computing, control, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, jobs, military, ml, nist, risk, service, skills, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-dayThe DeepSeek/Qwen factor: What we learned from recent AI advances, such as DeepSeek and Qwen, that caught the world by surprise is that China’s technology is much more advanced than anyone anticipated. I’d argue that this is a leading indicator that China’s quantum computing capabilities are also in absolute stealth-mode development and ahead of the…
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Critical AWS Amplify Studio Flaw Allowed Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has addressed a critical security flaw (CVE-2025-4318) in itsAWS Amplify Studioplatform, which could have allowed authenticated attackers to execute malicious JavaScript code during component rendering. The vulnerability, publicly disclosed on May 5, 2025, affects the amplify-codegen-ui package, a core tool for generating front-end code in Amplify Studio. Vulnerability Details The flaw resides in…
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Cyberwarfare Funding Accelerates and Everyone is at Risk
Tags: attack, china, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, finance, government, healthcare, infrastructure, risk, russia, service, tool, vulnerability, warfareNations are investing heavily in offensive cyber capabilities. The proposed 2026 US defense budget earmarks an additional $1 billion in funding for offensive cyber operations, specifically to the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). In 2025, the Department of Defense spent over $14 billion on cyber, with $6.4 billion allocated to offensive operations. An extra billion dollars…
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Entra ID Data Protection: Essential or Overkill?
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) is the backbone of modern identity management, enabling secure access to the applications, data, and services your business relies on. As hybrid work and cloud adoption accelerate, Entra ID plays an even more central role, managing authentication, enforcing policy, and connecting users across distributed environments.That prominence also First…
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New Microsoft 365 outage impacts Teams and other services
Microsoft is investigating a new Microsoft 365 outage affecting multiple services across North America, including the company’s Teams collaboration platform. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-microsoft-365-outage-impacts-teams-and-other-services/
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Uncovering the Security Risks of Data Exposure in AI-Powered Tools like Snowflake’s CORTEX
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the technological landscape, tools like Snowflake’s CORTEX Search Service are revolutionizing data retrieval with advanced fuzzy search and LLM-driven Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) capabilities. However, beneath the promise of efficiency lies a critical security concern: unintended data exposure. A recent analysis highlights how even tightly configured access and masking…
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Hackers Exploit Samsung MagicINFO, GeoVision IoT Flaws to Deploy Mirai Botnet
Threat actors have been observed actively exploiting security flaws in GeoVision end-of-life (EoL) Internet of Things (IoT) devices to corral them into a Mirai botnet for conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.The activity, first observed by the Akamai Security Intelligence and Response Team (SIRT) in early April 2025, involves the exploitation of two operating system command…
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App Used by Trump Adviser Suspends Services After Hack Taking ’15-20 Minutes’
TeleMessage, a messaging app used by Trump adviser Mike Waltz, has suspended services after a hacker accessed sensitive government and corporate data. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-telemessage-hack/