Tag: service
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Compliance-as-a-Service Gives Legs to Strategic MSSPs
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/perspective/compliance-as-a-service-gives-legs-to-strategic-mssps
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Spirit of openness helps banks get serious about stopping scams
Recent announcements show that banks, financial services firms and IT companies are increasing efforts to curb online scams First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366622166/Spirit-of-openness-helps-banks-get-serious-about-stopping-scams
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Licensing issue blocks Microsoft 365 Family for some users
Microsoft is investigating a potential licensing issue blocking access to Microsoft 365 services for some customers with Family subscriptions. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-licensing-issue-blocks-microsoft-365-family-for-some-users/
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Companies House goes live with One Login ID verification
People can verify their identity with Companies House using Gov.uk One Login as the central government body becomes the 36th service to start using the digital identity system First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366622472/Companies-House-goes-live-with-One-Login-ID-verification
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A Seven”‘Year”‘Old Cisco Flaw Now Lets Hackers Execute Code Remotely on Network Gear
Tags: cisco, credentials, cyber, data-breach, exploit, firmware, flaw, hacker, infrastructure, network, router, service, theft, threatA Cisco’s Smart Install protocol (CVE-2018-0171), first patched in 2018, remains a pervasive threat to global network infrastructure due to widespread misconfigurations and exploitation by state-sponsored threat actors. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on Cisco switches and routers via exposed Smart Install Client services, enabling configuration theft, credential harvesting, and firmware…
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RansomHub RaaS in Disarray After Affiliate Chat Access Suddenly Revoked
RansomHub, a leading Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) group that emerged in early 2024, has found itself grappling with internal turmoil. The instability came to light on April 1st, 2025, when several of its client chat portals, critical for ransomware negotiations, went offline, signaling potential internal strife. Affiliate Confusion and Infrastructure Breakdown RansomHub’s affiliates, who had been promised…
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AkiraBot: AI-Powered spam bot evades CAPTCHA to target 80,000+ websites
AkiraBot, a CAPTCHA-evading Python framework, has spammed over 80,000 websites with AI-generated messages, targeting small and medium-sized businesses. SentinelOne’s SentinelLabs researchers warn that AkiraBot, a spam framework, targets websites’ chats and contact forms to promote low-quality SEO services, AkiraBot has already targeted more than 400,000 websites and successfully spammed at least 80,000 websites since September…
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Trump Retaliates Against Former Cybersecurity Chief
Chris Krebs and SentinelOne Targeted as Trump Still Trumpets 2020 Election Lies. The White House said President Trump has ordered a probe into former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Chris Krebs’ government service, revoked any security clearances he holds and suspended security clearances issued to his employer, SentinelOne. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Google Merges Security Offerings Into a Cohesive Suite
Google Unified Security brings together threat detection, AI-powered security, secure browser features, and Mandiant services, the company said at its Cloud Next conference. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/google-merges-security-offerings-cohesive-suite
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Cyberbedrohungslage in Europa spitzt sich zu
Ein neuer Report belegt: Geopolitische Spannungen treiben Hacktivismus in die Höhe besonders die Ukraine steht im Fokus. Gleichzeitig boomt das Geschäft mit Ransomware-as-a-Service, das um 44 Prozent gewachsen ist. Zudem verzeichnet Europa einen starken Anstieg an Betrugsdelikten: 34 Prozent aller weltweiten Scams richteten sich gegen Finanzdienstleister in der Region. First seen on itsicherheit-online.com Jump to…
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Targeted phishing gets a new hook with real-time email validation
Tags: api, authentication, awareness, ciso, credentials, data-breach, defense, email, infosec, mail, password, phishing, sans, service, spam, spear-phishing, threat, training‘A little bit of hype’: David Shipley, head of Canadian-based security awareness training firm Beauceron Security, said “there’s a little bit of hype” in giving the tactic a fancy name for what is in fact spear phishing, although, he admitted, it’s “rapid-fire spear phishing.”The reason, he said, is that “spray-and-pray” mass phishing campaigns today are…
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Umfassende Ladelösungen für die E-Mobilität
Tags: serviceDie Legrand-Ecotap-Ladelösungen für Fahrzeuge umfassen äußerst robuste Ladesäulen, ein integriertes Abrechnungssystem, das nicht nur auf Ladekarten basiert, sowie flexible Lastmanagement-Varianten mit dem Partner Partino, um die Auslastung des Versorgungsnetzes zu optimieren. Hinzu kommt ein umfassender 24×7-Service inklusive Planungsunterstützung. Die Ecotap-Ladelösungen verfügen über ein integriertes dynamisches Lastmanagement, das eine Überlastung des Versorgungsnetzes verhindert. Zu Zeiten, in…
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Trump revokes security clearances for Chris Krebs, SentinelOne in problematic precedent for security vendors
Tags: access, business, ceo, cloud, cybersecurity, data, government, intelligence, law, service, zero-trustLike living ‘in Stalin’s Soviet Union’: At the same time Trump revoked security clearances from Krebs and SentinelOne, he issued another executive order revoking the security clearance of former Department of Homeland Security official Miles Taylor, as well as any entities associated with him, including the University of Pennsylvania.Taylor is a veteran of multiple Republican administrations…
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Microsoft Identity Web Flaw Exposes Sensitive Client Secrets and Certificates
A new vulnerability has been discovered in the Microsoft.Identity.Web NuGet package under specific conditions, potentially exposing sensitive information such as client secrets and certificate details in service logs. The flaw, identified as CVE-2025-32016, has been rated as moderate, prompting developers to urgently address the issue to prevent unintended data exposure. Overview of the Vulnerability: The vulnerability…
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AkiraBot Targets 420,000 Sites with OpenAI-Generated Spam, Bypassing CAPTCHA Protections
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform called AkiraBot that’s used to spam website chats, comment sections, and contact forms to promote dubious search engine optimization (SEO) services such as Akira and ServicewrapGO.”AkiraBot has targeted more than 400,000 websites and successfully spammed at least 80,000 websites since September First seen…
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PAN-OS DoS Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Force Repeated Firewall Reboots
A newly disclosed denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS software enables attackers to force firewalls into repeated reboots using maliciously crafted packets. Tracked asCVE-2025-0128, the flaw impacts SCEP (Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol) authentication and poses significant risks to unpatched systems. The vulnerability,CVE-2025-0128, enables unauthenticated attackers to disrupt network operations by sending a single…
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Precision-validated phishing: The rise of sophisticated credential theft
Tags: api, authentication, awareness, ciso, credentials, data-breach, defense, email, infosec, mail, password, phishing, sans, service, spam, spear-phishing, theft, threat, training‘A little bit of hype’: David Shipley, head of Canadian-based security awareness training firm Beauceron Security, said “there’s a little bit of hype” in giving the tactic a fancy name for what is in fact spear phishing, although, he admitted, it’s “rapid-fire spear phishing.”The reason, he said, is that “spray-and-pray” mass phishing campaigns today are…
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Windows 11 April update unexpectedly creates new ‘inetpub’ folder
Microsoft’s April 2025 Patch Tuesday updates are strangely creating an empty “inetpub” folder in the root of the C:\ drive, even on systems that do not have Internet Information Services (IIS) installed. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-april-update-unexpectedly-creates-new-inetpub-folder/
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Google launches unified enterprise security platform, announces AI security agents
Cloud security enhancements: The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Security Command Center will gain new capabilities for protecting cloud workloads, especially those related to AI model use.Model Armor, a feature that’s part of GCP’s existing AI Protection service, will allow customers to apply content safety and security controls to prompts that are sent to self-hosted AI…
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Threat Actors Exploit Messaging Services as Lucrative Cybercrime Platforms
Threat actors are exploiting weaknesses in SMS verification systems to generate massive, fraudulent message traffic, costing businesses millions. This type of fraud involves artificially triggering SMS verification requests by creating numerous synthetic identities or using automated bots, thereby inflating the SMS traffic to exploit billing systems. Mechanics of SMS Pumping Fraudsters initiate this scam by…
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Android-Betrug: Unternehmen zahlen mehr als $500.000 Strafe
Drei britische Unternehmen wurden mit einem Bußgeld von über 500.000 Dollar belegt. Grund hierfür sind laut The Guardian Android-Apps, bei denen Nutzer ohne deren Einwilligung bei einem Abo-Service angemeldet wurden. Zudem wurde die Mitteilung über die Anmeldung unterdrückt. First seen on welivesecurity.com Jump to article: www.welivesecurity.com/deutsch/2014/12/12/android-betrug-unternehmen-zahlen-mehr-als-500000-strafe/
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Hellcat Ransomware Upgrades Arsenal to Target Government, Education, and Energy Sectors
Tags: attack, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, government, group, phishing, ransomware, service, spear-phishing, tactics, vulnerability, zero-dayThe cybersecurity community has raised alarms over the rapid evolution of the Hellcat ransomware group, which has escalated its tactics to target critical sectors. Hellcat, which emerged in mid-2024, now employs a sophisticated blend of psychological manipulation, zero-day vulnerabilities, and Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) to expand its influence. Spear Phishing and Zero-day Exploits Hellcat operators initiate attacks…
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Is HR running your employee security training? Here’s why that’s not always the best idea
Tags: attack, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, ciso, communications, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, finance, guide, healthcare, privacy, resilience, risk, security-incident, service, threat, training, vulnerabilityHR doesn’t have specialized security knowledge: Another limitation is that an organization’s security training can be a component in maintaining certain certifications, compliance, contractual agreements, and customer expectations, according to Hughes.”If that’s important to your organization, then security, IT, and compliance teams will know the subjects to cover and help guide in the importance of…
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From $2M to $750M: Phaneesh Murthy’s Blueprint for Exponential Growth in Technology Services
In the competitive landscape of global technology services, few executives can claim the kind of transformative growth that Phaneesh Murthy has orchestrated throughout his career. His most remarkable achievement came during his tenure at Infosys, where he helped scale the company’s revenue from less than $2 million to an impressive $750 million. Even more The…
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Who’s calling? The threat of AI-powered vishing attacks
AI is making voice phishing (vishing) more dangerous than ever, with scammers cloning voices in seconds to trick employees into handing over their credentials. Learn how to defend your organization with Specops Secure Service Desk. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/whos-calling-the-threat-of-ai-powered-vishing-attacks/
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WK Kellogg informiert über Datendiebstahl
Der für seine Cornflakes bekannte Lebensmittelkonzern WK Kellogg wurde um Daten beraubt.WK Kellogg, bekannt für seine Frühstücksprodukte wie Cornflakes und Frosties, teilte kürzlich mit, dass bei einem Angriff im Jahr 2024 Unternehmensdaten gestohlen wurden. In einer Mitteilung an die zuständigen Behörden heißt es, dass zu den offengelegten Daten auch Namen und Sozialversicherungsnummern gehören. Nach eigenen…