Tag: software
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North Korean fake IT worker tradecraft exposed
Opportunistic and broadly targeted: These suspect code silos were abused in a variety of illicit projects split between targeting job-seeking programmers and fake IT worker operations.”Based on our visibility, malware operations targeting individual developers seeking employment are most common,” Oliver Smith, senior threat intelligence engineer at GitLab, told CSO. “Threat actors appear to have a…
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USENIX Security ’25 (Enigma Track) Digital Product Safety: Rejecting Software As Magic
Tags: softwareAuthor, Creator & Presenter:Lisa LeVasseur Our thanks to USENIX Security ’25 (Enigma Track) (USENIX ’25 for publishing their Creators, Authors and Presenter’s tremendous USENIX Security ’25 (Enigma Track) content on the Organizations’ YouTube Channel. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/usenix-security-25-enigma-track-digital-product-safety-rejecting-software-as-magic/
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What Makes India a Preferred Destination for Software Development, Innovation, and AI in 2026?
India software development outsourcing in 2026 is no longer about labor arbitrage. It is about capability density, AI engineering depth, digital product velocity, and the…Read More First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2026/03/what-makes-india-a-preferred-destination-for-software-development-innovation-and-ai-in-2026/
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11 Prozent mehr Cyber-Angriffe auf deutsche Unternehmen im Februar
Weltweit sahen sich Unternehmen im letzten Monat durchschnittlich 2086 Cyber-Angriffen pro Woche ausgesetzt. Das zeigen die Zahlen von Check Point Research (CPR), der Sicherheitsforschungsabteilung von Check Point Software Technologies. In Deutschland und Österreich stieg das Volumen weiter an und folgt damit dem Trend der Vormonate: Hierzulande waren es 1345 Attacken (plus elf Prozent), in Österreich…
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Dozens of Vendors Patch Security Flaws Across Enterprise Software and Network Devices
SAP has released security updates to address two critical security flaws that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution on affected systems.The vulnerabilities in question listed below -CVE-2019-17571 (CVSS score: 9.8) – A code injection vulnerability in SAP Quotation Management Insurance application (FS-QUO)CVE-2026-27685 (CVSS score: 9.1) – An insecure deserialization First seen on thehackernews.com…
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Critical flaw in HPE Aruba CX switches lets attackers seize admin control without credentials
Tags: access, advisory, cisa, control, credentials, data, endpoint, exploit, firewall, flaw, infrastructure, kev, remote-code-execution, software, switch, update, vulnerabilityExposure spans campus to data center switching: The vulnerabilities affect AOS-CX software across four active version branches, spanning entry-level campus switches to data center-class hardware. Versions that reached the end of support before the advisory’s publication are also expected to be vulnerable, the advisory said. Organizations running AOS-CX 10.17.0001 and below, 10.16.1020 and below, 10.13.1160…
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Microsoft patches 80+ vulnerabilities, six flagged as >>more likely<< to be exploited
On March 2026 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft addressed 80+ vulnerabilities affecting its software and cloud services. Of these, two were publicly disclosed, but not actively … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/11/march-2026-patch-tuesday/
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If consequences matter, they should apply to vendors, too
The latest executive order pushes Washington to crack down on cyber fraud, but a different mandate eases software security accountability, leaving an inconsistent strategy that keeps the attack surface cheap to exploit. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/washington-cybercrime-executive-order-software-security-gap/
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Microsoft Patches 84 Flaws in March Patch Tuesday, Including Two Public Zero-Days
Microsoft on Tuesday released patches for a set of 84 new security vulnerabilities affecting various software components, including two that have been listed as publicly known.Of these, eight are rated Critical, and 76 are rated Important in severity. Forty-six of the patched vulnerabilities relate to privilege escalation, followed by 18 remote code execution, 10 information…
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Software vulnerabilities push credential abuse aside in cloud intrusions
Cloud intrusions are unfolding on shorter timelines, with attackers leaning more on unpatched software and compromised identities. H2 2025 distribution of initial access … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/11/google-cloud-environments-cyber-threats-report/
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PhantomRaven Malware Resurfaces, Targets npm Supply Chain to Steal Developer Secrets
A large-scale malware campaign known as PhantomRaven has resurfaced, targeting the npm software supply chain and attempting to steal sensitive developer credentials. The newly identified packages belong to three new phases of the campaign Wave 2, Wave 3, and Wave 4 distributed between November 2025 and February 2026. Despite the discovery and reporting of the…
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PhantomRaven Malware Resurfaces, Targets npm Supply Chain to Steal Developer Secrets
A large-scale malware campaign known as PhantomRaven has resurfaced, targeting the npm software supply chain and attempting to steal sensitive developer credentials. The newly identified packages belong to three new phases of the campaign Wave 2, Wave 3, and Wave 4 distributed between November 2025 and February 2026. Despite the discovery and reporting of the…
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PhantomRaven Malware Resurfaces, Targets npm Supply Chain to Steal Developer Secrets
A large-scale malware campaign known as PhantomRaven has resurfaced, targeting the npm software supply chain and attempting to steal sensitive developer credentials. The newly identified packages belong to three new phases of the campaign Wave 2, Wave 3, and Wave 4 distributed between November 2025 and February 2026. Despite the discovery and reporting of the…
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Iranian APT Hack Targets US Airport Bank and Software Company
Critical infrastructure organizations continue to face sustained pressure from nation-state cyber operations. Airports, financial institutions, and software companies represent high-value targets because of the operational and economic disruption that a successful intrusion can create. New reporting from SecurityWeek details how an Iranian advanced persistent threat group conducted cyber intrusions against organizations, including a U.S. airport,…
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OMB Rolled Back the Rules. Security Did Not Get Easier
<div cla The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s decision to rescind M-22-18 and M-23-16 and replace them with M-26-05 has been framed as a win for flexibility and a rollback of security theater. That framing is not entirely wrong, but it misses something fundamental about how modern software actually fails. There are pieces…
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Only 24% Of organizations Test Identity Recovery Every Six Months
Only 24% of organizations test identity disaster recovery plans every 6 months, Quest Software said First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/organizations-test-identity-sec-6/
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Cloud Attackers Now Prefer Vulnerability Exploits Over Credentials, Google Cloud Finds
Google Cloud report details a sharp rise in attackers exploiting software vulnerabilities, including React2Shell First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cloud-attackers-prefer-exploits/
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Schneider Electric modernisiert Videoüberwachung mit GenetecCenter
Tags: softwareGenetec, ein weltweit führende Anbieter von Software für die physische Sicherheit in Unternehmen, gibt bekannt, dass Schneider Electric seine Videoüberwachung mit der Plattform Genetec-Security-Center modernisiert und vereinheitlicht hat. Als global führendes Unternehmen im Bereich Energie und Automatisierung beschäftigt Schneider Electric fast 160.000 Mitarbeiter, davon 15.000 in Frankreich, verteilt auf über 100 sehr unterschiedliche Standorte. Dazu…
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Das Gros der Tech-Entscheider sieht agentenbasierte KI als Alternative zur traditionellen Softwareentwicklung
Reply veröffentlicht die Studie ‘From Code to Control: AI’s Takeover of Software Development Lifecycle”, eine von Forrester Consulting durchgeführte Untersuchung. Dafür wurden 536 IT-Führungskräfte in Europa und den USA befragt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen den schrittweisen Übergang von einfachen KI-Coding-Assistenten zu autonomen Agenten, die den gesamten Software-Development-Life-Cycle (SDLC) eigenständig orchestrieren. Die Studie markiert einen Wendepunkt für die…
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SAP Releases Patches for Security Flaws Allowing Remote Code Execution
On March 10, 2026, SAP released its monthly Security Patch Day updates, addressing multiple vulnerabilities across its enterprise software products. Maintaining a structured patch management cycle aligned with this monthly schedule remains a foundational practice for enterprise SAP security. This month’s rollout includes 15 new security notes, with no updates to previously issued patches. Administrators…
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How to Stop AI Data Leaks: A Webinar Guide to Auditing Modern Agentic Workflows
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a tool we talk to; it is a tool that does things for us. These are called AI Agents. They can send emails, move data, and even manage software on their own.But there is a problem. While these agents make work faster, they also open a new “back…
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Gogs Flaw Could Let Attackers Quietly Overwrite Large File Storage Data
Tags: attack, cve, cyber, data, exploit, flaw, open-source, software, supply-chain, threat, vulnerabilityA critical security vulnerability has been identified in Gogs, a widely used open-source self-hosted Git service. / Tracked as CVE-2026-25921, this flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to silently overwrite Git Large File Storage (LFS) objects across any repository. By exploiting a lack of content verification, threat actors can conduct stealthy software supply-chain attacks, replacing legitimate project…
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Third-Party-Risiken im Fokus
Es ist so etwas wie der heftige Start eines digitalen Dominoeffekts: Gehackte Rechenzentren, kompromittierte Cloud-Dienstleister oder manipulierte Software-Updates: Cyberangriffe verlaufen 2026 immer häufiger über Umwege (“Third-Party-Angriffe”). First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/third-party-risiken-fokus
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Cloud attacks exploit flaws more than weak credentials
Hackers are increasingly exploiting newly disclosed vulnerabilities in third-party software to gain initial access to cloud environments, with the window for attacks shrinking from weeks to just days. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-cloud-attacks-exploit-flaws-more-than-weak-credentials/
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Hacker FreeAll Over Cisco SD-WAN Flaw
Three-Year Old Zero-Day Under Mass Attack. A flaw in Cisco Software-defined network management software has become a hacker free-for-all, warn cybersecurity experts. The flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass authentication and obtain administrative privileges on the affected system. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/hacker-free-for-all-over-cisco-sd-wan-flaw-a-30946
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Identity Crisis: Global Firms Face Mounting Risks Amid AI Surge and Lack of Recovery Testing
Organizations may be increasingly adopting Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) practices, but a critical gap in disaster recovery readiness is leaving many vulnerable to catastrophic failure. The annual State of ITDR survey from Quest Software, which gathered insights from 650 IT and security executives worldwide, reveals a startling lack of preparedness around post-attack restoration……
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Why Password Audits Miss the Accounts Attackers Actually Want
Password audits often focus on complexity rules but miss the accounts attackers actually target. Specops Software explains how breached passwords, orphaned users, and service accounts can leave organizations exposed. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/why-password-audits-miss-the-accounts-attackers-actually-want/