Tag: software
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Fake YouTube Downloads Spread Vidar Malware to Steal Corporate Logins
A new Vidar infostealer campaign is abusing fake software download links on YouTube to compromise corporate employees and sell their stolen credentials on Russian cybercrime marketplaces. In the investigated case, the victim was searching for software on YouTube and likely followed a link in the video description that led to a third”‘party file”‘sharing service. From…
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PhantomCore Exploits TrueConf Vulnerabilities to Breach Russian Networks
A pro-Ukrainian hacktivist group called PhantomCore has been attributed to attacks actively targeting servers running TrueConf video conferencing software in Russia since September 2025.That’s according to a report published by Positive Technologies, which found the threat actors to be leveraging an exploit chain comprising three vulnerabilities to execute commands remotely on susceptible First seen on…
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AI is reshaping DevSecOps to bring security closer to the code
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, authentication, automation, breach, business, cloud, communications, compliance, container, control, data, data-breach, detection, exploit, governance, infrastructure, injection, least-privilege, risk, service, skills, software, sql, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, vulnerabilityExplicit security requirements elevate AI benefits: While deploying AI with DevSecOps is helping to shift the emphasis on security to earlier in the development lifecycle, this requires “explicit instruction to do it right,” says Noe Ramos, vice president of AI operations at business software provider Agiloft.”AI coding assistants accelerate development meaningfully, but they optimize for…
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Fast16: Pre-Stuxnet malware that targeted precision engineering software
Fast16 is a pre-Stuxnet malware that tampered with precision software and spread itself. Evidence suggests links to U.S. operations during early cyber tensions. SentinelOne uncovered Fast16, a sabotage malware used in 2005, years before Stuxnet. The malicious code is written in Lua and targeted high-precision calculation software, altering results and spreading across systems. The malware…
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Nessus Agent Windows Flaw Enables SYSTEM-Level Code Execution
Tenable has disclosed a high-severity security vulnerability in its Nessus Agent software for Windows that could allow attackers to execute malicious code with full SYSTEM-level privileges. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-33694, has been patched in the newly released Nessus Agent version 11.1.3. The vulnerability stems from improper link resolution before file access, classified under CWE-59 (>>Link Following<<). On…
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New York’s 3D Printing Crackdown: Security or Surveillance?
Tags: softwareNew York’s latest budget proposal could fundamentally change how 3D printers work”, requiring built-in software that scans and blocks certain designs. Supporters say it’s about stopping ghost guns. Critics say it opens the door to surveillance and limits innovation. In this episode, we break down what’s actually in the proposal, why it’s raising alarms across…
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The Bluegrass State’s Security Leaders: Kentucky CISOs to Know
Kentucky’s cybersecurity leadership spans government, academic medicine, community healthcare, manufacturing technology, banking, and global software platforms. The CISOs in this feature have built programs inside environments as different as a city government and a Fortune-level enterprise acquisition, but they share a common thread: careers shaped by the specific demands of the institutions and industries Kentucky…The…
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Pre-Stuxnet Sabotage Malware ‘Fast16’ Linked to US-Iran Cyber Tensions
What happened SentinelOne has uncovered Fast16, a Lua-based sabotage malware developed and deployed years before Stuxnet that was designed to tamper with high-precision calculation software used in civil engineering, physics, and physical process simulations. The malware was used in an attack in 2005 and was referenced in the ShadowBrokers’ 2016 leak of NSA offensive tools….The…
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Supplier assurance for UK SMEs: a practical guide to checking third parties without overcomplicating it
Supplier assurance for UK SMEs: a practical guide to checking third parties without overcomplicating it Most UK SMEs rely on suppliers in some way. That might be payroll software, a managed IT provider, a marketing agency, a logistics partner, or a cloud service that holds customer data. The more your business depends on third parties,……
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Supplier assurance for UK SMEs: a practical guide to checking third parties without overcomplicating it
Supplier assurance for UK SMEs: a practical guide to checking third parties without overcomplicating it Most UK SMEs rely on suppliers in some way. That might be payroll software, a managed IT provider, a marketing agency, a logistics partner, or a cloud service that holds customer data. The more your business depends on third parties,……
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Researchers Uncover Pre-Stuxnet ‘fast16’ Malware Targeting Engineering Software
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new Lua-based malware created years before the notorious Stuxnet worm that aimed to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program by destroying uranium enrichment centrifuges.According to a new report published by SentinelOne, the previously undocumented cyber sabotage framework dates back to 2005, primarily targeting high-precision calculation software to tamper First seen on thehackernews.com…
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CISA reports persistent FIRESTARTER backdoor on Cisco ASA device in federal network
CISA said a federal Cisco Firepower ASA device was infected with the FIRESTARTER backdoor in Sept 2025, and it survived security patches. CISA revealed that a U.S. federal civilian agency’s Cisco Firepower device running ASA software was compromised in September 2025 by the FIRESTARTER backdoor. The malware reportedly persisted even after security patches were applied,…
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CISA reports persistent FIRESTARTER backdoor on Cisco ASA device in federal network
CISA said a federal Cisco Firepower ASA device was infected with the FIRESTARTER backdoor in Sept 2025, and it survived security patches. CISA revealed that a U.S. federal civilian agency’s Cisco Firepower device running ASA software was compromised in September 2025 by the FIRESTARTER backdoor. The malware reportedly persisted even after security patches were applied,…
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CISA reports persistent FIRESTARTER backdoor on Cisco ASA device in federal network
CISA said a federal Cisco Firepower ASA device was infected with the FIRESTARTER backdoor in Sept 2025, and it survived security patches. CISA revealed that a U.S. federal civilian agency’s Cisco Firepower device running ASA software was compromised in September 2025 by the FIRESTARTER backdoor. The malware reportedly persisted even after security patches were applied,…
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TDL 020 – Why DNS Is Your First Line of Cyber Defense – Chris Buijs
Tags: access, attack, automation, business, cisco, ciso, cloud, container, corporate, country, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, dns, encryption, endpoint, finance, firewall, group, hacker, ibm, infrastructure, Internet, iot, jobs, malicious, microsoft, network, office, phone, programming, router, saas, service, software, startup, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool, training, update, usa, vulnerability, zero-trustIn Episode 20 of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with Amsterdam-based tech veteran Chris Buijs to discuss the often-overlooked backbone of internet security: DNS (Domain Name System). The “Set-it-and-Forget-it” Trap Buijs, who transitioned from an electrician to a network architect, notes that many organizations treat DNS as a “utility” rather than a…
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TDL 020 – Why DNS Is Your First Line of Cyber Defense – Chris Buijs
Tags: access, attack, automation, business, cisco, ciso, cloud, container, corporate, country, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, dns, encryption, endpoint, finance, firewall, group, hacker, ibm, infrastructure, Internet, iot, jobs, malicious, microsoft, network, office, phone, programming, router, saas, service, software, startup, strategy, switch, technology, threat, tool, training, update, usa, vulnerability, zero-trustIn Episode 20 of The Defender’s Log, host David Redekop sits down with Amsterdam-based tech veteran Chris Buijs to discuss the often-overlooked backbone of internet security: DNS (Domain Name System). The “Set-it-and-Forget-it” Trap Buijs, who transitioned from an electrician to a network architect, notes that many organizations treat DNS as a “utility” rather than a…
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Flurry of Supply-Chain Software Library Attacks
Continuous Integration Has Its Downsides. As supply-chain attacks against widely-used, open-source software repositories continue, experts are urging developers to not only rely on code integrity tools, but also to introduce a delay before merging new repos, since unfolding attacks tend to get spotted in days, if not hours or minutes. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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How CrowdStrike Is Helping The Industry To Withstand AI-Driven Vulnerability Deluge: Exec
CrowdStrike’s launch of a new initiative, Project QuiltWorks, is a sorely needed answer to the widespread questions over how to prepare for the coming onslaught of AI-discovered software vulnerabilities, Chief Business Officer Daniel Bernard told CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/how-crowdstrike-is-helping-the-industry-to-withstand-ai-driven-vulnerability-deluge-exec
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FIRESTARTER Backdoor Hit Federal Cisco Firepower Device, Survives Security Patches
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has revealed that an unnamed federal civilian agency’s Cisco Firepower device running Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software was compromised in September 2025 with malware called FIRESTARTER.FIRESTARTER, per CISA and the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is assessed to be a backdoor designed for remote access and…
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NASA Employees Duped in Chinese Phishing Scheme Targeting U.S. Defense Software
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has revealed how a Chinese national posed as a U.S. researcher as part of a spear-phishing campaign to obtain sensitive information from the space agency, as well as from government entities, universities, and private companies, in violation of export control…
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Q1 Updates in Nexus Repository: More Formats, Stronger Operations, and a Better DayDay Experience
<div cla If you are responsible for keeping software delivery moving, more ecosystems usually mean more overhead. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/q1-updates-in-nexus-repository-more-formats-stronger-operations-and-a-better-day-to-day-experience/
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Claude-Mythos und die Konsequenzen für die Softwaresicherheit
Thales warnt schon seit langem vor diesem Wandel: KI senkt die Hürden für das Aufspüren und Ausnutzen von Software-Schwachstellen drastisch und beschleunigt diesen Prozess in einem Ausmaß, mit dem Menschen einfach nicht mithalten können. Die Konsequenz ist klar: Unternehmen müssen nun davon ausgehen, dass ihre Software und Anwendungen kontinuierlich von feindlicher KI analysiert, zerlegt und…
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Runtime Analytics Cuts Millions of Alerts to What Matters
<div cla TL;DR Research from Contrast Security’s Software Under Siege 2025 report reveals that applications face an average of 81 viable attacks per month that reach actual vulnerabilities, while perimeter-based detection tools generate overwhelming alert volumes with minimal correlation to real-world exploits. Runtime analytics powered by the Contrast Graph detects attacks during code execution and…
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Cloudsmith Raises $72M for Software Supply-Chain Security
Recent Package Compromises Pushed Software Component Trust to the Security Agenda. Cloudsmith raised a $72 million Series C led by TCV to expand policy enforcement, auditability and real-time package risk analysis as CISOs focus more closely on software supply-chain threats tied to open-source dependencies, AI-assisted development and compromised artifacts. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Privacy Vulnerability in Firefox and TOR Browsers
The security company Fingerprint discovered how on Firefox browsers, websites could track users even if they used private browsing tabs or the anonymity focused TOR browser. Mozilla closed the vulnerability in Firefox 150, that was released on April 21st 2026. This vulnerability is another example how a subtle lack of entropy in the software industry…
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Five steps to become Mythos ready
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, flaw, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, LLM, mitre, network, office, open-source, openai, risk, software, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAI is uncovering vulnerabilities at a scale that will overwhelm legacy defenses. Here is how to build a security organization that is Mythos ready. Key takeaways While frontier AI models like Claude Mythos boost cyber defenses, they also empower attackers to discover and weaponize vulnerabilities at unprecedented machine speed. To avoid getting buried by an…
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Five steps to become Mythos ready
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, business, cloud, compliance, control, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, flaw, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, LLM, mitre, network, office, open-source, openai, risk, software, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayAI is uncovering vulnerabilities at a scale that will overwhelm legacy defenses. Here is how to build a security organization that is Mythos ready. Key takeaways While frontier AI models like Claude Mythos boost cyber defenses, they also empower attackers to discover and weaponize vulnerabilities at unprecedented machine speed. To avoid getting buried by an…
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Mythos Is a Wake-Up Call for DDoS Defense
Will Anthropic’s Mythos, with its AI-powered identification of software and infrastructure weaknesses, upset the financial services industry by means of new, AI-developed attacks? Major bank leaders were called to an urgent meeting by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, over concerns that the latest AI model released by Anthropic (the developer..…