Tag: software
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Google Ads Exploited to Deliver TamperedChef Through Malicious PDF Editor
A sophisticated malvertising campaign tracked as TamperedChef has compromised over 100 organizations across 19 countries by distributing weaponized PDF editing software through Google Ads. Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) teams discovered the operation in September 2025, revealing a multi-layered attack infrastructure designed to steal browser credentials and establish persistent backdoor access on Windows systems.…
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Top 10 HIPAA Compliance Software Solutions
Key Takeaways Healthcare breaches have cost an eye”‘watering $7.42 million per incident in 2025, and it’s not surprising that regulators are dialing up new requirements like multi”‘factor authentication, encryption for all ePHI, and yearly audits. Small practices may be able to get by with basic tools, but larger organizations need more robust systems. The best……
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Aikido Gets $60M Series B to Scale, Automate AI Pen Testing
5x Revenue Growth, $1B Valuation Fuel Investment in Code Security Innovation. Backed by DST Global, Aikido Security’s $60 million Series B will fund global expansion and boost its AI-powered security tools. CEO Willem Delbare said the firm’s autonomous pen testing and code remediation cuts cost, boosts software resilience and already outperforms humans. First seen on…
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OverAir Software Updates Pose Risks to Vehicles
eSync Alliance Chair Shrikant Acharya on How Standardization Can Prevent Breaches. Over-the-air updates are an irreplaceable part of software-defined vehicles, giving manufacturers a convenient way of remotely fixing and upgrading vehicles. If not appropriately secured, over-the-air updates can become a gateway for data theft, malware injection, vehicle theft and even injury. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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HHS Urges Health Sector to Harden Security of PHI, Devices
Feds Pushing HIPAA Regulated Entities to Bolster Security Risk Management. Federal regulators are advising regulated healthcare firms and their third-party vendors to harden systems, software and medical devices to better safeguard protected health information. Hardening is a necessary measure for protecting data privacy security – but also in protecting patient safety. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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NDSS 2025 ASGARD
Session 9B: DNN Attack Surfaces Authors, Creators & Presenters: Myungsuk Moon (Yonsei University), Minhee Kim (Yonsei University), Joonkyo Jung (Yonsei University), Dokyung Song (Yonsei University) PAPER ASGARD: Protecting On-Device Deep Neural Networks with Virtualization-Based Trusted Execution Environments On-device deep learning, increasingly popular for enhancing user privacy, now poses a serious risk to the privacy of…
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Kritische Schwachstelle in HPE-Oneview ausgenutzt
Check Point Research (CPR), die Sicherheitsforschungs-abteilung von Check Point Software Technologies, hat eine aktive und koordinierte Exploit-Kampagne identifiziert, die auf eine kritische Sicherheitslücke in HPE-Oneview abzielt: CVE-2025-37164 ermöglicht die Ausführung von Remote-Code. Check Point hat derartige Aktivitäten in seiner Telemetrie beobachtet und dem Rondodox-Botnetz zugeschrieben. Die Kampagne stellt eine deutliche Eskalation dar: von frühen Sondierungsoperationen…
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Visual Studio Code Abused in Sophisticated Multistage Malware Attacks
A newly analyzed campaign dubbed “Evelyn Stealer” is turning the Visual Studio Code (VSC) extension ecosystem into an attack delivery platform, enabling threat actors to compromise software developers and pivot deeper into enterprise environments. The campaign abuses seemingly legitimate extensions including a “Bitcoin Black” theme and a “Codo AI” coding assistant as the initial lure.…
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Neuer Job als Schwarz IT Software Engineer for AI Forecasting gesucht? Schau dir unsere Jobs der Woche an.
First seen on t3n.de Jump to article: t3n.de/news/unsere-jobs-der-woche-1175973/
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Not hot on bots, project names and shames AI-created open source software
‘OpenSlopware’ briefly flowers, fades, falls but fortunately was forked, fast First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/18/openslopware_is_back/
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Five Chrome extensions caught hijacking enterprise sessions
Blocking defenses and hijacking sessions: The campaign went beyond stealing credentials. Two of the extensions, Tool Access 11 and Data By Cloud 2, incorporated DOM manipulation routines that actively blocked access to security and administrative pages within the targeted platforms. This prevented the enterprise admins from reaching screens to change passwords, view sign-on history, or…
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From arts degree to cybersecurity: Rona Michele Spiegel brings fresh perspective to cyber leadership
Tags: ai, awareness, business, cisco, ciso, cloud, compliance, computer, cyber, cybersecurity, data, governance, group, hacking, Hardware, intelligence, jobs, network, office, penetration-testing, privacy, psychology, risk, risk-management, skills, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, technology, tool, vulnerabilityRona Michele Spiegel’s journey to cybersecurity might seem unconventional to some: She studied the arts. But as someone who grew up when computers first appeared and everyone wanted to experiment with them, she did a lot of multimedia work. She was always interested in technology and discussed with art colleagues about where the world was…
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7 top cybersecurity projects for 2026
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, business, cisco, ciso, cloud, communications, compliance, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, framework, governance, infrastructure, LLM, mail, phishing, programming, resilience, risk, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trust2. Strengthening email security: Phishing continues to be a primary attack vector for stealing credentials and defrauding victims, says Mary Ann Blair, CISO at Carnegie Mellon University. She warns that threat actors are now generating increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks, effectively evading mail providers’ detection capabilities. “Legacy multifactor authentication techniques are now regularly defeated, and threat…
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7 top cybersecurity projects for 2026
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, business, cisco, ciso, cloud, communications, compliance, control, credentials, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, framework, governance, infrastructure, LLM, mail, phishing, programming, resilience, risk, software, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-trust2. Strengthening email security: Phishing continues to be a primary attack vector for stealing credentials and defrauding victims, says Mary Ann Blair, CISO at Carnegie Mellon University. She warns that threat actors are now generating increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks, effectively evading mail providers’ detection capabilities. “Legacy multifactor authentication techniques are now regularly defeated, and threat…
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Understanding CIAM: Essential Information You Need to Know
Learn the essentials of CIAM for modern software development. Explore passwordless authentication, mfa, and how to scale user management securely. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/understanding-ciam-essential-information-you-need-to-know/
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Cisco Patches Zero-Day RCE Exploited by China-Linked APT in Secure Email Gateways
Cisco on Thursday released security updates for a maximum-severity security flaw impacting Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, nearly a month after the company disclosed that it had been exploited as a zero-day by a China-nexus advanced persistent threat (APT) actor codenamed UAT-9686.The vulnerability, tracked as…
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Possible software supply chain attack through AWS CodeBuild service blunted
Developers shouldn’t expose build environments: CSOs should ensure developers don’t expose build environments, Meghu said. “Using public hosted services like GitHub is not appropriate for enterprise code management and deployment,” he added. “Having a private GitLab/GitHub, service, or even your own git repository server, should be the default for business, making this attack impossible if…
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CISA’s secure-software buying tool had a simple XSS vulnerability of its own
A researcher who discovered the vulnerability said it was fixed in December, after he first reported it to the agency in September. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/cisa-secure-software-buying-tool-had-a-simple-xss-vulnerability-of-its-own/
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Cyber body ISC2 signs on as UK software security ambassador
Professional cyber association ISC2 pledges support to UK government’s Software Security Ambassador scheme, part of the recently unveiled Cyber Action Plan First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366637377/Cyber-body-ISC2-signs-on-as-UK-software-security-ambassador
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Breach Roundup: Software Update Caused Verizon Outage
Also, Venezuela Cyberattack, Endesa Confirms Breach and Telegram IP Leak. This week, a software flaw caused the Verizon outage. U.S. cyberattack in Venezuela. ICE identities published online. BreachForums users leaked. Spanish energy provider Endesa data breach. Telegram privacy risk. A MuddyWater upgrade. Dutch man sentenced for hacking a maritime port. A ServiceNow patch. First seen…
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Verizon blames nationwide outage on a “software issue”
Tags: softwareVerizon has confirmed that yesterday’s nationwide wireless outage was caused by a software issue, though the company has not shared additional details about what went wrong. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/mobile/verizon-blames-nationwide-outage-on-a-software-issue/
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2025 Threat Landscape in Review: Lessons for Businesses Moving Into 2026
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, authentication, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, captcha, cloud, compliance, container, control, credentials, credit-card, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, ddos, defense, encryption, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, google, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, leak, malicious, mitigation, monitoring, network, pypi, risk, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, windows2025 Threat Landscape in Review: Lessons for Businesses Moving Into 2026 andrew.gertz@t“¦ Thu, 01/15/2026 – 16:48 Nadav Avital – Senior Director of Threat Research at Thales More About This Author > 2025 was a year that tested how businesses think about security. Some attacks happened in new, unexpected ways, while others employed old tricks, taken…
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News alert: Panorays study finds most CISOs lack vendor visibility as supply chain attacks climb
NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2026, CyberNewswire, Panorays, a leading provider of third-party security risk management software, has released the 2026 edition of its annual CISO Survey for Third-Party Cyber Risk Management. The survey highlights third-party cyber risk… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/news-alert-panorays-study-finds-most-cisos-lack-vendor-visibility-as-supply-chain-attacks-climb/
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Palo Alto Fixes GlobalProtect DoS Flaw That Can Crash Firewalls Without Login
Palo Alto Networks has released security updates for a high-severity security flaw impacting GlobalProtect Gateway and Portal, for which it said there exists a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-0227 (CVSS score: 7.7), has been described as a denial-of-service (DoS) condition impacting GlobalProtect PAN-OS software arising as a result of an improper check for…
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Schlag gegen Cyberkriminelle in Deutschland
Tags: cybercrime, germany, infrastructure, Internet, mail, microsoft, phishing, software, usa, windowsInternationalen Ermittlern und Microsoft ist ein Schlag gegen die Infrastruktur des Cybercrime-Dienst RedVDS gelungen. Die Server standen auch in Deutschland.In einer konzertierten Aktion haben Strafverfolgungsbehörden in Deutschland, den USA und Großbritannien zusammen mit Microsoft den globalen Cyberkriminalitätsdienst RedVDS zerschlagen. Das bestätigten die Zentralstelle für Internet- und Computerkriminalität (ZIT) bei der Generalstaatsanwaltschaft in Frankfurt sowie das Landeskriminalamt…
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China bans U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software over security concerns
China has told domestic firms to stop using U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software, citing national security concerns amid rising tech tensions. Reuters reported that China has ordered domestic companies to stop using cybersecurity solutions from more than a dozen U.S. and Israeli firms, citing national security risks. Tensions remain high over China’s push in semiconductors…
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Court Axes Investor Lawsuit Over CrowdStrike Software Update
Misstatement Claims Tossed in Class-Action Securities Case After CrowdStrike Outage. A U.S. district judge tossed most claims from investors accusing CrowdStrike of misrepresenting its software testing rigor before a July 2024 outage. The judge said two statements about federal compliance could plausibly be misleading, but said plaintiffs failed to establish intent or recklessness. First seen…
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Verizon Outage Felt Across United States
Cause Unknown But Many Previous Outages Due to Software Misconfiguration. Verizon customers along the Eastern Seaboard and Southern parts of the United States lost mobile phone connectivity Wednesday in an incident that appears to have peaked around 1 p.m. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/verizon-outage-felt-across-united-states-a-30524
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Using Passkeys Without Biometric Authentication
Learn how passkeys work without biometrics using PINs and patterns. A guide for software developers on WebAuthn and passwordless authentication accessibility. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/using-passkeys-without-biometric-authentication/