Tag: software
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August Windows updates cause severe streaming issues
Microsoft has confirmed that the August 2025 security updates are causing severe lag and stuttering issues with NDI streaming software on some Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-august-windows-updates-cause-severe-ndi-streaming-issues/
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What is the cost of a data breach?
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, finance, fraud, healthcare, ibm, identity, incident response, india, infrastructure, insurance, intelligence, jobs, law, metric, privacy, programming, ransom, ransomware, regulation, risk, security-incident, service, skills, software, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityCanada ($4.84 million) and the UK ($4.14million) remain in the top 10 hardest hit, with ASEAN or Association of Southeast Asian Nations ($3.67 million), Australia ($2.55 million), and India ($2.51 million) among the top 15. Breaches by industry: Healthcare remains the industry hit with the highest costs per breach by far, at $7.42 million despite…
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Dev gets 4 years for creating kill switch on ex-employer’s systems
A software developer has been sentenced to four years in prison for sabotaging his ex-employer’s Windows network with custom malware and a kill switch that locked out employees when his account was disabled. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dev-gets-4-years-for-creating-kill-switch-on-ex-employers-systems/
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Nuance Agrees to Pay $8.5M to Settle MOVEit Hack Litigation
Tags: communications, data, exploit, flaw, hacker, healthcare, microsoft, moveIT, software, zero-daySettlement Is Latest Among Scores of Other MOVEit Lawsuits Still Pending. Nuance Communications, a Microsoft subsidiary, has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle class action litigation filed after hackers exploited a zero-day flaw in Progress Software’s MOVEit file transfer software in 2023, stealing data belonging to more than a dozen of Nuance’s healthcare clients.…
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Threat Actors Exploiting Victims’ Machines for Bandwidth Monetization
Tags: cve, cvss, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, programming, remote-code-execution, software, threat, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers have uncovered an ongoing campaign where threat actors exploit the critical CVE-2024-36401 vulnerability in GeoServer, a geospatial database, to remotely execute code and monetize victims’ bandwidth. This remote code execution flaw, rated at a CVSS score of 9.8, enables attackers to deploy legitimate software development kits (SDKs) or modified applications that generate passive…
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Cyber, AI drive software spending to double-digit growth through 2029
Cloud security and identity and access management tool purchases insulated the market from tariff-induced economic shocks, according to Forrester. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cloud-cyber-ai-software-services-market-forrester-forecast-/758166/
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Mit dem Harmony-SASE-MCP-Server integriert Check Point SASE in KI-Tools
Check Point Software Technologies gibt seinen Kunden mit die Möglichkeit an die Hand, ihre alltäglichen KI-Tools mit Harmony-SASE zu verbinden. Auf diese Weise können die Unternehmenssicherheit und die Netzwerker schnell detaillierte Informationen erlangen. MCP ist ein offener Standard, mit dem KI- und IDE-Assistenten (Claude, Cursor, Github Copilot usw.) auf konsistente und […] First seen on…
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Threat Actors Weaponize PDF Editor Trojan to Convert Devices into Proxies
Researchers have discovered a complex campaign using trojanized software that uses authentic code-signing certificates to avoid detection and turn compromised machines into unintentional residential proxies, according to a recent threat intelligence notice from Expel Security. The operation begins with files bearing the code-signing signature of >>GLINT SOFTWARE SDN. BHD.,
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Russian hackers exploit old Cisco flaw to target global enterprise networks
Six-year-old vulnerability still wreaking havoc: At the heart of this campaign lies CVE-2018-0171, a critical vulnerability that affected Cisco IOS software’s Smart Install feature and allowed unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or trigger denial-of-service conditions.Despite Cisco patching the flaw in 2018, Static Tundra continued exploiting unpatched devices, particularly those that reached end-of-life status,…
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Commvault Backup Suite Flaws Allow Attackers to Breach On-Premises Systems
Security researchers have uncovered a critical series of vulnerabilities in Commvault’s backup and data management software that could enable attackers to achieve remote code execution and compromise on-premises infrastructure. The flaws, discovered by Watchtowr Labs, represent a significant threat to organizations relying on Commvault’s widely-deployed backup solutions. The vulnerability chain consists of four distinct security…
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NIST Unveils Guidelines to Help Spot Face Morphing Attempts
NIST has released new guidelines examining the pros and cons of detection methods for face morphing software First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nist-unveils-guidelines-spot-face/
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CVE-2025-43300: Critical Zero-Day Bug in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
CVE-2025-43300: Vulnerability in Image Handling Framework Apple has released urgent software updates for iPhones, iPads, and Macs after identifying a zero-day security flaw that was already being exploited. The issue, cataloged as CVE-2025-43300, exists in the ImageIO framework and can… First seen on sensorstechforum.com Jump to article: sensorstechforum.com/cve-2025-43300-zero-day-apple/
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US CERT/CC warns of flaws in Workhorse Software accounting software used by hundreds of municipalities in Wisconsin
CERT/CC disclosed serious data exposure vulnerabilities in Workhorse Software used by hundreds of U.S. cities and towns. CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) at Carnegie Mellon University disclosed two serious data exposure flaws in an accounting application developed by Workhorse Software’s, and used by hundreds of U.S. cities and towns. CERT/CC disclosed the vulnerabilities only after the…
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Critical Flaw in Apache Tika PDF Parser Exposes Sensitive Data to Attackers
A critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability has been discovered in Apache Tika’s PDF parser module, potentially allowing attackers to access sensitive data and compromise internal systems. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-54988, affects a wide range of Apache Tika deployments and has prompted immediate security advisories from the Apache Software Foundation. Field Value CVE ID…
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AI To Handle 60% of SOC Work By 2028. It Had Better Be Robust.
If you’re trying to separate real AI-SOC capability from hype, you’ll love this: we’re making the 2025 AI SOC Market Landscape report available as a download. Produced by Software Analyst Cyber Research (SACR), it’s the most comprehensive snapshot of this emerging category. It features 13 vendors, architectural guidance, risk frameworks, implementation roadmaps, and a capabilities……
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FBI Warns FSB-Linked Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Cisco Devices for Cyber Espionage
A Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group known as Static Tundra has been observed actively exploiting a seven-year-old security flaw in Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE software as a means to establish persistent access to target networks.Cisco Talos, which disclosed details of the activity, said the attacks single out organizations in telecommunications, higher education and…
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Russian cyber group exploits seven-year-old network vulnerabilities for long-term espionage
The group, linked to FSB Center 16, has been scanning the internet for end-of-life software, which it has found in droves. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/russian-static-tundra-hacks-cisco-network-devices-cve-2018-0171/
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ASPM buyer’s guide: 7 products to help secure your applications
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, business, ceo, cloud, compliance, container, crowdstrike, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, gartner, google, guide, iam, identity, infrastructure, ivanti, marketplace, microsoft, monitoring, okta, open-source, oracle, programming, risk, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementProtect the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and supply chain pipelinesAutomate software testingIntegrate with various applications to mitigate and remove various risksFeatures offered by ASPMs vary widely. As a result, tools can prove difficult to evaluate in terms of exactly what is being protected, what data and metadata is being collected to inform security judgments, and…
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Surprise departure of Oracle security chief as company shifts focus to AI
Full disclosure: In fairness, Oracle was far from alone in being slow to adopt the idea that software vendors needed to turn patching into a core security function while acknowledging that vulnerability hunters were allies in disguise rather than enemies.Nevertheless, occasional missteps have continued up to the present, most recently in the evasive and confused…
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Check Point analysiert die Zero-Click-Schwachstelle in Microsoft-365-Copilot namens Echolink
Check Point Software Technologies warnt vor einer kürzlich entdeckten Zero-Click-Sicherheitslücke in Microsoft-365-Copilot. Die als bezeichnete Schwachstelle markiert den Beginn einer neuen Angriffsära, da sie weder einen Klick, noch einen Download oder jegliche Nutzerinteraktion erfordert, um sensible Unternehmensdaten abzugreifen. Die Lücke wurde in Microsofts KI-gestützter Arbeitsumgebung ausgenutzt, um Angreifern zu ermöglichen, verdeckte Prompts in geteilten […]…
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Cooking with Code: A DevOps Kitchen Secured by Thales
Tags: access, ai, api, cctv, cloud, compliance, control, data, encryption, GDPR, identity, infrastructure, injection, least-privilege, malicious, mfa, military, monitoring, PCI, service, software, strategy, tool, waf, zero-day, zero-trustCooking with Code: A DevOps Kitchen Secured by Thales madhav Tue, 08/19/2025 – 05:13 In today’s hyperconnected digital world, deploying applications is a lot like running a high-performance, Michelin-star kitchen. You need the right setup, a disciplined process, and seamless coordination, where every tool, role, and task moves in harmony, executed flawlessly. Speed and precision…
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7 signs it’s time for a managed security service provider
Tags: access, best-practice, breach, business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, edr, incident, incident response, intelligence, mitigation, monitoring, mssp, ransomware, risk, service, siem, soc, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management2. Your security team is wasting time addressing and evaluating alerts: When your SOC team is ignoring 300 daily alerts and manually triaging what should be automated, that’s your cue to consider an MSSP, says Toby Basalla, founder and principal data consultant at data consulting firm Synthelize.When confusion reigns, who in the SOC team knows…
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Juli 2025: 1235 wöchentliche Attacken auf deutsche Organisationen
Die aktuelle Analyse von Check Point Research (CPR), der Forschungsabteilung von Check Point Software Technologies, zeigt: Unternehmen weltweit waren im Juli 2025 durchschnittlich 2011 Cyber-Angriffen pro Woche ausgesetzt. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/juli-2025-1235-woechentliche-attacken-organisationen
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Wie CISOs von der Blockchain profitieren
Tags: access, ai, api, blockchain, ciso, compliance, framework, governance, identity, LLM, network, saas, sbom, software, tool, zero-trustDie Blockchain macht Trust verifizierbar.Sicherheitsvorfälle gehen nicht nur auf eine Kompromittierung der internen Systeme zurück. Sie hängen regelmäßig auch damit zusammen, dass:Privileged-Access-Protokolle fehlen,SaaS-Audit-Trails nicht vertrauenswürdig sind, oderLieferketten kompromittiert werden.Die Blockchain kann dabei helfen, diese realen Probleme zu lösen und Manipulationssicherheit, Datenintegrität und Trust zu gewährleisten. Im Kern ist Blockchain ein System von Datensätzen, die über…