Tag: threat
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Beauty in Destruction: Exploring Malware’s Impact Through Art
Artistic initiatives turn cybersecurity into immersive exhibits at the Museum of Malware Art, transforming digital threats into thought-provoking experiences. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/beauty-in-destruction-exploring-malware-impact-through-art
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CTEM in Practice: Prioritization, Validation, and Outcomes That Matter
Cybersecurity teams increasingly want to move beyond looking at threats and vulnerabilities in isolation. It’s not only about what could go wrong (vulnerabilities) or who might attack (threats), but where they intersect in your actual environment to create real, exploitable exposure.Which exposures truly matter? Can attackers exploit them? Are our defenses effective?Continuous Threat Exposure First…
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Microsoft reveals actively exploited Office zero-day, provides emergency fix (CVE-2026-21509)
Microsoft released emergency Office security updates to fix a security feature bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-21509) that its threat intelligence and security teams spotted … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/01/27/microsoft-reveals-actively-exploited-office-zero-day-provides-emergency-fix-cve-2026-21509/
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4 issues holding back CISOs’ security agendas
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, framework, governance, intelligence, jobs, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, sans, service, skills, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, vulnerability-management2. Inability to keep pace with AI innovation and adoption: Executives and employees alike have been rushing to adopt artificial intelligence, enticed by expectations that AI will transform workflows and save time, money, and effort.But CISOs for the most part have not kept pace with their business colleagues’ rate of AI adoption.According to a survey…
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Why MSPs Should Add Privileged Access Management (PAM) To Their Security Offerings
It’s no surprise that the most popular managed service is security. Cybersecurity threats are a daily occurrence and continue to get more sophisticated, with identity-based attacks now the primary vector. For example, 2023 saw a 72% increase in data breaches… Read More First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/why-msps-should-add-privileged-access-management-pam-to-their-security-offerings/
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Rethinking Cybersecurity in a Platform World
How Consolidation Is Forcing CISOs and CIOs to Rethink Security Architecture For more than a decade, enterprise security has relied on point solutions. Companies invested in separate tools – endpoint detection, firewalls, cloud security and IAM – each designed to address a specific threat or compliance requirement. But that approach is starting to break down.…
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APT Attacks Target Indian Government Using GOGITTER, GITSHELLPAD, and GOSHELL – Part 1
Tags: access, adobe, ai, antivirus, api, apt, attack, authentication, backdoor, backup, cloud, control, data, data-breach, detection, email, endpoint, github, google, government, group, india, infection, infrastructure, injection, Internet, malicious, malware, microsoft, network, phishing, service, spear-phishing, threat, tool, update, windowsIntroductionIn September 2025, Zscaler ThreatLabz identified two campaigns, tracked as Gopher Strike and Sheet Attack, by a threat actor that operates in Pakistan and primarily targets entities in the Indian government. In both campaigns, ThreatLabz identified previously undocumented tools, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). While these campaigns share some similarities with the Pakistan-linked Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group, APT36, we…
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Some ChatGPT browser extensions are stealing your data
A threat actor is seeding the internet with AI browser extensions that can intercept a user’s authenticated session tokens and hijack accounts. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/chatgpt-browser-extensions-steal-your-data/
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Wiper Malware Targeting Poland’s Power Grid Tied to Moscow
Signs Point to Long-Active ‘Sandworm’ Military Intelligence Hackers at Work. Russian cyberattacks in late December 2025 that attempted to disrupt Poland’s power grid have been attributed to Sandworm, the codename for an advanced persistent threat group tied to a Moscow military intelligence unit that repeatedly uses wiper malware, including in these attacks. First seen on…
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Indian Users Targeted in Tax Phishing Campaign Delivering Blackmoon Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an ongoing campaign that’s targeting Indian users with a multi-stage backdoor as part of a suspected cyber espionage campaign.The activity, per the eSentire Threat Response Unit (TRU), involves using phishing emails impersonating the Income Tax Department of India to trick victims into downloading a malicious archive, ultimately granting the threat First…
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DPRK’s Konni Targets Blockchain Developers With AI-Generated Backdoor
The North Korean threat group is using a new PowerShell backdoor to compromise development environments and target cryptocurrency holdings, according to researchers. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/dprks-konni-targets-blockchain-developers-ai-generated-backdoor
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CISA Releases List of Post-Quantum Cryptography Product Categories
CISA released initial list of PQC-capable hardware and software to guide companies amid quantum threats First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cisa-post-quantum-cryptography/
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Hackers can bypass npm’s Shai-Hulud defenses via Git dependencies
The defense mechanisms that NPM introduced after the ‘Shai-Hulud’ supply-chain attacks have weaknesses that allow threat actors to bypass them via Git dependencies. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-can-bypass-npms-shai-hulud-defenses-via-git-dependencies/
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New DPRK Interview Campaign Uses Fake Fonts to Deliver Malware
A dangerous new iteration of the >>Contagious Interview<< campaign that weaponizes Microsoft Visual Studio Code task files to distribute sophisticated malware targeting software developers. This campaign, which began over 100 days ago, has intensified dramatically in recent weeks with 17 malicious GitHub repositories identified across 11 distinct attack variants. North Korean threat actors linked to…
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New DPRK Interview Campaign Uses Fake Fonts to Deliver Malware
A dangerous new iteration of the >>Contagious Interview<< campaign that weaponizes Microsoft Visual Studio Code task files to distribute sophisticated malware targeting software developers. This campaign, which began over 100 days ago, has intensified dramatically in recent weeks with 17 malicious GitHub repositories identified across 11 distinct attack variants. North Korean threat actors linked to…
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SyncFuture Campaign Abuses Enterprise Security Tools to Deploy Malware
A sophisticated, multi-stage espionage campaign targeting Indian residents through phishing emails impersonating the Income Tax Department. The attack chain, tracked as the >>SyncFuture Espionage Campaign,<< weaponizes legitimate enterprise security software as its final payload, demonstrating how threat actors repurpose trusted commercial tools to establish persistent, undetectable access to victim systems."‹ The campaign begins with targeted…
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SyncFuture Campaign Abuses Enterprise Security Tools to Deploy Malware
A sophisticated, multi-stage espionage campaign targeting Indian residents through phishing emails impersonating the Income Tax Department. The attack chain, tracked as the >>SyncFuture Espionage Campaign,<< weaponizes legitimate enterprise security software as its final payload, demonstrating how threat actors repurpose trusted commercial tools to establish persistent, undetectable access to victim systems."‹ The campaign begins with targeted…
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Okta Flags Customized, Reactive Vishing Attacks Which Bypass MFA
Threat actors posing as IT support teams use phishing kits to generate fake login sites in real-time to trick victims into handing over credentials First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/okta-flags-vishing-attacks-which/
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Okta Flags Customised, Reactive Vishing Attacks Which Bypass MFA
Threat actors posing as IT support teams use phishing kits to generate fake login sites in real-time to trick victims into handing over credentials First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/okta-flags-vishing-attacks-which/
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Winning Against AI-Based Attacks Requires a Combined Defensive Approach
If there’s a constant in cybersecurity, it’s that adversaries are always innovating. The rise of offensive AI is transforming attack strategies and making them harder to detect. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group, recently reported on adversaries using Large Language Models (LLMs) to both conceal code and generate malicious scripts on the fly, letting malware shape-shift in…
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Konni Hackers Deploy AI-Generated PowerShell Backdoor Against Blockchain Developers
Tags: ai, backdoor, blockchain, hacker, india, intelligence, korea, malware, north-korea, phishing, powershell, russia, threat, tool, ukraineThe North Korean threat actor known as Konni has been observed using PowerShell malware generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to target developers and engineering teams in the blockchain sector.The phishing campaign has targeted Japan, Australia, and India, highlighting the adversary’s expansion of the targeting scope beyond South Korea, Russia, Ukraine, and European nations, Check…
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CISO’s predictions for 2026
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, automation, breach, business, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, cryptography, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, encryption, endpoint, extortion, finance, governance, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, malicious, mobile, mssp, network, password, penetration-testing, ransomware, risk, router, saas, soc, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, warfareAI agents to reshape the threat landscape: But those same AI technologies are also changing the threat landscape. Toal points to a recent Anthropic report that documented the first large-scale AI-enabled cyberattack as an early warning sign. “I guarantee attackers will be more focused on using AI agents for what they want than a lot…
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What capabilities should AI have for advanced threat detection?
How Secure Are Your Machine Identities in the Cloud Environment? Have you ever pondered the extent to which machine identities are secured within your organization’s cloud infrastructure? יקרק businesses increasingly migrate to cloud environments, the management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) has become a crucial aspect of a comprehensive security strategy. Machine identities, which are often……
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1Password adds pop-up warnings for suspected phishing sites
The 1Password digital vault and password manager has added built-in protection against phishing URLs to help users identify malicious pages and prevent them from sharing account credentials with threat actors. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/1password-adds-pop-up-warnings-for-suspected-phishing-sites/
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1Password adds pop-pup warnings for suspected phishing sites
The 1Password digital vault and password manager has added built-in protection against phishing URLs to help users identify malicious pages and prevent them from sharing account credentials with threat actors. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/1password-adds-pop-pup-warnings-for-suspected-phishing-sites/
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Can you trust AI with your digital secrets management?
How Does Non-Human Identities (NHI) Impact Digital Secrets Management? Is your organization adequately prepared to manage non-human identities (NHIs) and protect your digital secrets? That’s a critical question. With cyber threats become more sophisticated, the role of NHIs in digital secrets management becomes increasingly vital. These machine identities are crucial in secure networks, especially in……
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ShinyHunters claim hacks of Okta, Microsoft SSO accounts for data theft
The ShinyHunters extortion gang claims it is behind a wave of ongoing voice phishing attacks targeting single sign-on (SSO) accounts at Okta, Microsoft, and Google, enabling threat actors to breach corporate SaaS platforms and steal company data for extortion. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shinyhunters-claim-to-be-behind-sso-account-data-theft-attacks/