Tag: threat
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Teamwork is failing in slow motion and security feels it
Security leaders often track threats in code, networks, and policies. But a quieter risk is taking shape in the everyday work of teams. Collaboration is getting harder even as … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/11/forrester-teamwork-security-gaps-report/
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday 2025 Year in Review
Tags: apt, attack, backdoor, cve, cyber, cybercrime, dos, exploit, flaw, malware, microsoft, ransomware, rce, remote-code-execution, service, software, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-dayMicrosoft addressed over 1,100 CVEs as part of Patch Tuesday releases in 2025, including 40 zero-day vulnerabilities. Key takeaways: Microsoft’s 2025 Patch Tuesday releases addressed 1,130 CVEs. This is the second year in a row where the CVE count was over 1,000. Elevation of Privilege vulnerabilities accounted for 38.3% of all Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities in…
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Preparing for Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna) EndLife: How Tenable Can Help
Tags: application-security, attack, business, cisco, cve, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, flaw, identity, intelligence, Internet, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsCisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna) has long been a valuable partner for security teams. With its end-of-life now underway, Tenable One offers a clear path forward, delivering end-to-end unified exposure management for the future of risk management. Key takeaways: Tenable’s strong partnership with Cisco helps customers with a natural path forward and easy transition to…
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday 2025 Year in Review
Tags: apt, attack, backdoor, cve, cyber, cybercrime, dos, exploit, flaw, malware, microsoft, ransomware, rce, remote-code-execution, service, software, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-dayMicrosoft addressed over 1,100 CVEs as part of Patch Tuesday releases in 2025, including 40 zero-day vulnerabilities. Key takeaways: Microsoft’s 2025 Patch Tuesday releases addressed 1,130 CVEs. This is the second year in a row where the CVE count was over 1,000. Elevation of Privilege vulnerabilities accounted for 38.3% of all Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities in…
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Threat Report 2025 Relevante SOC-Daten aus Deutschland und Schutzempfehlungen für IT-Entscheider
Controlware veröffentlicht mit dem Controlware Threat Report 2025 einen umfassenden Lagebericht zur aktuellen Cybersicherheitslage mit klarem Fokus auf Organisationen im DACH-Raum. Der Bericht basiert auf den Daten und Incident-Analysen aus dem unternehmenseigenen, ISO-27001-zertifizierten Security Operations Center (SOC) in Dietzenbach bei Frankfurt am Main und bietet Unternehmen und Behörden relevante und praxisnahe Daten und Empfehlungen zur……
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Preparing for Cisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna) EndLife: How Tenable Can Help
Tags: application-security, attack, business, cisco, cve, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, flaw, identity, intelligence, Internet, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsCisco Vulnerability Management (formerly Kenna) has long been a valuable partner for security teams. With its end-of-life now underway, Tenable One offers a clear path forward, delivering end-to-end unified exposure management for the future of risk management. Key takeaways: Tenable’s strong partnership with Cisco helps customers with a natural path forward and easy transition to…
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday 2025 Year in Review
Tags: apt, attack, backdoor, cve, cyber, cybercrime, dos, exploit, flaw, malware, microsoft, ransomware, rce, remote-code-execution, service, software, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-dayMicrosoft addressed over 1,100 CVEs as part of Patch Tuesday releases in 2025, including 40 zero-day vulnerabilities. Key takeaways: Microsoft’s 2025 Patch Tuesday releases addressed 1,130 CVEs. This is the second year in a row where the CVE count was over 1,000. Elevation of Privilege vulnerabilities accounted for 38.3% of all Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities in…
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How does Agentic AI empower cybersecurity teams?
Can Agentic AI Revolutionize Cybersecurity Practices? Where digital threats consistently challenge organizations, how can cybersecurity teams leverage innovations to bolster their defenses? Enter the concept of Agentic AI”, a technology that could serve as a powerful ally in the ongoing battle against cyber threats. By enhancing the management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and secrets security…
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Ring-fencing AI Workloads for NIST and ISO Compliance
AI is transforming enterprise productivity and reshaping the threat model at the same time. Unlike human users, agentic AI and autonomous agents operate at machine speed and inherit broad network permissions and embedded credentials. This creates new security and compliance… Read More First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/ring-fencing-ai-workloads-for-nist-and-iso-compliance/
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The Unseen Threat: DNA as Malware
The Next Major Cyber Risk Could Come Through a Biological Sample Researchers demonstrated that it is feasible to encode executable payloads into synthetic DNA that, once sequenced and processed, could trigger malware in sequencing software. When a vulnerability in a sequencer becomes a vulnerability in national health or food security, the stakes are existential. First…
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As White House moves to send AI chips to China, Trump’s DOJ prosecutes chip smugglers
Prosecutors called criminal schemes to route computer chips to China a threat to U.S. national security, while Democrats have criticized the White House’s decision. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/white-house-sends-ai-chips-to-china-trump-doj-prosecutes-chip-smugglers/
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As White House moves to send AI chips to China, Trump’s DOJ prosecutes chip smugglers
Prosecutors called criminal schemes to route computer chips to China a threat to U.S. national security, while Democrats have criticized the White House’s decision. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/white-house-sends-ai-chips-to-china-trump-doj-prosecutes-chip-smugglers/
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As White House moves to send AI chips to China, Trump’s DOJ prosecutes chip smugglers
Prosecutors called criminal schemes to route computer chips to China a threat to U.S. national security, while Democrats have criticized the White House’s decision. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/white-house-sends-ai-chips-to-china-trump-doj-prosecutes-chip-smugglers/
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The Unseen Threat: DNA as Malware
The Next Major Cyber Risk Could Come Through a Biological Sample Researchers demonstrated that it is feasible to encode executable payloads into synthetic DNA that, once sequenced and processed, could trigger malware in sequencing software. When a vulnerability in a sequencer becomes a vulnerability in national health or food security, the stakes are existential. First…
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React2Shell Exploitation Delivers Crypto Miners and New Malware Across Multiple Sectors
React2Shell continues to witness heavy exploitation, with threat actors leveraging the maximum-severity security flaw in React Server Components (RSC) to deliver cryptocurrency miners and an array of previously undocumented malware families, according to new findings from Huntress.This includes a Linux backdoor called PeerBlight, a reverse proxy tunnel named CowTunnel, and a Go-based First seen on…
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NIST Plans to Build Threat and Mitigation Taxonomy for AI Agents
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is building a taxonomy of attack and mitigations for securing artificial intelligence (AI) agents. Speaking at the AI Summit New York conference, Apostol Vassilev, a research team supervisor for NIST, told attendees that the arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce is working with industry partners..…
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2025 Year of Browser Bugs Recap:
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, awareness, browser, cctv, chrome, cloud, communications, computer, credentials, crypto, cyber, data, data-breach, detection, edr, email, endpoint, exploit, flaw, gartner, google, guide, identity, injection, leak, login, malicious, malware, network, openai, passkey, password, phishing, ransom, ransomware, risk, saas, service, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, windows, xss, zero-dayAt the beginning of this year, we launched the Year of Browser Bugs (YOBB) project, a commitment to research and share critical architectural vulnerabilities in the browser. Inspired by the iconic Months of Bugs tradition in the 2000s, YOBB was started with a similar purpose”Š”, “Što drive awareness and discussion around key security gaps and…
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Eleventh Hour: Cyberwarfare Emerges as an Imminent Threat
Tags: threatCyberwarfare now resembles Stranger Things: the danger comes from the gaps you can’t see. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/eleventh-hour-cyberwarfare-emerges-as-an-imminent-threat/
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APT28’s Toolkit: AI, Wi-Fi Intrusions, Cloud C2
APT28’s new “LameHug” malware uses LLMs to generate basic commands, a strikingly clumsy move from an otherwise advanced threat group. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/apt28s-toolkit-ai-wi-fi-intrusions-cloud-c2/
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News brief: RCE flaws persist as top cybersecurity threat
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/366636017/News-brief-RCE-flaws-persist-as-top-cybersecurity-threat
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High-Risk Ivanti EPM Vulnerability Opens Door to Admin Session Hijacking
A critical stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) enables unauthenticated attackers to hijack administrator sessions by injecting malicious JavaScript into the management dashboard. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-10573 with a CVSS score of 9.6, affects all versions below EPM 2024 SU4 SR1 and poses an immediate threat to enterprise environments managing…
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Windows Defender Firewall Flaw Allows Attackers to Access Sensitive Data
Microsoft has officially addressed a new security vulnerability affecting the Windows Defender Firewall Service that could allow threat actors to access sensitive information on compromised systems. The flaw, identified as CVE-2025-62468, was disclosed as part of the company’s December 2025 security updates. This information disclosure vulnerability poses a risk to organizations that rely on standard…
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FortiGuard Team Uncovers Stealth Forensic Data Within Windows Telemetry
During a recent incident response engagement, FortiGuard IR services responded to a sophisticated ransomware attack in which threat actors deployed advanced anti-forensic techniques to eliminate their digital footprint. The attackers deleted malware, cleared logs, and obfuscated tools to prevent analysis. However, FortiGuard researchers made a critical discovery: historical evidence of the deleted malware and attacker…
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Windows Defender Firewall Flaw Allows Attackers to Access Sensitive Data
Microsoft has officially addressed a new security vulnerability affecting the Windows Defender Firewall Service that could allow threat actors to access sensitive information on compromised systems. The flaw, identified as CVE-2025-62468, was disclosed as part of the company’s December 2025 security updates. This information disclosure vulnerability poses a risk to organizations that rely on standard…
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FortiGuard Team Uncovers Stealth Forensic Data Within Windows Telemetry
During a recent incident response engagement, FortiGuard IR services responded to a sophisticated ransomware attack in which threat actors deployed advanced anti-forensic techniques to eliminate their digital footprint. The attackers deleted malware, cleared logs, and obfuscated tools to prevent analysis. However, FortiGuard researchers made a critical discovery: historical evidence of the deleted malware and attacker…
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OWASP Project Publishes List of Top Ten AI Agent Threats
OWASP unveils its GenAI Top 10 threats for agentic AI, plus new security and governance guides, risk maps, and a FinBot CTF tool to help organizations secure emerging AI agents. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/owasp-project-publishes-list-of-top-ten-ai-agent-threats/
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OWASP Project Publishes List of Top Ten AI Agent Threats
OWASP unveils its GenAI Top 10 threats for agentic AI, plus new security and governance guides, risk maps, and a FinBot CTF tool to help organizations secure emerging AI agents. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/owasp-project-publishes-list-of-top-ten-ai-agent-threats/
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High-Risk Ivanti EPM Vulnerability Opens Door to Admin Session Hijacking
A critical stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) enables unauthenticated attackers to hijack administrator sessions by injecting malicious JavaScript into the management dashboard. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-10573 with a CVSS score of 9.6, affects all versions below EPM 2024 SU4 SR1 and poses an immediate threat to enterprise environments managing…