Tag: threat
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Google Warns: AI Makes Cyber Threats Faster and Smarter by 2026
Google has released its Cybersecurity Forecast 2026 report, providing a comprehensive analysis of emerging threats and security trends anticipated throughout the coming year. Rather than relying on speculation, the report is grounded in real-world data and insights gathered from Google Cloud security leaders, dozens of experts, analysts, researchers, and frontline security responders. The forecast reveals…
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APT60 Campaign: Malicious VHDX Hosted on Google Drive Lures Job Applicants
JPCERT/CC has issued an urgent warning about ongoing attacks by the advanced persistent threat group APT-C-60, which continues to target recruitment professionals in Japan through sophisticated spear-phishing campaigns. The attack campaign specifically impersonates job seekers contacting recruitment staff, exploiting the natural workflow of human resources professionals who regularly review candidate submissions. Between June and August…
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APT60 Campaign: Malicious VHDX Hosted on Google Drive Lures Job Applicants
JPCERT/CC has issued an urgent warning about ongoing attacks by the advanced persistent threat group APT-C-60, which continues to target recruitment professionals in Japan through sophisticated spear-phishing campaigns. The attack campaign specifically impersonates job seekers contacting recruitment staff, exploiting the natural workflow of human resources professionals who regularly review candidate submissions. Between June and August…
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Mysterious ‘SmudgedSerpent’ Hackers Target U.S. Policy Experts Amid IranIsrael Tensions
A never-before-seen threat activity cluster codenamed UNK_SmudgedSerpent has been attributed as behind a set of cyber attacks targeting academics and foreign policy experts between June and August 2025, coinciding with heightened geopolitical tensions between Iran and Israel.”UNK_SmudgedSerpent leveraged domestic political lures, including societal change in Iran and investigation into the First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Mysterious ‘SmudgedSerpent’ Hackers Target U.S. Policy Experts Amid IranIsrael Tensions
A never-before-seen threat activity cluster codenamed UNK_SmudgedSerpent has been attributed as behind a set of cyber attacks targeting academics and foreign policy experts between June and August 2025, coinciding with heightened geopolitical tensions between Iran and Israel.”UNK_SmudgedSerpent leveraged domestic political lures, including societal change in Iran and investigation into the First seen on thehackernews.com Jump…
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Hackers Targeting Freight Operators to Steal Cargo: Proofpoint
Threat actors are working with organized crime groups to target freight operators and transportation companies, infiltrate their systems through RMM software, and steal cargo, which they then sell online or ship to Europe, according to Proofpoint researchers, who saw similar campaigns last year. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/hackers-targeting-freight-operators-to-steal-cargo-proofpoint/
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HackedGPT: Novel AI Vulnerabilities Open the Door for Private Data Leakage
Tenable Research has discovered seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques in ChatGPT, including unique indirect prompt injections, exfiltration of personal user information, persistence, evasion, and bypass of safety mechanisms. Key takeaways: Tenable Research has discovered multiple new and persistent vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT that could allow an attacker to exfiltrate private information from users’ memories and…
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Hackers Targeting Freight Operators to Steal Cargo: Proofpoint
Threat actors are working with organized crime groups to target freight operators and transportation companies, infiltrate their systems through RMM software, and steal cargo, which they then sell online or ship to Europe, according to Proofpoint researchers, who saw similar campaigns last year. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/hackers-targeting-freight-operators-to-steal-cargo-proofpoint/
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HackedGPT: Novel AI Vulnerabilities Open the Door for Private Data Leakage
Tenable Research has discovered seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques in ChatGPT, including unique indirect prompt injections, exfiltration of personal user information, persistence, evasion, and bypass of safety mechanisms. Key takeaways: Tenable Research has discovered multiple new and persistent vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT that could allow an attacker to exfiltrate private information from users’ memories and…
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Hackers Targeting Freight Operators to Steal Cargo: Proofpoint
Threat actors are working with organized crime groups to target freight operators and transportation companies, infiltrate their systems through RMM software, and steal cargo, which they then sell online or ship to Europe, according to Proofpoint researchers, who saw similar campaigns last year. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/11/hackers-targeting-freight-operators-to-steal-cargo-proofpoint/
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HackedGPT: Novel AI Vulnerabilities Open the Door for Private Data Leakage
Tenable Research has discovered seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques in ChatGPT, including unique indirect prompt injections, exfiltration of personal user information, persistence, evasion, and bypass of safety mechanisms. Key takeaways: Tenable Research has discovered multiple new and persistent vulnerabilities in OpenAI’s ChatGPT that could allow an attacker to exfiltrate private information from users’ memories and…
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CISA Alerts of Control Web Panel Command Injection Flaw Actively Exploited
Tags: cisa, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, injection, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an urgent alert about a critical command-injection vulnerability in Control Web Panel that is currently being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2025-48703, this flaw poses a significant threat to organizations running the popular server management platform and demands immediate attention from system administrators worldwide. Control…
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CISA Alerts of Control Web Panel Command Injection Flaw Actively Exploited
Tags: cisa, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, injection, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an urgent alert about a critical command-injection vulnerability in Control Web Panel that is currently being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2025-48703, this flaw poses a significant threat to organizations running the popular server management platform and demands immediate attention from system administrators worldwide. Control…
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CISA Alerts of Control Web Panel Command Injection Flaw Actively Exploited
Tags: cisa, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, injection, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an urgent alert about a critical command-injection vulnerability in Control Web Panel that is currently being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2025-48703, this flaw poses a significant threat to organizations running the popular server management platform and demands immediate attention from system administrators worldwide. Control…
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Curly COMrades Hacker Group Deploys New Tools for Stealthy Remote Access on Compromised Windows 10 Systems
A sophisticated threat actor known as Curly COMrades has demonstrated advanced evasion capabilities by leveraging legitimate Windows virtualization features to establish covert, long-term access to victim networks. Operating to support Russian geopolitical interests, the group has deployed innovative tools and techniques that successfully bypass traditional endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions. This investigation, conducted in…
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Identitätsschutz in XDR und MDR – Identitäten sichern mit Sophos Identity Threat Detection and Responses
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/identitaeten-sichern-mit-sophos-identity-threat-detection-and-responses-a-5c0051f873beef5d57691cc2a4e5ebe1/
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Identitätsschutz in XDR und MDR – Identitäten sichern mit Sophos Identity Threat Detection and Responses
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/identitaeten-sichern-mit-sophos-identity-threat-detection-and-responses-a-5c0051f873beef5d57691cc2a4e5ebe1/
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10 promising cybersecurity startups CISOs should know about
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, gartner, google, governance, government, grc, ibm, identity, linux, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, open-source, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, saas, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. Chainguard: Category: Software supply chain securityWhy they’re here: Founded in 2021 by Dan Lorenc (formerly at Microsoft and Google), Chainguard offers a Linux-based platform for securely building applications. The company has raised more than $600M and is valued at $3.5B. In fiscal year 2025, Chainguard reached a $40M annual run rate and by the…
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Curly COMrades Hacker Group Deploys New Tools for Stealthy Remote Access on Compromised Windows 10 Systems
A sophisticated threat actor known as Curly COMrades has demonstrated advanced evasion capabilities by leveraging legitimate Windows virtualization features to establish covert, long-term access to victim networks. Operating to support Russian geopolitical interests, the group has deployed innovative tools and techniques that successfully bypass traditional endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions. This investigation, conducted in…
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10 promising cybersecurity startups CISOs should know about
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, gartner, google, governance, government, grc, ibm, identity, linux, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, open-source, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, saas, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. Chainguard: Category: Software supply chain securityWhy they’re here: Founded in 2021 by Dan Lorenc (formerly at Microsoft and Google), Chainguard offers a Linux-based platform for securely building applications. The company has raised more than $600M and is valued at $3.5B. In fiscal year 2025, Chainguard reached a $40M annual run rate and by the…
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10 promising cybersecurity startups CISOs should know about
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, business, ceo, ciso, cloud, compliance, container, control, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, gartner, google, governance, government, grc, ibm, identity, linux, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, open-source, ransomware, RedTeam, risk, saas, software, startup, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trust2. Chainguard: Category: Software supply chain securityWhy they’re here: Founded in 2021 by Dan Lorenc (formerly at Microsoft and Google), Chainguard offers a Linux-based platform for securely building applications. The company has raised more than $600M and is valued at $3.5B. In fiscal year 2025, Chainguard reached a $40M annual run rate and by the…
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FIN7 Hackers Leverage Windows SSH Backdoor for Stealthy Remote Access and Persistence
Tags: access, backdoor, cyber, cybercrime, group, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, threat, windowsThe notorious FIN7 cybercriminal group, also known as Savage Ladybug, continues to rely on a sophisticated Windows SSH backdoor infrastructure with minimal modifications since 2022, according to threat intelligence analysis. The threat actor has maintained operational consistency while using an install.bat script paired with OpenSSH toolsets to establish reverse SSH and SFTP connections for maintaining…
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Hackers Abuse OneDrive.exe via DLL Sideloading to Run Malicious Code
Security researchers have discovered a sophisticated attack technique that exploits Microsoft’s OneDrive application to execute malicious code without detection. The method, known as DLL sideloading, leverages the way Windows loads library files to trick legitimate applications into running attacker-controlled software. This technique represents a significant threat to enterprise environments where OneDrive is widely deployed across…
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Silent Lynx APT New Attack Targeting Governmental Employees Posing as Officials
Seqrite Labs’ APT Team has documented fresh campaigns from Silent Lynx, a sophisticated threat actor group known for orchestrating spear-phishing operations that impersonate government officials to target diplomatic and governmental employees across Central Asia. The group, also tracked under aliases including YoroTrooper, Sturgeon Phisher, and Cavalry Werewolf, continues its espionage-focused activities with minimal operational security…
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Hackers Abuse OneDrive.exe via DLL Sideloading to Run Malicious Code
Security researchers have discovered a sophisticated attack technique that exploits Microsoft’s OneDrive application to execute malicious code without detection. The method, known as DLL sideloading, leverages the way Windows loads library files to trick legitimate applications into running attacker-controlled software. This technique represents a significant threat to enterprise environments where OneDrive is widely deployed across…
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Hackers Abuse OneDrive.exe via DLL Sideloading to Run Malicious Code
Security researchers have discovered a sophisticated attack technique that exploits Microsoft’s OneDrive application to execute malicious code without detection. The method, known as DLL sideloading, leverages the way Windows loads library files to trick legitimate applications into running attacker-controlled software. This technique represents a significant threat to enterprise environments where OneDrive is widely deployed across…