Tag: threat
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What keeps CISOs awake at night, and why Zurich might hold the cure
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, ciso, conference, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, deep-fake, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, firmware, framework, group, incident response, injection, LLM, malware, mandiant, microsoft, mitre, network, phishing, phone, ransomware, resilience, risk, soc, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, training, update, zero-dayA safe space in the Alps: Over two days at Zurich’s stunning Dolder Grand, hosted by the Swiss Cyber Institute, I witnessed something I’ve seldom seen at cybersecurity events: real vulnerability. In a closed, attribution-free environment, leaders shared not just strategies, but doubts. And that made this event stand out, not as another conference, but…
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Invisible battles: How cybersecurity work erodes mental health in silence and what we can do about it
Always-on alertness Threats don’t wait. Neither does your pager. You’re expected to respond instantly, on holidays, birthdays, weekends and 2 a.m. system alerts. Even when nothing’s burning, your mind stays wired.That permanent readiness? It’s exhaustion disguised as dedication. Sleep suffers. Focus slips. And when your nervous system never gets to shut down, it starts to…
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Amazon Is Using Specialized AI Agents for Deep Bug Hunting
Born out of an internal hackathon, Amazon’s Autonomous Threat Analysis system uses a variety of specialized AI agents to detect weaknesses and propose fixes to the company’s platforms. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/amazon-autonomous-threat-analysis/
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Amazon Is Using Specialized AI Agents for Deep Bug Hunting
Born out of an internal hackathon, Amazon’s Autonomous Threat Analysis system uses a variety of specialized AI agents to detect weaknesses and propose fixes to the company’s platforms. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/amazon-autonomous-threat-analysis/
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Attackers deliver ShadowPad via newly patched WSUS RCE bug
Attackers exploited a patched WSUS flaw (CVE-2025-59287) to gain access, use PowerCat for a shell, and deploy the ShadowPad malware. AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) researchers reported that threat actors exploited a recently patched WSUS flaw (CVE-2025-59287) to deliver the ShadowPad malware. ShadowPad is a backdoor widely used by China-linked APT groups and privately sold…
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Attackers deliver ShadowPad via newly patched WSUS RCE bug
Attackers exploited a patched WSUS flaw (CVE-2025-59287) to gain access, use PowerCat for a shell, and deploy the ShadowPad malware. AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) researchers reported that threat actors exploited a recently patched WSUS flaw (CVE-2025-59287) to deliver the ShadowPad malware. ShadowPad is a backdoor widely used by China-linked APT groups and privately sold…
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Amazon Is Using Specialized AI Agents for Deep Bug Hunting
Born out of an internal hackathon, Amazon’s Autonomous Threat Analysis system uses a variety of specialized AI agents to detect weaknesses and propose fixes to the company’s platforms. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/amazon-autonomous-threat-analysis/
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Attackers deliver ShadowPad via newly patched WSUS RCE bug
Attackers exploited a patched WSUS flaw (CVE-2025-59287) to gain access, use PowerCat for a shell, and deploy the ShadowPad malware. AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) researchers reported that threat actors exploited a recently patched WSUS flaw (CVE-2025-59287) to deliver the ShadowPad malware. ShadowPad is a backdoor widely used by China-linked APT groups and privately sold…
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What is SambaSpy
SambaSPY: The RAT that targets selective victims Human error isn’t just about careless clicks or weak passwords, attackers are now deploying extremely targeted malware to exploit very specific victims. One such threat is SambaSpy, a sophisticated Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that’s not mass-sprayed across the globe but instead focuses on a carefully selected demographic…. First…
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Invisible battles: How cybersecurity work erodes mental health in silence and what we can do about it
Always-on alertness Threats don’t wait. Neither does your pager. You’re expected to respond instantly, on holidays, birthdays, weekends and 2 a.m. system alerts. Even when nothing’s burning, your mind stays wired.That permanent readiness? It’s exhaustion disguised as dedication. Sleep suffers. Focus slips. And when your nervous system never gets to shut down, it starts to…
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JPMorgan, Citi, Morgan Stanley assess fallout from SitusAMC data breach
Tags: advisory, breach, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, finance, incident response, microsoft, regulation, risk, risk-management, service, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityThird-party breaches accelerating: The SitusAMC incident is part of a broader trend of increasing cyberattacks targeting third-party vendors in the financial services sector. Third parties accounted for 30% of data breaches in 2024, a 15% increase from 2023, according to Venminder’s State of Third-Party Risk Management 2025 survey. The survey found 49% of organizations experienced…
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JPMorgan, Citi, Morgan Stanley assess fallout from SitusAMC data breach
Tags: advisory, breach, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, email, finance, incident response, microsoft, regulation, risk, risk-management, service, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityThird-party breaches accelerating: The SitusAMC incident is part of a broader trend of increasing cyberattacks targeting third-party vendors in the financial services sector. Third parties accounted for 30% of data breaches in 2024, a 15% increase from 2023, according to Venminder’s State of Third-Party Risk Management 2025 survey. The survey found 49% of organizations experienced…
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Attackers deliver ShadowPad via newly patched WSUS RCE bug
Attackers exploited a patched WSUS flaw (CVE-2025-59287) to gain access, use PowerCat for a shell, and deploy the ShadowPad malware. AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) researchers reported that threat actors exploited a recently patched WSUS flaw (CVE-2025-59287) to deliver the ShadowPad malware. ShadowPad is a backdoor widely used by China-linked APT groups and privately sold…
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Zapier’s NPM Account Hacked, Multiple Packages Infected with Malware
Zapier’s NPM account has been successfully compromised, leading to the injection of the Shai Hulud malware into 425 packages currently distributed across the npm ecosystem. The attack represents a significant supply chain threat, with the affected packages collectively generating approximately 132 million monthly downloads across critical infrastructure and development tools. The malware-laden packages span multiple…
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Zapier’s NPM Account Hacked, Multiple Packages Infected with Malware
Zapier’s NPM account has been successfully compromised, leading to the injection of the Shai Hulud malware into 425 packages currently distributed across the npm ecosystem. The attack represents a significant supply chain threat, with the affected packages collectively generating approximately 132 million monthly downloads across critical infrastructure and development tools. The malware-laden packages span multiple…
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LLMs Tools Like GPT-3.5-Turbo and GPT-4 Fuel the Development of Fully Autonomous Malware
The rapid proliferation of large language models has transformed how organizations approach automation, coding, and research. Yet this technological advancement presents a double-edged sword: threat actors are increasingly exploring how to weaponize these tools for creating next-generation, autonomously operating malware. Recent research from Netskope Threat Labs reveals that GPT-3.5-Turbo and GPT-4 can be manipulated to…
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New EtherHiding Technique Uses Web Attacks to Deploy Malware and Rotate Payloads
A new era of web-delivered malware has arrived with EtherHiding, a technique that fundamentally reshapes how attackers distribute and rotate malicious payloads. Unlike traditional threats that rely on static staging servers or disposable redirect chains, EtherHiding leverages smart contracts on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) testnet, enabling attackers to update or rotate malicious payloads instantly…
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ToddyCat APT Targeting Internal Employee Communications at Organizations
Advanced persistent threat actors continue to develop sophisticated techniques for compromising corporate communications, with the ToddyCat APT group demonstrating remarkable evolution in their operational capabilities. Recent research from Kaspersky reveals how this highly organized espionage group has refined methods for covertly accessing internal employee communications at target organizations throughout the second half of 2024 and…
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ToddyCat APT Targeting Internal Employee Communications at Organizations
Advanced persistent threat actors continue to develop sophisticated techniques for compromising corporate communications, with the ToddyCat APT group demonstrating remarkable evolution in their operational capabilities. Recent research from Kaspersky reveals how this highly organized espionage group has refined methods for covertly accessing internal employee communications at target organizations throughout the second half of 2024 and…
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ToddyCat APT Targeting Internal Employee Communications at Organizations
Advanced persistent threat actors continue to develop sophisticated techniques for compromising corporate communications, with the ToddyCat APT group demonstrating remarkable evolution in their operational capabilities. Recent research from Kaspersky reveals how this highly organized espionage group has refined methods for covertly accessing internal employee communications at target organizations throughout the second half of 2024 and…
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ToddyCat APT Targeting Internal Employee Communications at Organizations
Advanced persistent threat actors continue to develop sophisticated techniques for compromising corporate communications, with the ToddyCat APT group demonstrating remarkable evolution in their operational capabilities. Recent research from Kaspersky reveals how this highly organized espionage group has refined methods for covertly accessing internal employee communications at target organizations throughout the second half of 2024 and…
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ToddyCat APT Targeting Internal Employee Communications at Organizations
Advanced persistent threat actors continue to develop sophisticated techniques for compromising corporate communications, with the ToddyCat APT group demonstrating remarkable evolution in their operational capabilities. Recent research from Kaspersky reveals how this highly organized espionage group has refined methods for covertly accessing internal employee communications at target organizations throughout the second half of 2024 and…
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ShadowPad Malware Actively Exploits WSUS Vulnerability for Full System Access
Tags: access, cve, exploit, flaw, intelligence, malware, microsoft, open-source, service, threat, update, vulnerability, windowsA recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) has been exploited by threat actors to distribute malware known as ShadowPad.”The attacker targeted Windows Servers with WSUS enabled, exploiting CVE-2025-59287 for initial access,” AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) said in a report published last week. “They then used PowerCat, an open-source First…
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ShadowPad Malware Actively Exploits WSUS Vulnerability for Full System Access
Tags: access, cve, exploit, flaw, intelligence, malware, microsoft, open-source, service, threat, update, vulnerability, windowsA recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) has been exploited by threat actors to distribute malware known as ShadowPad.”The attacker targeted Windows Servers with WSUS enabled, exploiting CVE-2025-59287 for initial access,” AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) said in a report published last week. “They then used PowerCat, an open-source First…
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The CISO’s greatest risk? Department leaders quitting
What CISOs can and should be doing: The situation isn’t hopeless; there are steps CISOs can and should take to help avoid defections. It’s a matter of making staff a priority. PayNearMe’s Hobson says CISOs need to ask themselves whether functional security leaders are wearing too many hats with too few opportunities to advance, and…
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Email blind spots are back to bite security teams
The threat landscape is forcing CISOs to rethink what they consider normal. The latest Cybersecurity Report 2026 by Hornetsecurity, based on analysis of more than 70 billion … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/24/hornetsecurity-email-attack-tactics-report/
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How are Agentic AI systems kept safe from cyber threats?
How Secure Are Your Non-Human Identities in the Cloud? Have you ever considered how machine identities are safeguarded within your organization’s architecture? If not, it’s time to delve into Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and understand their critical role in cybersecurity, especially for entities operating extensively. The Complex Landscape of NHIs NHIs are not merely artificial constructs……
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How are Agentic AI systems kept safe from cyber threats?
How Secure Are Your Non-Human Identities in the Cloud? Have you ever considered how machine identities are safeguarded within your organization’s architecture? If not, it’s time to delve into Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and understand their critical role in cybersecurity, especially for entities operating extensively. The Complex Landscape of NHIs NHIs are not merely artificial constructs……
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ZTE Launches ZXCSec MAF security solution for large model
A multi-layered security framework protecting large-model applications from adversarial threats, data leakage, API abuse, and content risks First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/11/21/zte-zxcsec-maf-security-solution/
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Iberia discloses security incident tied to supplier breach
Iberia warns customers of a supplier-related data breach as a threat actor claims to hold 77GB of stolen airline data. Iberia is warning customers about a data breach after a third-party supplier was hacked by a threat actor who claims to have stolen 77 GB of airline data. Iberia is the flag carrier airline of…