Tag: threat
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Europe second only to North America for cyber attacks
Europe faces rising cyber threats from criminals and nation-states, according to CrowdStrike. Ransomware attacks now take just 24 hours, with 22% of global victims being European First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366634112/CrowdStrike-Europe-second-only-to-North-America-for-cyber-attacks
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Hackers use RMM tools to breach freighters and steal cargo shipments
Threat actors are targeting freight brokers and trucking carriers with malicious links and emails to deploy remote monitoring and management tools (RMMs) that enable them to hijack cargo and steal physical goods. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-use-rmm-tools-to-breach-freighters-and-steal-cargo-shipments/
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Nation-State Hackers Breach Major Telecom Provider Ribbon Communications
Nation-state hackers breached Ribbon Communications, exposing data and highlighting rising cyber threats to critical infrastructure. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/nation-state-hackers-breach-major-telecom-provider-ribbon-communications/
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Product showcase: Cogent Community democratizes vulnerability intelligence with agentic AI
The volume of threat intelligence data has grown exponentially, but the ability to interpret and act on it has not. Every day brings new CVE disclosures, exploit releases, and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/03/product-showcase-cogent-security-community/
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Cybercriminals Exploit Remote Monitoring Tools to Infiltrate Logistics and Freight Networks
Bad actors are increasingly training their sights on trucking and logistics companies with an aim to infect them with remote monitoring and management (RMM) software for financial gain and ultimately steal cargo freight.The threat cluster, believed to be active since at least June 2025 according to Proofpoint, is said to be collaborating with organized crime…
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Product showcase: Cogent Community democratizes vulnerability intelligence with agentic AI
The volume of threat intelligence data has grown exponentially, but the ability to interpret and act on it has not. Every day brings new CVE disclosures, exploit releases, and … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/11/03/product-showcase-cogent-security-community/
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Let’s Get Physical: A New Convergence for Electrical Grid Security
The power grid is being attacked online and IRL. Increasingly, regulators and industry experts agree: Security teams need to focus on both cyber and physical threats, together. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/physical-convergence-electrical-grid-cybersecurity
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The Evolution of SOC Operations: How Continuous Exposure Management Transforms Security Operations
Security Operations Centers (SOC) today are overwhelmed. Analysts handle thousands of alerts every day, spending much time chasing false positives and adjusting detection rules reactively. SOCs often lack the environmental context and relevant threat intelligence needed to quickly verify which alerts are truly malicious. As a result, analysts spend excessive time manually triaging alerts, the…
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Rhysida ransomware exploits Microsoft certificate to slip malware past defenses
Identifying forensic signals: The campaigns that leverage trusted certificates undermine the trust model enterprises rely on. Signed malware bypasses app-allow lists, browser warnings, OS checks, and antivirus assumptions about signed code. When the file poses as Teams or PuTTY, employees don’t hesitate to download it as it looks normal.”Once inside, the malware runs with fewer…
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Rhysida ransomware exploits Microsoft certificate to slip malware past defenses
Identifying forensic signals: The campaigns that leverage trusted certificates undermine the trust model enterprises rely on. Signed malware bypasses app-allow lists, browser warnings, OS checks, and antivirus assumptions about signed code. When the file poses as Teams or PuTTY, employees don’t hesitate to download it as it looks normal.”Once inside, the malware runs with fewer…
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Rhysida ransomware exploits Microsoft certificate to slip malware past defenses
Identifying forensic signals: The campaigns that leverage trusted certificates undermine the trust model enterprises rely on. Signed malware bypasses app-allow lists, browser warnings, OS checks, and antivirus assumptions about signed code. When the file poses as Teams or PuTTY, employees don’t hesitate to download it as it looks normal.”Once inside, the malware runs with fewer…
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The New Frontier of Cyber Threats: Unpacking Prompt Injection, Model Poisoning and Adversarial Attacks in AI Security
Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape”, and with it, a new generation of attack vectors is emerging. From prompt injection to model poisoning and adversarial attacks, threat actors are exploiting vulnerabilities unique to AI systems. This article explores how these threats operate, their potential impact, and what defenders must do to build resilient, trustworthy…
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The New Frontier of Cyber Threats: Unpacking Prompt Injection, Model Poisoning and Adversarial Attacks in AI Security
Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape”, and with it, a new generation of attack vectors is emerging. From prompt injection to model poisoning and adversarial attacks, threat actors are exploiting vulnerabilities unique to AI systems. This article explores how these threats operate, their potential impact, and what defenders must do to build resilient, trustworthy…
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Webformulare als Phishing-Einfallstor
Cyberkriminelle entwickeln ihre Methoden stetig weiter, um Phishing-Angriffe glaubwürdiger zu gestalten und Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen. Der jüngste Bericht des KnowBe4-Threat-Lab zeigt, wie Angreifer zunehmend legitime Kommunikationskanäle missbrauchen, von kompromittierten E-Mail-Konten bis hin zu Webformularen auf seriösen Websites. Von BEC zu CBC: Wenn ganze Unternehmen kompromittiert werden Business-E-Mail-Compromise (BEC) zählt seit Jahren zu den effektivsten […]…
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The New Frontier of Cyber Threats: Unpacking Prompt Injection, Model Poisoning and Adversarial Attacks in AI Security
Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape”, and with it, a new generation of attack vectors is emerging. From prompt injection to model poisoning and adversarial attacks, threat actors are exploiting vulnerabilities unique to AI systems. This article explores how these threats operate, their potential impact, and what defenders must do to build resilient, trustworthy…
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New HttpTroy Backdoor Poses as VPN Invoice in Targeted Cyberattack on South Korea
Tags: attack, backdoor, cyberattack, email, korea, north-korea, phishing, spear-phishing, threat, vpnThe North Korea-linked threat actor known as Kimsuky has distributed a previously undocumented backdoor codenamed HttpTroy as part of a likely spear-phishing attack targeting a single victim in South Korea.Gen Digital, which disclosed details of the activity, did not reveal any details on when the incident occurred, but noted that the phishing email contained a…
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Neue Strategien für mehr Cyber-Resilienz im Mittelstand – Wie Threat-informed Defense den Mittelstand widerstandsfähiger macht
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/threat-informed-defense-mittelstand-resilienz-a-f643e97405b79a12cf49c1f48ef21abc/
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AzureHound Tool Weaponized to Map Azure and Entra ID Environments
Threat actors misuse AzureHound to map Azure and Entra ID, turning a security tool into a powerful cloud reconnaissance weapon. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/azurehound-weaponized/
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AzureHound Tool Weaponized to Map Azure and Entra ID Environments
Threat actors misuse AzureHound to map Azure and Entra ID, turning a security tool into a powerful cloud reconnaissance weapon. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/news/azurehound-weaponized/
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What does aligning security to the business really mean?
Indicators of alignment: One barometer of security-business alignment in action, Thielemann says, is when security teams engage with the business and use business metrics to determine security’s effectiveness.As an example, she points to the partnership between security and engineering at a manufacturing plant that had devices using software no longer supported by the vendor. The…
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What does aligning security to the business really mean?
Indicators of alignment: One barometer of security-business alignment in action, Thielemann says, is when security teams engage with the business and use business metrics to determine security’s effectiveness.As an example, she points to the partnership between security and engineering at a manufacturing plant that had devices using software no longer supported by the vendor. The…
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What does aligning security to the business really mean?
Indicators of alignment: One barometer of security-business alignment in action, Thielemann says, is when security teams engage with the business and use business metrics to determine security’s effectiveness.As an example, she points to the partnership between security and engineering at a manufacturing plant that had devices using software no longer supported by the vendor. The…
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Webformulare als Phishing-Einfallstor: KnowBe4 Threat Lab warnt vor Complete Business Compromise
First seen on datensicherheit.de Jump to article: www.datensicherheit.de/webformulare-phishing-einfallstor-knowbe4-threat-lab-warnung-complete-business-compromise