Tag: threat
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FCC Chair Carr Looks to Eliminate Telecom Cybersecurity Ruling
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said the agency will look to eliminate a declaratory ruling made by his predecessor that aimed to give the government more power to force carriers to strengthen the security of their networks in the wake of the widespread hacks by China nation-state threat group Salt Typhoon last year. First seen on…
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FCC Chair Carr Looks to Eliminate Telecom Cybersecurity Ruling
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said the agency will look to eliminate a declaratory ruling made by his predecessor that aimed to give the government more power to force carriers to strengthen the security of their networks in the wake of the widespread hacks by China nation-state threat group Salt Typhoon last year. First seen on…
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Attackers Exploit Windows Server Update Services Flaw to Steal Sensitive Organizational Data
Tags: authentication, breach, cve, cyber, data, exploit, flaw, network, remote-code-execution, service, sophos, threat, update, vulnerability, windowsSophos researchers have identified real-world exploitation of a newly disclosed vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), where threat actors are harvesting sensitive data from organizations worldwide. The critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-59287, has become a prime target for attackers seeking to breach enterprise networks and extract valuable information without authentication requirements.…
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Attackers Exploit Windows Server Update Services Flaw to Steal Sensitive Organizational Data
Tags: authentication, breach, cve, cyber, data, exploit, flaw, network, remote-code-execution, service, sophos, threat, update, vulnerability, windowsSophos researchers have identified real-world exploitation of a newly disclosed vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), where threat actors are harvesting sensitive data from organizations worldwide. The critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-59287, has become a prime target for attackers seeking to breach enterprise networks and extract valuable information without authentication requirements.…
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Attackers Exploit Windows Server Update Services Flaw to Steal Sensitive Organizational Data
Tags: authentication, breach, cve, cyber, data, exploit, flaw, network, remote-code-execution, service, sophos, threat, update, vulnerability, windowsSophos researchers have identified real-world exploitation of a newly disclosed vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), where threat actors are harvesting sensitive data from organizations worldwide. The critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-59287, has become a prime target for attackers seeking to breach enterprise networks and extract valuable information without authentication requirements.…
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Attackers Exploit Windows Server Update Services Flaw to Steal Sensitive Organizational Data
Tags: authentication, breach, cve, cyber, data, exploit, flaw, network, remote-code-execution, service, sophos, threat, update, vulnerability, windowsSophos researchers have identified real-world exploitation of a newly disclosed vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), where threat actors are harvesting sensitive data from organizations worldwide. The critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-59287, has become a prime target for attackers seeking to breach enterprise networks and extract valuable information without authentication requirements.…
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China-Linked Hackers Exploit Windows Shortcut Flaw to Target European Diplomats
A China-affiliated threat actor known as UNC6384 has been linked to a fresh set of attacks exploiting an unpatched Windows shortcut vulnerability to target European diplomatic and government entities between September and October 2025.The activity targeted diplomatic organizations in Hungary, Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands, as well as government agencies in Serbia, Arctic Wolf said…
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China-Linked Hackers Exploit Windows Shortcut Flaw to Target European Diplomats
A China-affiliated threat actor known as UNC6384 has been linked to a fresh set of attacks exploiting an unpatched Windows shortcut vulnerability to target European diplomatic and government entities between September and October 2025.The activity targeted diplomatic organizations in Hungary, Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands, as well as government agencies in Serbia, Arctic Wolf said…
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DeviceThreat-Report zeigt massive Risiken durch vernetzte Geräte
Die zunehmende Verbreitung vernetzter Geräte hat eine neue Realität für IT- und Security-Teams geschaffen eine mit beispielloser Komplexität und wachsenden Risiken. Der neue ‘2025 Device Security Threat Report” von Palo Alto Networks analysiert über 27 Millionen verbundene Geräte aus 1.803 Unternehmensnetzwerken und legt eine zentrale Wahrheit offen: Es besteht eine erhebliche Transparenzlücke bei nicht […]…
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Stolen Credentials Drive the Rise of Financially Motivated Cyberattacks
Throughout the first half of 2025, the FortiGuard Incident Response team investigated dozens of security breaches across multiple industries driven by financially motivated threat actors. What emerged from these investigations was a striking pattern: attackers are abandoning complex, malware-heavy approaches in favor of a deceptively simple method”, simply logging in using stolen credentials and leveraging…
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Stolen Credentials Drive the Rise of Financially Motivated Cyberattacks
Throughout the first half of 2025, the FortiGuard Incident Response team investigated dozens of security breaches across multiple industries driven by financially motivated threat actors. What emerged from these investigations was a striking pattern: attackers are abandoning complex, malware-heavy approaches in favor of a deceptively simple method”, simply logging in using stolen credentials and leveraging…
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Chinese-Linked Hackers Exploit Windows Flaw to Spy on Belgian and Hungarian Diplomats
A new UNC6384 campaign highlights the threat actor’s growing sophistication and geographic expansion First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chinese-hackers-windows-flaw-spy/
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Chinese-Linked Hackers Exploit Windows Flaw to Spy on Belgian and Hungarian Diplomats
A new UNC6384 campaign highlights the threat actor’s growing sophistication and geographic expansion First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chinese-hackers-windows-flaw-spy/
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Bug-Bounty-Programm trifft KI ein zweischneidiges Schwert
Tags: ai, api, bug-bounty, ciso, cloud, compliance, hacker, reverse-engineering, service, threat, tool, vulnerabilityKI-gestütztes Bug Hunting verspricht viele Vorteile. Ob sich diese auch in der Praxis verwirklichen, ist eine andere Sache.Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) wird zunehmend auch zum Treiber von Bug-Bounty-Programmen. Sicherheitsexperten greifen auf Large Language Models (LLMs) zurück, um:die Suche nach Schwachstellen zu automatisieren,Reverse Engineering von APIs zu bewerkstelligen, undCode-Basen schneller denn je zu durchleuchten.Allerdings gehen diese Effizienz-…
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Bug-Bounty-Programm trifft KI ein zweischneidiges Schwert
Tags: ai, api, bug-bounty, ciso, cloud, compliance, hacker, reverse-engineering, service, threat, tool, vulnerabilityKI-gestütztes Bug Hunting verspricht viele Vorteile. Ob sich diese auch in der Praxis verwirklichen, ist eine andere Sache.Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) wird zunehmend auch zum Treiber von Bug-Bounty-Programmen. Sicherheitsexperten greifen auf Large Language Models (LLMs) zurück, um:die Suche nach Schwachstellen zu automatisieren,Reverse Engineering von APIs zu bewerkstelligen, undCode-Basen schneller denn je zu durchleuchten.Allerdings gehen diese Effizienz-…
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Bug-Bounty-Programm trifft KI ein zweischneidiges Schwert
Tags: ai, api, bug-bounty, ciso, cloud, compliance, hacker, reverse-engineering, service, threat, tool, vulnerabilityKI-gestütztes Bug Hunting verspricht viele Vorteile. Ob sich diese auch in der Praxis verwirklichen, ist eine andere Sache.Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) wird zunehmend auch zum Treiber von Bug-Bounty-Programmen. Sicherheitsexperten greifen auf Large Language Models (LLMs) zurück, um:die Suche nach Schwachstellen zu automatisieren,Reverse Engineering von APIs zu bewerkstelligen, undCode-Basen schneller denn je zu durchleuchten.Allerdings gehen diese Effizienz-…
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CISA Issues Advisory on XWiki Flaw Allowing Remote Code Execution
Tags: advisory, authentication, cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, injection, kev, remote-code-execution, risk, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability affecting XWiki Platform to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, highlighting the urgent security threat posed by an eval injection flaw. This vulnerability could allow any guest user to execute arbitrary remote code without authentication, representing a severe risk to organizations using the popular…
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CISA Issues Advisory on XWiki Flaw Allowing Remote Code Execution
Tags: advisory, authentication, cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, injection, kev, remote-code-execution, risk, threat, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability affecting XWiki Platform to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, highlighting the urgent security threat posed by an eval injection flaw. This vulnerability could allow any guest user to execute arbitrary remote code without authentication, representing a severe risk to organizations using the popular…
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The MSP Cybersecurity Readiness Guide: Turning Security into Growth
MSPs are facing rising client expectations for strong cybersecurity and compliance outcomes, while threats grow more complex and regulatory demands evolve. Meanwhile, clients are increasingly seeking comprehensive protection without taking on the burden of managing security themselves.This shift represents a major growth opportunity. By delivering advanced cybersecurity and compliance First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
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The unified linkage model: A new lens for understanding cyber risk
Tags: access, api, attack, breach, ciso, cloud, compliance, credentials, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, flaw, framework, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, mitre, network, nist, okta, open-source, radius, resilience, risk, risk-analysis, saas, sbom, software, supply-chain, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trustMissed systemic risk: Organizations secure individual components but miss how vulnerabilities propagate through dependencies (e.g., Log4j embedded in third-party apps).Ineffective prioritization: Without a linkage structure, teams patch high-severity CVEs on isolated systems while leaving lower-scored flaws on critical trust pathways.Slow incident response: When a zero-day emerges, teams scramble to locate vulnerable components. Without pre-existing linkage…
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Government and industry must work together to secure America’s cyber future
At this very moment, nation-state actors and opportunistic criminals are looking for any way to target Americans and undermine our national security. Their battlefield of choice is cyberspace. Cybersecurity is the preeminent challenge of our time, and threats to our networks impact far more than just our datathey impact the resilience of our communities, the…
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Threat Actors Exploiting Open-Source C2 Frameworks to Deploy Malicious Payloads
Tags: control, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, exploit, framework, hacking, intelligence, malicious, open-source, russia, threat, toolThreat intelligence researchers have uncovered a growing campaign where cybercriminals are weaponizing AdaptixC2, a legitimate open-source Command and Control framework designed for authorized penetration testers. The discovery reveals how threat actors are exploiting ethical hacking tools to conduct sophisticated cyberattacks, with significant ties linking the framework’s development to Russian criminal networks. Silent Push threat analysts…
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Threat Actors Exploiting Open-Source C2 Frameworks to Deploy Malicious Payloads
Tags: control, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, exploit, framework, hacking, intelligence, malicious, open-source, russia, threat, toolThreat intelligence researchers have uncovered a growing campaign where cybercriminals are weaponizing AdaptixC2, a legitimate open-source Command and Control framework designed for authorized penetration testers. The discovery reveals how threat actors are exploiting ethical hacking tools to conduct sophisticated cyberattacks, with significant ties linking the framework’s development to Russian criminal networks. Silent Push threat analysts…
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AI-powered bug hunting shakes up bounty industry, for better or worse
Tags: access, ai, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, business, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, data, detection, exploit, flaw, guide, identity, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, risk, risk-management, sql, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerabilityFirehose of ‘false positives’: Gunter Ollmann, CTO at Cobalt.io, warns that AI is exacerbating the existing problem that comes from vendors getting swamped with often low-quality bug submissions.Security researchers turning to AI is creating a “firehose of noise, false positives, and duplicates,” according to Ollmann.”The future of security testing isn’t about managing a crowd of…
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AI-powered bug hunting shakes up bounty industry, for better or worse
Tags: access, ai, authentication, automation, bug-bounty, business, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, data, detection, exploit, flaw, guide, identity, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, risk, risk-management, sql, strategy, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerabilityFirehose of ‘false positives’: Gunter Ollmann, CTO at Cobalt.io, warns that AI is exacerbating the existing problem that comes from vendors getting swamped with often low-quality bug submissions.Security researchers turning to AI is creating a “firehose of noise, false positives, and duplicates,” according to Ollmann.”The future of security testing isn’t about managing a crowd of…
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Kimsuky and Lazarus Hackers Deploy New Backdoor Tools for Remote Access Attacks
North Korean state-sponsored threat actors have escalated their cyber operations with the deployment of sophisticated new malware variants designed to establish persistent backdoor access to compromised systems. Recent investigations by threat intelligence researchers have uncovered two distinct toolsets from prominent DPRK-aligned hacking groups: Kimsuky’s newly identified HttpTroy backdoor and an upgraded version of Lazarus’s BLINDINGCAN…