Tag: threat
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DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin, a new triad aims to dominate the ransomware landscape
DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin formed a ransomware alliance to boost attack effectiveness, marking a major shift in the cyber threat landscape. Ransomware groups DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin formed a strategic alliance to enhance their attack capabilities, signaling an evolving cyber threat landscape. The alliance aims at sharing tools and infrastructure to enhance attack effectiveness. The…
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Research Finds Budgets, Staffing and Skills Fail to Keep Pace with Rising Cyber Threats
New research by ISACA has found that over a third (39%) of European IT and cybersecurity professionals report that their organisation is experiencing more cybersecurity attacks than this time last year. Yet despite this rising wave of attacks, confidence in organisational readiness remains low, with only 38% of professionals stating they are completely confident in…
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Research Finds Budgets, Staffing and Skills Fail to Keep Pace with Rising Cyber Threats
New research by ISACA has found that over a third (39%) of European IT and cybersecurity professionals report that their organisation is experiencing more cybersecurity attacks than this time last year. Yet despite this rising wave of attacks, confidence in organisational readiness remains low, with only 38% of professionals stating they are completely confident in…
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Hackers claim Discord breach exposed data of 5.5 million users
Discord says they will not be negotiating with threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company’s Zendesk support system instance, including government IDs and partial payment information for some people. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-claim-discord-breach-exposed-data-of-55-million-users/
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Hackers claim Discord breach exposed data of 5.5 million users
Discord says they will not be negotiating with threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company’s Zendesk support system instance, including government IDs and partial payment information for some people. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-claim-discord-breach-exposed-data-of-55-million-users/
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Research Finds Budgets, Staffing and Skills Fail to Keep Pace with Rising Cyber Threats
New research by ISACA has found that over a third (39%) of European IT and cybersecurity professionals report that their organisation is experiencing more cybersecurity attacks than this time last year. Yet despite this rising wave of attacks, confidence in organisational readiness remains low, with only 38% of professionals stating they are completely confident in…
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Doing More With Less: What K-12 Tech Leaders Are Prioritizing for 20252026
Budget cuts, more devices than ever, and cyber threats that just won’t quit. That was the theme of our recent webinar, K-12 Cybersecurity on a Budget: Doing More With Less in the Age of Cuts, featuring three IT leaders who live this every day: Tim Miles, Director of Technology at from Steamboat Springs SD (CO),…
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Doing More With Less: What K-12 Tech Leaders Are Prioritizing for 20252026
Budget cuts, more devices than ever, and cyber threats that just won’t quit. That was the theme of our recent webinar, K-12 Cybersecurity on a Budget: Doing More With Less in the Age of Cuts, featuring three IT leaders who live this every day: Tim Miles, Director of Technology at from Steamboat Springs SD (CO),…
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Exposure Management Beyond The Endpoint
Tags: advisory, ai, api, attack, breach, business, cisa, cloud, compliance, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, kev, mssp, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsRelying on an endpoint-centric approach to exposure management can leave you with blind spots that increase risk. You need to see your environment like an attacker does. Key takeaways: Long remediation cycles and difficulty prioritizing risk are significant challenges for security teams. Exposure management capabilities bolted onto existing security tools result in dashboard fatigue and…
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Exposure Management Beyond The Endpoint
Tags: advisory, ai, api, attack, breach, business, cisa, cloud, compliance, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, exploit, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, kev, mssp, risk, service, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, windowsRelying on an endpoint-centric approach to exposure management can leave you with blind spots that increase risk. You need to see your environment like an attacker does. Key takeaways: Long remediation cycles and difficulty prioritizing risk are significant challenges for security teams. Exposure management capabilities bolted onto existing security tools result in dashboard fatigue and…
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Salesforce Confirms It Won’t ‘Engage, Negotiate With, Or Pay’ Threat Actors
Salesforce won’t negotiate with the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters hacker group over millions of records stolen from users through a breach of Salesloft Drift, a third-party app. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/salesforce-confirms-it-won-t-engage-negotiate-with-or-pay-threat-actors
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Salesforce Confirms It Won’t ‘Engage, Negotiate With, Or Pay’ Threat Actors
Salesforce won’t negotiate with the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters hacker group over millions of records stolen from users through a breach of Salesloft Drift, a third-party app. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/salesforce-confirms-it-won-t-engage-negotiate-with-or-pay-threat-actors
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Why Quantum Computing Threat Will Impact ‘Absolutely Everyone’ In Security: Experts
The shift to post-quantum encryption is on track to become a business and compliance obligation in coming years, regardless of uncertainties around the date of “Q-Day,” experts tell CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/why-quantum-computing-threat-will-impact-absolutely-everyone-in-security-experts
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Why Quantum Computing Threat Will Impact ‘Absolutely Everyone’ In Security: Experts
The shift to post-quantum encryption is on track to become a business and compliance obligation in coming years, regardless of uncertainties around the date of “Q-Day,” experts tell CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/why-quantum-computing-threat-will-impact-absolutely-everyone-in-security-experts
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Hackers exploit auth bypass in Service Finder WordPress theme
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Service Finder WordPress theme that allows them to bypass authentication and log in as administrators. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-auth-bypass-in-service-finder-wordpress-theme/
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Chinese Hackers Weaponize Open-Source Nezha Tool in New Attack Wave
Threat actors with suspected ties to China have turned a legitimate open-source monitoring tool called Nezha into an attack weapon, using it to deliver a known malware called Gh0st RAT to targets.The activity, observed by cybersecurity company Huntress in August 2025, is characterized by the use of an unusual technique called log poisoning (aka log…
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China-Nexus Actors Weaponize ‘Nezha’ Open Source Tool
A threat actor is putting a spin on classic remote monitoring and management (RMM) attacks, using a Chinese open source tool instead. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/china-nexus-actors-nezha-open-source-tool
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Top 10 Best Digital Footprint Monitoring Tools for Organizations in 2025
Tags: attack, business, cloud, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, exploit, monitoring, network, strategy, threat, toolIn today’s hyperconnected business environment, organizations are under constant threat from cybercriminals who exploit digital footprints, shadow IT, cloud misconfigurations, and external exposures. Digital footprint monitoring has become one of the most critical aspects of a cybersecurity strategy in 2025. Organizations not only need to defend their internal networks but also proactively monitor external attack…
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Top 10 Best Digital Footprint Monitoring Tools for Organizations in 2025
Tags: attack, business, cloud, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, exploit, monitoring, network, strategy, threat, toolIn today’s hyperconnected business environment, organizations are under constant threat from cybercriminals who exploit digital footprints, shadow IT, cloud misconfigurations, and external exposures. Digital footprint monitoring has become one of the most critical aspects of a cybersecurity strategy in 2025. Organizations not only need to defend their internal networks but also proactively monitor external attack…
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China-Nexus Actors Weaponize ‘Nezha’ Open Source Tool
A threat actor is putting a spin on classic remote monitoring and management (RMM) attacks, using a Chinese open source tool instead. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/china-nexus-actors-nezha-open-source-tool
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China-Nexus Actors Weaponize ‘Nezha’ Open Source Tool
A threat actor is putting a spin on classic remote monitoring and management (RMM) attacks, using a Chinese open source tool instead. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/china-nexus-actors-nezha-open-source-tool
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Top 10 Best Digital Footprint Monitoring Tools for Organizations in 2025
Tags: attack, business, cloud, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, exploit, monitoring, network, strategy, threat, toolIn today’s hyperconnected business environment, organizations are under constant threat from cybercriminals who exploit digital footprints, shadow IT, cloud misconfigurations, and external exposures. Digital footprint monitoring has become one of the most critical aspects of a cybersecurity strategy in 2025. Organizations not only need to defend their internal networks but also proactively monitor external attack…
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Open-source monitor turns into an off-the-shelf attack beacon
Tags: api, apt, attack, china, control, hacker, malware, monitoring, open-source, powershell, ransomware, rat, RedTeam, russia, software, threat, tool, windowsRiding Nezha to Ghost RAT: With the web shell in place, the attackers used AntSword to download two components: “live.exe” (the Nezha agent) and a “config.yml” that pointed to the attacker-controlled domain. The Nezha agent connected back to a management server whose dashboard was running in Russian, presumably to throw off attribution.Once Nezha was active,…
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LockBit, Qilin, and DragonForce Join Forces to Dominate the Ransomware Ecosystem
Three prominent ransomware groups DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin have announced a new strategic ransomware alliance, once underscoring continued shifts in the cyber threat landscape.The coalition is seen as an attempt on the part of the financially motivated threat actors to conduct more effective ransomware attacks, ReliaQuest said in a report shared with The Hacker News.”Announced…
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LockBit, Qilin, and DragonForce Join Forces to Dominate the Ransomware Ecosystem
Three prominent ransomware groups DragonForce, LockBit, and Qilin have announced a new strategic ransomware alliance, once underscoring continued shifts in the cyber threat landscape.The coalition is seen as an attempt on the part of the financially motivated threat actors to conduct more effective ransomware attacks, ReliaQuest said in a report shared with The Hacker News.”Announced…
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Salesforce AI agents set to assist enterprises with security and compliance
Tags: access, ai, cisco, cloud, compliance, crowdstrike, data, detection, finance, google, ibm, marketplace, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilitySalesforce Agentforce: Agentforce is a relatively new platform but has already evolved at an extremely rapid pace. It was first unveiled in September 2024, became generally available the following month, added testing and agent lifecycle management tools in November, announced integration with Slack and other platforms in December, added autonomous agents that can take action…