Tag: threat
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Industrial Automation Threats Decline Slightly in Q2 2025, but Risks Remain
ICS malware infections fell in Q2 2025, but phishing and evolving threats keep OT environments at risk. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/industrial-automation-threats-decline-slightly-in-q2-2025-but-risks-remain/
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Libraesva ESG issues emergency fix for bug exploited by state hackers
Libraesva rolled out an emergency update for its Email Security Gateway solution to fix a vulnerability exploited by threat actors believed to be state sponsored. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/libraesva-esg-issues-emergency-fix-for-bug-exploited-by-state-hackers/
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U.S. Secret Service Seizes 300 SIM Servers, 100K Cards Threatening U.S. Officials Near UN
The U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday said it took down a network of electronic devices located across the New York tri-state area that were used to threaten U.S. government officials and posed an imminent threat to national security.”This protective intelligence investigation led to the discovery of more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM…
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Secret Service says it dismantled extensive telecom threat in NYC area
The threats included enabling encrypted communications between nefarious groups, and the announcement came amid a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/secret-service-dismantles-nyc-telecom-threat-un-general-assembly/
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U.S. Secret Service takes down network of devices threatening government officials
The U.S. Secret Service has broken up a network of electronic devices spread across the New York tristate area that officials say posed an imminent threat to national … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/23/us-secret-service-telecom-threat/
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Threat Actors Breach Enterprise Infrastructure Within 18 Minutes of Initial Access
Attackers are accelerating their foothold in corporate networks: over the past three months (June 1 to August 31, 2025), the average time from initial breach to lateral movement”, called “breakout time””, fell to just 18 minutes. In one striking incident, “Akira” ransomware operators moved laterally in only six minutes after compromising a SonicWall VPN. This…
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U.S. Secret Service Shuts Down 300 SIM Servers and 100K SIM Cards Disabling Cell Towers
The U.S. Secret Service has dismantled a sophisticated network of electronic devices scattered across the New York tri-state area. These devices posed an imminent threat to protective operations for senior government officials. During a protective intelligence investigation, agents identified over 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards deployed at multiple locations. The servers and…
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‘Our worst day’: The untold story of the Electoral Commission cyber attack
As head of digital at The Electoral Commission, Andrew Simpson’s mettle was tested when threat actors gained access to the regulator’s email systems and accessed sensitive voter data. Three years on, he tells his story to Computer Weekly First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366631525/Our-worst-day-The-untold-story-of-the-Electoral-Commission-cyber-attack
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SpyCloud Report: 2/3 Orgs Extremely Concerned About Identity Attacks Yet Major Blind Spots Persist
Austin, Texas, USA, September 23rd, 2025, CyberNewsWire New SpyCloud 2025 Identity Threat Report reveals dangerous disconnect between perceived security readiness and operational reality. SpyCloud, the leader in identity threat protection, today released the 2025 SpyCloud Identity Threat Report, revealing that while 86% of security leaders report confidence in their ability to prevent identity-based attacks, 85%…
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New npm Malware Steals Browser Passwords via Steganographic QR Code
A novel npm package named fezbox has been uncovered by the Socket Threat Research Team as a sophisticated malware delivery mechanism that exfiltrates username and password credentials from browser cookies via an embedded QR code. Published under the npm alias janedu (registration email janedu0216@gmail[.]com), the package masquerades as a harmless JavaScript/TypeScript utility library while quietly…
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How Major SOCs Achieve Early Threat Detection in 3 Steps
Every SOC leader understands that faster threat detection is better. But the difference between knowing it and building… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/how-major-socs-achieve-threat-detection-3-steps/
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Hackers Abuse IMDS Service for Cloud Initial Access
Cloud environments rely on the Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) to provide virtual machines with temporary credentials and essential configuration data. IMDS allows applications to securely retrieve credentials without embedding secrets in code or configuration files. However, threat actors have found ways to misuse this convenience, turning IMDS into a springboard for stealing credentials, moving laterally,…
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Hackers Abuse IMDS Service for Cloud Initial Access
Cloud environments rely on the Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) to provide virtual machines with temporary credentials and essential configuration data. IMDS allows applications to securely retrieve credentials without embedding secrets in code or configuration files. However, threat actors have found ways to misuse this convenience, turning IMDS into a springboard for stealing credentials, moving laterally,…
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GitHub Mandates 2FA and Short-Lived Tokens to Strengthen npm Supply Chain Security
GitHub on Monday announced that it will be changing its authentication and publishing options “in the near future” in response to a recent wave of supply chain attacks targeting the npm ecosystem, including the Shai-Hulud attack.This includes steps to address threats posed by token abuse and self-replicating malware by allowing local publishing with required two-factor…
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BadIIS Malware Spreads via SEO Poisoning, Redirects Traffic, Plants Web Shells
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign likely undertaken by a Chinese-speaking threat actor using a malware called BadIIS in attacks targeting East and Southeast Asia, particularly with a focus on Vietnam.The activity, dubbed Operation Rewrite, is being tracked by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 under the moniker CL-UNK-1037,…
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Nimbus Manticore Targets Defense and Telecom Industries with New Malware Attack
Check Point Research has identified a long-running campaign by the Iranian-aligned threat actor Nimbus Manticore”, also known as UNC1549, Smoke Sandstorm, and the “Iranian Dream Job” operation”, targeting defense manufacturers, telecommunications, and aviation entities aligned with IRGC priorities. Recent activity demonstrates a sharpened focus on Western Europe, notably Denmark, Sweden, and Portugal, with spear-phishing lures…
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6 novel ways to use AI in cybersecurity
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, business, ceo, cloud, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, network, phishing, risk, service, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training2. Machine-learning generative adversarial networks: Michel Sahyoun, chief solutions architect with cybersecurity technology firm NopalCyber, recommends using generative adversarial networks (GANs) to create, as well as protect against, highly sophisticated previously unseen cyberattacks. “This technique enables cybersecurity systems to learn and adapt by training against a very large number of simulated threats,” he says.GANs allow…
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6 novel ways to use AI in cybersecurity
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, business, ceo, cloud, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, malware, network, phishing, risk, service, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training2. Machine-learning generative adversarial networks: Michel Sahyoun, chief solutions architect with cybersecurity technology firm NopalCyber, recommends using generative adversarial networks (GANs) to create, as well as protect against, highly sophisticated previously unseen cyberattacks. “This technique enables cybersecurity systems to learn and adapt by training against a very large number of simulated threats,” he says.GANs allow…
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Nimbus Manticore Targets Defense and Telecom Industries with New Malware Attack
Check Point Research has identified a long-running campaign by the Iranian-aligned threat actor Nimbus Manticore”, also known as UNC1549, Smoke Sandstorm, and the “Iranian Dream Job” operation”, targeting defense manufacturers, telecommunications, and aviation entities aligned with IRGC priorities. Recent activity demonstrates a sharpened focus on Western Europe, notably Denmark, Sweden, and Portugal, with spear-phishing lures…
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Fake Job Offers Used to Deliver Advanced Malware Targeting Job Seekers
Iranian threat actors are exploiting job seekers’ aspirations through sophisticated fake recruitment campaigns designed to deploy advanced malware across Europe’s critical infrastructure sectors. The attack methodology demonstrates remarkable operational security and state-sponsored tradecraft characteristics. Nimbus Manticore, also known as UNC1549 or Smoke Sandstorm, constructs elaborate fake recruitment websites that impersonate major aerospace companies including Boeing, Airbus, Rheinmetall,…
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q3 2025
Tags: ai, automation, breach, ciso, cloud, cyber, defense, detection, edr, google, governance, guide, metric, office, RedTeam, risk, siem, soc, software, supply-chain, threat, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustAmazingly, Medium has fixed the stats so my blog / podcast quarterly is back to life. As before, this covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog, Google Cloud community blog, and our Cloud Security Podcast (subscribe on Spotify). Gemini for docs based on this blog Top 10 posts with the most…
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Zero Trust: Strengths and Limitations in the AI Attack Era
Zero Trust could help organizations fight back against attackers who use artificial intelligence, but new threats will require the architecture to evolve. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/zero-trust-strengths-and-limitations-in-the-ai-attack-era
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Analysis Surfaces High Degree to Which Malware Evades Detection
An analysis of 769 public threat reports published by Stairwell, a provider of file analysis tools, finds they contained 16,104 more undetected variants of malware beyond the 10,262 instances first discovered by legacy cybersecurity tools and platforms. Company CTO Mike Wiacek said the report confirms suspicions the number of hidden variants of malware slipping past..…
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How Autonomous AI Agents Amplify Insider Threats
Sumitomo’s Sawant on the Internal Risks of Autonomous AI Agents. Autonomous AI agents are shifting the nature of insider threats by operating at machine speed and mimicking human-level access and privilege. These synthetic entities can act independently within systems and carry out actions traditionally reserved for human users, introducing new security risks. First seen on…
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Attackers Use Phony GitHub Pages to Deliver Mac Malware
Threat actors are using a large-scale SEO poisoning campaign and fake GitHub repositories to deliver Atomic infostealers to Mac users. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/attackers-phony-github-pages-mac-malware
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Unit 221B raises $5M to help track and disrupt today’s top hacking groups
The seed funding raise will help Unit 221B expand its threat intelligence platform, which tracks the English-speaking youth hacking phenomenon. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/09/22/unit-221b-raises-5-million-to-help-track-and-disrupt-todays-top-hacking-groups/
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Technical Analysis of Zloader Updates
Tags: access, attack, banking, cloud, communications, control, corporate, data, data-breach, detection, dns, encryption, malware, network, ransomware, strategy, threat, update, windowsIntroductionZloader (a.k.a. Terdot, DELoader, or Silent Night) is a Zeus-based modular trojan that emerged in 2015. Zloader was originally designed to facilitate banking, but has since been repurposed for initial access, providing an entry point into corporate environments for the deployment of ransomware. Following an almost two-year hiatus, Zloader reemerged in September 2023 with significant enhancements…
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The AI Security Paradox: Why 85% of AI-Driven Threats Demand AI-First Defense
AI: The Double-Edged Sword in CybersecurityArtificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape in ways we’ve never seen before. But there’s a paradox: the very technology that attackers use to launch sophisticated, adaptive, and automated campaigns is also the most powerful tool defenders have at their disposal. Recent industry reports show that 85% of AI-generated…
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6 Ways CISOs Are Using AI to Prioritize Critical Vulnerabilities
Just like AI is transforming business operations, it’s revolutionizing how CISOs handle vulnerabilities. AI-powered vulnerability prioritization helps reduce alert noise, focus on high-risk issues, and automate remediation, enabling security teams to act faster, stay ahead of threats, and strengthen their organization’s overall security posture. The post 6 Ways CISOs Are Using AI to Prioritize Critical…
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Fake Ukrainian Police Emails Spread New CountLoader Malware Loader
A new malware loader, CountLoader, has been discovered by cybersecurity firm Silent Push. This threat is linked to prominent Russian ransomware gangs, including LockBit, BlackBasta, and Qilin, and is being used as an initial access broker. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/fake-ukrainian-police-emails-countloader-malware-loader/