Tag: threat
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“PromptFix” Attacks Could Supercharge Agentic AI Threats
Guardio reveals a new AI take on ClickFix dubbed “PromptFix” First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/promptfix-attacks-supercharge/
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FBI: Russia-linked group Static Tundra exploit old Cisco flaw for espionage
FBI warns FSB-linked group Static Tundra is exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco IOS/IOS XE flaw to gain persistent access for cyber espionage. The FBI warns that Russia-linked threat actor Static Tundra exploits Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and end-of-life networking devices running an unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2018-0171) in Cisco Smart Install (SMI) to target organizations in the…
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Enterprise passwords becoming even easier to steal and abuse
Tags: access, attack, authentication, breach, ceo, ciso, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, encryption, exploit, extortion, group, identity, leak, mfa, monitoring, passkey, password, phishing, ransomware, risk, strategy, threat, tool, zero-trustGrowing threat from stolen credentials: Attackers actively target user credentials because they offer the most direct route or foothold into a targeted organization’s network. Once inside, attackers can move laterally across systems, searching for other user accounts to compromise, or they attempt to escalate their privileges and gain administrative control.This hunt for credentials extends beyond…
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Phishing in 2025: Smarter Threats, Smarter Defense
ManagedMethods recently hosted a webinar on one of the most pressing issues in K12 cybersecurity: phishing. While schools have been targets for years, 2025 feels different. Attackers are evolving faster than ever, and traditional email security filters are falling behind. The upside? AI-powered defenses are emerging to give districts a fighting chance. Here’s a recap…
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Russian Hackers Accused in Wave of Water Sector Cyberattacks
Successful Breaches Renew Fears of Operational Vulnerabilities Across Water Sector. Russia is suspected of escalating cyberattacks on European water utilities, including attempts to sabotage Polish and Norwegian water facilities and dams, signaling a broader threat to global critical infrastructure as state-backed actors exploit critical OT weaknesses amid global conflict. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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BSidesSF 2025: Threat Modeling Meets Model Training: Web App Security Skills For AI
Creator, Author and Presenter: Breanne Boland Our deep appreciation to Security BSides – San Francisco and the Creators, Authors and Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s events held at the lauded CityView / AMC Metreon – certainly a venue like no other; and via the organization’s YouTube…
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BSidesSF 2025: Threat Modeling Meets Model Training: Web App Security Skills For AI
Creator, Author and Presenter: Breanne Boland Our deep appreciation to Security BSides – San Francisco and the Creators, Authors and Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s events held at the lauded CityView / AMC Metreon – certainly a venue like no other; and via the organization’s YouTube…
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Google Unveils Enhanced Features to Empower Defenders and Strengthen AI Security
Google Cloud has announced a suite of advanced security enhancements at the 2025 Security Summit, aimed at fortifying AI ecosystems and leveraging artificial intelligence to elevate organizational defenses. These updates focus on proactive vulnerability detection, automated threat intelligence processing, and workload optimization for security teams. Central to the announcements is the expansion of Security Command…
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QuirkyLoader: A New Malware Loader Spreading Infostealers and Remote Access Trojans (RATs)
IBM X-Force has tracked QuirkyLoader, a sophisticated loader malware deployed by threat actors to distribute prominent families such as Agent Tesla, AsyncRAT, FormBook, MassLogger, Remcos, Rhadamanthys, and Snake Keylogger. This multi-stage threat initiates through spam emails from legitimate providers or self-hosted servers, attaching malicious archives containing a legitimate executable, an encrypted payload masquerading as a…
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Meet the Cybersecurity Startups Beating Hackers at Their Own Game
Review the top cybersecurity startups driving innovation in cloud security, threat detection, and DevSecOps with high growth potential. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/products/hot-cybersecurity-startups/
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Futurum Signal is Live: Real-Time Intelligence for Cyber Defenders
Tags: ai, attack, cyber, cybersecurity, intelligence, phishing, ransomware, tactics, threat, update, zero-dayIn cybersecurity, timing is everything. Threats don’t wait for quarterly analyst updates, and adversaries don’t schedule their attacks to match publication calendars. We live in a world where zero-days drop overnight, AI-powered phishing campaigns spin up in hours, and ransomware operators pivot their tactics daily. In this kind of environment, static analyst reports are less..…
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Ransomware Attacks in Japan Surge by 1.4 Times, Signaling a Significant Increase in Cyber Threats
Japan saw a significant increase in ransomware attacks in the first half of 2025, with incidences increasing by about 1.4 times over the same period the year before. According to a detailed investigation by Cisco Talos, 68 ransomware cases targeted Japanese organizations, including domestic firms and their overseas branches, from January to June 2025. This…
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Threat Actors Exploit GenAI Platforms to Craft Sophisticated and Realistic Phishing Attacks
The proliferation of generative AI (GenAI) platforms has revolutionized web-based services, enabling rapid code assistance, natural language processing, chatbot deployment, and automated site construction. However, telemetry data reveals a concerning evolution in the GenAI ecosystem, where threat actors are increasingly exploiting these tools to orchestrate advanced phishing campaigns. By leveraging AI-driven capabilities, adversaries can generate…
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Scaly Wolf Unleashing Attacks to Expose Organizations’ Hidden Secrets
The Scaly Wolf advanced persistent threat (APT) gang has once again targeted a Russian engineering company in a sophisticated targeted attack that was discovered by Doctor Web’s analysts. This shows that the group is determined to obtain corporate secrets. This incident, occurring in mid-2025, echoes a similar assault in 2023, where the group employed modular…
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Scaly Wolf Unleashing Attacks to Expose Organizations’ Hidden Secrets
The Scaly Wolf advanced persistent threat (APT) gang has once again targeted a Russian engineering company in a sophisticated targeted attack that was discovered by Doctor Web’s analysts. This shows that the group is determined to obtain corporate secrets. This incident, occurring in mid-2025, echoes a similar assault in 2023, where the group employed modular…
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Scaly Wolf Unleashing Attacks to Expose Organizations’ Hidden Secrets
The Scaly Wolf advanced persistent threat (APT) gang has once again targeted a Russian engineering company in a sophisticated targeted attack that was discovered by Doctor Web’s analysts. This shows that the group is determined to obtain corporate secrets. This incident, occurring in mid-2025, echoes a similar assault in 2023, where the group employed modular…
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The New Frontier: Why You Can’t Secure AI Without Securing APIs
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, business, cybersecurity, data, exploit, injection, intelligence, LLM, risk, strategy, threat, vulnerabilityThe release of a new KuppingerCole Leadership Compass is always a significant event for the cybersecurity industry, offering a vendor-neutral view of the market’s current state. The 2025 edition, focusing on API Security and Management, is critical as it arrives at a pivotal moment for technology. It clearly presents a fact many organizations are just…
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The New Frontier: Why You Can’t Secure AI Without Securing APIs
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, business, cybersecurity, data, exploit, injection, intelligence, LLM, risk, strategy, threat, vulnerabilityThe release of a new KuppingerCole Leadership Compass is always a significant event for the cybersecurity industry, offering a vendor-neutral view of the market’s current state. The 2025 edition, focusing on API Security and Management, is critical as it arrives at a pivotal moment for technology. It clearly presents a fact many organizations are just…
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Defending Enterprise Data Against Quantum Encryption Attacks
Tags: attack, computer, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, encryption, linkedin, risk, technology, threat, toolThe quantum cliff is coming. Q-Day is the point in time when quantum computers become powerful enough to break most data encryption. It is inevitable that legacy algorithms will be undermined and the race is on to proactively migrate to modern tools to protect sensitive data. In our latest episode of Cybersecurity Insights, I sat…
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Apply Human-Centric Cybersecurity to Solve the Unpatchable Threat
Technology can’t fix the biggest cybersecurity threat, people. Human risk management uses behavioral data, targeted interventions, and measurable outcomes to turn the workforce from weakest link to strongest defense. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/apply-human-centric-cybersecurity-to-solve-the-unpatchable-threat/
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Hackers Exploit Apache ActiveMQ Flaw to Breach Cloud Linux Servers
Tags: access, apache, attack, breach, cloud, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, hacker, intelligence, linux, threat, update, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated attack campaign where hackers exploiting a critical Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability are taking the unusual step of patching the security flaw after gaining access to victim systems. The Red Canary Threat Intelligence team observed this counterintuitive behavior across dozens of compromised cloud-based Linux servers, revealing a strategic approach to maintaining…
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From Impact to Action: Turning BIA Insights Into Resilient Recovery
Modern businesses face a rapidly evolving and expanding threat landscape, but what does this mean for your business? It means a growing number of risks, along with an increase in their frequency, variety, complexity, severity, and potential business impact.The real question is, “How do you tackle these rising threats?” The answer lies in having a…
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North Korea Uses GitHub in Diplomat Cyber Attacks as IT Worker Scheme Hits 320+ Firms
North Korean threat actors have been attributed to a coordinated cyber espionage campaign targeting diplomatic missions in their southern counterpart between March and July 2025.The activity manifested in the form of at least 19 spear-phishing emails that impersonated trusted diplomatic contacts with the goal of luring embassy staff and foreign ministry personnel with convincing meeting…
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ASPM buyer’s guide: 7 products to help secure your applications
Tags: access, ai, api, application-security, attack, business, ceo, cloud, compliance, container, crowdstrike, data, detection, endpoint, exploit, gartner, google, guide, iam, identity, infrastructure, ivanti, marketplace, microsoft, monitoring, okta, open-source, oracle, programming, risk, software, supply-chain, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementProtect the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and supply chain pipelinesAutomate software testingIntegrate with various applications to mitigate and remove various risksFeatures offered by ASPMs vary widely. As a result, tools can prove difficult to evaluate in terms of exactly what is being protected, what data and metadata is being collected to inform security judgments, and…
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New GodRAT Malware Uses Screensaver and Program Files to Target Organizations
Threat actors have been deploying a novel Remote Access Trojan (RAT) dubbed GodRAT, derived from the venerable Gh0st RAT codebase, to infiltrate financial institutions, particularly trading and brokerage firms. The malware is distributed via Skype as malicious .scr (screensaver) and .pif (Program Information File) executables masquerading as legitimate financial documents, such as client lists or…
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Russia-linked European attacks renew concerns over water cybersecurity
Water utilities should remain vigilant: Although most water facility operators have received repeated warnings over the years that they are desirable targets for Russian, Iranian, and Chinese threat actors, experts say these latest incidents underscore the need to remain vigilant and step up security efforts. If water assets owners have “any kind of control system online,…
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The 6 challenges your business will face in implementing MLSecOps
Organizations that don’t adapt their security programs as they implement AI run the risk of being exposed to a variety of threats, both old and emerging ones. MLSecOps … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/20/mlsecops-security-challenges/
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NIST’s attempts to secure AI yield many questions, no answers
Challenges to consider: The NIST report talked about various categories of AI integration that forced serious cybersecurity considerations, including: using genAI to create new content; fine-tuning predictive AI; using single AI agents as well multiple agents; and security controls for AI developers. The potentially most challenging element of securing AI in enterprises is visibility. But the…