Tag: threat
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A Persistent Threat: Blind Eagle Hacking Group Continues to Target Colombia
The post A Persistent Threat: Blind Eagle Hacking Group Continues to Target Colombia appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/a-persistent-threat-blind-eagle-hacking-group-continues-to-target-colombia/
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Keeper Security Launches KeeperAI
Keeper Security has today unveiled KeeperAI, a new agentic AI feature for its KeeperPAM® platform. KeeperAI enables real-time session monitoring and analysis, automated threat classification and instant response to combat cyber attacks and suspicious behaviour customisable to meet an organisation’s exact specifications. Cyberattacks are getting faster, more widespread, and increasingly more automated with AI, making The…
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KnowBe4 Report Reveals Global Financial Sector Faces Unprecedented Cyber Threat Surge
Tags: ai, attack, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, finance, risk, risk-management, supply-chain, theft, threat, vulnerabilityKnowBe4, the human risk management cybersecurity platform, has released its latest research paper >>Financial Sector Threats Report,
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Storm-0501 hackers shift to ransomware attacks in the cloud
Microsoft warns that a threat actor tracked as Storm-0501 has evolved its operations, shifting away from encrypting devices with ransomware to focusing on cloud-based encryption, data theft, and extortion. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/storm-0501-hackers-shift-to-ransomware-attacks-in-the-cloud/
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Empowering Teams with Better Secrets Management
Why is Secrets Management a Strategic Imperative? Why are global businesses increasingly focusing on secrets management? Intricate digital and growing cyber threats have led to an urgent need for better security protocols. And secrets management is one of the vital components of a robust cybersecurity strategy. It involves securing Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and their access……
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Anthropic AI Used to Automate Data Extortion Campaign
The company said the threat actor abused its Claude Code service to an unprecedented degree, automating reconnaissance, intrusions, and credential harvesting. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/anthropic-ai-automate-data-extortion-campaign
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Experimental PromptLock ransomware uses AI to encrypt, steal data
Threat researchers discovered the first AI-powered ransomware, called PromptLock, that uses Lua scripts to steal and encrypt data on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/experimental-promptlock-ransomware-uses-ai-to-encrypt-steal-data/
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Storm-0501 Exploits Entra ID to Exfiltrate and Delete Azure Data in Hybrid Cloud Attacks
The financially motivated threat actor known as Storm-0501 has been observed refining its tactics to conduct data exfiltration and extortion attacks targeting cloud environments.”Unlike traditional on-premises ransomware, where the threat actor typically deploys malware to encrypt critical files across endpoints within the compromised network and then negotiates for a decryption key, First seen on thehackernews.com…
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TDL001 – Cybersecurity Explained: Privacy, Threats, and the Future – Chester Wisniewski
Tags: access, ai, attack, backdoor, breach, business, ciso, computer, country, crime, crimes, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data-breach, defense, detection, edr, email, finance, firewall, gartner, government, guide, hacker, hacking, Hardware, infosec, Internet, jobs, linkedin, mail, malicious, microsoft, military, monitoring, network, password, phishing, phone, privacy, programming, ransomware, risk, russia, scam, skills, software, sophos, spam, sql, strategy, switch, technology, threat, update, virus, vulnerability, wifi, windowsSummary “The Defenders Log” Episode 1 features host David Redekop and guest Chet Wisniewski discussing the dynamic world of cybersecurity. Wisniewski, with decades of experience, traces his journey from early BBS and phone network exploration to becoming a cybersecurity expert. They delve into the evolution of hacking, the emergence of profitable cybercrime like email spam,…
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Remote Access Security
Seceon’s AI/ML and Dynamic Threat Modeling (DTM) powered cybersecurity solutions are designed to close this gap, providing enterprises and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) with an intelligent, automated, and cost-effective way to protect remote connections in real time. What is Remote Access Security? Remote Access Security is the practice of safeguarding connections between external users…
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Storm-0501 debuts a brutal hybrid ransomware attack chain
Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, ciso, cloud, data, exploit, least-privilege, microsoft, ransom, ransomware, risk, threat, vulnerabilityA holistic approach to put organizations under pressure: Microsoft’s DiGrippo emphasizes that the unique aspect of this new method is that it leverages hybrid environments that have both on-prem and cloud assets. “They put you in a situation where you’re under a significant amount of pressure because they’ve escalated privileges for themselves on both your…
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Microsoft details Storm-0501’s focus on ransomware in the cloud
The financially motivated threat group demonstrates deep knowledge of hybrid cloud environments, which allows it to rapidly steal sensitive data, destroy backups and encrypt systems for ransomware. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/storm-0501-ransomware-microsoft-threat-intelligence/
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Storm-0501 debuts a brutal hybrid ransomware attack chain
Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, ciso, cloud, data, exploit, least-privilege, microsoft, ransom, ransomware, risk, threat, vulnerabilityA holistic approach to put organizations under pressure: Microsoft’s DiGrippo emphasizes that the unique aspect of this new method is that it leverages hybrid environments that have both on-prem and cloud assets. “They put you in a situation where you’re under a significant amount of pressure because they’ve escalated privileges for themselves on both your…
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Retail Cybersecurity in the AI Era
Threat actors now use AI for scaling organized retail crime and to make bot detection more difficult. How can defenders use AI to respond? Jackie Deloplaine of RH-ISAC and Derek Dykens of Splunk share insight and optimism on the use of AI to detect and combat ORC. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/interviews/retail-cybersecurity-in-ai-era-i-5490
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This Is the Group That’s Been Swatting US Universities
WIRED spoke to a self-proclaimed leader of an online group called Purgatory, which charged as little as $20 to call in fake threats against schools. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/purgatory-gores-swatting-us-universities/
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Cephalus Ransomware Exploits RDP for Initial Access in Latest Attack Campaign
Tags: access, attack, authentication, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, mfa, ransomware, threatCybersecurity researchers at Huntress identified a novel ransomware variant dubbed Cephalus, deployed in two separate incidents targeting organizations lacking robust access controls. This emerging threat, which claims its name from Greek mythology symbolizing inevitable tragedy, leverages exposed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) endpoints as its primary initial access vector, exploiting compromised credentials without multi-factor authentication (MFA).…
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Storm-0501 Hits Enterprise With ‘Cloud-Based Ransomware’ Attack
The financially motivated threat group used cloud resources to conduct a complex, ransomware-style attack against an enterprise victim. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/storm-0501-cloud-based-ransomware-attack
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ShadowSilk Hits 35 Organizations in Central Asia and APAC Using Telegram Bots
A threat activity cluster known as ShadowSilk has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government entities within Central Asia and Asia-Pacific (APAC).According to Group-IB, nearly three dozen victims have been identified, with the intrusions mainly geared towards data exfiltration. The hacking group shares toolset and infrastructural overlaps with campaigns undertaken by threat…
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Hundreds of Salesforce customer orgs hit in clever attack with potentially huge blast radius
A threat group Google tracks as UNC6395 has pilfered troves of data from Salesforce corporate instances, in search of credentials that can be used to compromise those … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/08/27/hundreds-of-salesforce-customer-orgs-hit-in-clever-attack-with-potentially-huge-blast-radius/
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ShadowSilk Campaign Targets Central Asian Governments
A series of cyber-attacks against government organizations in Central Asia and Asia- Pacific has been linked to the ShadowSilk threat cluster First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/shadowsilk-targets-central-asian/
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AI Security Threat OneFlip Could Make Medical Devices, Self-Driving Cars Vulnerable
OneFlip could cause self-driving cars to crash, facial recognition systems to fail, and biometric ID authenticators to shut down. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-oneflip-ai-security-threat/
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ShadowSilk Hits 36 Government Targets in Central Asia and APAC Using Telegram Bots
A threat activity cluster known as ShadowSilk has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting government entities within Central Asia and Asia-Pacific (APAC).According to Group-IB, nearly three dozen victims have been identified, with the intrusions mainly geared towards data exfiltration. The hacking group shares toolset and infrastructural overlaps with campaigns undertaken by threat…
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DDoS Threat Intelligence Report von Netscout – NoName057(16) treibt Zahl der DDoS-Angriffe in die Höhe
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/netscout-bericht-ddos-attacken-2025-a-9010a88718afac17e633c6ab372cef4d/
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Network Visibility
Network visibility the real-time ability to monitor and understand data flows and activity across your digital infrastructure”, is more than a security tool; it’s your lens into detecting stealthy threats, optimizing performance, and making smarter business decisions. What Is Network Visibility? Network visibility refers to the capacity to observe, analyze, and understand activity and traffic…
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Das größte Cybersicherheitsrisiko ist die Ablenkung der Mitarbeiter, nicht die Raffinesse der Bedrohungen
KnowBe4 veröffentlicht einen neuen Bericht mit dem Titel . Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Cybersicherheitsexperten Alarm schlagen aber nicht wegen immer raffinierterer Cyberbedrohungen, sondern wegen etwas viel Menschlicherem: Ablenkung. Für die neue Studie wurden während der ‘Infosecurity Europe 2025″ Konferenz mehr als 100 Sicherheitsexperten über die aktuelle Bedrohungslage im […] First seen on netzpalaver.de Jump to…
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TAG-144: Actors Attacking Government Entities With New Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
The threat actor known as TAG-144, also referred to as Blind Eagle or APT-C-36, has been linked to five distinct activity clusters operating from May 2024 through July 2025, primarily targeting Colombian government entities at local, municipal, and federal levels. This cyber threat group, active since at least 2018, employs a sophisticated blend of cyber-espionage…
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New Malware Exploits TASPEN Legacy Systems to Target Indonesian Elderly
Threat actors are leveraging the trusted brand of Indonesia’s state pension fund, PT Dana Tabungan dan Asuransi Pegawai Negeri (Persero), or TASPEN, to deploy a malicious Android application disguised as an official portal. This banking trojan and spyware targets pensioners and civil servants, exploiting legacy systems and digital transformation vulnerabilities to steal sensitive data including…
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Salesloft OAuth Breach via Drift AI Chat Agent Exposes Salesforce Customer Data
A widespread data theft campaign has allowed hackers to breach sales automation platform Salesloft to steal OAuth and refresh tokens associated with the Drift artificial intelligence (AI) chat agent.The activity, assessed to be opportunistic in nature, has been attributed to a threat actor tracked by Google Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant, tracked as UNC6395.”Beginning as…
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Blind Eagle’s Five Clusters Target Colombia Using RATs, Phishing Lures, and Dynamic DNS Infra
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered five distinct activity clusters linked to a persistent threat actor known as Blind Eagle between May 2024 and July 2025.These attacks, observed by Recorded Future Insikt Group, targeted various victims, but primarily within the Colombian government across local, municipal, and federal levels. The threat intelligence firm is tracking the activity under…