Tag: threat
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Hacker Finds New Technique to Bypass SentinelOne EDR Solution
Security researchers at Aon have discovered a threat actor who bypassed SentinelOne EDR protection to deploy Babuk ransomware First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/new-technique-bypass-sentinelone/
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Why Identity Signals Are Replacing IOCs in Threat Intelligence
The CISO’s View: Too Many Alerts, Too Little Context Imagine a SOC analyst under pressure. Their screen is filled with IP addresses, malware hashes, geolocations, login alerts, and thousands of other signals. It’s a flood of noise. IOCs used to be the gold standard for cyber threat detection, but today? Attackers don’t need malware or……
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Cisco IOS XE Wireless Controllers Vulnerability Lets Attackers Seize Full Control
A critical security flaw has been discovered in Cisco IOS XE Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs), potentially allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to gain full control of affected devices. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20188, lets attackers upload arbitrary files and execute commands with root privileges, posing a severe threat to enterprise wireless networks worldwide. Vulnerability Summary The vulnerability…
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Global cybersecurity readiness remains critically low
Only 4% of organizations worldwide have achieved the ‘mature’ level of readiness required to withstand cybersecurity threats, according to Cisco’s 2025 … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/08/cybersecurity-readiness-level-across-organizations/
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Healthcare workers regularly upload sensitive data to GenAI, cloud accounts
Healthcare organizations are facing a growing data security challenge from within, according to a new report from Netskope Threat Labs. The analysis reveals that employees in … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/08/healthcare-workers-upload-sensitive-data-genai/
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Early 2025 DDoS Attacks Signal a Dangerous Trend in Cybersecurity
As we enter 2025, the threat landscape continues to evolve, with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks growing in both scale and sophistication. So far this year, we’ve already seen several major DDoS attacks over 5 million Requests Per Second (RPS), signaling a concerning trend for organizations worldwide. These attacks are larger than anything we’ve……
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Why the Finance Sector Must Lead the Shift to Post-Quantum Cryptography
Quantum computing is not some far-off theory anymore, and the threat to today’s encryption is real with the clock running for organizations to be resilient. And for banks and finance organizations sitting on mountains of sensitive data, the urgency to prepare for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is growing. With Q-day (the day a powerful quantum computer……
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Windows flaw exploited as zero-day by more groups than previously thought
Attackers managed to deploy infostealer: In this attack, the Balloonfly group didn’t get to the stage of deploying the Play ransomware, as that is usually one of the final stages when attackers have control over significant parts of the network for maximum damage. However, the group did deploy an infostealer called Grixba that’s usually part…
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Google Uncovers LOSTKEYS Malware Used by Russian COLDRIVER for Cyber Espionage
In a concerning escalation of cyber-espionage activity, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has revealed the emergence of a First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/google-uncovers-lostkeys-malware-used-by-russian-coldriver-for-cyber-espionage/
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PowerSchool customers hit by downstream extortion threats
The large education tech vendor was hit by a cyberattack and paid a ransom in December. Now, a threat actor is attempting to extort the company’s customers with stolen data. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/powerschool-customers-hit-by-downstream-extortion-threats/
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Despite ransom payment, PowerSchool hacker now extorting individual school districts
The education tech giant said it is “aware that a threat actor has reached out to multiple school district customers in an attempt to extort them.” First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/despite-ransom-payment-powerschool-extorting
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Tech Talk- AI Engine: A look at Transformative AI for Deep Insight into Anomalous Traffic
Graph-based anomaly detection transforms how network operators uncover threats and service issues by providing a deeper, relationship-driven understanding of all network activity traversing the eco-system. Unlike traditional methods that analyze isolated data points or rely on predefined rules, a graph-based approach leverages AI, ML, and graph theory to map and analyze the intricate relationships between……
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UK Warns of AI-Based Attacks Against Critical Infrastructure
NCSC Expects Attack Volume by ‘Advanced Threat Actors’ to Rise Sharply by 2027. Proliferation of AI-enabled technology will widen access to offensive tools by nation-state groups and other hackers. The volume of attacks is expected to rise significantly by 2027, and British critical infrastructure will be a prime target, the National Cybersecurity Center said. First…
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Quantum supremacy: Cybersecurity’s ultimate arms race has China way in front
Tags: ai, authentication, automation, backup, banking, breach, business, china, ciso, computing, control, crypto, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, encryption, finance, government, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, jobs, military, ml, nist, risk, service, skills, technology, threat, update, vulnerability, zero-dayThe DeepSeek/Qwen factor: What we learned from recent AI advances, such as DeepSeek and Qwen, that caught the world by surprise is that China’s technology is much more advanced than anyone anticipated. I’d argue that this is a leading indicator that China’s quantum computing capabilities are also in absolute stealth-mode development and ahead of the…
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Digital welfare fraud: ALTSRUS syndicate exploits the financially vulnerable
A new report from bot defense firm Kasada has exposed the growing threat of ALTSRUS, a fraud syndicate targeting some of the most vulnerable corners of the digital economy. … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/07/altsrus-digital-welfare-fraud/
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Smart Strategies for NHI Deployment
Why Does NHI Management Matter in Today’s Cybersecurity Landscape? Data breaches, hacking and cyber threats are at an all-time high, making cybersecurity a crucial priority for businesses. So, how can organizations effectively secure their digital assets and eliminate potential risks? The answer lies in smart NHI strategies and efficient deployment. But what does this mean,……
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Bridging Cyber and Physical Threats
CISO Sean Atkinson on Proactive, Integrated Approach to Hybrid Threat Defense. Center for Internet Security CISO Sean Atkinson calls for integrated threat intelligence, stronger community collaboration, and enhanced playbooks to confront rising hybrid threats that exploit gaps across cybersecurity and physical domains. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/bridging-cyber-physical-threats-a-28314
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‘Easily Exploitable’ Langflow Vulnerability Requires Immediate Patching
The vulnerability, which has a CVSS score of 9.8, is under attack and allows threat actors to remotely execute arbitrary commands on servers running the agentic AI builder. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/easily-exploitable-langflow-vulnerability-patching
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ClickFix Scam: How to Protect Your Business Against This Evolving Threat
Cybercriminals aren’t always loud and obvious. Sometimes, they play it quiet and smart. One of the tricks of… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/clickfix-scam-how-to-protect-business-againt-threat/
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Stealth Is the Strategy: Rethinking Infrastructure Defense
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, cisco, cloud, cybersecurity, data, defense, edr, endpoint, espionage, exploit, finance, firewall, gartner, google, group, infrastructure, injection, ivanti, malicious, monitoring, network, resilience, risk, strategy, technology, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerability, zero-day, zero-trust -
RSAC 2025 Recap: Why the Future of Cybersecurity Belongs to Unified Platforms
The RSAC Conference 2025 marked a pivotal shift in the cybersecurity industry’s collective mindset. From C-level leaders to frontline practitioners, there was a growing acknowledgment of what many have quietly known for years: the fragmented “best-of-breed” security stack is no longer enough. As threats grow more complex and attack surfaces expand, so too must the…
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Samsung MagicINFO flaw exploited days after PoC exploit publication
Threat actors started exploiting a vulnerability in Samsung MagicINFO only days after a PoC exploit was published. Arctic Wolf researchers observed threat actors beginning to exploit a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-7399 (CVSS score: 8.8), in the Samsung MagicINFO content management system (CMS) just days after proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code was publicly released. The vulnerability…
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Nation-State Actors Continue to Exploit Weak Passwords, MFA
Trellix’s John Fokker Advises CISOs to Prioritize Patching, MFA, Network Visibility. Threat actors aren’t rushing to adopt AI tools to exploit vulnerabilities. They still prefer a victim with weak passwords, bad MFA, bad patching. It is the easiest way to make money for criminals so they don’t have to invest in AI, said John Fokker,…
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Human Ingenuity Still Crucial in Cybersecurity Defense
HackerOne CEO Warns AI Can’t Replace Creativity, Intuition in Cyber Defense Efforts. Despite AI advances, human intuition remains essential in security, says HackerOne CEO Kara Sprague. Machines detect patterns, but only people can anticipate the unexpected. Ethical hackers and human-led defense are vital to addressing evolving threats and the cybersecurity talent gap. First seen on…
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CISA Warns 2 SonicWall Vulnerabilities Under Active Exploitation
The vulnerabilities affect SonicWall’s SMA devices for secure remote access, which have been heavily targeted by threat actors in the past. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/two-sonicwall-vulnerabilities-under-exploitation
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Hackers Exploit Samsung MagicINFO, GeoVision IoT Flaws to Deploy Mirai Botnet
Threat actors have been observed actively exploiting security flaws in GeoVision end-of-life (EoL) Internet of Things (IoT) devices to corral them into a Mirai botnet for conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.The activity, first observed by the Akamai Security Intelligence and Response Team (SIRT) in early April 2025, involves the exploitation of two operating system command…
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Why Your Security Team is Wasting 70% of Their Time on Phantom Threats And How to Fix It
Tags: threatYour security team is spending 70% of their time chasing ghosts. Here’s how to reclaim those hours for strategic work that actually matters. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/why-your-security-team-is-wasting-70-of-their-time-on-phantom-threats-and-how-to-fix-it/
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Cyber Resilience Demands Rethinking Risk, Identity, AI Trust
RSA CEO Rohit Ghai on Security Amid Evolving Threats, Tech Disruption. AI, geopolitical instability and sophisticated cyberthreats are reshaping how organizations must think about risk, resilience and identity. RSA CEO Rohit Ghai discusses identity overhaul for enterprises, moving beyond passwords and an approach to AI-based threats. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/cyber-resilience-demands-rethinking-risk-identity-ai-trust-a-28297
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BFDOOR Malware Targets Organizations to Establish Long-Term Persistence
The BPFDoor malware has emerged as a significant threat targeting domestic and international organizations, particularly in the telecommunications sector. First identified by PwC in 2021, BPFDoor is a highly sophisticated backdoor malware designed to infiltrate Linux systems with an emphasis on long-term persistence and evasion. On April 25, 2025, the Korea Internet & Security Agency…