Tag: threat
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Hackers Leverage Safe Links and URL Rewriting to Evade Detection
Threat actors were already abusing URL rewriting mechanisms in phishing campaigns to mask malicious domains. URL rewriting is designed to protect users by replacing original links with security-vendor URLs that scan destinations at click time. These rewritten links route traffic through the provider’s infrastructure so they can analyze the page in real time, block known…
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Runtime: The new frontier of AI agent security
Tags: access, ai, automation, ceo, ciso, computer, container, control, crowdstrike, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, endpoint, firewall, framework, incident response, jobs, monitoring, network, openai, risk, saas, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-dayWhat runtime monitoring looks like: Once an organization knows where its agents are, the question is what to watch for, and how.Elia Zaitsev, CTO of CrowdStrike, tells CSO that existing endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools already capture the kinds of behavior needed to track AI agents. They instrument operating systems like a flight data…
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Payload ransomware hits Windows and ESXi with Babuk-style encryption
Tags: cryptography, cyber, encryption, extortion, group, healthcare, ransomware, threat, vmware, windowsA new ransomware operation called Payload is rapidly emerging as a serious threat to both Windows and VMware ESXi environments, combining Babuk-style cryptography with aggressive anti-forensics and a working double-extortion model. The group claims to have been active since at least February 17, 2026. It is already hitting mid-to-large organizations across multiple sectors and countries. The hospital…
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IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2026 – Schwachstellen sind Einfallstor Nummer 1
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ibm-cyberangriffe-schwachstellen-identitaetsschutz-europa-a-e9dccd2ee68310d6712e58db186cd3b3/
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Hackers Abuse Trusted Websites in New Attacks on Microsoft Teams Users
Threat actors are increasingly turning to trusted infrastructure to launch their attacks, making it harder for automated security tools to flag malicious activity. A newly identified phishing campaign highlights this growing trend by abusing compromised websites to harvest valuable corporate credentials. Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated new phishing campaign where attackers hijack legitimate websites…
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Automated Policy Enforcement for Quantum-Secure Prompt Engineering
Learn how to automate policy enforcement for quantum-secure prompt engineering in MCP environments. Protect AI infrastructure with PQC and real-time threat detection. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/automated-policy-enforcement-for-quantum-secure-prompt-engineering/
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Automated Policy Enforcement for Quantum-Secure Prompt Engineering
Learn how to automate policy enforcement for quantum-secure prompt engineering in MCP environments. Protect AI infrastructure with PQC and real-time threat detection. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/automated-policy-enforcement-for-quantum-secure-prompt-engineering/
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Simply Offensive Podcast: The Future of Pentesting: AI, Automation, and Better Reporting with Dan DeCloss
Tags: ai, automation, computer, corporate, cybersecurity, data, exploit, hacker, hacking, jobs, penetration-testing, skills, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability<div cla The Future of Pentesting: AI, Automation, and Better Reporting with Dan DeCloss In this episode of Simply Offensive, Philip Wylie welcomes Dan DeCloss, the founder of PlexTrac. The two veterans of the cybersecurity industry discuss their history together, the evolution of report writing, and the seismic shift AI is bringing to offensive security.…
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Simply Offensive Podcast: The Future of Pentesting: AI, Automation, and Better Reporting with Dan DeCloss
Tags: ai, automation, computer, corporate, cybersecurity, data, exploit, hacker, hacking, jobs, penetration-testing, skills, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability<div cla The Future of Pentesting: AI, Automation, and Better Reporting with Dan DeCloss In this episode of Simply Offensive, Philip Wylie welcomes Dan DeCloss, the founder of PlexTrac. The two veterans of the cybersecurity industry discuss their history together, the evolution of report writing, and the seismic shift AI is bringing to offensive security.…
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Bank built its own threat hunting agent because vendors can’t keep pace with new threats
AI helped send weekly threat signal count from 80 million to 400 billion, then helped response time shrink from two days to 30 minutes First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/commonwealth_bank_ai_defense/
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Industrial Systems Under Siege: 77% of OT Environments Suffer Cyber Breaches
Industrial systems face rising cyber threats as OT security lags modernization. A new survey reveals widespread breaches and growing risks to critical infrastructure. The post Industrial Systems Under Siege: 77% of OT Environments Suffer Cyber Breaches appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-industrial-cybersecurity-ot-security-survey/
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Russia-linked APT uses DRILLAPP backdoor to spy on Ukrainian targets
Russia-linked threat actors target Ukrainian entities with DRILLAPP backdoor and use Edge debugging for stealth. A new DRILLAPP backdoor campaign targets Ukrainian organizations, abusing Microsoft Edge debugging to evade detection. Observed in February 2026, it shows links to previous Russian-aligned operations by Laundry Bear APT group (aka UAC-0190, Void Blizzard) using the PLUGGYAPE malware family…
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Poland Suspects Iranian Actors are Behind Attack on Its Nuclear Power Center
Poland officials say the cyberattack late last week appears to have been launched by an Iranian threat group, though they noted that bad actors not associated with any country in the war could have been behind it and used tactics associated with Iranian threat groups to cover their own tracks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump…
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DPRK IT Worker Fraud: Hiring an Insider Threat
Nisos DPRK IT Worker Fraud: Hiring an Insider Threat Here at Nisos, we’ve spent years helping organizations understand and mitigate complex, human risk-related threats, such as insider risk, executive protection and employment fraud… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/dprk-it-worker-fraud-hiring-an-insider-threat/
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Realm.Security Rolls Out AI-Ready Security Data for the Modern SOC Ahead of RSA Conference
Realm.Security launches Data Enrichments and Privacy Guard, injecting real-time threat context into security pipelines and automating PII redaction to keep SOC teams faster, leaner, and compliance-ready. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/realm-security-rolls-out-ai-ready-security-data-for-the-modern-soc-ahead-of-rsa-conference/
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Realm.Security Rolls Out AI-Ready Security Data for the Modern SOC Ahead of RSA Conference
Realm.Security launches Data Enrichments and Privacy Guard, injecting real-time threat context into security pipelines and automating PII redaction to keep SOC teams faster, leaner, and compliance-ready. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/realm-security-rolls-out-ai-ready-security-data-for-the-modern-soc-ahead-of-rsa-conference-2/
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16th March Threat Intelligence Report
United States-based medical technology company Stryker has suffered a cyberattack that caused a global disruption to its environment. The company said its surgical robotics, clinical communications platform, and life support monitors are […] First seen on research.checkpoint.com Jump to article: research.checkpoint.com/2026/16th-march-threat-intelligence-report/
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Global Threat Report 2026 von Crowdstrike – Schnellster KI-Angriff 2025 dauerte nur 27 Sekunden
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/crowdstrike-ki-cyberangriffe-breakout-time-prompt-manipulation-a-19131ec29d48c1304d61a1966b6f9659/
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Global Threat Report 2026 von Crowdstrike – Schnellster KI-Angriff 2025 dauerte nur 27 Sekunden
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/crowdstrike-ki-cyberangriffe-breakout-time-prompt-manipulation-a-19131ec29d48c1304d61a1966b6f9659/
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Don’t confuse asset inventory with exposure management
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, business, chatgpt, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, endpoint, flaw, framework, governance, government, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, leak, least-privilege, metric, mfa, monitoring, network, regulation, risk, saas, service, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementAsset discovery tells you what IT exists in your environment. Exposure management tells you what will get you breached. If your platform can’t connect vulnerabilities, identities, misconfigurations, and AI systems into real attack paths, you don’t have exposure management. You have inventory. Key takeaways True exposure management requires more than asset inventory. It’s about merging…
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Don’t confuse asset inventory with exposure management
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, business, chatgpt, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, endpoint, flaw, framework, governance, government, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, leak, least-privilege, metric, mfa, monitoring, network, regulation, risk, saas, service, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementAsset discovery tells you what IT exists in your environment. Exposure management tells you what will get you breached. If your platform can’t connect vulnerabilities, identities, misconfigurations, and AI systems into real attack paths, you don’t have exposure management. You have inventory. Key takeaways True exposure management requires more than asset inventory. It’s about merging…
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Don’t confuse asset inventory with exposure management
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, business, chatgpt, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, detection, endpoint, flaw, framework, governance, government, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, leak, least-privilege, metric, mfa, monitoring, network, regulation, risk, saas, service, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementAsset discovery tells you what IT exists in your environment. Exposure management tells you what will get you breached. If your platform can’t connect vulnerabilities, identities, misconfigurations, and AI systems into real attack paths, you don’t have exposure management. You have inventory. Key takeaways True exposure management requires more than asset inventory. It’s about merging…
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Cyberattack Hits Poland’s Nuclear Research Center
Poland’s National Centre for Nuclear Research recently experienced a targeted cyberattack aimed at its IT infrastructure. Security teams successfully thwarted the intrusion before malicious actors could compromise critical systems or access sensitive data. The facility, which houses the country’s sole operational nuclear reactor, maintained full operational continuity throughout the entire security incident. As cyber threats…
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LiveChat Abuse: How Phishers Are Exploiting SaaS Support Tools to Steal Sensitive Data
Tags: attack, credentials, credit-card, cybercrime, data, email, exploit, finance, mfa, phishing, saas, service, threat, toolThreat actors are abusing the LiveChat SaaS platform to impersonate brands like PayPal and Amazon in phishing campaigns designed to steal credentials, credit card details, MFA codes, and other sensitive data. Victims are lured through phishing emails and directed to LiveChat pages where attackers use chat interactions to request personal and financial information. The campaign…
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Handala Hackers Exploit RDP and NetBird in Coordinated Wiper Attacks
Handala Hack is an Iranian state-linked destructive actor that combines old-school RDP-heavy intrusions with new tools like NetBird and AI-assisted wipers to devastate victim networks rapidly. Handala Hack is an online persona operated by Void Manticore (also tracked as Red Sandstorm and Banished Kitten), a threat actor affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). Additional…
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Handala Hackers Exploit RDP and NetBird in Coordinated Wiper Attacks
Handala Hack is an Iranian state-linked destructive actor that combines old-school RDP-heavy intrusions with new tools like NetBird and AI-assisted wipers to devastate victim networks rapidly. Handala Hack is an online persona operated by Void Manticore (also tracked as Red Sandstorm and Banished Kitten), a threat actor affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). Additional…
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DRILLAPP Backdoor Targets Ukraine, Abuses Microsoft Edge Debugging for Stealth Espionage
Ukrainian entities have emerged as the target of a new campaign likely orchestrated by threat actors linked to Russia, according to a report from S2 Grupo’s LAB52 threat intelligence team.The campaign, observed in February 2026, has been assessed to share overlaps with a prior campaign mounted by Laundry Bear (aka UAC-0190 or Void Blizzard) aimed…
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Attackers are exploiting AI faster than defenders can keep up, new report warns
Cybersecurity is entering “a new phase” as artificial intelligence tools have matured and given IT defenders significantly less time to respond to cyberattacks and other threats, according to a new report released Monday. The report, authored by federal contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, concludes that threat actors have adopted AI more quickly than governments and private…
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Google Looker Studio Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers to Exfiltrate Data from Google Services
Tenable Research recently uncovered “LeakyLooker,” a critical set of nine novel cross-tenant vulnerabilities within Google Looker Studio that enabled attackers to silently exfiltrate or modify sensitive data across various Google Cloud Platform services. Following responsible disclosure by security researchers, Google has successfully patched all nine vulnerabilities globally, neutralizing the threat without requiring any manual updates…
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IBM Discovers ‘Slopoly’ AI-Generated Malware Linked to Hive0163 Ransomware
Ransomware group Hive0163 is experimenting with a likely AI-generated malware framework, dubbed “Slopoly,” marking a visible shift toward AI-assisted tooling in attacks. While the malware itself is simple, its use shows how quickly threat actors can now generate and iterate on custom command-and-control clients using large language models (LLMs). Hive0163 is a financially motivated cluster…