Tag: threat
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Cisco Firewall Zero-Day Actively Exploited to Deliver Interlock Ransomware
Tags: cisco, cyber, exploit, firewall, flaw, network, ransomware, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerability, zero-daySecurity research has uncovered an active Interlock ransomware campaign exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Centre (FMC) software. Utilizing this unauthenticated remote code execution flaw via the Amazon MadPot network, threat actors compromised enterprise environments for over a month before public disclosure. Cisco Firewall Zero-Day The intrusion campaign centers entirely on…
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Cisco Firewall Zero-Day Actively Exploited to Deliver Interlock Ransomware
Tags: cisco, cyber, exploit, firewall, flaw, network, ransomware, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerability, zero-daySecurity research has uncovered an active Interlock ransomware campaign exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Centre (FMC) software. Utilizing this unauthenticated remote code execution flaw via the Amazon MadPot network, threat actors compromised enterprise environments for over a month before public disclosure. Cisco Firewall Zero-Day The intrusion campaign centers entirely on…
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Trump’s National Cyber Strategy Leaves Industry Role Unclear
White House Cyber Strategy Urges Deeper Industry Partnership Without Defining Roles. The administration’s cyber strategy pushes deeper public-private coordination and expanded threat visibility across critical infrastructure, but lacks specifics on operational roles, incentives and legal protections needed for industry to actively disrupt malicious activity. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/trumps-national-cyber-strategy-leaves-industry-role-unclear-a-31075
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What Golden Dome Requires from Federal DevSecOps Teams
<div cla The threat environment facing the United States is growing more complex and interconnected. Executive Order 14186 identifies the threat of attack by ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, along with other advanced aerial attacks, as “the most catastrophic threat facing the United States.” In response, the U.S. is pursuing Golden Dome for America, a…
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What Golden Dome Requires from Federal DevSecOps Teams
<div cla The threat environment facing the United States is growing more complex and interconnected. Executive Order 14186 identifies the threat of attack by ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, along with other advanced aerial attacks, as “the most catastrophic threat facing the United States.” In response, the U.S. is pursuing Golden Dome for America, a…
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US intelligence chief grilled on absence of election threats in security assessment
Previous clandestine community assessments have documented, at least at a high level, attempts by Iran, Russia or China to sway voters with online propaganda or through cyber operations. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/us-intel-chief-senate-election-security-threat-assessment
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Technical Analysis of SnappyClient
Tags: access, antivirus, api, attack, browser, chrome, cloud, communications, computer, control, credentials, crypto, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, finance, framework, github, infection, injection, jobs, login, malicious, malware, network, password, software, startup, theft, threat, update, windowsIntroductionIn December 2025, Zscaler ThreatLabz identified a new command-and-control (C2) framework implant that we track as SnappyClient, which was delivered using HijackLoader. SnappyClient has an extended list of capabilities including taking screenshots, keylogging, a remote terminal, and data theft from browsers, extensions, and other applications. In this blog post, ThreatLabz provides a technical analysis of SnappyClient, including…
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Threat groups target cyber-physical systems to disrupt critical infrastructure providers
The Iran war has raised concerns that key industrial sectors could be the target of hacktivists, state actors and other groups. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/threat-groups-target-cyber-physical-systems-to-disrupt-critical-infrastruct/815074/
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Meet the 2026 Cybersecurity Startups Beating Hackers at Their Own Game
Review the top cybersecurity startups in 2026 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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Interlock Ransomware Exploits Cisco FMC Zero-Day CVE-2026-20131 for Root Access
Tags: access, cisco, cve, exploit, firewall, flaw, intelligence, ransomware, threat, vulnerability, zero-dayAmazon Threat Intelligence is warning of an active Interlock ransomware campaign that’s exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-20131 (CVSS score: 10.0), a case of insecure deserialization of user-supplied Java byte stream, which could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to First seen…
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CISA official says agency has not seen uptick in cyber threats amid Iran war
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (CISA) Acting Director Nick Andersen said the agency has been working closely with industry and sector-based groups on threats from Iran in the past couple of weeks. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cisa-official-says-agency-has-not-seen-uptick-cyber-threats-iran
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SideWinder Espionage Campaign Expands Across Southeast Asia
Tags: espionage, government, group, india, infrastructure, phishing, spear-phishing, threat, vulnerabilityThe suspected India-linked threat group targets governments, telecom, and critical infrastructure using spear-phishing, old vulnerabilities, and rapidly rotating infrastructure to maintain persistent access. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/sidewinder-espionage-campaign-expands-across-southeast-asia
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Claude Code Security and Magecart: Getting the Threat Model Right
When a Magecart payload hides inside the EXIF data of a dynamically loaded third-party favicon, no repository scanner will catch it because the malicious code never actually touches your repo. As teams adopt Claude Code Security for static analysis, this is the exact technical boundary where AI code scanning stops and client-side runtime execution begins.A…
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Sicherheitslücke ermöglicht Root-Zugriff über Snap-Mechanismus in Ubuntu
Die Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) hat eine hochkritische Schwachstelle (CVE-2026-3888) in Standardinstallationen von Ubuntu-Desktop 24.04 und den neueren Versionen identifiziert. Die Lücke erlaubt es, einem lokal angemeldeten Angreifer mit geringen Rechten, diese auf vollständigen Root-Zugriff auszuweiten und damit die vollständige Kontrolle über das System zu erlangen. Bemerkenswert an dieser Schwachstelle ist, dass sie […]…
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Can you prove the person on the other side is real?
Tags: access, ai, business, control, credentials, exploit, governance, identity, least-privilege, risk, threat, tool, updateExploiting the deceased and the dormant: Attackers follow leverage. Dormant, legacy and deceased identities create leverage because they already come with history, which serves as scaffolding for a synthetic persona to climb.I have seen how quickly a subdued record can become an entry point. An adversary pairs an older account or identity footprint with newly…
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Cybersecurity and privacy priorities for 2026: The legal risk map
Tags: attack, authentication, awareness, best-practice, breach, communications, country, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, finance, fraud, governance, government, incident, incident response, infrastructure, law, mfa, monitoring, privacy, ransomware, regulation, risk, risk-management, service, strategy, supply-chain, threat, usaContinued federal interest in cybersecurity and privacy, especially in connection with national security concerns: The evident connection between cybersecurity and privacy and national security have led to a number of federal initiatives in recent years. Most recently in March 2026, the White House announced the current administration’s Cyber Strategy for America, renewing a commitment to…
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Tracking the Iran War: A Month of Escalation and Regional Impact
Iran war likely prolonged, increasing cyber threats, energy disruption, and instability, with companies in the Middle East facing higher risk. Follow me on Twitter:@securityaffairsandFacebookandMastodon PierluigiPaganini (SecurityAffairs hacking, Iran) First seen on securityaffairs.com Jump to article: securityaffairs.com/189604/cyber-warfare-2/tracking-the-iran-war-a-month-of-escalation-and-regional-impact.html
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Ubuntu Desktop Vulnerability Lets Attackers Escalate Privileges to Full Root Access
The Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) has disclosed a critical Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting default installations of Ubuntu Desktop version 24.04 and later. Tracked as CVE-2026-3888, this high-severity flaw carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 and allows unprivileged local attackers to completely compromise the host system by escalating their privileges to full…
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HP Wolf Security Threat Report – Schnell statt ausgefeilt: KI macht Cyberangriffe zur Massenware
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ki-modulare-malware-kampagnen-hp-wolf-security-report-a-fa4df86b6da927124af7f66967828548/
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Cybercriminals scale up, government sector hit hardest
Government agencies faced the highest volume of cyberattack campaigns in 2025, according to new findings from HPE Threat Labs, which tracked 1,186 active campaigns over the … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/18/government-agencies-cyberattack-campaigns-volume/
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AWS Bedrock AgentCore Sandbox Bypass Enables Stealthy C2 and Data Exfiltration
A newly disclosed vulnerability in AWS Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter allows threat actors to bypass network isolation and establish stealthy command-and-control (C2) channels. AWS originally advertised this mode as providing complete isolation without external access, researchers found that it permits outbound DNS queries for A and AAAA records. This structural allowance enables attackers to exfiltrate…
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Lattice-Based Identity and Access Management for AI Agents
Secure your AI agents with lattice-based IAM. Learn how ML-KEM and ML-DSA protect Model Context Protocol (MCP) from quantum threats and puppet attacks. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/lattice-based-identity-and-access-management-for-ai-agents/
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prompted: Key Insights from the AI Security Practitioners Conference FireTail Blog
Tags: ai, api, application-security, attack, automation, conference, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, google, infrastructure, injection, LLM, malicious, malware, monitoring, openai, risk, strategy, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayMar 17, 2026 – Jeremy Snyder – The State of AI Security: Moving Beyond TheoryThe biggest shift evident at the [un]prompted AI Security Practitioners Conference was the move from purely theoretical discussions about “what could go wrong” to concrete, battle-tested methodologies for “what is going wrong and how we fix it.” It’s clear that AI…
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prompted: Key Insights from the AI Security Practitioners Conference FireTail Blog
Tags: ai, api, application-security, attack, automation, conference, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, exploit, google, infrastructure, injection, LLM, malicious, malware, monitoring, openai, risk, strategy, theft, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, zero-dayMar 17, 2026 – Jeremy Snyder – The State of AI Security: Moving Beyond TheoryThe biggest shift evident at the [un]prompted AI Security Practitioners Conference was the move from purely theoretical discussions about “what could go wrong” to concrete, battle-tested methodologies for “what is going wrong and how we fix it.” It’s clear that AI…