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Atroposia malware kit lowers the bar for cybercrime, and raises the stakes for enterprise defenders
Tags: apt, authentication, automation, ciso, credentials, crime, cybercrime, defense, detection, dns, endpoint, infrastructure, mail, malicious, malware, mfa, monitoring, rat, service, spam, threat, tool, update, vulnerabilityRAT toolkits proliferating: Atroposia is one of a growing number of RAT tools targeting enterprises; Varonis has also recently discovered SpamGPT and MatrixPDF, a spam-as-a-service platform and malicious PDF builder, respectively.Shipley noted that these types of packages which identify additional avenues to maintain persistence have been around for some time; Mirai, which goes back to…
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Security for AI: A Practical Guide to Enforcing Your AI Acceptable Use Policy
Tags: access, ai, awareness, best-practice, business, chatgpt, compliance, control, corporate, data, data-breach, disinformation, finance, governance, government, guide, intelligence, LLM, malicious, monitoring, openai, privacy, regulation, risk, service, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityAn AI acceptable use policy can help your organization mitigate the risk of employees accidentally exposing sensitive data to public AI tools. Benchmark your organization’s policy against our best practices and discover how prompt-level visibility from Tenable AI Exposure eases policy enforcement. Key takeaways: An AI acceptable use policy governs the appropriate use of generative…
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Rethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, captcha, ceo, container, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, fraud, Hardware, iam, identity, login, malware, mfa, monitoring, passkey, password, phishing, risk, risk-management, scam, threat, tool, vulnerabilityRethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI madhav Tue, 10/28/2025 – 06:35 Traditional identity protections were never designed for the age of AI. They can’t stop the lightning-fast, highly convincing identity attacks AI facilitates. There’s a reason that nearly 60% of businesses say compromised credentials are the leading cause of breaches. Data Security Marco…
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Rethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, captcha, ceo, container, control, credentials, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, finance, fraud, Hardware, iam, identity, login, malware, mfa, monitoring, passkey, password, phishing, risk, risk-management, scam, threat, tool, vulnerabilityRethinking Identity Security in the Age of AI madhav Tue, 10/28/2025 – 06:35 Traditional identity protections were never designed for the age of AI. They can’t stop the lightning-fast, highly convincing identity attacks AI facilitates. There’s a reason that nearly 60% of businesses say compromised credentials are the leading cause of breaches. Data Security Marco…
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Collaborative Writing Tools How to Secure Them for Teams
Learn how to secure collaborative writing tools for teams, manage permissions, and use AI detection to protect academic integrity in shared environments. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/collaborative-writing-tools-how-to-secure-them-for-teams/
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Effective cyber sanctions require a joined-up approach, says Rusi
Calling out and sanctioning cyber threat actors can be an effective tool, but is not a universal panacea, and needs to be considered as part of a wider, strategic approach, say Rusi think tank analysts First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366633509/Effective-cyber-sanctions-require-a-joined-up-approach-says-RUSI
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How evolving regulations are redefining CISO responsibility
Tags: attack, awareness, breach, ciso, communications, compliance, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, governance, identity, incident response, intelligence, iot, nis-2, phone, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, sbom, service, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityIncreasing attacks on IoT and OT device vulnerabilities Cyberattacks are increasingly driven by software vulnerabilities embedded in OT and IoT devices. The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report noted that 20% of breaches were vulnerability-based, which is a close second to credential abuse, accounting for 22% of breaches. Year over year, breaches resulting from software…
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A Major Leap Forward: FireTail Unveils New UI and Expansive AI Model Support to Secure Enable Enterprise AI Adoption FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, api, cloud, compliance, control, data, governance, incident response, intelligence, open-source, risk, service, tool, updateOct 28, 2025 – Alan Fagan – In the world of artificial intelligence, speed is the new security challenge. AI adoption is accelerating at an unprecedented rate, bringing transformative capabilities, and new risks, to the enterprise. As organizations race to leverage complex models from various providers, securing these fast-moving, multi-cloud environments is paramount.Today, we are…
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A Major Leap Forward: FireTail Unveils New UI and Expansive AI Model Support to Secure Enable Enterprise AI Adoption FireTail Blog
Tags: access, ai, api, cloud, compliance, control, data, governance, incident response, intelligence, open-source, risk, service, tool, updateOct 28, 2025 – Alan Fagan – In the world of artificial intelligence, speed is the new security challenge. AI adoption is accelerating at an unprecedented rate, bringing transformative capabilities, and new risks, to the enterprise. As organizations race to leverage complex models from various providers, securing these fast-moving, multi-cloud environments is paramount.Today, we are…
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Copilot diagrams could leak corporate emails via indirect prompt injection
The bigger threat of indirect prompt injection: The incident underscores that the risk goes beyond simple “prompt injection,” where a user types malicious instructions directly into an AI. Here, the attacker hides instructions inside document content that gets passed into the assistant without the user’s awareness. Logue described how the hidden instructions use progressive task…
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Copilot diagrams could leak corporate emails via indirect prompt injection
The bigger threat of indirect prompt injection: The incident underscores that the risk goes beyond simple “prompt injection,” where a user types malicious instructions directly into an AI. Here, the attacker hides instructions inside document content that gets passed into the assistant without the user’s awareness. Logue described how the hidden instructions use progressive task…
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Chrome Zero-Day Exploited to Deliver Italian Memento Labs’ LeetAgent Spyware
The zero-day exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome led to the distribution of an espionage-related tool from Italian information technology and services provider Memento Labs, according to new findings from Kaspersky.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-2783 (CVSS score: 8.3), a case of sandbox escape which the company disclosed in March 2025 as…
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Chrome Zero-Day Exploited to Deliver Italian Memento Labs’ LeetAgent Spyware
The zero-day exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome led to the distribution of an espionage-related tool from Italian information technology and services provider Memento Labs, according to new findings from Kaspersky.The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-2783 (CVSS score: 8.3), a case of sandbox escape which the company disclosed in March 2025 as…
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Open-Source-Tools für Container-Sicherheit – Clair, Syft, Grype und Docker Bench for Security im Praxiseinsatz
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/clair-syft-grype-docker-bench-for-security-a-e624fd62645e1e07ac400a91e41fbc8b/
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Do CISOs need to rethink service provider risk?
Tags: access, ai, breach, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, framework, governance, group, guide, incident, incident response, ISO-27001, penetration-testing, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, soc, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityShould risk assessment be about questionnaires or conversation?: David Stockdale, director of cybersecurity at the University of Queensland (UQ), needs services providers to understand the make-up and complexity of a higher education institution.”Because of the size and research intensity of the university, we tend to build a lot in-house. Where we do use service providers,…
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Do CISOs need to rethink service provider risk?
Tags: access, ai, breach, ciso, compliance, control, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, framework, governance, group, guide, incident, incident response, ISO-27001, penetration-testing, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, soc, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerabilityShould risk assessment be about questionnaires or conversation?: David Stockdale, director of cybersecurity at the University of Queensland (UQ), needs services providers to understand the make-up and complexity of a higher education institution.”Because of the size and research intensity of the university, we tend to build a lot in-house. Where we do use service providers,…
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TechTalk: Die Künstliche Intelligenz schafft neue Sicherheitsrisiken, aber auch neue Tools
Auf der Security-Veranstaltung it-sa (Home of IT-Security) haben wir auf unserem Messestand in Halle 7A zahlreiche Videos aufgezeichnet und produziert. So wie das folgende, in dem der Security-Experte Michael Veit vom Sicherheitsanbieter Sophos über eins der prominenten Themen der it-sa 2025 spricht, nämlich über die künstliche Intelligenz und deren Sicherheitsrisiken. Unser Gespräch handelte aber auch…
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Chain of security weaknesses found in smart air compressor model
Contractors and workshops often rely on air compressors to power their tools and keep projects running. But when those compressors are connected to the internet, convenience … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/28/smart-air-compressor-risks-vulnerabilities/
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Memento Labs, the ghost of Hacking Team, has returned, or maybe it was never gone at all.
Kaspersky links the first Chrome zero-day of 2025 to tools used in attacks attributed to Memento Labs, formerly known as the Hacking Team. The actor behind Operation ForumTroll used the same tools seen in Dante spyware attacks. Kaspersky researchers linked the first Chrome zero-day of 2025 (CVE-2025-2783), a sandbox escape flaw, to the arsenal of…
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Attackers bypass patch in deprecated Windows Server update tool
Microsoft addressed the critical vulnerability earlier this month, but had to issue an emergency update to resolve issues it previously missed. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/microsoft-windows-server-update-services-vulnerability-exploited-attacks/
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How to Take Vulnerability Management to the Next Level and Supercharge Your Career
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, cve, cvss, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, framework, governance, identity, metric, mfa, risk, skills, strategy, technology, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementAt Tenable, we believe the next generation of great CISOs and security leaders will arise from those vulnerability management professionals who are driving the shift to exposure management today. Key takeaways: Vulnerability management is crucial for the evolution toward a more strategic, business-aligned approach to cybersecurity, that’s why these professionals are best positioned to lead…
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New HyperRat Android Malware Sold as Ready-Made Spy Tool
Researchers have uncovered HyperRat, a new Android malware sold as a service, giving attackers remote control, data theft tools, and mass phishing features. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/hyperrat-android-malware-sold-spy-tool/
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Risiken bei der Wiederherstellung nach Ransomware-Angriffen
Tags: alphv, authentication, backup, ceo, ciso, crowdstrike, cyber, cyberattack, DSGVO, encryption, extortion, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, lockbit, mfa, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, tool, updateDie Zahlung des Lösegelds nach einer Ransomware-Attacke ist keine Garantie für eine reibungslose oder gar erfolgreiche Wiederherstellung der Daten.Zwei von fünf Unternehmen, die Cyberkriminellen für die Entschlüsselung von Ransomware bezahlen, können ihre Daten nicht wiederherstellen. Das hat eine weltweite Umfrage des Versicherungsanbieters Hiscox unter 1.000 mittelständischen Unternehmen ergeben.Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Ransomware nach wie vor…
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Risiken bei der Wiederherstellung nach Ransomware-Angriffen
Tags: alphv, authentication, backup, ceo, ciso, crowdstrike, cyber, cyberattack, DSGVO, encryption, extortion, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, lockbit, mfa, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, service, tool, updateDie Zahlung des Lösegelds nach einer Ransomware-Attacke ist keine Garantie für eine reibungslose oder gar erfolgreiche Wiederherstellung der Daten.Zwei von fünf Unternehmen, die Cyberkriminellen für die Entschlüsselung von Ransomware bezahlen, können ihre Daten nicht wiederherstellen. Das hat eine weltweite Umfrage des Versicherungsanbieters Hiscox unter 1.000 mittelständischen Unternehmen ergeben.Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Ransomware nach wie vor…
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New EDR-Redir Tool Bypasses EDRs by Exploiting Bind Filter and Cloud Filter Driver
Cybersecurity researchers have developed a sophisticated new tool called EDR-Redir that can bypass Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) systems by exploiting Windows’ Bind Filter and Cloud Filter drivers. This technique represents a significant advancement in evasion methods that operate entirely in user mode without requiring kernel privileges. The Windows Bind Link feature, introduced in Windows…
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: WSUS Exploited, LockBit 5.0 Returns, Telegram Backdoor, F5 Breach Widens
Security, trust, and stability, once the pillars of our digital world, are now the tools attackers turn against us. From stolen accounts to fake job offers, cybercriminals keep finding new ways to exploit both system flaws and human behavior.Each new breach proves a harsh truth: in cybersecurity, feeling safe can be far more dangerous than…
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Cross-platform ransomware: Qilin weaponizes Linux binaries against Windows hosts
Tags: access, backup, cio, ciso, control, credentials, defense, detection, exploit, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, linux, monitoring, network, ransomware, threat, tool, windowsFixing the gaps : Threat actors are now exploiting legitimate IT tools and hybrid infrastructures to quietly sidestep conventional defenses, calling for CISOs to rethink security strategies.Mehta added that when Linux binaries execute on Windows through a remote tool, your Windows-only detections won’t save.He added, Agenda Ransomware exploits Windows-centric assumptions, under-protected RMM tools, and neglected driver…
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Cross-platform ransomware: Qilin weaponizes Linux binaries against Windows hosts
Tags: access, backup, cio, ciso, control, credentials, defense, detection, exploit, healthcare, identity, infrastructure, linux, monitoring, network, ransomware, threat, tool, windowsFixing the gaps : Threat actors are now exploiting legitimate IT tools and hybrid infrastructures to quietly sidestep conventional defenses, calling for CISOs to rethink security strategies.Mehta added that when Linux binaries execute on Windows through a remote tool, your Windows-only detections won’t save.He added, Agenda Ransomware exploits Windows-centric assumptions, under-protected RMM tools, and neglected driver…
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Linux variant of Qilin Ransomware targets Windows via remote management tools and BYOVD
Qilin ransomware group used Linux binaries on Windows to evade EDRs, steal backups, and disable defenses via BYOVD attacks. Trend Research found that the Qilin ransomware group (aka Agenda) used a Linux ransomware binary on Windows systems via legitimate remote tools, bypassing Windows defenses and EDRs. The cross-platform method enables stealthy attacks, stealing backup credentials…