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Nmap 7.96 Released with Enhanced Scanning Capabilities and Updated Libraries
The popular network mapping and security auditing tool Nmap has released version 7.96, featuring a host of significant improvements. This latest version introduces parallel forward DNS resolution for dramatically faster hostname scanning, upgraded core libraries, new scripting capabilities, and enhanced compatibility across platforms, especially for Windows users. One of the headline features in Nmap 7.96…
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Security Tools Alone Don’t Protect You, Control Effectiveness Does
61% of security leaders reported suffering a breach due to failed or misconfigured controls over the past 12 months. This is despite having an average of 43 cybersecurity tools in place.This massive rate of security failure is clearly not a security investment problem. It is a configuration problem. Organizations are beginning to understand that a…
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Spam campaign targeting Brazil abuses Remote Monitoring and Management tools
A new spam campaign is targeting Brazilian users with a clever twist, abusing the free trial period of trusted remote monitoring tools and the country’s electronic invoice system to spread malicious agents. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/spam-campaign-targeting-brazil-abuses-rmm-tools/
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Sudo-rs make me a sandwich, hold the buffer overflows
Ubuntu 25.10 fitted with Rust-written admin tool by default for memory safety’s sake First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/05/08/ubuntu_2510_makes_rusk_sudo_default/
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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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Hacker Exploits AI Art Tool to Steal 1.1TB of Disney Data
California Man Pleads Guilty to Two Felony Charges Related to Hacking Employee’s PC. A California man agreed to plead guilty to hacking a Disney employee’s personal computer and stealing over one terabyte of confidential company data. Authorities say the man posted a malicious artificial intelligence art application online and used it to steal an employee’s…
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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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Opening Up Open Banking: The CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights Rule
Tags: access, automation, banking, compliance, container, control, credit-card, data, finance, identity, monitoring, privacy, regulation, service, software, switch, toolOpening Up Open Banking: The CFPB’s Personal Financial Data Rights Rule andrew.gertz@t“¦ Tue, 05/06/2025 – 18:23 Explore the impact of the CFPB’s new Personal Financial Data Rights rule and how it aims to empower consumers, drive competition, and reshape open banking in the U.S. Ammar Faheem – Director Product Marketing (CIAM) More About This Author…
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Critical AWS Amplify Studio Flaw Allowed Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has addressed a critical security flaw (CVE-2025-4318) in itsAWS Amplify Studioplatform, which could have allowed authenticated attackers to execute malicious JavaScript code during component rendering. The vulnerability, publicly disclosed on May 5, 2025, affects the amplify-codegen-ui package, a core tool for generating front-end code in Amplify Studio. Vulnerability Details The flaw resides in…
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Cyberwarfare Funding Accelerates and Everyone is at Risk
Tags: attack, china, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, exploit, finance, government, healthcare, infrastructure, risk, russia, service, tool, vulnerability, warfareNations are investing heavily in offensive cyber capabilities. The proposed 2026 US defense budget earmarks an additional $1 billion in funding for offensive cyber operations, specifically to the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). In 2025, the Department of Defense spent over $14 billion on cyber, with $6.4 billion allocated to offensive operations. An extra billion dollars…
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Critical flaw in AI agent dev tool Langflow under active exploitation
/api/v1/validate/code had missing authentication checks and passed code to the Python exec function. However, it didn’t run exec directly on functions, but on function definitions, which make functions available for execution but don’t execute their code.Because of this, the Horizon3.ai researchers had to come up with an alternative exploitation method leveraging a Python feature called…
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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 -
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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AI Security, Safety Questions Dominate RSAC Conference 2025
‘Building Fast’ While ‘Building Competently’ Remains Key, Expert Says. Questions over the risk posed by artificial intelligence dominated discussions at this year’s RSAC Conference in San Francisco. Experts said that building models – at speed – that are secure and reliable remains essential for creating AI tools organizations will trust and want to adopt. First…
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Apache Parquet exploit tool detect servers vulnerable to critical flaw
A proof-of-concept exploit has been publicly released for a maximum severity Apache Parquet vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-30065, making it easy to find vulnerable servers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apache-parquet-exploit-tool-detect-servers-vulnerable-to-critical-flaw/
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CISOs Transform Into Business-Critical Digital Risk Leaders
Google’s Phil Venables on How AI Creates Structural Advantage in Security. Amid rising cyberthreats, security leaders are using AI tools to drive business enablement and risk management across their organizations, creating unprecedented opportunities for team transformation and career advancement, said Phil Venables, strategic security advisor at Google. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/cisos-transform-into-business-critical-digital-risk-leaders-a-28296
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Uncovering the Security Risks of Data Exposure in AI-Powered Tools like Snowflake’s CORTEX
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the technological landscape, tools like Snowflake’s CORTEX Search Service are revolutionizing data retrieval with advanced fuzzy search and LLM-driven Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) capabilities. However, beneath the promise of efficiency lies a critical security concern: unintended data exposure. A recent analysis highlights how even tightly configured access and masking…
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Smishing Triad Upgrades Tools and Tactics for Global Attacks
Global smishing campaigns linked to Chinese cybercriminals escalate with Smishing Triad’s new tools and techniques First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/smishing-triad-upgrades-tools/
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Hackers Bypass AI Filters from Microsoft, Nvidia, and Meta Using a Simple Emoji
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a critical flaw in the content moderation systems of AI models developed by industry giants Microsoft, Nvidia, and Meta. Hackers have reportedly found a way to bypass the stringent filters designed to prevent the generation of harmful or explicit content by using a seemingly harmless tool-a single emoji. This discovery highlights…
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U.S. CISA adds Langflow flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Langflow flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)added a Langflow flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-3248 (CVSS score of 9.8), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Langflow is a popular tool used for building agentic AI workflows. CVE-2025-3248 is a…
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RCE flaw in tool for building AI agents exploited by attackers (CVE-2025-3248)
A missing authentication vulnerability (CVE-2025-3248) in Langflow, a web application for building AI-driven agents, is being exploited by attackers in the wild, CISA has … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/06/langflow-cve-2025-3248-exploited/
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Google’s NotebookLM Introduces Voice Summaries in Over 50 Languages
Google has significantly expanded the capabilities of NotebookLM, its AI-powered research tool, by introducing Audio Overviews in more than 50 languages. This enhancement builds upon the platform’s global expansion to over 200 countries last year and marks a pivotal development in making AI-assisted research more accessible worldwide. The feature transforms users’ source materials into engaging,…
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Google Gemini Introduces Built-In Image Editing in App
Google has integrated advanced AI-powered image editing tools directly into its Gemini app, enabling users to manipulate both AI-generated and uploaded images through text prompts. The update, which began rolling out globally on May 5, 2025, introduces multi-step editing workflows, contextual text-to-image integration, and embedded ethical safeguards. This marks the first time generative image modification…
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Top tips for successful threat intelligence usage
Tags: ai, attack, automation, cloud, computing, data, ddos, detection, exploit, firewall, group, guide, incident response, infosec, infrastructure, intelligence, law, mitigation, network, phishing, siem, skills, soar, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementMake sure you don’t have more intel than you need: Next is the matching phase: the most sophisticated TIP may be overkill if you have a small infosec department with limited skills or have a relatively simple computing environment. According to this 2025 report from Greynoise, threat feeds must match your own environment in terms…
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Self-Assembling AI and the Security Gaps It Leaves Behind
5 min readInstead of running static workflows, agents are building the system for you, deciding how to connect tools and take action on the fly. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/05/self-assembling-ai-and-the-security-gaps-it-leaves-behind/