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10 years later, Bangladesh Bank cyberheist still offers cyber-resiliency lessons
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, automation, backdoor, banking, ceo, cisco, ciso, compliance, control, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data-breach, defense, detection, endpoint, exploit, finance, fintech, firewall, framework, infrastructure, intelligence, international, malware, monitoring, network, north-korea, oracle, password, risk, service, software, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilitySecurity shortcomings: Adrian Cheek, senior cybercrime researcher at threat exposure management firm Flare, said the Bangladesh Bank heist was possible because of a number of security shortcomings, including a failure to air gap critical infrastructure.”The Bank of Bangladesh had four servers and the same number of desktops connected to SWIFT,” Cheek says. “This infrastructure, however,…
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Lotus Blossom Hackers Breach Official Notepad++ Hosting Infrastructure
Between June and December 2025, a state-sponsored threat group known as Lotus Blossom quietly hijacked the official hosting infrastructure used to deliver Notepad++ updates, turning a trusted developer tool into a precision espionage delivery channel. By compromising the shared hosting provider that previously served the Notepad++ update endpoint, the attackers gained the ability to intercept…
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Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Verifiable MCP Tool Execution
Learn how Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) provide verifiable tool execution for Model Context Protocol (MCP) in a post-quantum world. Secure your AI infrastructure today. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/zero-knowledge-proofs-for-verifiable-mcp-tool-execution/
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Trusted Tool Weaponized: Lotus Blossom Hijacks Notepad++ Updates
The post Trusted Tool Weaponized: Lotus Blossom Hijacks Notepad++ Updates appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/trusted-tool-weaponized-lotus-blossom-hijacks-notepad-updates/
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287 Chrome Extensions Caught Harvesting Browsing Data from 37M Users
New investigation by Q Continuum reveals 287 Chrome extensions leaking the private browsing data of 37.4 million users to firms like Similarweb and Alibaba. Learn how these harmless tools turn your history into a product. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/chrome-extensions-harvest-browsing-data-37m-users/
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Critical BeyondTrust RS vulnerability exploited in active attacks
remote access.exe and others.”The attackers also managed to create domain accounts using the net user command and then added them to administrative groups such as “enterprise admins” or “domain admins.”The AdsiSearcher tool was used to search the Active Directory environment for other computers and PSexec was used to install SimpleHelp on multiple devices.The researchers also…
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‘Crazy’ Hackers Strike Through Remote Monitoring Software
VoidCrypt Ransomware Variant Taps RMM Tools, Says Huntress. Management isn’t the only advocate for employee monitoring software, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Huntress. RMM tools – simultaneously open to remote connections and with privileged local access – are good for wiggling into corporate networks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/crazy-hackers-strike-through-remote-monitoring-software-a-30759
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Proofpoint Purchases Startup Acuvity to Bolster AI Security
Deal Targets GenAI Risks, Prompt Injection Attacks and Autonomous Agents. Proofpoint has acquired AI security startup Acuvity to address fast-evolving risks tied to generative AI, prompt injection and autonomous agents. The company says intent-based guardrails and deep AI forensics will help enterprises secure tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and emerging agent frameworks. First seen on…
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Proofpoint Purchases Startup Acuvity to Bolster AI Security
Deal Targets GenAI Risks, Prompt Injection Attacks and Autonomous Agents. Proofpoint has acquired AI security startup Acuvity to address fast-evolving risks tied to generative AI, prompt injection and autonomous agents. The company says intent-based guardrails and deep AI forensics will help enterprises secure tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and emerging agent frameworks. First seen on…
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Proofpoint Purchases Startup Acuvity to Bolster AI Security
Deal Targets GenAI Risks, Prompt Injection Attacks and Autonomous Agents. Proofpoint has acquired AI security startup Acuvity to address fast-evolving risks tied to generative AI, prompt injection and autonomous agents. The company says intent-based guardrails and deep AI forensics will help enterprises secure tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and emerging agent frameworks. First seen on…
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Researchers unearth 30-year-old vulnerability in libpng library
Tags: advisory, ai, cvss, exploit, flaw, network, open-source, ransomware, software, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-daypng_set_quantize, which is used for reducing the number of colors in PNG images, and present in all versions of libpng prior to version 1.6.55.”When the function is called with no histogram and the number of colours in the palette is more than twice the maximum supported by the user’s display, certain palettes will cause the…
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Estonia spy chief calls on Europe to invest in its own offensive cyber capabilities
These capabilities are needed not just to mirror what the continent’s most capable adversaries can do, but also to match Europe’s defensive posture with credible tools to gain access to target networks, he said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/estonia-spy-chief-calls-on-europe-to-invest-in-own-offense
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Chrome Extensions Infect 500K Users to Hijack VKontakte Accounts
A long-running Chrome extension malware campaign has silently hijacked more than 500,000 VKontakte (VK) accounts, forcing users into attacker-controlled groups, resetting their settings every 30 days, and abusing VK’s own infrastructure as command-and-control. What appeared to be harmless VK customization tools were in reality a tightly maintained malware project operated by a single threat actor…
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Brutus: Open-source credential testing tool for offensive security
Brutus is an open-source, multi-protocol credential testing tool written in pure Go. Designed to replace legacy tools that have long frustrated penetration testers with … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/13/brutus-open-source-credential-testing-tool-offensive-security/
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Malicious Chrome AI Extensions Target 260,000 Users with Injected Iframes
As AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok gain mainstream adoption, cybercriminals are weaponizing their popularity to distribute malicious browser extensions. Security researchers have uncovered a coordinated campaign involving 30 Chrome extensions that masquerade as legitimate AI assistants while secretly deploying dangerous surveillance capabilities affecting over 260,000 users. The malicious extensions pose as AI-powered…
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Malicious Chrome AI Extensions Target 260,000 Users with Injected Iframes
As AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok gain mainstream adoption, cybercriminals are weaponizing their popularity to distribute malicious browser extensions. Security researchers have uncovered a coordinated campaign involving 30 Chrome extensions that masquerade as legitimate AI assistants while secretly deploying dangerous surveillance capabilities affecting over 260,000 users. The malicious extensions pose as AI-powered…
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Malicious Chrome AI Extensions Target 260,000 Users with Injected Iframes
As AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok gain mainstream adoption, cybercriminals are weaponizing their popularity to distribute malicious browser extensions. Security researchers have uncovered a coordinated campaign involving 30 Chrome extensions that masquerade as legitimate AI assistants while secretly deploying dangerous surveillance capabilities affecting over 260,000 users. The malicious extensions pose as AI-powered…
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How AutoSecT VMDR Tool Simplifies Vulnerability Management
As it is said, the ‘why’ and ‘how’ is much important than ‘should’. It’s exactly applicable in today’s cyberspace. Every day, organizations survive in an unpredictable cyber-risk climate. If your defense storehouse comprises just fragmented tools and manual processes, you are not playing it safe. If you are ‘not safe’, you are just seconds away……
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OysterLoader Evasion Tactics Exposed: Advanced Obfuscation and Rhysida Ransomware Ties Uncovered
OysterLoader, also tracked as Broomstick and CleanUp, is a multi”‘stage loader malware written in C++ and actively leveraged in campaigns linked to the Rhysida ransomware group. First highlighted in mid”‘2024 during malvertising and SEO”‘poisoning campaigns abusing trojanized installers for popular IT tools such as PuTTY, WinSCP, and Google Authenticator, OysterLoader masquerades as legitimate software download…
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5 key trends reshaping the SIEM market
Tags: ai, api, attack, automation, business, cloud, compliance, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, google, guide, Hardware, ibm, identity, incident response, intelligence, jobs, monitoring, msp, network, nis-2, saas, service, siem, soar, startup, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementMarket split as midrange sales offset SME slump: A year on, Context’s data shows that this ongoing convergence of SIEM with security tools such as XDR and SOAR has triggered a structural split in the market.”Large midmarket firms are doubling down on unified platforms for compliance, while smaller organizations are investing less in SIEM entirely…
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Anomaly Detection in Post-Quantum Encrypted MCP Metadata Streams
Secure your MCP metadata streams with post-quantum encryption and AI-driven anomaly detection. Learn to stop puppet attacks and tool poisoning in AI infrastructure. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/anomaly-detection-in-post-quantum-encrypted-mcp-metadata-streams/
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Securing Agentic AI Connectivity
Securing Agentic AI Connectivity AI agents are no longer theoretical, they are here, powerful, and being connected to business systems in ways that introduce cybersecurity risks! They’re calling APIs, invoking MCPs, reasoning across systems, and acting autonomously in production environments, right now. And here’s the problem nobody has solved: identity and access controls tell you…
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Those ‘Summarize With AI’ Buttons May Be Lying to You
Microsoft uncovered AI recommendation poisoning in 31 companies across 14 industries, and turnkey tools make it trivially easy to pull off. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/summarize-ai-buttons-may-be-lying
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Google finds state-sponsored hackers use AI at ‘all stages’ of attack cycle
The research underscores how AI tools have matured in their cyber offensive capabilities, even as it doesn’t reveal novel or paradigm shifting uses of the technology. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/state-hackers-using-gemini-google-ai/
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Google finds state-sponsored hackers use AI at ‘all stages’ of attack cycle
The research underscores how AI tools have matured in their cyber offensive capabilities, even as it doesn’t reveal novel or paradigm shifting uses of the technology. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/state-hackers-using-gemini-google-ai/
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Those ‘Summarize With AI’ Buttons May Lying to You
Microsoft uncovered AI recommendation poisoning in 31 companies across 14 industries, and turnkey tools make it trivially easy to pull off. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/summarize-ai-buttons-may-be-lying