Tag: update
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Microsoft zeroes in on AI-driven data risks in Fabric
New Microsoft Purview innovations for Microsoft Fabric help organizations secure data and accelerate AI adoption. The updates focus on identifying risks, preventing data … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/17/microsoft-purview-fabric-security-innovations/
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WebFiling Flaw at UK Companies House Exposed Director Data for Months
The UK Companies House recently disclosed a significant security vulnerability in its WebFiling service that exposed sensitive director information for several months. Chief Executive Andy King confirmed that the flaw was initially introduced during a system update in October 2025. This vulnerability allowed authenticated users to potentially view and alter the private details of other…
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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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Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Critical Windows 11 RRAS Vulnerabilities
Microsoft releases an out-of-band hotpatch for critical Windows 11 RRAS vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution through malicious remote servers. The post Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Critical Windows 11 RRAS Vulnerabilities appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-microsoft-windows-11-rras-vulnerabilities-hotpatch/
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Companies House restarts online services following cyber breach
Companies House was forced to pull its WebFiling service offline at the weekend after it emerged that a flawed update was putting data at risk of exposure. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366640295/Companies-House-restarts-online-services-following-cyber-breach
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Companies House restarts online services following cyber breach
Companies House was forced to pull its WebFiling service offline at the weekend after it emerged that a flawed update was putting data at risk of exposure. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366640295/Companies-House-restarts-online-services-following-cyber-breach
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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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RondoDox Botnet Scales Up, Exploiting 174 Vulnerabilities via Residential IPs
RondoDox is a Mirai”‘style botnet that has quickly evolved into a highly automated exploitation engine, chaining 174 vulnerabilities with large”‘scale use of compromised residential IP infrastructure.”‹ This explosive growth widens the global attack surface, especially as many vendors still ship devices with weak security controls and poor patch practices. Previous research has already highlighted systemic…
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Open VSX extensions hijacked: GlassWorm malware spreads via dependency abuse
Tags: ai, blockchain, control, exploit, infrastructure, malicious, malware, software, supply-chain, tool, updateThe evolving GlassWorm: Earlier research into the GlassWorm operation has revealed techniques such as heavy code obfuscation, the use of Unicode characters to hide malicious logic, and infrastructure that retrieves command-and-control servers through blockchain transactions, making the campaign more resilient to takedowns.The latest wave also mimics widely used developer tools to maximise installation chances. “The…
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Open VSX extensions hijacked: GlassWorm malware spreads via dependency abuse
Tags: ai, blockchain, control, exploit, infrastructure, malicious, malware, software, supply-chain, tool, updateThe evolving GlassWorm: Earlier research into the GlassWorm operation has revealed techniques such as heavy code obfuscation, the use of Unicode characters to hide malicious logic, and infrastructure that retrieves command-and-control servers through blockchain transactions, making the campaign more resilient to takedowns.The latest wave also mimics widely used developer tools to maximise installation chances. “The…
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Nine critical vulnerabilities in Linux AppArmor put over 12M enterprise systems at risk
From profile manipulation to root shell: The blog post detailed a full privilege escalation chain demonstrated on a default Ubuntu Server installation with the Postfix mail server. By loading a crafted security profile that blocks a specific privilege-dropping capability in Sudo, the researchers said they forced Sudo into a “fail-open” condition: unable to shed its…
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Nine critical vulnerabilities in Linux AppArmor put over 12M enterprise systems at risk
From profile manipulation to root shell: The blog post detailed a full privilege escalation chain demonstrated on a default Ubuntu Server installation with the Postfix mail server. By loading a crafted security profile that blocks a specific privilege-dropping capability in Sudo, the researchers said they forced Sudo into a “fail-open” condition: unable to shed its…
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Microsoft Edge 146 adds IP privacy and local network access controls
Microsoft Edge version 146 (Stable) became available on March 13, 2026, bringing updates to tracking protection, IP privacy, and enterprise network security policies. One … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/03/16/microsoft-edge-146-security-updates/
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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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Microsoft Issues OutBand Patch for Critical Windows 11 RRAS RCE Flaws
Microsoft released an urgent out-of-band security update on March 13, 2026, to address a series of critical vulnerabilities in Windows 11. The update, identified as hotpatch KB5084597, specifically resolves Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaws within the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) management tool. Because these security gaps pose an immediate risk of remote…
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Iranian-U.S./Israeli Hostilities Lead to Increased Threat Landscape
Overview This is an update to the Cyber Heads-up we posted back on March 4, 2026, with detailed information about Iranian threat activity tied to ongoing U.S./Israeli operations. Analysis At the start of hostilities with Iran, we at Assura took proactive steps to identify and create alerts for known Iranian-sponsored Indicators of Compromise (IOC). We”¦…
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Microsoft releases Windows 11 OOB hotpatch to fix RRAS RCE flaw
Microsoft has released an out-of-band (OOB) update to fix a security vulnerabilities affecting Windows 11 Enterprise devices that receive hotpatch updates instead of the regular Patch Tuesday cumulative updates. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-windows-11-oob-hotpatch-to-fix-rras-rce-flaw/
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Aktiv ausgenutzte Sicherheitslücken entdeckt: Dieses Update für Google Chrome musst du jetzt installieren
First seen on t3n.de Jump to article: t3n.de/news/google-chrome-aktiv-ausgenutzte-sicherheitsluecke-update-1733831/
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U.S. CISA adds Google Chrome flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Tags: browser, chrome, cisa, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, google, infrastructure, kev, update, vulnerabilityU.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chrome flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two Google Chrome flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: This week, Google released security updates to address two high-severity vulnerabilities,…
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Windows 11 users can’t access C: drive on some Samsung PCs
Microsoft is investigating a new issue affecting some Samsung laptops running Windows 11 after installing the February 2026 security updates, in which users lose access to their C:\ drive and are unable to launch applications. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-11-users-cant-access-c-drive-on-some-samsung-pcs/
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Update, March 13: Talos on the developing situation in the Middle East
Cisco Talos updates this blog with additional IOCs, guidance, recommendations and timelines as of March 10, 2026. First seen on blog.talosintelligence.com Jump to article: blog.talosintelligence.com/talos-developing-situation-in-the-middle-east/
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How SMBs Can Proactively Strengthen Cybersecurity
Tags: access, attack, best-practice, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, identity, infrastructure, resilience, risk, service, tool, updateCyber attackers increasingly target SMBs because they are often the easiest path into larger supply chains. As cyberattacks are ramping up, specifically against Critical Infrastructure sectors, Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) are feeling the pressure and asking what they can do to better protect themselves in reasonable ways. Don’t Accept Failure SMBs often feel overwhelmed when…
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Meta to Shut Down Instagram EndEnd Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026
Meta has announced plans to discontinue support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for chats on Instagram after May 8, 2026.”If you have chats that are impacted by this change, you will see instructions on how you can download any media or messages you may want to keep,” the social media giant said in a help document.…
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Google patches two Chrome zero-days under active attack. Update now
Google has released an out-of-band Chrome update to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being actively exploited. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/google-patches-two-chrome-zero-days-under-active-attack-update-now/
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Most Google Cloud Attacks Start With Bug Exploitation
Forget stolen credentials and misconfigurations; AI means vulnerability exploits that beat patching cycles are the top cause of compromises in the cloud. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/google-cloud-attacks-bug-exploitation
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Most Google Cloud Attacks Start With Bug Exploitation
Forget stolen credentials and misconfigurations; AI means vulnerability exploits that beat patching cycles are the top cause of compromises in the cloud. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/google-cloud-attacks-bug-exploitation
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Most Google Cloud Attacks Start With Bug Exploitation
Forget stolen credentials and misconfigurations; AI means vulnerability exploits that beat patching cycles are the top cause of compromises in the cloud. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/google-cloud-attacks-bug-exploitation