Malicious npm packages are delivering the North Korean–linked PylangGhost remote access trojan (RAT) in a new software supply chain campaign that targets developers across Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. The first malicious versions appeared in late February 2026 (@jaime9008/math-service 1.0.1–1.0.2), followed…
Researchers Uncover Ways to Decrypt Palo Alto Cortex XDR BIOC Rules for Evasion
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical evasion technique in Palo Alto Networks’ Cortex XDR agent that allowed attackers to completely bypass behavioral detections. The research demonstrates how predefined Behavioral Indicators of Compromise (BIOC) rules, shipped encrypted by Palo Alto, could…
New CondiBot Variant and ‘Monaco’ Cryptominer Expand Threats to Network Devices
Network infrastructure has become one of the most targeted areas in today’s threat landscape. Over recent years, attackers ranging from nation-state groups to financially driven criminal actors have steadily shifted their focus toward routers, firewalls, and other network devices. These…
Researchers Discover Ways to Decrypt and Exploit Encrypted Palo Alto Cortex XDR BIOC Rules
A critical evasion flaw in Palo Alto Networks’ Cortex XDR agent that allowed attackers to bypass behavioral detections completely. By reverse-engineering these encrypted rules, the InfoGuard Labs team discovered hardcoded global whitelists that enabled threat actors to execute malicious actions…
Gartner suggests Friday afternoon Copilot ban because tired users may be too lazy to check its mistakes
Admins may be even more exhausted by then, because securing Microsoft’s AI helper is not a trivial job Gartner analyst Dennis Xu has half-jokingly suggested banning use of Microsoft’s Copilot AI on Friday afternoons, because he fears at that time…
PCI DSS Compliance Framework for Global Payment Security
As digital payments continue to dominate global commerce, organizations that process, store, or transmit payment card data face increasing cybersecurity risks. From sophisticated data breaches to payment skimming attacks, hackers constantly target cardholder information. To mitigate these risks and establish…
Hackers Abuse Trusted Websites in New Attacks on Microsoft Teams Users
Threat actors are increasingly turning to trusted infrastructure to launch their attacks, making it harder for automated security tools to flag malicious activity. A newly identified phishing campaign highlights this growing trend by abusing compromised websites to harvest valuable corporate…
Hidden instructions in README files can make AI agents leak data
Developers rely on AI coding agents to set up projects, install dependencies, and run commands by following instructions in repository README files, which provide setup guidance for software projects. New research identifies a security risk when attackers hide malicious instructions…
LiveChat Support Tools Abused in SaaS Phishing Scheme
A newly identified campaign shows how Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms like LiveChat are being weaponized to steal sensitive data in real time. Unlike traditional phishing attacks that rely on fake login pages or static forms, this tactic uses live chat conversations…
CISA Flags Actively Exploited Wing FTP Vulnerability Leaking Server Paths
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a medium-severity security flaw impacting Wing FTP to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-47813 (CVSS score: 4.3), is an information disclosure…
Why OSINT deserves the same status as other intelligence disciplines
Open source intelligence (OSINT) still sits outside the intelligence mainstream. If you’re not acquainted with the intelligence profession, you might not have come across the term at all. OSINT is the targeted collection and analysis of publicly available or licensable…
ShinyHunters Claims It Stole 1PB of Data from TELUS Digital
TELUS Digital has fallen victim to a security incident in which unsanctioned actors accessed its systems. Upon learning of this incident, the company said it took immediate action to resolve it and prevent any future breaches of its systems and environment.…
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Application Security DevSecOps Specialist NTT DATA | Italy | On-site – View job details As an Application Security DevSecOps Specialist, you will integrate security into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as SAST, DAST, SCA, secret scanning, and container scanning to…
What to do in the first 24 hours of a breach
In this Help Net Security video, Arvind Parthasarathi, CEO of CYGNVS, walks through a 10-step process for handling a cybersecurity breach. The first five steps cover preparation: setting up an out-of-band communication platform, identifying internal stakeholders, selecting external providers like…
Stryker Targeted by Large-Scale Wiper Attack, Tens of Thousands of Devices Lost
Global medical technology giant Stryker suffered a massive cybersecurity incident on March 11, 2026, resulting in the remote wiping of thousands of corporate devices. A pro-Iranian hacktivist group known as Handala has claimed responsibility for the attack, which severely disrupted…
CISA Alerts Users to Exploited Chrome 0-Day Flaws
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning regarding two highly critical zero-day vulnerabilities. These flaws, which primarily affect Google Chrome and its underlying technologies, are currently being exploited in the wild by malicious actors. As…
New CondiBot Variant and ‘Monaco’ Miner Target More Network Devices
Over the past few years, the enterprise attack surface has shifted decisively toward network infrastructure, with attackers increasingly abusing routers, VPNs, firewalls, and other edge devices for initial access and long‑term persistence. Research from Verizon and others has documented an…
Gartner suggests Friday afternoon Copilot ban because users may be too lazy to check its mistakes
You’ll be exhausted by then because securing Microsoft’s AI helper is not a trivial task Gartner analyst Dennis Xu has half-jokingly suggested banning use of Microsoft’s Copilot AI on Friday afternoons, because he fears at that time of week users…
Stryker Confirms Destructive Wiper Attack – Tens of Thousands of Devices Wiped
Medical technology giant Stryker Corporation confirmed on March 11, 2026, that it suffered a significant cyberattack that disrupted its global Microsoft environment, with Iran-linked threat actor Handala claiming responsibility for what appears to be a politically motivated, destructive operation. Unlike…
Bank built its own threat hunting agent because vendors can’t keep pace with new threats
AI helped send weekly threat signal count from 80 million to 400 billion, then helped response time shrink from two days to 30 minutes Australia’s Commonwealth Bank built its own agentic AI threat hunting tools, because vendors are too slow…
Deepfake Fraud Expands as Synthetic Media Targets Online Identity Verification Systems
Beyond spreading false stories or fueling viral jokes, deepfakes are shifting into sharper, more dangerous forms. Security analysts point out how fake videos and audio clips now play a growing role in trickier scams – ones aimed at breaking…
US Military Reportedly Used Anthropic’s Claude AI in Iran Strikes Hours After Trump Ordered Ban
The United States military reportedly relied on Claude, the artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic, during its strikes on Iran—even though former President Donald Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using the company’s technology just hours earlier. Reports…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9852, (Tue, Mar 17th)
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Automated Policy Enforcement for Quantum-Secure Prompt Engineering
Learn how to automate policy enforcement for quantum-secure prompt engineering in MCP environments. Protect AI infrastructure with PQC and real-time threat detection. The post Automated Policy Enforcement for Quantum-Secure Prompt Engineering appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been…