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Cyberattacks On Law Firms Are on The Rise. Here’s What Firms Need To Know.
Spend time at any law firm today and you’ll quickly become acquainted with a strange paradox. On one hand, higher-ups continually talk about the very real possibility of a cyberattack:… The post Cyberattacks On Law Firms Are on The Rise.…
Cyber Geopolitics Establishing a “War-Mode” Incident Response Policy for Nation-State Conflict
This article is about the importance of creating an executive-level policy for taking steps to prevent major incidents and main response procedures when a geopolitical conflict raises the risk of… The post Cyber Geopolitics Establishing a “War-Mode” Incident Response Policy…
Against Democratizing AI (In The Workplace)
Terry can do everything Meet Terry the marketing intern. Terry graduated college a few months ago. She (or he, or they — I made Terry up, so take your pick)… The post Against Democratizing AI (In The Workplace) appeared first…
Threat Intelligence: A New Layer to File Transfer Security
Over the last two years a series of attacks targeting vulnerabilities in managed file transfer (MFT) products have wreaked havoc on customers across the spectrum of industry. The first domino… The post Threat Intelligence: A New Layer to File Transfer…
Securing Our Water Systems: Check Point’s Perspective on the EPA’s New Cybersecurity Procurement Checklist
According to Check Point Research, the energy and utilities sector (including water) faces an average of 1,872 weekly cyber attack attempts per organization, with North America seeing an 89% year-over-year increase. To… The post Securing Our Water Systems: Check Point’s Perspective on…
NDSS 2025 – GhostShot: Manipulating The Image Of CCD Cameras With Electromagnetic Interference
Session 8B: Electromagnetic Attacks Authors, Creators & Presenters: Yanze Ren (Zhejiang University), Qinhong Jiang (Zhejiang University), Chen Yan (Zhejiang University), Xiaoyu Ji (Zhejiang University), Wenyuan Xu (Zhejiang University) PAPER GhostShot: Manipulating The Image Of CCD Cameras With Electromagnetic Interference CCD…
Why Encryption Alone Is Not Enough in Cloud Security
It is often assumed that encryption is the gold standard method for securing assets in the cloud. Cloud providers give assurances that all their services are “encrypted by default.” Several regulatory and cloud compliance policies mandate that organizations encrypt data…
How hackers are fighting back against ICE surveillance tech
Remember when government agents didn’t wear masks? While watching us now seems like the least of its sins, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was once best known (and despised) for its multi-billion-dollar surveillance tech budget.… This article has…
How to create an incident response playbook
<p>Creating and maintaining an incident response playbook can significantly improve the speed and effectiveness of your organization’s <a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/incident-response”>incident response</a>. Even better, it does not require a lot of extra time and effort to build a playbook.</p> <p>To help, here’s…
Why AI-Powered Cyber Defense Is No Longer Optional for Modern Businesses
Large businesses or governments aren’t the only ones threatened by cyber attacks. Every organization is now equally threatened.… This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI, and More Read the original article: Why AI-Powered Cyber…
Ghost Tapped Turns Android Phones Into Fraud Payment Relays
Ghost Tapped is Android malware that abuses NFC to enable remote payment fraud without physical card access. The post Ghost Tapped Turns Android Phones Into Fraud Payment Relays appeared first on eSecurity Planet. This article has been indexed from eSecurity…
MAESTRO Toolkit Exploiting VMware VM Escape Vulnerabilities
Cybersecurity researchers from Huntress detail a major VM Escape attack where hackers took over host servers. Using a secret toolkit called MAESTRO, the attackers stayed hidden for over a year. Read the exclusive details on how this breach was stopped…
Beyond “Is Your SOC AI Ready?” Plan the Journey!
You read the “AI-ready SOC pillars” blog, but you still see a lot of this: Bungled AI SOC transition How do we do better? Let’s go through all 5 pillars aka readiness dimensions and see what we can actually do to make…
AI Deployments Targeted in 91,000+ Attack Sessions
Researchers observed over 91,000 attack sessions targeting AI infrastructure and LLM deployments. The post AI Deployments Targeted in 91,000+ Attack Sessions appeared first on eSecurity Planet. This article has been indexed from eSecurity Planet Read the original article: AI Deployments…
How OffSec Maps Cybersecurity Training to Industry Frameworks
How MITRE ATT&CK, D3FEND, and NICE/NIST frameworks help connect hands-on cybersecurity training to real-world work. The post How OffSec Maps Cybersecurity Training to Industry Frameworks appeared first on OffSec. This article has been indexed from OffSec Read the original article:…
Offensive Security in the Age of AI: Red Teaming LLM
LLMs change how red teams test applications. Explore OffSec’s LLM Red Teaming Learning Path and build practical AI testing skills. The post Offensive Security in the Age of AI: Red Teaming LLM appeared first on OffSec. This article has been…
Fog Ransomware Attacking US Organizations Leveraging Compromised VPN Credentials
A new ransomware variant called Fog has emerged as a significant threat to educational and recreation organizations across the United States. Starting in early May 2024, Arctic Wolf Labs began monitoring its deployment across multiple incident response cases, with 80…
xRAT Malware Attacking Windows Users Disguised as Adult Game
A dangerous malware threat has emerged targeting Windows users across Korea through webhard file-sharing services. The Ahnlab Security Intelligence Center recently identified xRAT, also known as QuasarRAT, being distributed as fake adult games to unsuspecting users. This remote access trojan…
China-Linked Hackers Exploit VMware ESXi Zero-Days to Escape Virtual Machines
Chinese-speaking threat actors are suspected to have leveraged a compromised SonicWall VPN appliance as an initial access vector to deploy a VMware ESXi exploit that may have been developed as far back as February 2024. Cybersecurity firm Huntress, which observed…