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What Risk Managers Need to Know About SIG 2025
During geopolitical tensions, supply-chain uncertainties, and fast-moving regulatory changes, organizations accelerate their risk-management programs, especially when mitigating risks inherent in business relationships with other organizations. With so many challenges and headwinds to face, risk managers are increasingly pressed to use…
Three Cybersecurity Shifts to Consider for the New Year
Steve Jobs famously said, “Let’s go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday.” If the pace of change is any indicator, the tech industry took that sentiment and ran with it. We’re at the halfway point of the…
How AI Agents Keep Defenders Ahead of Attackers
Most organizations today struggle with the basic of things. They don’t know how many endpoints they have on their network. They don’t know if they have antivirus installed. If they get a simple alert they don’t know its cause or…
Top 14 open source penetration testing tools
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What is a certificate authority (CA)?
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Rayhunter: Device to Detect Cellular Surveillance
The EFF has created an open-source hardware tool to detect IMSI catchers: fake cell phone towers that are used for mass surveillance of an area. It runs on a $20 mobile hotspot. This article has been indexed from Schneier on…
First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of Control
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> I’m old enough to remember when age verification bills were pitched as a way to ‘save the kids from porn’ and shield them from other vague dangers…
Reddit will start warning users that upvote violent content
Reddit administratrion announced that the platformwill start sending warnings to users that upvote violent content. This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: Reddit will start warning users that upvote violent content
In Other News: EntrySign AMD Flaw, Massive Attack Targets ISPs, ENISA Report
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Google discloses AMD CPU flaw named EntrySign, ISPs in the US and China targeted in massive attack, ENISA report on NIS2 Directive. The post In Other News: EntrySign AMD Flaw, Massive…
Detection engineering at scale: one step closer (part three)
Following our first article explaining our detection approach and associated challenges, the second one detailing the regular and automated actions implemented through our CI/CD pipelines, we will now conclude this series by presenting the continuous improvement loop that allows us…
Four Ways Agentic AI Helps Lean Security Teams Defend Against Threats
Agentic AI is becoming a hot topic in the security community. This emerging technology has already taken other industries by storm, such as customer service, healthcare, and financial services. Many security teams are intrigued by the concept of AI-powered agents…
The Governance Model Required for Success in the Era of AI
A recent survey revealed that nearly three-quarters of business leaders plan to implement generative AI within the next 12 months. However, almost 80 percent were not confident in their ability to regulate access and governance of these AI applications, citing…
Threat Actors Exploit PHP-CGI RCE Vulnerability to Attack Windows Machines
A recent cybersecurity threat has emerged where unknown attackers are exploiting a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in PHP-CGI on Windows systems. This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-4577, allows attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code on servers using Apache with…
New PyPI Malware Targets Developers to Steal Ethereum Wallets
A recent discovery by the Socket Research Team has unveiled a malicious PyPI package named set-utils, designed to steal Ethereum private keys by exploiting commonly used account creation functions. This package masquerades as a utility for Python sets, mimicking popular…
Strela Stealer Malware Targets Microsoft Outlook Users for Credential Theft
The cybersecurity landscape has recently been impacted by the emergence of the Strela Stealer malware, a sophisticated infostealer designed to target specific email clients, notably Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird. This malware has been active since late 2022 and has…
Fake BianLian Ransom Demands Sent via Physical Letters to U.S. Firms
In a novel and concerning development, multiple U.S. organizations have reported receiving suspicious physical letters claiming to be from the BianLian ransomware group. These letters, sent via U.S. postal services, threaten recipients with data leaks unless substantial ransoms are paid…
US charges admins of Garantex for allegedly facilitating crypto money laundering for terrorists and hackers
The administrators of Garantex, Aleksej Besciokov and Aleksandr Mira Serda, allegedly knew their crypto exchange was used to launder money, according to U.S. prosecutors. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. This article has been indexed from…
Future-Proofing Digital Payments: Five Strategies for AI-Driven Security
AI is rapidly transforming digital payments, revolutionizing money movement, and enhancing fraud detection. However, cybercriminals are using the same technology to launch deepfake scams, synthetic identities, and adaptive fraud techniques that evade traditional defenses. To outpace these evolving threats, financial…
Microsoft Warns: 1 Million Devices Infected by Malware from GitHub
In a recent alert, Microsoft revealed a large-scale malvertising campaign that has compromised nearly one million devices worldwide. This campaign, which began in early December 2024, leverages malicious redirects from illegal streaming websites to deliver malware hosted on platforms like…