OpenAI has unveiled GPT-5.2-Codex, a cutting-edge model optimized for agentic coding and enhanced cybersecurity tasks. The release highlights breakthroughs in handling complex software engineering and vulnerability detection. GPT-5.2-Codex tops SWE-Bench Pro with 56.4% accuracy, outperforming GPT-5.2 at 55.6% and GPT-5.1…
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INE Security Expands Across Middle East and Asia to Accelerate Cybersecurity Upskillin
Cary, North Carolina, USA, December 18th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Growth in Egypt, UAE, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Fueled by Demand for Expert-Led, Hands-On Training to Meet National Digital Transformation Goals INE Security, a global leader in specialized cybersecurity and IT…
New infosec products of the week: December 19, 2025
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Apiiro, Astra Security, Push Security, Trellix, and XM Cyber. Apiiro unveils AI SAST built on deep code analysis to eliminate false positives Apiiro introduced Apiiro…
OpenAI GPT-5.2-Codex Supercharges Agentic Coding and Cyber Vulnerability Detection
OpenAI has unveiled GPT-5.2-Codex, a cutting-edge model optimized for agentic coding and enhanced cybersecurity tasks. The release highlights breakthroughs in handling complex software engineering and vulnerability detection. GPT-5.2-Codex tops SWE-Bench Pro with 56.4% accuracy, outperforming GPT-5.2 at 55.6% and GPT-5.1…
China turns on a vast experimental network it says is an heir to ARPANET
Beijing wants to ‘seize the initiative in the international competition in cyberspace’ Chinese authorities on Thursday certified the China Environment for Network Innovation (CENI), a vast research network that Beijing hopes will propel the country to the forefront of networking…
Risk Management in Banking: Leveraging AI and Advanced Analytics
Key Takeaways Risk management in banking depends on how effectively information moves through established structures. A persistent challenge is how early emerging signals are recognized, how consistently they’re interpreted across teams, and how directly they inform decisions. AI and advanced…
Chinese Hackers Exploited a Zero-Day in Cisco Email Security Systems
Cisco disclosed that a China-linked hacking group exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in its email security products, allowing attackers to compromise systems that sit at the center of enterprise email traffic. The flaw affected Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Secure…
ISC Stormcast For Friday, December 19th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9746, (Fri, Dec 19th)
This post doesn’t have text content, please click on the link below to view the original article. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: ISC Stormcast For Friday, December 19th, 2025…
Amazon blocked 1,800 suspected North Korean scammers seeking jobs
Plus: Lazarus Group has a brand new BeaverTail Even Amazon isn’t immune to North Korean scammers who try to score remote jobs at tech companies so they can funnel their wages to Kim Jong Un’s coffers.… This article has been…
Black Friday 2025 in Review: What Retailers Need to Know About This Year’s Holiday Shopping Season
Holiday shopping season is in full swing, and Black Friday 2025 continued to demonstrate that consumer demand and attacker activity shows no signs of slowing. According to Adobe Analytics, U.S. consumers spent $11.8 billion online on Black Friday, setting a…
RegScale Open Sources OSCAL Hub to Further Compliance-as-Code Adoption
RegScale this week added an open source hub through which organizations can collect and organize compliance data based on the Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) framework. Announced at the OSCAL Plugfest conference, the OSCAL Hub provides a central repository…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) fixed maximum severity OneView flaw
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) fixed a critical OneView flaw that could allow attackers to achieve remote code execution. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) addressed a maximum-severity security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-37164 (CVSS score of 10.0), in OneView Software. An attacker can…
HPE OneView Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution Attacks
A severe security vulnerability has been discovered in Hewlett Packard Enterprise OneView software, threatening enterprise infrastructure across data centers and hybrid cloud environments. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-37164, carries a maximum CVSS 3.1 severity score of 10.0, indicating critical risk…
APT35 Leak Reveals Spreadsheets Containing Domains, Payments, and Server Information
Iranian cyber unit Charming Kitten, officially designated APT35, has long been dismissed as a noisy but relatively unsophisticated threat actor a politically motivated collective known for recycled phishing templates and credential-harvesting pages. Episode 4, the latest intelligence dump, fundamentally rewrites…
Beware of Malicious Scripts in Weaponized PDF Purchase Orders
A sophisticated phishing campaign utilizing a weaponized PDF document named “NEW Purchase Order # 52177236.pdf” has been identified, employing legitimate cloud infrastructure and encrypted messaging apps to steal corporate credentials. The attack vector was brought to light after security researchers…
New Lazarus and Kimsuky Infrastructure Discovered with Active Tools and Tunneling Nodes
Security researchers from Hunt.io and Acronis Threat Research Unit have uncovered a sophisticated network of operational infrastructure controlled by North Korean state-sponsored threat actors Lazarus and Kimsuky. The collaborative investigation revealed previously undocumented connections between these groups’ campaigns, exposing active…
RansomHouse RaaS Enhances Double Extortion with Data Theft and Encryption
RansomHouse, a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation managed by the threat group Jolly Scorpius, has significantly enhanced its encryption capabilities, marking a critical escalation in the threat landscape. Recent analysis of RansomHouse binaries reveals a sophisticated upgrade from basic linear encryption to…
INE Security Expands Across Middle East and Asia to Accelerate Cybersecurity Upskilling
Cary, North Carolina, USA, 18th December 2025, CyberNewsWire INE Security Expands Across Middle East and Asia to Accelerate Cybersecurity Upskilling on Latest Hacking News | Cyber Security News, Hacking Tools and Penetration Testing Courses. This article has been indexed from…
Your car’s web browser may be on the road to cyber ruin
Study finds built-in browsers across gadgets often ship years out of date Web browsers for desktop and mobile devices tend to receive regular security updates, but that often isn’t the case for those that reside within game consoles, televisions, e-readers,…
Client ID Metadata Documents (CIMD): The Future of MCP Authentication
Struggling with MCP authentication? The November 2025 spec just changed everything. CIMD replaces DCR’s complexity with a simple URL-based approach—no registration endpoints, no client ID sprawl, built-in identity verification. Here’s your complete implementation guide with production code. The post Client…