What Are Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Why Are They Critical to Cloud Security? With businesses move their operations to the cloud, how can they be certain that their cloud security measures are robust enough? The key might lie in understanding…
Does Your NHI Strategy Deliver Value?
What Makes NHI Management a Must-Have for Your Business? Have you ever wondered how machine identities are reshaping cybersecurity frameworks? Non-human identities (NHIs), composed of machine identities, are increasingly pivotal. These machine identities, often unseen yet omnipresent, require a robust…
GreyNoise detects 500% surge in scans targeting Palo Alto Networks portals
GreyNoise saw a 500% spike in scans on Palo Alto Networks login portals on Oct. 3, 2025, the highest in three months. Cybersecurity firm GreyNoise reported a 500% surge in scans targeting Palo Alto Networks login portals on October 3,…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2025-10-04 21h : 1 posts
1 posts were published in the last hour 18:32 : Anker offered Eufy camera owners $2 per video for AI training
USENIX 2025: PEPR ’25 – Verifying Humanness: Personhood Credentials For The Digital Identity Crisis
Creator, Author and Presenter: Tanusree Sharma, Pennsylvania State University Our thanks to USENIX for publishing their Presenter’s outstanding USENIX Enigma ’23 Conference content on the organization’s’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post USENIX 2025: PEPR ’25 – Verifying Humanness: Personhood Credentials…
Anker offered Eufy camera owners $2 per video for AI training
Hundreds of Eufy customers have donated hundreds of thousands of videos to train the company’s AI systems. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Anker offered Eufy camera owners $2 per video for…
Red Hat Confirms Breach of GitLab Instance Linked to Consulting Team
Red Hat has acknowledged a cybersecurity incident involving one of its GitLab instances after a hacker group calling itself Crimson Collective claimed to have stolen a significant amount of company data. The enterprise software provider clarified that the breach…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2025-10-04 18h : 2 posts
2 posts were published in the last hour 16:2 : Event startup Partiful wasn’t stripping GPS locations from user-uploaded photos 15:32 : CometJacking: One Click Can Turn Perplexity’s Comet AI Browser Into a Data Thief
Phishing Campaign Uses Fake PyPI Domain to Steal Login Credentials
Phishing campaign via fake domains A highly advanced phishing campaign targeted maintainers of packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI), utilizing domain confusion methods to obtain login credentials from unsuspecting developers. The campaign leverages fake emails made to copy authentic…
FBI Warns Against Screen Sharing Amid Rise in “Phantom Hacker” Scam
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an urgent alert about a fast-spreading scam in which cybercriminals gain access to victims’ devices through screen-sharing features, allowing them to steal money directly from bank accounts. Known as the “phantom…
Discord Data Breach: Hackers Access IDs, Billing Details and Support Chats
Discord confirms a data breach via a third-party vendor, exposing government-issued photo IDs, names, emails, and limited billing data of users who contacted customer support. Learn the full risk. This article has been indexed from Hackread – Latest Cybersecurity, Hacking…
U.S. CISA adds Smartbedded Meteobridge, Samsung, Juniper ScreenOS, Jenkins, and GNU Bash flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Smartbedded Meteobridge, Samsung, Juniper ScreenOS, Jenkins, and GNU Bash flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Smartbedded Meteobridge, Samsung, Juniper ScreenOS, Jenkins, and GNU…
Event startup Partiful wasn’t stripping GPS locations from user-uploaded photos
The event planning startup, which has raised over $27M from a16z and others, fixed the bug after TechCrunch found that Partiful was not removing granular location data from users’ profile photos. This article has been indexed from Security News |…
CometJacking: One Click Can Turn Perplexity’s Comet AI Browser Into a Data Thief
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new attack called CometJacking targeting Perplexity’s agentic AI browser Comet by embedding malicious prompts within a seemingly innocuous link to siphon sensitive data, including from connected services, like email and calendar. The sneaky…
Sam Altman Pushes for Legal Privacy Protections for ChatGPT Conversations
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has reiterated his call for legal privacy protections for ChatGPT conversations, arguing they should be treated with the same confidentiality as discussions with doctors or lawyers. “If you talk to a doctor about your…
Google Warns of Cl0p Extortion Campaign Against Oracle E-Business Users
Google Mandiant and the Google Threat Intelligence Group are tracking a suspected extortion campaign by the Cl0p ransomware group targeting executives with claims of stealing Oracle E-Business Suite data. The hackers have demanded ransoms reaching up to $50 million,…
Microsoft Cuts Unit 8200’s Cloud Access, Exposing Gaps in Israel’s Digital Sovereignty
An unprecedented development has rattled Israel’s national security establishment. Reports suggest that Microsoft has cut off access to certain Azure cloud and AI services used by the Israel Defense Forces’ elite intelligence branch, Unit 8200. The move follows allegations…
New CometJacking Attack Let Attackers Turn Perplexity Browser Against You in One Click
A groundbreaking cybersecurity vulnerability has emerged that transforms Perplexity’s AI-powered Comet browser into an unintentional collaborator for data theft. Security researchers at LayerX have discovered a sophisticated attack vector dubbed “CometJacking” that enables malicious actors to weaponize a single URL…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2025-10-04 15h : 2 posts
2 posts were published in the last hour 13:2 : New Study Warns Several Free iOS and Android VPN Apps Leak Data 13:2 : The Role of Cybersecurity in Effective Business Continuity Planning
New Study Warns Several Free iOS and Android VPN Apps Leak Data
A Zimperium zLabs analysis of 800 free Android and iOS VPN apps exposes critical security flaws, including the Heartbleed bug, excessive system permissions, and non-transparent data practices. Learn how these ‘privacy’ tools are actually major security risks, especially for BYOD…
The Role of Cybersecurity in Effective Business Continuity Planning
Business continuity integrates both people and technology to help organizations anticipate, manage, and recover from disruptions to regular business operations. While business continuity planning includes disaster recovery—the process of restoring IT services after an unexpected outage—its scope extends beyond that.…
Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure
Plus: China sentences scam bosses to death, Europe is ramping up its plans to build a “drone wall” to protect against Russian airspace violations, and more. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read the original article: Apple and…
Scanning Activity on Palo Alto Networks Portals Jump 500% in One Day
Threat intelligence firm GreyNoise disclosed on Friday that it has observed a spike in scanning activity targeting Palo Alto Networks login portals. The company said it observed a nearly 500% increase in IP addresses scanning Palo Alto Networks login portals…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2025-10-04 09h : 1 posts
1 posts were published in the last hour 6:31 : Discord Data Breach – Customers Personal Data and Scanned Photo IDs leaked