Im this Help Net Security interview, Kaja Ciglic, Senior Director, Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy at Microsoft, discusses how nation-state cyber programs have changed over three years. Cyber has become a core instrument of state power, integrated with military, economic, and…
Hackers Exploit SS7 and Diameter Flaws to Track Mobile Users Globally
A recent investigation by Citizen Lab has uncovered sophisticated, multi-year surveillance campaigns exploiting foundational vulnerabilities in global mobile networks. The report, titled “Bad Connection,” reveals how suspected commercial surveillance vendors (CSVs) weaponize the SS7 and Diameter signaling protocols to covertly…
Microsoft Teams Issue Blocking Users From Joining Meetings Following Edge browser update
Microsoft is actively investigating a known issue preventing some users from joining Microsoft Teams meetings on Windows devices, following a recent update to the Microsoft Edge browser. The disruption is affecting organizations, including those using NHSmail infrastructure, with reports indicating…
A study of 1,000 Android apps finds a privacy policy logging gap
Android developers write log statements for the same reasons they always have: debugging crashes, tracing performance issues, and understanding how features behave in production. Legal and privacy teams, working from templates and regulatory checklists, draft policies describing what the app…
Hackers Impersonate IT Helpdesk Staff to Breach Firms via Microsoft Teams
A newly identified cyber threat group, UNC6692, is using a clever mix of social engineering and custom malware to infiltrate corporate networks. By impersonating IT helpdesk personnel on Microsoft Teams, these hackers trick employees into downloading a sophisticated malware suite…
Ransomware Gang Unveils Custom Data-Theft Tool
Ransomware operators introduced a custom-built data exfiltration tool, signaling a notable evolution in attack techniques. Unlike most ransomware groups that rely on publicly available utilities such as Rclone or MegaSync, Trigona affiliates are now using a proprietary tool to steal…
With AI’s help, North Korean hackers stumbled into a near-undetectable attack
For many years, state-sponsored hacking was defined by human expertise in finding security holes, writing malware and exploits, pulling off social engineering and phishing attacks, and much more. Since the advent of LLM-powered AI assistants and tools, less skilled attackers…
Where AI in CI/CD is working for engineering teams
Developers have folded AI into daily coding work. Still, the same tools remain largely absent from the systems that validate and ship software. New research from JetBrains points to a widening gap between how engineers write code on their own…
IT spending to hit $6.31 trillion record, thanks to AI
Global spending on IT is expected to reach $6.31 trillion in 2026, according to the latest quarterly forecast from Gartner, marking a 13.5% increase from the previous year. The forecast shows that growth is spread across all major segments, though…
Inside The Vercel Supply Chain Exploit
Inside the Vercel Breach: Highlighting OAuth Token Risk In a special edition of Cybersecurity Today, host Jim Love and guest Jamie Blasco (CTO, Nudge Security) discuss Vercel, a major developer hosting platform, and a breach tied to OAuth grants and…
Bitwarden CLI Compromised After Malicious GitHub Actions Workflow
Cybersecurity researchers at Socket have uncovered a major supply chain compromise affecting the Bitwarden CLI. Attackers successfully abused a GitHub Action in Bitwarden’s CI/CD pipeline to inject malicious code into the popular password manager’s npm package. This breach is part…
Weak security means attackers could disable all of a city’s public EV chargers
Demonstrated in China, probably applicable elsewhere Black Hat Asia Developers of rented internet of things infrastructure – stuff like public EV chargers and shared e-bikes – are prioritizing user convenience over security, and leaving themselves exposed to wide-scale denial of…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-04-24 06h : 5 posts
5 posts were published in the last hour 3:36 : Deepfake era demands proof-based security, not just awareness 3:36 : Carnival – 7,531,359 breached accounts 3:36 : Hackers Leverage Microsoft Teams to Breach Organizations Posing as IT Helpdesk Staff 3:36…
Deepfake era demands proof-based security, not just awareness
<p>For decades, cybercriminals have impersonated targets’ trusted contacts to convince them to send funds, credentials or sensitive data. Thanks to deepfake and voice cloning technology, however, security awareness training — the usual countermeasure to social engineering attacks — is arguably…
Carnival – 7,531,359 breached accounts
In April 2026, the notorious hacking collective ShinyHunters claimed they had obtained a substantial volume of data belonging to the Carnival cruise operator and attempted to extort the organisation to prevent the data from being leaked. The following week, the…
Hackers Leverage Microsoft Teams to Breach Organizations Posing as IT Helpdesk Staff
A newly identified threat group, UNC6692, has been caught running a sophisticated multistage intrusion campaign that uses Microsoft Teams impersonation, a custom modular malware suite, and cloud infrastructure abuse to deeply penetrate enterprise networks, all without exploiting a single software…
Runtime Analytics Cuts Millions of Alerts to What Matters
TL;DR Research from Contrast Security’s Software Under Siege 2025 report reveals that applications face an average of 81 viable attacks per month that reach actual vulnerabilities, while perimeter-based detection tools generate overwhelming alert volumes with minimal correlation to real-world exploits.…
Why Stolen Passwords Are Now the Biggest Cyber Threat
Organizations today often take confidence in hardened perimeters, well-configured firewalls, and constant monitoring for software vulnerabilities. Yet this defensive focus can overlook a more subtle reality. While attention remains fixed on preventing break-ins, attackers are increasingly entering systems through…
Zero Trust Architecture for Sidecar-Based MCP Servers
Learn how to secure sidecar-based MCP servers using Zero Trust Architecture and post-quantum security to prevent tool poisoning and lateral movement. The post Zero Trust Architecture for Sidecar-Based MCP Servers appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed…
ISC Stormcast For Friday, April 24th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9906, (Fri, Apr 24th)
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Communicating Cyber Risk to the Board: Executive Reporting Best Practices
Key Takeaways Why Cyber Risk Gets Lost in Translation Most CEOs can recite their quarterly benchmarks and revenue figures down to the decimal point. However, when asked to define their organization’s cyber risk exposure, the answers typically drift into the…
2026-04-23: SmartApeSG activity
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Privacy Vulnerability in Firefox and TOR Browsers
The security company Fingerprint discovered how on Firefox browsers, websites could track users even if they used private browsing tabs or the anonymity focused TOR browser. Mozilla closed the vulnerability in Firefox 150, that was released on April 21st…
When Mythos Finds Thousands of Zero-Days, EU Regulators Won’t Wait for Your SOC to Catch Up
Can your SOC triage thousands of Mythos findings in 24 hours? NIS2, CRA, and DORA are all waiting. Miss one clock and the penalties begin. The post When Mythos Finds Thousands of Zero-Days, EU Regulators Won’t Wait for Your SOC…