At Black Hat 2025, a former New York Times reporter warned that AI-driven cyber threats are accelerating and that only courage can guide the response. The post Former New York Times Cyber Reporter Issues Chilling Warning at Black Hat appeared…
WhatsApp Developers Under Attack From Weaponized npm Packages with Remote Kill Switch
Two malicious npm packages have emerged as sophisticated weapons targeting WhatsApp developers through a remote-controlled destruction mechanism that can completely wipe development systems. The packages, identified as naya-flore and nvlore-hsc, masquerade as legitimate WhatsApp socket libraries while harboring a devastating…
Guided Selling in 3D Product Configurators
People don’t want to guess when they buy something – especially something complex or customizable. They want to feel like they’re making the right choice. But with many ecommerce stores, it’s easy to feel lost: too many options, confusing specs,…
Hacker Extradited to US for Stealing Over $2.5 Million in Tax Fraud Attacks
A sophisticated cybercriminal operation that targeted American tax preparation businesses through spearphishing campaigns has culminated in the extradition of Nigerian national Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu from France to face federal charges in New York. The 39-year-old defendant, operating under multiple aliases…
Reveal Security Unveils Preemptive Approach to Securing Applications and Cloud Services
Reveal Security this week unfurled a platform designed to enable cybersecurity teams to preemptively manage access to multiple applications and cloud infrastructure resources both before and after end users have logged in. Company CEO Kevin Hanes said the Reveal Platform…
Credit Karma leader shares AI governance lessons learned
<p>Not every company has the scale and skills of Intuit’s Credit Karma, but the company’s data science head has some advice on where others can begin devising their own AI governance framework.</p> <div class=”ad-wrapper ad-embedded”> <div id=”halfpage” class=”ad ad-hp”> <script>GPT.display(‘halfpage’)</script>…
Dashlane ends free subscriptions – you have one month to upgrade or switch
If you store your passwords in a Dashlane Free account, you’re about to lose that subscription. In a year, you lose all your data. Here are your options. This article has been indexed from Latest news Read the original article:…
Beware of promptware: How researchers broke into Google Home via Gemini
This was just a demonstration, but you can take steps to protect yourself from similar promptware attacks. This article has been indexed from Latest news Read the original article: Beware of promptware: How researchers broke into Google Home via Gemini
3 eye-catching vendor announcements from Black Hat
<p>Black Hat 2025 is this week, and through all the fervor, a few things have caught my eye as worth mentioning.</p> <p>Two of them — from Check Point Software and Menlo Security — deal with secure access to apps and…
German security researchers say ‘Windows Hell No’ to Microsoft biometrics for biz
Hello loophole could let a rogue admin, or a pwned one, inject new facial scans Black Hat Microsoft is pushing hard for Windows users to shift from using passwords to its Hello biometrics system, but researchers sponsored by the German…
#BHUSA: 1000 DoD Contractors Now Covered by NSA’s Free Cyber Services Program
The NSA’s CAPT program, launched in 2024 with Horizon3.ai, now benefits 1000 of the 300,000 US Defense Industrial Base companies This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: #BHUSA: 1000 DoD Contractors Now Covered by NSA’s Free…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2025-08-07 21h : 15 posts
15 posts were published in the last hour 19:4 : HashiCorp Vault 0-Day Flaws Enable Remote Code Execution Attacks 19:4 : Just installed iOS 18.6 on your iPhone? I’d change these 11 settings ASAP 19:4 : SonicWall Confirms No New…
Snowflake Data Breach: What Happened and How to Prevent It
In 2024, the cybersecurity landscape was shaken by an unexpected and widespread incident—the Snowflake data breach. Despite being a leading provider of cloud-based data warehousing solutions, Snowflake found itself at… The post Snowflake Data Breach: What Happened and How to…
10 Best Red Teaming Companies for Advanced Attack Simulation in 2025
Red teaming companies are specialized cybersecurity firms that use a proactive, adversarial approach to test an organization’s defenses by simulating a real-world cyberattack. Unlike traditional penetration testing, which typically focuses on finding specific vulnerabilities, red teaming emulates the tactics, techniques,…
Researchers used Gemini to break into Google Home – here’s how
This was just a demonstration, but you can take steps to protect yourself from similar promptware attacks. This article has been indexed from Latest news Read the original article: Researchers used Gemini to break into Google Home – here’s how
Finally, a Windows laptop that I wouldn’t mind putting away my MacBook Pro for
The newest Asus ProArt P16 is an impressive upgrade from its predecessor, making it one of the most powerful Windows laptops available for creative professionals. This article has been indexed from Latest news Read the original article: Finally, a Windows…
Adult sites trick users into Liking Facebook posts using a clickjack Trojan
We found a host of blogspot pages involved in a malware campaign to promote their own content by using a LikeJack Trojan. This article has been indexed from Malwarebytes Read the original article: Adult sites trick users into Liking Facebook…
Microsoft Bounty Program year in review: $17 million in rewards
We’re thrilled to share that this year, the Microsoft Bounty Program has distributed $17 million to 344 security researchers from 59 countries, the highest total bounty awarded in the program’s history. In close collaboration with the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC),…
How Machine Learning Detects Living off the Land (LotL) Attacks
Elite cybercriminals prefer LotL attacks because they’re incredibly hard to spot. Instead of deploying obvious malware, attackers use the same trusted tools that an IT team relies on daily, such as PowerShell, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and various integrated utilities…
JWT Policy Enforcement, Rate Limiting, IP White Listing: Using Mulesoft, API Security, Cloudhub 2.0
This tutorial is all about implementing JWT Policy Enforcement in API Manager using a sample RAML-based project. It’s especially helpful when applying policies through the API Manager in the Anypoint Platform. Along the way, you’ll also learn how to secure…
Compliance Automated Standard Solution (COMPASS), Part 9: Taking OSCAL-Compass to Industry Complexity Level
(Note: A list of links for all articles in this series can be found at the conclusion of this article.) In parts 2 and part 3 of this blog series, we introduced the open-source Trestle SDK, which implements the NIST…
These midrange Bose headphones are on sale for $130 off – act fast before the deal ends
Bose’s QuietComfort Headphones provide powerful noise cancellation and a comfortable fit. Every color option has been discounted. This article has been indexed from Latest news Read the original article: These midrange Bose headphones are on sale for $130 off –…
Imperva Detects and Mitigates Rejetto HFS Spray-and-Pray Ransomware/Trojan Campaign
On July 19th, Imperva Threat Research team detected a sudden surge in HTTP probes targeting Rejetto HTTP File Server (HFS) 2.x instances. What looked like routine internet noise quickly revealed itself as a coordinated attempt to exploit a critical unauthenticated…
Survey: Many Organizations Hit by Ransomware Fall Victim Multiple Times
A global survey of 2,000 senior security decision-makers in organizations with between 50 and 2,000 employees finds well over a third (38%) of those who were impacted by a data breach caused by a ransomware attack were victimized multiple times…