Crooks stole API keys, then started a hacking-as-a-service biz Microsoft has sued a group of unnamed cybercriminals who developed tools to bypass safety guardrails in its generative AI tools. The tools were used to create harmful content, and access to…
AI Won’t Take This Job: Microsoft Says Human Ingenuity Crucial to Red-Teaming
Redmond’s AI Red Team says human involvement remains irreplaceable in addressing nuanced risks. The post AI Won’t Take This Job: Microsoft Says Human Ingenuity Crucial to Red-Teaming appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the…
Cybersecurity at AI speed: How agentic AI is supercharging SOC teams in 2025
Agentic AI helps SOCs automate decision-making and adapt to evolving threats, streamline workflows, and improve incident response. This article has been indexed from Security News | VentureBeat Read the original article: Cybersecurity at AI speed: How agentic AI is supercharging…
Azure, Microsoft 365 MFA outage locks out users across regions
It’s fixed, mostly, after Europeans had a manic Monday Microsoft’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Azure and Microsoft 365 (M365) was offline for four hours during Monday’s busy start for European subscribers.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
AWS re:Invent 2024: Security, identity, and compliance recap
AWS re:Invent 2024 was held in Las Vegas December 2–6, with over 54,000 attendees participating in more than 2,300 sessions and hands-on labs. The conference was a hub of innovation and learning hosted by AWS for the global cloud computing…
Azure and M365 MFA outage locks out users across regions
It’s sorted out (mostly), but European users had a manic Monday Microsoft’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Azure and Microsoft 365 (M365) was offline for four hours during Monday’s busy start for European subscribers.… This article has been indexed from The…
How to create realistic, safe, document-based test data for MongoDB
Safely generating NoSQL test data designed to mirror existing document collections entails significant challenges when data privacy and data utility are at stake. Here’s what you need to know to successfully de-identify and synthesize your data in MongoDB. The post…
How to create realistic test data for Databricks with Tonic
Learn how to create realistic test data for Databricks with Tonic’s latest integration! Yes, you read that right: We’re the only data masking and synthesis platform to offer a native streamlined Databricks integration. The post How to create realistic test data…
How to generate safe, useful test data for Amazon Redshift
Amazon Redshift enables massive data warehousing capabilities, but creating quality mock data designed to mimic data stored in Redshift comes with significant challenges. Here are the problems involved and tools you need to tackle each with expertise. The post How…
Vulnerability Summary for the Week of January 6, 2025
High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info 5centsCDN–5centsCDN Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’) vulnerability in 5centsCDN 5centsCDN allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects 5centsCDN: from n/a through 24.8.16. 2025-01-07 7.1 CVE-2025-22326 a3rev–Compare…
What is Breach Readiness?
While many organizations devote countless resources to stopping attacks at the perimeter, today’s threat landscape calls for a different mindset. The concept of breach readiness begins with acknowledging the likelihood of an incident, then building robust methods to contain and…
This Phishing Trend is Exploiting YouTube URLs Through O365 Expiry Themes
A recent surge in phishing campaigns has revealed attackers leveraging cleverly obfuscated URLs and Microsoft 365 password expiry warnings to trick users into surrendering their credentials. Here’s a breakdown of the latest findings: The phishing emails consistently use subject…
How to monitor, optimize, and secure Amazon Cognito machine-to-machine authorization
Amazon Cognito is a developer-centric and security-focused customer identity and access management (CIAM) service that simplifies the process of adding user sign-up, sign-in, and access control to your mobile and web applications. Cognito is a highly available service that supports…
CISA Released A Free Guide to Enhance OT Product Security
To address rising cyber threats targeting critical infrastructure, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new step-by-step guide designed to help organizations select and deploy secure operational technology (OT) products. The guide, titled “Secure by Demand:…
NATO’s newest member comes out swinging following latest Baltic Sea cable attack
‘Sweden has changed,’ PM warns as trio of warships join defense efforts Sweden has committed to sending naval forces into the Baltic Sea following yet another suspected Russian attack on underwater cables in the region.… This article has been indexed…
How Trust Can Drive Web3 Adoption and Growth
Web3 technology promises to transform the internet, making it decentralized, secure, and transparent. However, many people hesitate to adopt it due to a lack of trust in the technology. Building this trust requires clear explanations, user-friendly experiences, and a…
PowerSchool Breach Compromises Student and Teacher Data From K–12 Districts
PowerSchool, a widely used software serving thousands of K–12 schools in the United States, has suffered a major cybersecurity breach. The Breach has left several schools worried about the potential exposure of critical student and faculty data. With over…
ICAO Investigates Potential Data Breach Amid Cybersecurity Concerns
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations agency tasked with creating global aviation standards, has disclosed an investigation into a potential cybersecurity incident. Established in 1944, ICAO works with 193 member states to develop and implement aviation-related…
$494 Million Stolen in Cryptocurrency Wallet Breaches This Year
As a result of the churning threat landscape, new threats are always emerging while others disappear or fade into irrelevance. Wallet drainers trick their victims into signing malicious transactions in order to steal their assets. As the name implies,…
Attackers are encrypting AWS S3 data without using ransomware
A ransomware gang dubbed Codefinger is encrypting data stored in target organizations’ AWS S3 buckets with AWS’s server-side encryption option with customer-provided keys (SSE-C), and asking for money to hand over the key they used. They do not exfiltrate the…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2025-01-13 18h : 5 posts
5 posts were published in the last hour 16:36 : Russian Malware Campaign Hits Central Asian Diplomatic Files 16:11 : Ransomware attack on Amazon and Dutch University 16:11 : Building a Secure by Design Ecosystem 16:11 : Heimdal and Watsoft…
Russian Malware Campaign Hits Central Asian Diplomatic Files
Diplomatic entities in Kazakhstan and Central Asia have been targeted by UAC-0063 using weaponized Word docs deploying HATVIBE malware This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Russian Malware Campaign Hits Central Asian Diplomatic Files
Ransomware attack on Amazon and Dutch University
Amazon Storage Buckets Targeted by Codefinger Ransomware Amazon Web Services (AWS), often considered one of the most secure cloud storage platforms, is now facing a significant cyber threat from a ransomware strain called Codefinger. What makes this attack particularly alarming…
Building a Secure by Design Ecosystem
This post doesn’t have text content, please click on the link below to view the original article. This article has been indexed from CISA Blog Read the original article: Building a Secure by Design Ecosystem