As January reaches its midpoint, more cybersecurity experts have weighed in on what the year ahead holds for the industry. From the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence to evolving strategies in application security and a renewed focus on education and…
Critical SimpleHelp Flaws Allow File Theft, Privilege Escalation, and RCE Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security flaws in SimpleHelp remote access software that could lead to information disclosure, privilege escalation, and remote code execution. Horizon3.ai researcher Naveen Sunkavally, in a technical report detailing the findings, said the “vulnerabilities are trivial…
3 Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws Patched in Microsoft’s Latest Security Update
Microsoft kicked off 2025 with a new set of patches for a total of 161 security vulnerabilities across its software portfolio, including three zero-days that have been actively exploited in attacks. Of the 161 flaws, 11 are rated Critical, and…
Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With Trend Micro™ Managed XDR
This blog discusses a web shell intrusion incident where attackers abused the IIS worker to exfiltrate stolen data. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With…
Critical RCE Vulnerability in Aviatrix Controller: Wiz Issues Urgent Patch Advisory
The Wiz Incident Response team is actively addressing multiple security incidents linked to CVE-2024-50603, a critical unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Aviatrix Controller. This flaw, rated the maximum CVSS score of 10.0, poses a severe risk of privilege…
AWS S3 Buckets Under Siege: New Ransomware Exploits SSE-C
Research from the Halcyon RISE Team has revealed that a ransomware actor dubbed “Codefinger” has launched a new campaign on Amazon S3 buckets, leveraging WS’s Server-Side Encryption with Customer Provided Keys (SSE-C) to encrypt data and render victims powerless to…
Contextal Platform: Open-source threat detection and intelligence
Contextal Platform is an open-source cybersecurity solution for contextual threat detection and intelligence. Developed by the original authors of ClamAV, it offers advanced features such as contextual threat analysis, custom detection scenarios through the ContexQL language, and AI-powered data processing—all…
Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With Trend Micro™ Managed XDR
This blog discusses a web shell intrusion incident where attackers abused the IIS worker to exfiltrate stolen data. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With…
The Looming Crisis: Meta, Misinformation, and Public Trust
Meta’s jaw-dropping announcement that it is ending its third-party fact-checking program is likely to trigger increased activity from fake accounts and troll farms, which specialize in disseminating intentional falsehoods. The social media giant’s decision to end its fact-checking initiatives raises…
US Tightens AI Export Controls to Curb Adversarial Misuse
In a move to cement the US’s position as a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI), the Biden-Harris Administration has unveiled an Interim Final Rule on AI Diffusion. The policy hopes to improve national security and economic strength while ensuring…
Using cognitive diversity for stronger, smarter cyber defense
In this Help Net Security interview, Mel Morris, CEO of Corpora.ai, discusses how cognitive biases affect decision-making during cybersecurity incidents. Morris shares insights on the challenges of designing user-friendly cybersecurity tools that consider human cognitive processes. How do cognitive biases…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2025-01-15 06h : 4 posts
4 posts were published in the last hour 4:36 : Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With Trend Micro™ Managed XDR 4:36 : HIPAA to Mandate Increased Cybersecurity Measures in Response to Escalating Number of Attacks 4:36 : Cybersecurity is stepping…
Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With Trend Micro™ Managed XDR
This blog discusses a web shell intrusion incident where attackers abused the IIS worker to exfiltrate stolen data. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With…
HIPAA to Mandate Increased Cybersecurity Measures in Response to Escalating Number of Attacks
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing substantial cybersecurity requirements for all regulated entities and their business associates to be added to the HIPAA…
Cybersecurity is stepping into a new era of complexity
Cybersecurity is entering a new era of complexity, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 report. Growing complexity intensifies cyber inequity This complexity arises from the rapid growth of emerging technologies, prevailing geopolitical uncertainty, the evolution of…
Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With Trend Micro™ Managed XDR
This blog discusses a web shell intrusion incident where attackers abused the IIS worker to exfiltrate stolen data. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With…
Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With Trend Micro™ Managed XDR
This blog discusses a web shell intrusion incident where attackers abused the IIS worker to exfiltrate stolen data. This article has been indexed from Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives Read the original article: Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With…
Microsoft fixes under-attack privilege-escalation holes in Hyper-V
Plus: Excel hell, angst for Adobe fans, and life’s too Snort for Cisco Patch Tuesday The first Patch Tuesday of 2025 has seen Microsoft address three under-attack privilege-escalation flaws in its Hyper-V hypervisor, plus plenty more problems that deserve your…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2025-01-15 03h : 1 posts
1 posts were published in the last hour 1:32 : The Future of Cybersecurity: Global Outlook 2025 and Beyond
The Future of Cybersecurity: Global Outlook 2025 and Beyond
The cybersecurity landscape is entering an unprecedented era of complexity, with AI-driven threats, geopolitical tensions, and supply chain vulnerabilities reshaping how organizations approach digital security. This analysis explores key trends and strategic imperatives for 2025 and beyond. The post The…
Google’s Gemini AI just shattered the rules of visual processing — here’s what that means for you
Google’s Gemini AI achieves a milestone with simultaneous video and image processing, unlocking possibilities through AnyChat. This article has been indexed from Security News | VentureBeat Read the original article: Google’s Gemini AI just shattered the rules of visual processing…
Google’s Gemini AI just shattered the rules of visual processing—here’s what that means for you
Google’s Gemini AI achieves a groundbreaking milestone with simultaneous video and image processing, unlocking new possibilities for AI applications through the experimental AnyChat platform. This article has been indexed from Security News | VentureBeat Read the original article: Google’s Gemini…
Microsoft: Happy 2025. Here’s 161 Security Updates
Microsoft today unleashed updates to plug a whopping 161 security vulnerabilities in Windows and related software, including three “zero-day” weaknesses that are already under active attack. Redmond’s inaugural Patch Tuesday of 2025 bundles more fixes than the company has shipped…
FBI deleted China-linked PlugX malware from over 4,200 US computers
The FBI has removed Chinese PlugX malware from over 4,200 computers in networks across the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice reported. The Justice Department and FBI, along with international partners, announced they deleted PlugX malware from thousands of…