In this Help Net Security interview, Aayush Choudhury, CEO at Scrut Automation, discusses why many security tools built for large enterprises don’t work well for leaner, cloud-native teams. He explains how simplicity, integration, and automation are key for SMBs with…
SonicWall Investigating Potential SSL VPN Zero-Day After 20+ Targeted Attacks Reported
SonicWall said it’s actively investigating reports to determine if there is a new zero-day vulnerability following reports of a spike in Akira ransomware actors in late July 2025. “Over the past 72 hours, there has been a notable increase in…
LegalPwn Attack Tricks AI Tools Like ChatGPT and Gemini into Running Malicious Code
Security researchers have discovered a new type of cyberattack that exploits how AI tools process legal text, successfully tricking popular language models into executing dangerous code. Cybersecurity firm Pangea has unveiled a sophisticated attack method called “LegalPwn” that embeds malicious…
BloodHound 8.0 debuts with major upgrades in attack path management
SpecterOps has released BloodHound 8.0, the latest iteration of its open-source attack path management platform, featuring major enhancements and expanded capabilities. BloodHound OpenGraph The release introduces BloodHound OpenGraph, a major advancement in identity attack path management that uncovers attack paths…
Threat Actors are Actively Exploiting Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Ecosystem to Propagate Malicious Code
The open-source software ecosystem, once considered a bastion of collaborative development, has become an increasingly attractive target for cybercriminals seeking to infiltrate supply chains and compromise downstream systems. Recent analysis conducted during the second quarter of 2025 reveals that threat…
Claude AI Flaws Let Attackers Execute Unauthorized Commands Using the Model Itself
Security researchers have discovered critical vulnerabilities in Anthropic’s Claude Code that allow attackers to bypass security restrictions and execute unauthorized commands, with the AI assistant itself helping to facilitate these attacks. The vulnerabilities, designated CVE-2025-54794 and CVE-2025-54795, demonstrate how sophisticated…
Ransomware groups shift to quadruple extortion to maximize pressure
Threat actors are using a new quadruple extortion tactic in ransomware campaigns, while double extortion remains the most common approach, according to Akamai. Ransomware extortion tactics (Source: Akamai) The emerging trend of quadruple extortion includes using DDoS attacks to disrupt…
Back to basics webinar: The ecosystem of CIS Security best practices
Generative AI models, multi-cloud strategies, Internet of Things devices, third-party suppliers, and a growing list of regulatory compliance obligations all require the same security response: come together as a community to prioritize the basics. Watch this on-demand webinar to understand…
Your employees uploaded over a gig of files to GenAI tools last quarter
In Q2 2025, Harmonic reviewed 1 million GenAI prompts and 20,000 uploaded files across more than 300 GenAI and AI-powered SaaS apps, and the findings confirm that sensitive data is being exposed through GenAI tools, something many security leaders fear…
Identity Security: The New Perimeter for Cloud Security Companies Using CNAPP
In a cloud-native world, your network is no longer your perimeter; identity is. Every user, workload and service account is an entry point. And every entry point has permissions. The problem? Most of those permissions are excessive, unnecessary or never…
2025 trends: Automating security questionnaires with open APIs
Chief information security officers (CISOs) are continually tasked with understanding and deploying innovative solutions that reduce risk while increasing operational efficiency. As organizations expand their reliance on digital data and cloud-based infrastructures, the volume and complexity of security questionnaires have…
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: August 5, 2025
CW – OT Security Officer SSE | United Kingdom | On-site – View job details As a CW – OT Security Officer, you will lead and prioritise a programme of security audits and assurance to identify vulnerabilities within existing controls.…
Mozilla Alerts Extension Developers About Phishing Scam on Add-ons Platform
Mozilla has issued a warning to developers who publish browser extensions on its official platform, addons.mozilla.org (AMO), about a new phishing campaign targeting their accounts. The attackers are reportedly sending emails that falsely claim to be from the Mozilla…
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ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, August 5th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9556, (Tue, Aug 5th)
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People are using ChatGPT to write their text messages – here’s how you can tell
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Microsoft’s Failed Strategy – Security as an Afterthought
Microsoft faces ongoing, systemic cybersecurity failures rooted in blind spots within its very organizational design. These vulnerabilities repeatedly result in serious product blunders and damaging breaches. This has once again become evident with the continuing Microsoft Recall debacle where an…
Antivirus vendors fail to spot persistent, nasty, stealthy Linux backdoor
‘Plague’ malware has been around for months without tripping alarms Researchers at German infosec services company Nextron Threat have spotted malware that creates a highly-persistent Linux backdoor and say antivirus engines do not flag the code as malicious.… This article…
Introducing OSS Rebuild: Open Source, Rebuilt to Last
Posted by Matthew Suozzo, Google Open Source Security Team (GOSST) Today we’re excited to announce OSS Rebuild, a new project to strengthen trust in open source package ecosystems by reproducing upstream artifacts. As supply chain attacks continue to target widely-used…
Ransomware Hits Phone Repair & Insurance Firm, Causing Millions in Damage
Wilhelm Einhaus, a businessman from Bockum-Hövel, Germany, pioneered cell phone insurance services, establishing a robust network that integrated innovative offerings like a 24-hour repair and replacement program. His enterprise expanded rapidly, partnering with major telecommunications providers such as Deutsche Telekom…
How to Eliminate Deployment Bottlenecks Without Sacrificing Application Security
Today, organizations increasingly rely on DevOps to accelerate software delivery, improve operational efficiency, and enhance business performance. According to RedGate, 74% have adopted DevOps, and according to Harvard Business Review Analytics, 77% of organizations currently depend on DevOps to deploy…
SonicWall investigates ‘cyber incidents,’ including ransomware targeting suspected 0-day
Bypassing MFA and deploying ransomware…sounds like something that rhymes with ‘schmero-day’ SonicWall on Monday confirmed that it’s investigating a rash of ransomware activity targeting its firewall devices, following multiple reports of a zero-day bug under active exploit in its VPNs.……
OWASP LLM Risk #5: Improper Output Handling – FireTail Blog
Aug 04, 2025 – Lina Romero – 2025 is seeing an unprecedented surge of cyber attacks and breaches. AI, in particular, has introduced a whole new set of risks to the landscape and researchers are struggling to keep up. The…
Threat Actors Exploit AI to Scale Attacks and Target Autonomous Agents
Adversaries are using artificial intelligence (AI) to increase their operational efficiency in a fast-changing threat landscape. They are scaling attacks and focusing on autonomous AI agents that support contemporary enterprise ecosystems. According to frontline intelligence from CrowdStrike’s 2025 Threat Hunting…