Even AI has doubts about the claim that ‘80% of ransomware attacks are AI-driven’ Do 80 percent of ransomware attacks really come from AI? MIT Sloan has now withdrawn a working paper that made that eyebrow-raising claim after criticism from…
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AWS, Nvidia, CrowdStrike seek security startups to enter the arena
Last year’s winner scored a $65M funding round on a $300M valuation Cloud and AI security startups have two weeks to apply for a program that fast-tracks access to investors and mentors from Amazon Web Services, CrowdStrike, and Nvidia.… This…
Ransomware negotiator, pay thyself!
Rogues committed extortion while working for infosec firms A ransomware negotiator and an incident response manager at two separate cybersecurity firms have been indicted for allegedly carrying out ransomware attacks of their own against multiple US companies.… This article has…
Scaling Your Security with NHIs: Key Insights
How Are Non-Human Identities Redefining Cybersecurity? Where cyber threats continue to evolve and multiply, how can organizations effectively safeguard their digital assets? The answer lies in the emerging focus on Non-Human Identities (NHIs). These machine identities are becoming crucial for…
Empowering Teams with Robust NHI Management
How Can Robust NHI Management Transform Your Cybersecurity Strategy? How non-human identities (NHI) can strengthen your organization’s cybersecurity framework? Efficiently managing NHIs is pivotal for seamless security operations. While human identities rely on usernames and passwords, NHIs involve machine identities,…
Innovating Cyber Defense with Enhanced NHIDR
How Does Managing Non-Human Identities Revolutionize Cyber Defense? How can organizations enhance their defenses while managing the myriad of machine identities that populate their networks? The answer lies in Non-Human Identities (NHIs), which is revolutionizing cyber defense and creating a…
How an ex-L3 Harris Trenchant boss stole and sold cyber exploits to Russia
Peter Williams sold eight exploits to a Russian zero-day broker by smuggling them from his employer’s highly secured air-gapped network. A court document, plus exclusive reporting by TechCrunch and interviews with former Trenchant staff, explains how Williams pulled off the…
Detecting Supply Chain Attacks in NPM, PyPI, and Docker: Real-World Techniques That Work
The digital ecosystem breathes through trust. Every npm install, every pip install, every docker pull represents a leap of faith — a developer placing confidence in code written by strangers, maintained by volunteers, distributed through systems they’ve never seen. This…
Defense in Depth for AI: The MCP Security Architecture You’re Missing
As AI agents become integral to cloud native applications, the Model Context Protocol (MCP) has emerged as a leading standard for enabling these agents to interact with external tools and data sources. But with this new architectural pattern comes a…
Jabber Zeus developer ‘MrICQ’ extradited to US from Italy
Ukrainian Yuriy Rybtsov, aka MrICQ, a suspected Jabber Zeus developer, was extradited from Italy to the US to face cybercrime charges. Ukrainian national Yuriy Igorevich Rybtsov (41), aka MrICQ, an alleged Jabber Zeus developer, was arrested in Italy, lost his…
AWS, Nvidia, Crowdstrike seek security startups to enter the arena
Last year’s winner scored a $65M funding round on a $300M valuation Cloud and AI security startups have two weeks to apply for a program that fast-tracks access to investors and mentors from Amazon Web Services, CrowdStrike, and Nvidia.… This…
Sketchy Graphics: Windows GDI Flaws Open RCE and Data Loss
Check Point finds Windows GDI bugs enabling RCE and data leaks. Learn how Microsoft patched and how to protect your systems. The post Sketchy Graphics: Windows GDI Flaws Open RCE and Data Loss appeared first on eSecurity Planet. This article…
DOJ accuses US ransomware negotiators of launching their own ransomware attacks
Three people, including two U.S. ransomware negotiators, are accused of working on behalf of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: DOJ accuses US ransomware negotiators of launching their…
How Ransomware Attacks Leverage Cyber Insurance Policies
Ransomware attacks continue to evolve into sophisticated strategic and psychological operations. Threat actors are always seeking ways to maximize their illicit gains, and they’ve now discovered a powerful piece to leverage: a company’s cyber insurance policy. When attackers gain access…
Browser detection and response fills gaps in security programs
<p>Targeted detection and response software has become a crucial component of network security. Lately, it seems that for every technology an organization uses, a dedicated detection and response tool exists to secure it — such as network detection and response,…
Malicious VSX Extension “SleepyDuck” Uses Ethereum to Keep Its Command Server Alive
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious extension in the Open VSX registry that harbors a remote access trojan called SleepyDuck. According to Secure Annex’s John Tuckner, the extension in question, juan-bianco.solidity-vlang (version 0.0.7), was first published on October 31,…
Unauthenticated RCE in WSUS Puts Organizations at Risk
Microsoft patches WSUS RCE flaw letting attackers gain SYSTEM access. Learn how to secure servers and prevent exploitation. The post Unauthenticated RCE in WSUS Puts Organizations at Risk appeared first on eSecurity Planet. This article has been indexed from eSecurity…
Analysis Playbooks: USB
In 2005, Cory Altheide and I published the first peer-reviewed paper to address tracking USB devices on Windows systems. Over the years, it’s been pretty amazing to see not only the artifacts expand and evolve, but to also see folks…
Microsoft Patch for WSUS Vulnerability has Broken Hotpatching on Windows Server 2025
In a recent setback for Windows administrators, Microsoft’s October 2025 security update addressing a critical vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) has inadvertently broken hotpatching functionality on a subset of Windows Server 2025 systems. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-59287,…
Hackers Can Manipulate Claude AI APIs with Indirect Prompts to Steal User Data
Hackers can exploit Anthropic’s Claude AI to steal sensitive user data. By leveraging the model’s newly added network capabilities in its Code Interpreter tool, attackers can use indirect prompt injection to extract private information, such as chat histories, and upload…