BloodyAD is an open-source Active Directory privilege escalation framework that uses specialized LDAP calls to interact with domain controllers. It enables various privilege escalation techniques within Active Directory environments. Features “I created this tool because I do a lot of…
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Cybersecurity jobs available right now: January 28, 2025
Application Security Engineer Bumble | United Kingdom | Hybrid – View job details As an Application Security Engineer, you will design and implement security testing tools within CI/CD pipelines to detect vulnerabilities early without impacting development speed. Conduct risk assessments…
5,000+ SonicWall firewalls still open to attack (CVE-2024-53704)
5,000+ SonicWall firewalls are still vulnerable to attack via a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-53704) that, according to SonicWall, should be considered “at imminent risk of exploitation”. The warning came last week from Bishop Fox researchers, after they successfully exploited the vulnerability…
Silobreaker Tickets empowers intelligence teams with AI-augmented tools
Silobreaker launched Tickets, a workflow management feature designed to elevate the efficiency, collaboration and impact of intelligence teams. Tickets is built with native support for Threat Intelligence teams, offering robust capabilities to manage and fulfil intelligence requirements across cyber, geopolitical…
AI security posture management will be needed before agentic AI takes hold
As I’m currently knee deep in testing agentic AI in all its forms, as well as new iterations of current generative AI models such as OpenAI’s O1, the complexities of securing AI bot frameworks for enterprise security teams are beginning…
Don’t let these open-source cybersecurity tools slip under your radar
This article showcases free, open-source cybersecurity tools that help you identify and address vulnerabilities, detect intrusion, protect websites from cyber attacks, monitor and detect suspicious activities across your network. Am I Isolated: Open-source container security benchmark Am I Isolated is…
Cyber trends set to influence business strategies
Diligent convened a group of 65 board members, C-suite executives, and leading subject matter experts to explore topics shaping the future of business: generative AI, cybersecurity and data privacy, geopolitical risk, and financial fraud and abuse. In this Help Net…
How to use Apple’s App Privacy Report to monitor data tracking
The App Privacy Report, which Apple introduced in iOS 15.2, allows users to monitor how apps access data and interact with third-party services. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the types of sensitive data accessed by apps, the external…
Week in review: 48k Fortinet firewalls open to attack, attackers “vishing” orgs via Microsoft Teams
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: 48,000+ internet-facing Fortinet firewalls still open to attack Despite last week’s confirmation of and warnings about long-standing exploitation of CVE-2024-55591, a critical vulnerability affecting Fortinet…
North Korean IT workers are extorting employers, FBI warns
The FBI is on a mission to raise awareness about the threat that North Korean IT workers present to organizations in the US and around the world. While corporate espionage comes to mind first, the threat goes beyond that: “In…
Aviat Networks enhances software cybersecurity offering
Aviat Networks announced that it has enhanced its Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) process and Software Vulnerability Alert (SVA) service designed to strengthen Aviat’s software and firmware development process to comply with latest cybersecurity requirements. With the increasing number of…
GUI frontends for GnuPG, the free implementation of the OpenPGP standard
GnuPG is a free and comprehensive implementation of the OpenPGP standard. It enables encryption and signing of data and communications, featuring a key management system and support for public key directories. While primarily a command-line tool, GnuPG is designed for…
Nearly half of CISOs now report to CEOs, showing their rising influence
The CISO’s rise to the C-suite comes with more engagement with the boardroom, an audience with the CEO, and the power to make strategic decisions for the business, according to Splunk. CISOs report to the C-suite (Source: Splunk) 82% of…
Deepfakes force a new era in fraud detection, identity verification
The rise in identity fraud over the past two years has significantly impacted all industries, especially finance, banking, fintech, and crypto, according to Regula. With deepfakes threatening every second company around the world, businesses won’t be able to stand out…
New infosec products of the week: January 24, 2025
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Bitsight, DataDome, DigitalOcean, Lookout, and XONA Systems. Lookout Mobile Intelligence APIs identifies cross-platform attacks Lookout Mobile Intelligence APIs give security teams visibility into what’s going…
Juniper enterprise routers backdoored via “magic packet” malware
A stealthy attack campaign turned Juniper enterprise-grade routers into entry points to corporate networks via the “J-magic” backdoor, which is loaded into the devices’ memory and spawns a reverse shell when instructed to do so. “Our telemetry indicates the J-magic…
Cisco fixes ClamAV vulnerability with available PoC and critical Meeting Management flaw
Cisco has released patches for a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Meeting Management (CVE-2025-20156) and a heap-based buffer overflow flaw (CVE-2025-20128) that, when triggered, could terminate the ClamAV scanning process on endpoints running a Cisco Secure Endpoint Connector. Proof-of-concept (PoC)…
SonicWall SMA appliances exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2025-23006)
A critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-23006) affecting SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Series appliances is being exploited by attackers. “We strongly advises users of the SMA1000 product to upgrade to the hotfix release version to address the vulnerability,” the company…
Appdome Threat Dynamics analyzes and ranks mobile threats
Appdome announced that a new AI-Native threat-management module called Threat Dynamics will be offered inside Appdome’s ThreatScope Mobile XDR. Threat Dynamics uses AI deep learning to continuously evaluate the likelihood of a successful exploit from more than 400+ attack vectors…
Bitsight Instant Insights accelerates vendor risk assessments
Bitsight unveiled Instant Insights, a new offering from the Bitsight IQ suite of AI-based capabilities. The new feature leverages generative AI to analyze and summarize security questionnaires and reports, allowing security and compliance teams to make faster, more informed risk…