Security

Microsoft Sues Hacking Group Exploiting Azure AI for Harmful Content Creation
Microsoft has revealed that it's pursuing legal action against a "foreign-based threat–actor group" for operating a hacking-as-a-service infrastructure to intentionally get around the safety controls of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) ser...
2025-01-11 13:24
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DoJ Indicts Three Russians for Operating Crypto Mixers Used in Cybercrime Laundering
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday indicted three Russian nationals for their alleged involvement in operating the cryptocurrency mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io. Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko and Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik were a...
2025-01-11 12:15
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Taking the Pain Out of Cybersecurity Reporting: A Practical Guide for MSPs
Cybersecurity reporting is a critical yet often overlooked opportunity for service providers managing cybersecurity for their clients, and specifically for virtual Chief Information Security Officers (vCISOs). While reporting is seen as a requirement f...
2025-01-10 17:29
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AI-Driven Ransomware FunkSec Targets 85 Victims Using Double Extortion Tactics
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a nascent artificial intelligence (AI) assisted ransomware family called FunkSec that sprang forth in late 2024, and has claimed more than 85 victims to date. "The group uses double extortion tactics, combin...
2025-01-10 17:28
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Hands-On Walkthrough: Microsegmentation For all Users, Workloads and Devices by Elisity
Network segmentation remains a critical security requirement, yet organizations struggle with traditional approaches that demand extensive hardware investments, complex policy management, and disruptive network changes. Healthcare and manufacturing sec...
2025-01-10 15:52
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Google Project Zero Researcher Uncovers Zero-Click Exploit Targeting Samsung Devices
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patched security flaw impacting Monkey's Audio (APE) decoder on Samsung smartphones that could lead to code execution. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-49415 (CVSS score: 8.1), affects S...
2025-01-10 15:17
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RedDelta Deploys PlugX Malware to Target Mongolia and Taiwan in Espionage Campaigns
Mongolia, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Cambodia have been targeted by the China-nexus RedDelta threat actor to deliver a customized version of the PlugX backdoor between July 2023 and December 2024. "The group used lure documents themed around the 202...
2025-01-10 15:01
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CrowdStrike Warns of Phishing Scam Targeting Job Seekers with XMRig Cryptominer
Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike is alerting of a phishing campaign that exploits its own branding to distribute a cryptocurrency miner that's disguised as an employee CRM application as part of a supposed recruitment process. "The attack begins with ...
2025-01-10 14:39
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Major Vulnerabilities Patched in SonicWall, Palo Alto Expedition, and Aviatrix Controllers
Palo Alto Networks has released software patches to address several security flaws in its Expedition migration tool, including a high-severity bug that an authenticated attacker could exploit to access sensitive data. "Multiple vulnerabilities in the P...
2025-01-09 22:59
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New Banshee Stealer Variant Bypasses Antivirus with Apple’s XProtect-Inspired Encryption
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new, stealthier version of a macOS-focused information-stealing malware called Banshee Stealer. "Once thought dormant after its source code leak in late 2024, this new iteration introduces advanced string encr...
2025-01-09 19:10
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Product Review: How Reco Discovers Shadow AI in SaaS
As SaaS providers race to integrate AI into their product offerings to stay competitive and relevant, a new challenge has emerged in the world of AI: shadow AI.  Shadow AI refers to the unauthorized use of AI tools and copilots at organizations. For e...
2025-01-09 17:25
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Product Walkthrough: How Reco Discovers Shadow AI in SaaS
As SaaS providers race to integrate AI into their product offerings to stay competitive and relevant, a new challenge has emerged in the world of AI: shadow AI.  Shadow AI refers to the unauthorized use of AI tools and copilots at organizations. For e...
2025-01-09 17:25
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Webinar: Learn How to Stop Encrypted Attacks Before They Cost You Millions
Ransomware isn’t slowing down—it’s getting smarter. Encryption, designed to keep our online lives secure, is now being weaponized by cybercriminals to hide malware, steal data, and avoid detection.The result? A 10.3% surge in encrypted attacks ov...
2025-01-09 16:14
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MirrorFace Leverages ANEL and NOOPDOOR in Multi-Year Cyberattacks on Japan
Japan's National Police Agency (NPA) and National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NCSC) accused a China-linked threat actor named MirrorFace of orchestrating a persistent attack campaign targeting organizations, businesses,...
2025-01-09 16:14
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Critical RCE Flaw in GFI KerioControl Allows Remote Code Execution via CRLF Injection
Threat actors are attempting to take advantage of a recently disclosed security flaw impacting GFI KerioControl firewalls that, if successfully exploited, could allow malicious actors to achieve remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability in questio...
2025-01-09 15:05
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E.U. Commission Fined for Transferring User Data to Meta in Violation of Privacy Laws
The European General Court on Wednesday fined the European Commission, the primary executive arm of the European Union responsible for proposing and enforcing laws for member states, for violating the bloc's own data privacy regulations. The developmen...
2025-01-09 12:43
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Ivanti Flaw CVE-2025-0282 Actively Exploited, Impacts Connect Secure and Policy Secure
Ivanti is warning that a critical security flaw impacting Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways has come under active exploitation in the wild beginning mid-December 2024. The security vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-0282 (CVSS s...
2025-01-09 10:10
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Neglected Domains Used in Malspam to Evade SPF and DMARC Security Protections
Cybersecurity researchers have found that bad actors are continuing to have success by spoofing sender email addresses as part of various malspam campaigns. Faking the sender address of an email is widely seen as an attempt to make the digital missive ...
2025-01-08 23:39
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Researchers Expose NonEuclid RAT Using UAC Bypass and AMSI Evasion Techniques
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new remote access trojan called NonEuclid that allows bad actors to remotely control compromised Windows systems. "The NonEuclid remote access trojan (RAT), developed in C#, is a highly sophisticated malwa...
2025-01-08 19:07
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Top 5 Malware Threats to Prepare Against in 2025
2024 had its fair share of high-profile cyber attacks, with companies as big as Dell and TicketMaster falling victim to data breaches and other infrastructure compromises. In 2025, this trend will continue. So, to be prepared for any kind of malware at...
2025-01-08 16:32
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